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Cherry Picker Hire in Johannesburg

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Cherry Picker Hire on road works near Johannesburg
Size class
10–40 m working height
Gets to site
Drives to site
Wettest months
Oct–Mar

Phoning hire yards one by one to price cherry picker hire in Johannesburg takes a morning you don't have. Send one request instead and we pass it to plant hire companies who serve Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng. They quote on the cherry picker, the hours or hire period, the operator and transport.

Cherry Picker Hire for Johannesburg jobs

Need cherry picker hire in Johannesburg? Independent access hire companies serving Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng quote on truck-mounted and self-propelled cherry pickers, with or without an operator. Give the working height, reach and dates, and local suppliers price the hire and travel directly.

Want to know more first? Our cherry picker hire guide covers the sizes, what to check and what affects the price.

Hiring plant in Johannesburg

Johannesburg plant hire ranges from a single TLB on a suburban stand to bulk earthworks for warehouses, mixed-use blocks and mine-dump reclamation along the old reef. North of the CBD, the Johannesburg granite dome weathers to collapsible sandy soil studded with hard corestones, so excavations often need a breaker and proper compaction testing. South of the ridge, Witwatersrand quartzite and shale make digging harder still, and undermined land needs an engineer's input first. Afternoon storms from October to March flood trenches fast, so pumps are a common add-on. Moving a float through M1, M2 and N1 traffic is slow, so ask for early-morning delivery.

A truck-mounted cherry picker with its basket raised to the roof edge of a commercial building in South Africa
A truck-mounted cherry picker with its basket raised to the roof edge of a commercial building in South Africa

Typical cherry picker hire requests in the area come from:

  • Shopping centres, offices and schools: installing signage, cladding and lighting on a shopping centre or office block
  • Factories, warehouses and logistics parks: maintaining roof sheeting, lighting and ducting inside a high warehouse
  • House plots and renovations: reaching a double-storey roof, gutters or a tall tree in a suburban garden
  • Housing estates and townships: fitting street lights, cameras and electric fence brackets along an estate perimeter
  • Roads, pipelines and civil works: fitting overhead signs and maintaining street and bridge lighting
  • Mines and quarries: inspecting and maintaining conveyors, structures and lighting towers at a plant

Why get a quote in Johannesburg first?

Prices for cherry picker hire in Johannesburg depend on the size of cherry picker, the hours or hire period, whether an operator and fuel are included, and how far it travels to your site. A quote based on your docket is the quickest way to know what you will pay, and it shows what is included before anything arrives.

What to include in your request

  • Give the working height and outreach
  • Describe the ground and setup area
  • State the dates and hours of work
  • Say if you need an operator

The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.

Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds

Hire companies on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Soweto, Fourways, Rosebank, Bedfordview, Edenvale, Lenasia, Alexandra. Give the suburb or site address so the quote can allow for travel or float charges, and say if the access is tight for a truck or lowbed.

Frequently asked questions

What does cherry picker hire cost in Johannesburg?
It depends on the cherry picker size, the hours or hire period, whether you need an operator and fuel, and transport to your site. Fill in the hire docket and a plant hire company working in Johannesburg will quote you. See plant hire rates for how quotes are built up.
When is the wet season for earthworks in Johannesburg?
Most rain in Johannesburg falls from Oct to Mar, about 700 mm a year. Ask how the hire company charges for standing time when rain stops work, and plan bulk earthworks for drier months where you can.
Do you hire out machines yourselves?
No. We don't hire, operate or transport anything. We pass your request to independent hire companies, who quote you directly. Give the machine, size, period and site so the quotes are easy to compare.

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A rough guide: 5-day weeks, 22-day months and 9-hour shifts. The hire company confirms minimum hire, hours and transport.

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