Crane Hire in Johannesburg
Free crane hire quotes from crane hire companies serving Johannesburg, Gauteng. One request, no obligation.
- Size class
- truck crane – 100 t+
- Gets to site
- Drives to site
- Wettest months
- Oct–Mar
Looking for crane hire in Johannesburg? PlantHiring.co.za puts contractors, developers, farmers and homeowners in Johannesburg in touch with a crane hire company who works in Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng. Tell us what you need and you receive a quote directly, free and with no obligation.
Crane Hire for Johannesburg jobs
Need crane hire in Johannesburg? Independent crane companies serving Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng quote on truck cranes, mobile cranes and truck-mounted cranes with operators and riggers. Give the load, lift radius and site access, and local suppliers price the hours and travel directly.
Want to know more first? Our crane 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.
Typical crane hire requests in the area come from:
- Shopping centres, offices and schools: erecting structural steel, lifting rooftop HVAC units and placing precast panels
- Factories, warehouses and logistics parks: setting heavy machinery, tanks and portal frames on a factory or warehouse floor
- House plots and renovations: lifting a fibreglass pool, steel beams or roof trusses over a house into a back garden
- Housing estates and townships: placing precast culverts, manholes and electrical kiosks along new estate roads
- Roads, pipelines and civil works: lifting precast bridge beams, culvert sections and gantry signs into position
- Mines and quarries: changing heavy components, lifting conveyor sections and moving plant at a process plant
Why get a quote in Johannesburg first?
No two jobs in Johannesburg are the same. A quote based on your details shows the real cost of the crane, the operator, fuel, transport each way, standing time and VAT, so you can budget properly and avoid surprises on the invoice.
What to include in your request
- Give the heaviest load mass and size
- State the lift radius and height
- Describe the setup area and ground
- Note overhead lines and access limits
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.
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