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Joburg is our primary operational service area. Teams positioned across Gauteng — Sandton rooftops, Edenvale factories, West Rand substations, Wadeville industrial parks. Quoted online in minutes, usually on site the next day.

  • Next-day mobilisation across Joburg metro
  • After-hours & weekend work for Sandton / CBD jobs
  • Traffic management & permits handled as part of the quote
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Mobile crane lifting an aircon unit onto a Johannesburg commercial rooftop
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Commercial rooftop equipment lift
Joburg Coverage
Sandton Rosebank Midrand Germiston (yard) Edenvale Kempton Park Boksburg Benoni Wadeville Alrode Alberton Roodepoort Soweto Krugersdorp Randburg Fourways + all Joburg metro

Joburg is the city we've worked in longest and the city we know best. Our teams cover the full East Rand industrial belt — twenty minutes from OR Tambo, forty from Sandton, thirty from Wadeville. Cranes mobilise quickly across Gauteng, keeping response times short and costs sensible.

What we do across Joburg

Joburg work splits into four buckets: commercial — rooftop equipment, signage, retail-fit-out cranes; industrial — factory installs, weighbridges, transformer placements at substations across the West Rand and East Rand; infrastructure — telecoms, power-project lifts, civils; and specialised — aircraft moves at Rand Airport and OR Tambo, abnormal loads in and out of the city, heritage relocations.

Sandton, Rosebank, Midrand — commercial & high-rise

Aircon units onto rooftops. Glass facade panels. Plant-room equipment swaps. Restaurant fit-outs. Access is the trick in Sandton and Rosebank — narrow streets, traffic windows, pedestrian management — and most of the work happens after-hours or on weekends.

Germiston, Wadeville, Alrode — industrial belt

Where the bread-and-butter work happens. Factory moves, machine installs, generator placements, transformer drops. Our operational hub is centred on this belt, so mobilisation is fast and rates are tight. If your job's in Wadeville or Alrode and you ask before lunch, we're often on site the next morning.

East Rand & OR Tambo — cargo & aviation

Heavy-cargo unloads from Antonov freight aircraft. Equipment moves around the airport perimeter. Bonded-warehouse work. Access permits, airside requirements, security tempo all baked into the quote.

Mobile crane working alongside an Antonov heavy-cargo aircraft at OR Tambo

West Rand & South Rand — substations & mining

Power-project transformer placements at distribution substations. Mining and processing-plant equipment lifts. Conveyor sections. The South Rand and West Rand work involves larger machines (60 to 220 ton) and longer pre-planning windows.

By size band, across Joburg

Frequently asked

Joburg-specific questions

How fast can you mobilise Cranes & Crane Trucks? +
Unless permits are required for inter-province establishment or abnormal restrictions where we need approximately 48 hours to secure them, the smaller cranes — 20–60 ton machines — are often same-day if you ask before noon. 100-ton-plus needs 2–3 hours mobilisation due to arranging permits and counterweight transport, so they're more typically next-day (subject to permit requirements). Crane trucks, if available, can generally be despatched immediately subject to availability.
Do you provide rigging and certified riggers? +
Yes — every job includes a qualified rigger as standard. We staff red-ticket (Grade A) riggers on heavy lifts and complex picks, and all rigging gear (slings, beams, spreader bars) comes calibrated and tagged. If you have your own rigging team you prefer to use, that's fine — just tell us up front so the lift plan reflects who's doing what.
Can you arrange traffic management and permits? +
Yes. For lane closures, road obstructions and traffic management on the busier routes, we can coordinate with municipal contractors as part of the booking. (Cost may apply.)
Do you do Site Surveys? +
Yes — we in fact prefer to meet our clients on site and build the trust from the start. Our qualified Field Reps will survey the access, ground conditions and discuss the scope of work and what specialised equipment and expertise will be required to conduct a safe lift.
What if I'm outside Gauteng? +
We work nationwide — Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Mpumalanga, KZN, Limpopo, Free State. We have teams throughout Southern Africa; otherwise for long-term projects we mobilise from our closest depot.

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