Fast, free quotes from local crane operators, for everything from boom trucks and mobile hydraulic cranes to rough terrain and crawlers. One request reaches crane companies that work Pittsburgh's rivers, bridges and hills every day.
Free, with no obligation. Local crane providers will reply with pricing and availability.
Choose the closest match, or just describe the lift in the form and an operator will recommend the right crane.
All-terrain and hydraulic truck-mounted cranes for most commercial, industrial and residential lifts.
Off-road cranes for muddy, sloped and unfinished job sites, from Marcellus well pads to new subdivisions.
Road-legal truck cranes for fast in-and-out picks anywhere in Allegheny County.
Boom trucks for material deliveries, sign work, light steel, trusses, and residential lifts.
Compact pick-and-carry cranes for plants, warehouses, and tight indoor spaces.
Track-mounted cranes for heavy, long-duration work: bridges, foundations, and large steel.
Crane with a certified operator (most common), or bare rental for qualified contractors.
Setting and removing RTUs, chillers, condensers, and generators on commercial roofs.
Cranes for structural steel, joists, decking, and pre-engineered metal buildings.
Crane-assisted tree removal over houses, power lines, and steep hillside yards.
Placing precast walls, vaults, barriers, septic tanks, stairs, and box culverts.
Load weight, location, date, and any site constraints. It takes about a minute.
Your request goes to independent crane providers that serve your part of Western PA.
Providers contact you directly with pricing and availability. You choose who to hire.
Pittsburgh is a hard place to set a crane. Steep streets, tight row-house lots, hillside yards, three rivers, and hundreds of bridges all limit where a crane can go. Choosing the right machine and the right setup spot matters as much as the tonnage. A truck crane that's perfect on a flat lot in Robinson may not fit on a narrow street in Bloomfield, and a job in the South Hills could need a rough terrain crane that can handle the grade.
The region's industry keeps cranes busy year-round. Mills and plants in the Mon Valley, energy and pipeline work across Washington, Butler and Westmoreland counties, hospital and university construction in Oakland, warehouses in Cranberry and along the Parkway, and constant commercial HVAC replacements all need lifting. Describe your job once, and we'll put it in front of local operators who do this kind of work.
All of Allegheny County and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania region.
Pricing depends on the crane's size, the hours, travel and mobilization, rigging, and permits. As a rough guide, small operated hydraulic and boom-truck cranes are often billed at a few hundred dollars an hour, usually with a 3–4 hour minimum. Larger cranes cost more, and crawlers and big all-terrains carry substantial mobilization charges. These are typical industry ranges, not a quote. Submit your job details to get real numbers from local operators.
Usually, yes. Setting up on a public street or sidewalk in the City of Pittsburgh generally needs a right-of-way or street-obstruction permit from the city's Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, and sometimes a traffic control plan. Suburban boroughs and PennDOT-owned roads have their own rules. The crane company or your contractor normally handles the permit, but leave a few days to a couple of weeks for it.
Smaller cranes and boom trucks can sometimes be scheduled within a few days. Large or specialty cranes, weekend picks, and anything that needs a street permit or lift plan should be booked 1–3 weeks or more in advance. Busy construction months fill up quickly.
It depends on the weight of the heaviest load, the radius (the horizontal distance from where the crane sets up to where the load lands), and the lift height. A 5,000 lb rooftop unit 80 feet from the curb can need a much bigger crane than you'd expect. Give us the weight, distance and height, and an operator will size it for you.
Operated rentals come with the crane company's operator. Federal OSHA rules require crane operators in construction to be certified, and reputable companies carry insurance and can provide a certificate. Ask the provider you're matched with for proof of certification and insurance before the job.
Pittsburgh Crane Rental is a quote-matching service, not a crane company. We don't own or operate cranes. We pass your request to independent local crane providers who can do the job, and they contact you with pricing and availability. There's no cost or obligation to you.