Large Crane Rental in Tempe
In Tempe, large cranes appear on bigger downtown, lakefront, and campus projects where heavy picks and long reach on tight sites call for them, usually with detailed lift and traffic plans.
Tell us what you need and we’ll line up the right large crane with the vetted local crane companies we work with in Tempe, covering Downtown Tempe and Mill Avenue, Tempe Town Lake, the ASU area, and south Tempe business parks. Typical customers here include mid-rise residential and office buildings, university and research buildings, lakefront mixed-use development, and older industrial and office parks in south Tempe.
Common Tempe jobs
- Street-side lifts on tight urban sites
- Rooftop units on mid-rise buildings
- Glass and façade panels
- Equipment for labs and campus buildings
Large cranes (150+ ton) at a glance
- Typical capacity: roughly 150 tons and up, into the hundreds of tons for the largest all-terrain and crawler cranes
- Typical reach: roughly 200 feet and beyond, depending on boom and jib configuration
- Setup & transport: large all-terrains typically need several support trucks for counterweight; crawler cranes are hauled in pieces and assembled on site, which can take a day or more and needs room for assembly
Good fits: heavy industrial and process equipment; large steel, precast, and tilt-up packages; long-duration crane support on big projects; tandem or critical lifts with a written lift plan.
Those are headline figures; capacity drops sharply as the load moves farther from the crane, so the crane company sizes it from its load charts using your weight, distances, and site.
Planning a lift in Tempe
- Street-use permits: Tight downtown and lakefront sites often mean the crane sets up in the street. That usually needs a street-use or right-of-way permit and a traffic control plan from the City of Tempe, so start early.
- Streetcar and light rail: The Tempe Streetcar and light rail run along several downtown streets, adding overhead wires, lane limits, and coordination for setups nearby.
- Campus and event areas: Work near ASU and around Town Lake may have to avoid class changes, games, and events. Mention the location so the timing can be planned.
What does large crane rental cost in Tempe?
It varies with the crane, the hours, travel, crew, rigging, and the site. As a rough guide, our crane rental cost guide lists large all-terrain cranes at roughly ~$300 – $700+/hr, billed hourly or daily plus counterweight trucking, and long-duration cranes (weeks or months) on weekly or monthly rates quoted per job. Those are commonly cited ballpark ranges, not Phoenix quotes or a price offer. Ask about minimum hours and how travel is billed, and get a written quote for your lift.
More on large cranes and Tempe
See our large cranes (150+ ton) overview for the full picture, or crane rental in Tempe for other lifts in the area.
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