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One lorry twice, or two lorries once
Two units to move and one lorry available. Whether that is one lorry going twice or two lorries going once depends almost entirely on the distance.
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Choosing the right vehicle, reach and access.
These are the pieces to read before you ring. They cover the things that decide a hiab job and that a price on its own will not tell you: how far a lorry crane reaches and what it can still lift once it is out there, what site access does to the choice of vehicle, and what we need from you to quote firmly rather than roughly.
Start with what a hiab is if the word is new to you, the lifting capacity charts if you already know the weight, and what hiab hire costs if you are putting a budget together. Every guide is written off our own load charts and our own working week.
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Access decides the vehicle, not the load
The question is never really how heavy it is. It is where a lorry can stand, how it gets there, and how it gets out again.
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Rigid or artic: which one turns up matters
Two vehicles, both with a crane on the back, and a world of difference on a narrow site. The choice is nearly always made by the access, not the load.
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The six things to tell us when you ring
Most enquiries arrive missing the same handful of facts. Here is the list, in the order it is useful, so you can get a straight answer first time.
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Reach against capacity: the trade-off nobody explains
A lorry crane lifts less the further out it reaches, and the drop is steeper than most people expect. This is the single most useful thing to understand before you book one.
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