HIAB Hire in North Wales and the UK
A lorry mounted crane that collects, carries and places your load itself. No forklift, no separate crane to hire, no labour needed on site. ALLMI-trained operators, live tracking, family run since 1989.
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01244 539300What Is a HIAB and When Do You Need One?
A HIAB, also known as a crane lorry, is a lorry with its own crane, so the same vehicle that collects your load also lifts it into place at the other end. No loading bay, no forklift, and no separate crane to book. For heavy or awkward goods going to sites where access is tight or there is nothing on hand to unload you, HIAB hire is usually the quickest and cheapest way to get the job done. Searching for HIAB hire near you? We run our crane lorries out of our Deeside yard daily.
We have run HIAB lorries across North Wales and the UK since 1989. The cranes are remote-control operated for precise, controlled placement, our lifting gear is LOLER tested, and every operator is ALLMI-trained and CPC-qualified. Whether you have your own lift plan or need a contract lift arranged, you deal directly with the family that runs the business, so you get a straight answer, a fixed price, and an operator who has done this for decades.
What Our HIAB Lorries Lift
Our HIAB lorries handle a wide range of crane lifts across North Wales and the UK. If a load needs collecting, carrying and placing without any equipment on site, this is the service.
Plant and Machinery
Excavators, telehandlers, compressors and site kit lifted, transported and set down exactly where you need it, with nothing required on site to unload.
Site Cabins and Containers
Welfare units, storage containers and modular buildings delivered and positioned the same day, including onto sites with restricted access.
Building Materials
Bricks, blocks, timber, steel and bagged goods lifted over walls, fences and obstacles to reach the spot a standard delivery cannot.
Generators and Plant Rooms
Heavy static equipment placed onto plinths, roofs or compounds with precision. A HIAB is often the only practical way to position loads like these.
Kiosks and Street Furniture
Electrical kiosks, hoardings, bollards and infrastructure units for utility and council contracts, lifted into position and signed off first time. We do this work regularly and understand the access that comes with it.
Awkward and One-Off Lifts
If it needs craning on or off a vehicle, send the weight and dimensions and we will tell you whether we can do it and exactly what it will cost.
How HIAB Hire Works
From the first call to the load in place, here is how a job runs.
Tell Us About the Lift
Call or send an enquiry with what is moving, the weight if you know it, the dates, and both addresses. Photos of the load and the site access help us send the right vehicle.
We Price It and Book It In
You get one clear price for the whole job: collection, transport and placement, with no hidden extras. Once you are happy, it is booked and confirmed.
We Load, Carry and Place
Your ALLMI-trained operator lifts the load on, transports it, and sets it down exactly where you need it. No forklift, no crane and no labour needed at your end.
HIAB, Crane Hire, or Forklift?
Not sure which one your job actually needs? Here is the short version.
HIAB
A HIAB suits you when the load has to be collected from one place and set down at another, and especially when the destination has no forklift, no room for a mobile crane, or restricted access. The same vehicle handles collection, transport and placement, so you are not paying for a lorry and a separate lift on top.
Crane Hire
Crane hire makes sense when the load is already on site and only needs lifting up and over, with no transport involved, or when the weight is beyond what any lorry-mounted crane can take.
Forklift
A forklift is enough when you already have one on site, the ground is firm and level, and the load is light enough to take straight off the bed.
For most plant, cabin, container and material moves across North Wales, a HIAB is the cheaper and simpler choice, because it removes the second machine and the second crew entirely.
What Can Our HIAB Lift?
A crane lifts less the further it has to reach, so the right setup depends on both the weight and how far the load sits from the lorry. Ours lifts up to 9,850kg at 5.95 metres and still places a useful load right out at over 18 metres, which covers the vast majority of plant, cabin and material lifts across the region. Send us the weight, the dimensions and what is in the way, and we will confirm the lift before you book.
9,850kg
Max lift, close in at 5.95m
2,715kg
At 18.55m full reach
Remote
Radio-controlled placement
LOLER
Tested, certs on request
HIAB Hire Across North Wales and Beyond
Our HIAB fleet covers North Wales, Chester, Cheshire and the wider UK from our base in Sandycroft on Deeside. Wherever the lift is, if we can reach it by road we can get to it, with most of the North West within easy range.
We also deliver nationwide, and many customers travel to us.
Deeside & the local area
- Sandycroft
- Deeside
- Flintshire
- Chester
- Wrexham
- Mold
- Buckley
- Connah's Quay
- Queensferry
- Hawarden
- Saltney
- Broughton
- Ellesmere Port
North Wales & the North West
- Cheshire
- Wirral
- Liverpool
- Warrington
- Runcorn
- Widnes
- Rhyl
- Colwyn Bay
- Llandudno
- Bangor
- Denbighshire
Further afield
- Manchester
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Crewe
- Preston
- Oswestry
- Whitchurch
- Nationwide
What Our Customers Say
Our HIAB Vehicles and Lift Capacities
Our HIABs are run by ALLMI-trained, CPC-qualified and ADR-certified operators, and fitted with live tracking. All lifting equipment is LOLER tested with certificates available on request, and we are fully insured, with goods in transit and public liability cover held.
- 32,000kg GVW
- Payload up to 11,500kg
- 9,850kg at 5.95 metres
- 2,715kg at 18.55 metres
Our crane mounted lorry for single-vehicle work. Collects, carries and places the load with no equipment needed at either end. It lifts up to 9,850kg at 5.95 metres, with capacity easing off as the crane extends to full reach. The vehicle has a gross weight of 32,000kg and carries up to 11,500kg, though the payload depends on the crane fitted: a bigger crane weighs more, so the larger the crane, the less the vehicle can carry. All our HIAB cranes are remote-control operated, allowing the operator to position themselves for the safest and clearest view of every lift. Suited to most cabins, plant, containers and building materials.
- Rigid plus drawbar trailer
- Extended load space
- Multiple drops per run
- Full crane offload
The rigid HIAB with drawbar trailer adds a second deck behind the crane vehicle, giving extended load space for larger or multiple loads on a single run. The crane offloads at the destination as normal, so no equipment is needed on site at the delivery end. Suited to jobs where the load volume exceeds a single rigid deck or where multiple drops are needed on one run. All the same ALLMI-trained operators, live tracking and LOLER-tested lifting gear as the standard rigid HIAB.
- 13.6m overall
- 9m loading deck
- Stepframe deck
- Also available for hire
The HIAB stepframe trailer is a 13.6 metre trailer with a 9 metre loading deck, towed separately and used where the load requires more deck space than the rigid vehicle provides. The lower stepframe deck keeps tall loads within height restrictions. Suited to larger plant, site cabins and structural loads that need crane placement at the destination. Also available for hire on its own. See our HIAB Stepframe Trailer Hire page for details.
HIAB Hire FAQs
Can't find what you're looking for? Give us a call, we're happy to help.
01244 539300Most plant, machinery, cabins, containers, building materials, generators and kiosks. Ours lifts up to 9,850kg at 5.95 metres, with capacity easing off as the crane extends. The exact figures at each reach are on the spec panel above. Capacity depends on the weight and how far the crane has to reach, so send the weight and dimensions and we will confirm.
No. The whole point of a HIAB is that the lorry lifts and places the load itself, so you do not need a forklift, a crane or staff on hand to unload.
Yes, we can arrange contract lifts. If you already have a lift plan and method statement, our ALLMI-trained operators carry out the lift to it. If the lift needs planning as well, we arrange that with external lift planners, who provide the survey, documentation and method statement, and our operators carry out the lift on the day. Tell us what you need when you enquire and we will confirm what is involved.
Yes. All lifting equipment is LOLER tested with certificates available on request, and the cranes are remote-control operated for precise, controlled placement.
Often yes. We run our own fleet across North Wales, so call 01244 539300 with the date and details and we will tell you straight away what we can do.
North Wales daily, including Flintshire, Wrexham, Conwy and Denbighshire, plus Cheshire, the North West, mainland UK and Northern Ireland on request.
We price the whole job as one fixed quote covering collection, transport and placement, with no hidden extras. Send the load details and route for a price.
Yes, that is where a HIAB earns its keep. It lifts over walls, fences and obstacles to place loads where a standard lorry and forklift cannot reach.
Yes. Every operator is ALLMI-trained and CPC-qualified, all vehicles run live tracking, and we are fully insured, with goods in transit and public liability cover held.
Request a HIAB Hire Quote
01244 539300Tell us what needs lifting, where it is going, and when. We will come back with a straight price and no hidden costs.