Spartanburg Crane Rental Cost | 2026 Rates and Minimums

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Rates one crane company prints

Hourly crane prices, operator included, plus two spider lift day rates, all from one company that prints them.
Machine	Price	Minimum
40-ton crane, 124 ft of boom	$211/hr	4 hours
55-ton crane, 128 ft of boom	$242/hr	4 hours
55-ton long boom, 151 ft plus a 38 ft jib	$263/hr	4 hours
89 ft tracked spider lift	$1,175/day	8-hour day
107 ft tracked spider lift	$1,480/day	8-hour day

Source: the "Who We Are" page of Lift Techs Crane & Rigging, based in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, read November 12, 2026. Crane time is billed portal to portal with a 4-hour minimum. Other pages on the same site still show older, lower hourly figures, so the higher set is used here. The company works in the Mid-Atlantic, not South Carolina, and Upstate operators price by phone, so treat these as a yardstick.

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Pick the nearest job and a crane. The tool uses the printed hourly rate and the 4-hour floor from the sheet above. Travel past the floor, riggers and permits are left out.

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Who printed these numbers

Crane outfits around Spartanburg do not post prices; they quote once they hear the job. Lift Techs Crane & Rigging, a Pennsylvania company, prints hourly rates for its 40-ton and 55-ton cranes and day rates for two tracked spider lifts. It has no South Carolina work, but its terms look like what a local yard would offer.

Its crane rates include the operator and run portal to portal, which means the meter starts when the crane leaves the yard and stops when it returns.

The 4-hour floor and travel

Every crane on the sheet carries a 4-hour minimum. The smallest bill is $844 for the 40-ton and $968 for the 55-ton, even if the pick takes twenty minutes.

Because travel counts, a job in Gaffney or Landrum uses more of that floor on the road than one by Morgan Square. Past four hours, each extra hour adds the hourly rate. The sheet does not list overtime or a fuel line, so ask a local operator how they handle both.

Bills worked from the sheet

$844The 40-ton for its 4-hour floor, 4 times $211.
$1,210The 55-ton for 5 hours, 5 times $242.
$1,175One 8-hour day with the 89 ft spider lift, for tree work or glass where a truck cannot reach.

Worked from a published rate. The operator quotes your actual price.

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What the hourly rate leaves off

The printed figure covers the crane and its operator. Ask about the rest:

Travel time, since portal to portal counts the drive both ways.
A rigger or signal person when the operator cannot see where the load lands.
Spreader bars, slings and tag lines for awkward loads.
Mats or cribbing when the crane has to set up on a lawn or soft ground.
The city closure application, bond and traffic control when the crane sits in a Spartanburg street (City of Spartanburg closure application).
Any SCDOT permit for a state road, which is free but takes time to set up.

Forty or fifty-five tons?

Weight and distance pick the machine. Lifting capacity falls quickly as the boom reaches out, so a unit 15 feet off the curb is easy and the same unit 70 feet across a flat roof is not.

Most house and small shop lifts fit a 40-ton. Wide commercial roofs, steel and big trees over a house move toward the long-boom 55-ton or larger. The rooftop guide and the storm tree guide go further into sizing.

Rate questions from Spartanburg jobs

What is the lowest crane bill to expect near Spartanburg?

On the printed sheet, 4 hours of the 40-ton at $211, which is $844. Local operators set their own floors and some use smaller boom trucks, so ask when you call.

Is a spider lift cheaper than a crane?

For reach work like trimming, glass or signs, often yes. The sheet lists an 89 ft tracked spider lift at $1,175 for an 8-hour day. A spider lift carries people and light tools, not heavy loads.

Does the drive count toward the 4 hours?

With portal to portal billing it does. The meter runs from the yard and back, so a lift in Union or Chesnee spends more of the floor on the road than one downtown.

Sources

Lift Techs Crane & Rigging, "Who We Are" rate list
City of Spartanburg, Temporary Street Closure and/or Encroachment Application
SCDOT, encroachment permits
S.C. Code Title 56 Chapter 5, size and weight limits
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1408, power line safety