Crane & rigging · specialized pick-and-carry cranes
What size crane do you need? Start with pick weight and working radius. Our specialized pick-and-carry cranes work inside the plant and under low headroom, and pick, carry and set the machine in one move — to 118,000 lb in a single lift. When a pick needs more reach or height than they have, we tell you up front and plan the mobile crane.
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Planning tool — not a lift plan. The assigned crane, stamped load chart, qualified crew, verified site conditions, and project-specific plan govern every pick.
Pictured: a RIG-N-LIFT pick-and-carry crane under load, working inside the plant.
The load is the first number. Working radius is the second — and the one that decides whether our pick-and-carry crane does the whole job, or the pick needs a mobile crane.
Enter the total suspended weight, not just the machine shipping weight.
Most machinery picks happen inside a building. That is where our cranes are built to work.
Industrial buyers search for a crane before they know a pick-and-carry crane exists: a crane that drives through the door, works under low headroom, picks the machine, carries it through the plant and sets it on its foundation. One machine, one crew, one move. The mobile crane belongs to the pick with more reach or height than our cranes have — over a roof, over a wall, or out at a long radius.
Inside, low headroom, one machine
The first look for almost every plant move — unloading, doorways, aisles, low clearance and the final set. The machine that picks it is the machine that sets it.
Reach and height
The right path when the pick has to clear a roof, a wall, a pit or a process line, or the radius is longer than a pick-and-carry boom reaches.
You hear it up front
If a pick needs more reach or height than our cranes have, you hear it before you spend a dollar — and the plan covers the mobile crane, the handoff to our crane inside, and the final set.
A tonnage label is not a capacity answer.
A “100-ton crane” does not lift 100 tons everywhere. Capacity changes with radius, boom, counterweight, outrigger position, work area, reeving, and the actual machine chart. That is why the selector leads with radius. When a pick does need a mobile crane, this is how it gets sized.
| Class | Representative model | 25 ft radius | 60 ft radius | 100 ft radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100T | Link-Belt HTC-86100 | 60,100 lb | 14,600 lb | 4,800 lb |
| 200T | Liebherr LTM 1200-5.1 | 193,475 lb | 79,000 lb | 40,000 lb |
| 300T | Liebherr LTM 1250/1 | 232,667 lb | 101,750 lb | 54,525 lb |
| 400T | Liebherr LTM 1300 | 332,750 lb | 123,000 lb | 60,000 lb |
| 500T | Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 | 454,000 lb | 190,000 lb | 99,500 lb |
Values show the chart-backed main-boom envelope represented in the tool. Our pick-and-carry cranes are rated the same way — capacity falls as the boom goes out. 118,000 lb is a single-lift pick-and-carry maximum, not a capacity at reach; every pick is planned against the assigned machine’s chart, configuration and site conditions.
A useful crane conversation starts with the complete pick and placement path. These six inputs tell us the same day whether our crane does the whole job — and if not, exactly where the mobile crane hands off to it.
Machine plus rigging, beams, hook block, attachments, fluids, tooling, and loose components.
Where the load begins, where it lands, estimated radius, lift height, and required orientation.
Door sizes, ceiling and mezzanine heights, rooflines, pits, pipe racks, utilities, process equipment, power lines, and traffic.
Setup area if a mobile crane is needed, slab or soil information, underground concerns, slope, weather, and exclusion zones.
Dimensions, centre of gravity, approved lift points, OEM instructions, sensitivity, and final alignment needs.
Truck position, unloading plan, building entry, any crane handoff, final set, and production schedule.
One machine or a whole production line — weight, access and the date you need it running are enough to start. We tell you whether our crane does the whole job, plan the rigging, the move and the installation as one job under one contractor, and come back with what it takes.
Same-day pricing. Give us the details and you get a number back the same day, not in three to five business days.
Rather talk it through? 877-898-4377 — ask for the planning team.
Crane size depends on the total suspended load, working radius, boom length, lift height, setup configuration, ground conditions, and obstructions — not weight alone. Enter the lifted weight and estimated radius in the Crane Selector for an initial planning class, then have the pick verified against the assigned crane’s stamped load chart and a site-specific lift plan. For most plant moves, the assigned crane is one of our pick-and-carry cranes.
A crane that picks the load and travels with it. Ours are built for industrial plants: they come through the door, work under low headroom, and carry the machine from the truck to its final set. A mobile crane lifts from a fixed position with its outriggers set; a pick-and-carry crane moves the load through the building. Our boom-rated machines, our TriLifter and our gantry systems all work this way.
Yes — that is what they are for. Inside a running plant, down aisles, under low ceilings and mezzanines, without closing a yard or setting outriggers. Send a photo of the door and the route and we will tell you the same day whether the pick fits.
When the pick needs more reach or height than our cranes have: over a roof or a wall, into a pit, across a process line, or out at a long radius. We plan the lift, bring the crane in, and run it as one step of the installation with our crew on the rigging and our pick-and-carry crane taking the handoff inside. You hear it up front, not on the day.
A 100-ton class rating is not available at every radius. In the representative 100T chart used by the tool, rated capacity is about 60,100 pounds at a 25-foot radius and 14,600 pounds at a 60-foot radius. The exact crane, boom, counterweight, outrigger setup, work area, and chart always control.
As the hook moves farther from the crane centreline, leverage on the crane increases. That reduces the allowable suspended load. This is why a crane tonnage label by itself cannot answer whether a pick fits — and why 118,000 lb is our single-lift pick-and-carry maximum, not a capacity at reach.
We provide crane and rigging service. We do not sell crane equipment, and our cranes come with our operators and riggers. What you buy is the pick, the move and the installation, planned and run as one job.
Start with the machine weight, rigging weight, dimensions, centre of gravity, pick and set locations, estimated working radius, lift height, door and ceiling heights, access route, overhead and underground hazards, ground or slab information, and required schedule. Field verification is still required.
No. It is a planning and estimating tool only. It does not authorise a pick or replace the actual crane load chart, qualified operator, qualified rigger, site review, ground assessment, rigging plan, or engineered lift plan.