Spider Crane & Tight Access in Fort Lauderdale

Spider Crane & Tight Access, Fort Lauderdale

Roughly 20 minutes north of the yard. We bring the same fleet and the same certified operators to Fort Lauderdale that we bring anywhere else between West Palm Beach and South Miami.

The spider fits through a standard 36-inch gate, tracks across finished floors on rubber pads, and sets its own outriggers once it gets where it is going. We have run it inside atriums, through side yards and across plaza decks, including indoor glass work at MiamiCentral.

It is the machine that turns a "that cannot be craned" job into a normal Tuesday. Glass panels, HVAC in a mechanical room, statuary, equipment swaps in a basement plant room, hot tubs into a screened patio.

Working in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale is close enough that we can often get there the same day, and varied enough that no two jobs look alike. Downtown and Las Olas are mid and high-rise work with loading-zone coordination, while a few blocks away Victoria Park and Rio Vista are narrow historic streets with big shade trees and driveways a boom truck has to be threaded into.

The waterfront adds its own category. This is a marine city, and we get asked for lifts over seawalls, onto docks and around canal-front properties where the crane sets up on one side of a very expensive piece of landscaping and reaches over it.

Beach-side condo work is mostly AC and generator sets on decks, and it almost always needs a booked window with building management. Tell us the building name when you call and we will tell you what the setup usually involves.

Where the spider earns its money

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  Indoor and atrium work. Glass, fixtures and equipment inside a finished building without tearing out a wall.
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  Gated side yards. If a person can walk it, the spider can usually track it.
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  Finished surfaces. Rubber tracks and spread pads instead of a 30,000 lb truck on your pavers.
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  Elevated decks and plazas. Where load ratings rule out anything bigger.

Want the full rundown on this service? Read the Spider Crane & Tight Access page, or see everything we lift in Fort Lauderdale.