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A Potain representative said that the market is growing steadily as customers look for faster, more efficient lifting solutions on constrained jobsites.
Andrew Stalter, business development manager for Morrow Equipment Co., said the market is growing steadily, with increasing traction in the urban infill, high-end residential, light commercial and modular construction sectors.
Added Lee Maynard, tower crane global sales director for Terex Cranes:“ The North American market for self-erecting cranes is experiencing steady growth and is projected to continue growing through the next years.”
And Kelly Webb, vice president of Creative Lifting Services, noted,“ Although we see more self-erecting cranes in use every day, the market for them is still far from reaching its full potential. There is plenty of room for growth. The work is there. The demand is there. We just need for more potential users to become aware of the benefits of the concept.”
Above: A Terex CSE 32 self-erector sets members for a steel-frame building.
Left: Liebherr launched its newest self-erector at bauma 2025. The 91K can lift up to 13,228 pounds, can be rigged with jib lengths from 101.7 to 157.4 feet and can lift 2,491 pounds at a 157-foot radius.
Top Right: Jayko Crane’ s rental fleet includes the Saez HT47 shown at front left. The crane features a 154-foot jib, 125-foot under-hook height, 13,200-pound maximum capacity and 3,000-pound capacity at a 154-foot radius.
Market Drivers
The market’ s current activity and promising potential for further growth are being driven by at least three factors.
One is more construction of the kinds of buildings ideally suited for self-erecting cranes, for example mid-rise, wood-frame commercial or multi-family structures.
“ An influx of multi-use / urban-living apartments and condos in recent years, as well as office space being transformed into condos, is providing work that’ s well suited to self-erectors,” according to Compass Equipment’ s Paul Autry.
And the Potain representative said that growth in urban infill projects, timber framing and modular construction are all
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