Crane Search
If you need to rent a crane, you shouldn’ t have to guess or know the right person to find the right company. looking for.
You need pricing context. Crane rental rates vary by equipment type, capacity, region and operator. If you don’ t have a reference point, you’ re at a disadvantage in every quote conversation. Pricing tools give buyers the market context they need to evaluate what they’ re being offered.
Market Transparency
The crane rental market has worked on information asymmetry for a long time. Companies that are well-connected get the calls. Companies that do great work but aren’ t in the right person’ s contact list don’ t. Buyers who have strong industry networks get options. Buyers who are new to the market, or new to sourcing cranes altogether, get
whatever they can find.
With a database that is visible to every user running a search, a regional operator that does excellent work has the same discoverability as a national company with a full marketing team. And a buyer who’ s never rented a crane before has access to the same tools and information as someone who’ s been doing it for years.
The foundation of market transparency is an accurate, up-to-date resource for crane locations and availabilities across the country, and what mobilization looks like for your timeline.
That level of visibility doesn’ t exist anywhere in this market today, especially for large equipment in the 300-ton-and-up category.
If you’ ve ever needed to know where a crane is sitting right now and who controls it, you understand exactly why it matters, and exactly why a complete, accurate, actively maintained directory that buyers trust and operators participate in is needed.
If you need to rent a crane, you shouldn’ t have to guess or know the right person to find the right company. You should be able to search by where your project is, what you need, what other people have said about the companies in your area, what the equipment should cost, and get to the right answer without burning a week on phone calls and referrals.
About the Author: Marilyn Wilkes, marketing director at CraneMap, has more than 15 years of experience in operations, projects and sales and marketing roles with heavy lift and transport companies in the crane and rigging industry.
CraneMap provides a comprehensive, searchable map and database of crane rental companies in the United States. For more information: www. cranemap. com.
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