Operated rough-terrain cranes for the lifts that aren't on a tidy, paved pad — acreage builds, energy sites, and unimproved ground around Calgary and Rocky View County.
Rough-terrain cranes ride on large rubber tires and a single cab, with the traction and ground clearance to move around a site that hasn't been graded or paved. All-terrain units add road-legal travel speed so they can reach a remote site and still handle soft or uneven ground once they arrive. For a lot of Alberta work — acreage, rural builds, and energy sites off the main grid — this is the class that actually fits.
The lift itself is sized the same way as any crane: by weight, radius, and height, read off the capacity chart. What rough-terrain adds is the ability to set up and pick where a road-legal truck crane would sink, scrape, or simply not get in. On soft ground we plan cribbing and mats as part of the lift so the outriggers have a stable base.
The single biggest variable on a rough-terrain lift is what's under the crane. Fresh fill, saturated clay after a Chinook melt, or an unknown base all change how we set up. Tell us what the ground is and whether it's been compacted, and we'll plan matting and outrigger loading before the crane rolls.
Rough-terrain and all-terrain units commonly run roughly $250–$600+/hr (CAD) by tonnage class, plus mobilization to rural sites. Typical guidance — not a quote.
Tell us the site and the load — we'll bring the right class and the matting plan.