Overhead Crane Price Guide: What Affects the Cost

It depends on capacity, span, duty class, hoist, controls, environment and scope, so there is no reliable list price. Request a quotation based on your hall and loads.

Usually, because it uses less steel. However, in demanding duty a correctly classified double girder crane can be better value over its service life.

A firm price needs the hall and duty details, and a survey is the fastest way to a real number, since each crane is calculated for a specific hall and duty. Without one, the figure can only be as good as the data behind it. Send capacity, span, runway length, hook height, duty, environment, controls and available power in your enquiry, and note any dimension you are unsure of.

Not automatically, so read the scope line by line. Delivery, installation, load testing, documentation and training are all scope items that change the figure, and a new runway with its supporting steel can be a significant extra. Two quotations with different scopes cannot be compared on price alone. State in your enquiry whether a runway already exists and what you want included.

Specify the real duty instead of over-specifying just in case, and choose a single girder crane when it really is sufficient. Check whether a jib crane could relieve the main crane at busy workstations, and consider modernizing a sound existing crane rather than replacing it. Savings should come from matching the specification to the work, never from a lower duty class than your use requires.

A crane in too low a duty class wears its mechanisms faster, so the savings go on repairs, spare parts and downtime. A crane may run for many years, which gives these costs time to overtake the difference in purchase price. When comparing offers, weigh energy, maintenance, spare parts and the cost of a stoppage in your plant alongside the price, using your real duty rather than the cheapest classification.