Crane Hire Sydney › Unanderra
Crane hire in Unanderra’s industrial precinct: fabricated steel, machinery and workshop lifts through the Five Islands Road and Berkeley Road estates, with Sydney fleet depth on call.
National since 1974 · Sydney depot at St Marys · 60+ cranes · 2.93–300t · CICA member
Unanderra is the Illawarra’s workshop. The precinct around Five Islands Road, Berkeley Road and Glastonbury Avenue is dense with fabricators, machinists, sheet-metal shops and engineering businesses, many serving the steelworks and mines, and their lifting needs are constant: fabricated sections out of bays onto floats, machines between workshops, plant onto trucks for site delivery.
We service Unanderra as planned mobilisations from St Marys, and the sums work because the lifts are real: heavy fabricated steel, awkward machinery, and jobs where fleet depth and engineering matter more than having a yard around the corner. The Princes Motorway drops us almost at the precinct gate.
Every Unanderra job gets the smallest crane that does it safely, picked from the Sydney fleet at St Marys: 2.93 tonne mini cranes through to 300 tonne all terrains.
Reliable Franna cranes that pick a load and drive it across site, the workhorses of residential, commercial and yard work in tight Sydney spaces.
The top of our capacity range, including Liebherr models up to 300 tonnes. Road mobility plus serious lifting height and radius for major work.
Quick set-up and good reach, with the load and the crane arriving together on the one vehicle.
Tadano cranes purpose-built for unsealed and uneven sites where standard mobile cranes can’t work.
Compact cranes, down to our 2.93-tonne mini, designed for restricted-access work in built-up parts of Sydney.
One of the first decisions on any project, and Joyce Krane offers both from Sydney.
What we call taxi crane hire: the crane arrives with our own licensed operator and crew. The simplest, safest option for most one-off lifts.
You hire the crane and supply your own appropriately licensed operator. Best for established contractors needing a machine for an extended period.
Every Joyce Krane lift is backed by our in-house engineering team. Our engineers help you work through the craneage requirements of an upcoming special lift or future project.
They provide an unbiased, third-party review with clear recommendations, procedures and methodology designed to make the lift safer and more efficient. For Sydney builders and project managers, that means you’re not just hiring a crane, you’re hiring the expertise to use it correctly.
Unanderra is about 114 km by road from our depot, about 1.5 to 2 hours down the M7, Hume Motorway and Picton Road, which lands within minutes of the precinct. Mobilised days are planned to the hour, and multi-lift runs through the estate are the norm.
St Marys depot · about 114 km by road to Unanderra
Crane hire in Unanderra is priced on the crane size, how long the lift takes, site access, and whether you need wet hire (crane with our licensed crew) or dry hire. Workshop lifts in Unanderra usually price on access and float scheduling rather than tonnage, so lining up several lifts for one visit is the smart way to spend the mobilisation. Most bookings run on a minimum hire period, and travel from our St Marys depot is quoted honestly for Unanderra rather than padded. Call 1300 956 923 for a fixed price.
Lifting from private property in Unanderra usually needs no permit. If the crane must set up on a road, footpath or laneway, a road occupancy or standing plant approval from Wollongong City Council is generally required, along with traffic control, and Transport for NSW approval can apply on classified roads. We arrange the permits, traffic management and lift plan as part of the job.
Our Sydney depot at St Marys is about 114 km by road from Unanderra, about 1.5 to 2 hours. Unanderra is a planned run of about two hours from the yard, booked ahead, with early arrival so the first lift starts when your crew does. For urgent and after-hours work, our 24/7 emergency crane service covers Unanderra as well.
Tell us the load, the Unanderra site and the timeline, and we’ll recommend the right crane and a safe, cost-effective plan to get it placed. Our Sydney team is at 11 Severn Street, St Marys NSW 2760.
