A hydraulic mobile crane is a crane built onto a truck. It drives to your site, sets up on outriggers in minutes, and uses hydraulic power to lift, reach and place loads. There's no assembly and no separate delivery. That makes it the fastest, most cost-effective way to handle a one-day lift or a series of short picks on busy New York City streets.
Every Trinchese truck comes with a CCO-certified operator and rigger. We don't rent bare cranes. We plan the lift, rig it and run it from start to finish. We're fully licensed and insured and available 24/7 from our Brooklyn base at 222 Belmont Avenue.
Common NYC Uses
- Rooftop HVAC and condensers: set on brownstones, walk-ups and commercial roofs.
- Generators and electrical gear: placed on pads, setbacks and rooftops, including emergency lifts.
- Construction material: steel, rebar, block, sheetrock and roofing landed right where crews need it.
- Loading and unloading: machinery, containers and heavy deliveries moved off flatbeds.
- Rear-yard and courtyard lifts: the knuckle boom reaches over buildings when there's no other way in.
Crane Truck Hire vs. Crane Truck Rental
Searching for a crane truck rental in NYC? With us, you get more than a truck. You hire the crane truck together with a CCO-certified operator and rigger, so there's no equipment to insure, no operator to find and no rigging to figure out yourself. You pay for a finished lift.
Typical Mobile Crane Jobs
Brownstone rooftop HVAC swap
The truck sets up at the curb, the knuckle boom folds over the cornice, and old units come down while new condensers go up, often in one short street window.
Standby generator placement
Generators are picked off the delivery flatbed and set on a pad, setback or roof, with the rigger guiding the load into position.
Steel and material landing
Beams, rebar bundles, block and roofing pallets are landed right at the work area, so crews don't hand-carry material up stairs.
Rear-yard and over-building picks
When there's no side access, the boom reaches over the building to set loads in back yards and courtyards.
What's Included With Every Lift
- Fassi 1950 hydraulic crane truck, fueled and delivered to your site
- CCO-certified operator and experienced rigger
- Lift planning from your load weight, address and site photos
- Help with NYC DOT permit timing for street setups
- Full licensing and insurance, 24/7 availability
Why a Truck-Mounted Crane
A compact truck footprint fits narrow Brooklyn and Queens side streets, and the hydraulic knuckle boom folds to clear parapets, trees and overhead wires. Setup is quick, so off-hour DOT permit windows and short street closures go further. For long, straight reaches with nothing in the way, we'll tell you if a different setup fits better. See also knuckleboom cranes and boom truck service.
Hydraulic Mobile Crane FAQ
- No. We only provide cranes with our own certified operator and rigger, fully insured.
- All five: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. Brooklyn and Queens are closest to our home base.
- It depends on the reach, setup position and rigging. Send us the load weight, the address and a site photo, and we'll confirm what's possible.
- Most NYC street setups need a DOT permit and sometimes FDNY coordination. We'll walk you through it as part of your estimate.
- Yes. We're available 24/7 for emergency lifts, night work and weekend street closures.
