Lifting Equipment Rental in Los Angeles

There is no lifting equipment listed for rent in Los Angeles today, since owners have not yet joined the new US site. A site manager who needs a lift can post a request, and an owner of forklifts or aerial platforms can list them free. Elsewhere, see the national lifting page.

What Is Included

The word covers machines that raise workers and loads: forklifts, scissor lifts, articulating and telescopic boom lifts, mast lifts and material hoists.

Where the Work Is

Warehouses near the port and in the inland valleys run forklifts and reach trucks all day. Studios and soundstages hang lighting from scissor and boom lifts. Mid-rise apartment and office projects in the city use platforms for facade, glazing and ceiling work, and sign and billboard crews reach heights above busy streets. Seismic bracing upgrades to older buildings involve overhead work in occupied spaces.

Matching Machine to Task

• Scissor lifts lift straight up on smooth slabs.
• Articulating booms reach up and over parked cars and canopies.
• Telescopic booms deliver straight-line outreach at height.
• Rough-terrain forklifts handle dirt and gravel at open yards.

Give working height, outreach, load and surface. Electric models are quiet and clean indoors, while engine-driven machines work better outdoors on rough ground.

Access in the City

Narrow alleys, parking garage clearances and elevator limits decide which lift can reach the work. Measure doors and ramps before you book, and ask the owner for the machine's width and stowed height. Street use may need a permit.

Safety

Operators need training on the machine class, and harness rules apply on boom lifts. Hillside sites call for a firm, level base.

For ownership, see lifting equipment for sale in Los Angeles. More plant sits on the Los Angeles rental page.

Floors, Slabs and Garages

A scissor lift on a thin slab or a ramp can overload it. Ask the building engineer for the floor rating, and tell the owner how much the machine weighs. In parking garages, the stowed height of the lift must clear pipes and sprinkler mains.