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52 listings available
Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City
Musaffah
Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
52 boom loaders are listed for hire in Abu Dhabi today, from 34 suppliers, 2 of them verified. Fifty of the 52 are JCB and one is Caterpillar; Mussafah holds 49 of them and Abu Dhabi Island the other two. A boom loader, also called a telehandler, is the machine that puts palletised blocks, cladding, scaffold and rebar at height on building sites, and it doubles as a forklift and a loader when fitted with the right attachment.
Phone and WhatsApp numbers are on each listing, and hirers pay nothing to use EquipmentsFinder. Boom loaders across the country are on the boom loaders rental page, and the other categories in the emirate on the Abu Dhabi hire hub.
Pick the listing whose lift height and capacity fit the job, then contact the supplier to confirm the machine is available for the dates. Suppliers will ask about the site, the term and the attachments needed, typically forks, a bucket or a crane jib. Terms, delivery and the deposit are agreed with the supplier.
Boom loaders move on a lowbed for anything beyond a short road hop, and the supplier's transport charge appears on the quote. Clarify whether the quoted rate is for the machine alone or with fuel and an operator.
Every listed machine is of this type: a telescopic boom on a four-wheel-drive chassis, with forks as the standard attachment. The boom extends and raises, so a load can be placed well inside a building footprint or on an upper floor without the machine moving. Typical jobs in Abu Dhabi are block and brick supply on villa developments, cladding on warehouses in KIZAD, and general materials handling on tower sites.
A fixed-boom machine lifts without telescoping, which suits yards and loading bays where reach is not needed. None of the 52 Abu Dhabi listings is described this way; a telehandler used at short boom does the same work, and a forklift on the lifting equipment page is the alternative for flat yards.
The two ratings that matter are maximum lift height and the capacity at the reach you will actually use. Capacity falls sharply as the boom extends forward, and the load chart in the cab shows how far. A machine that lifts a full pallet of blocks at maximum height may only carry a fraction of that at full horizontal reach.
Decide the highest floor or scaffold lift the job needs, the heaviest pallet, and how far from the machine it has to be placed. Those three figures let a supplier point to the right model. Of the listings that state a year, the range is 2004 to 2017.
Only one listing publishes a daily rate and two a monthly one, so no typical price is given here. Suppliers set their own figures and show them on the listing where published; the rest are quoted on request. Expect the monthly rate to be the lowest per day, and ask whether fuel, delivery, attachments and VAT are included.
One of the 52 listings currently states that an operator is included. For the others, the hirer provides a licensed operator or asks the supplier what they charge to supply one.
49 of the 52 boom loaders are listed in Mussafah, which also makes it the place to compare suppliers on price and machine age. Delivery to sites inside the industrial zone is short and often same-day.
No boom loader is tagged to KIZAD or Ruwais. KIZAD's warehouse and cladding work is served from Mussafah with transport priced per job; for Ruwais, suppliers will usually quote a monthly hire with the lowbed cost added.
Two boom loaders are listed on Abu Dhabi Island, and the Mussafah fleet serves the rest of the city and the island developments. On tight urban sites, check the machine's turning circle and overall height against the site access before it is sent.
Nothing is listed in Al Ain or the western region at the moment. A posted request stating the site tells the Mussafah suppliers that the job is there and lets them price the transport.
If the lift height or capacity needed is not among the 52, post a request with the height, the heaviest load, the dates and the site, and suppliers across the UAE reply with quotes. Suppliers with telehandlers in Abu Dhabi can list them free.
Only one of the 52 Abu Dhabi listings publishes a daily rate and two publish a monthly one, so there is no reliable average to quote. Rates are set by each supplier and shown on the listing where published. Ask for a quote based on lift height, hire length and site, and confirm whether fuel, attachments, transport and VAT are included.
All current Abu Dhabi listings are telescopic machines, so the choice is really between sizes. Decide the highest lift, the heaviest pallet and how far forward it must be placed, then pick a model whose load chart covers all three with a margin. For flat yards with no reach requirement, a forklift may cost less.
One of the 52 listings currently states that an operator is included; the rest are hired as bare machines unless the supplier agrees otherwise. Operators need a valid licence for the machine class. Ask the supplier when calling; many can provide an operator at an additional daily rate.
Daily hire exists, but a boom loader usually travels on a lowbed, and that transport is charged regardless of hire length, so a one-day hire is expensive relative to the work done. Suppliers may set a minimum of several days. Confirm the minimum term and the transport charge before booking.
Listings are in Mussafah (49) and on Abu Dhabi Island (2). Delivery within the city and to KIZAD is routine for Mussafah suppliers, priced per job. Al Ain, Ruwais and the western region depend on the supplier and the hire length, so state the site when calling or post a request so the willing suppliers reply.
JCB accounts for 50 of the 52 listings, and Caterpillar for one, so almost every hirer will be offered a JCB telehandler. Model names and years are on the listings; among those that state a year, the range is 2004 to 2017. Hours and service history are worth asking about alongside the year.