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52 listings available
Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City
Al Shamkhah City
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Bani Yas City
Al Ain City
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Musaffah
Abu Dhabi has 52 lifting equipment listings for hire on EquipmentsFinder at the moment, posted by 31 suppliers, 1 of them verified. The category is almost entirely forklifts, with a few telehandlers and pallet trucks; 47 of the machines are in Mussafah and single units are spread across Abu Dhabi Island, Al Ain, Al Shamkhah and Bani Yas. Caterpillar and Komatsu are the main brands, followed by Heli, Toyota, Hyundai, Mitsubishi and JCB.
Lifting equipment across the country is on the UAE lifting equipment hire page, and the Abu Dhabi rental hub lists cranes, aerial platforms and the other categories in the emirate.
Each listing on the grid carries the brand, model, year and lift capacity the supplier entered, plus the daily or monthly rate where one is published. The supplier's phone and WhatsApp numbers are on the listing; EquipmentsFinder charges renters nothing and takes no commission. Forklifts and pallet trucks are small enough to arrive on a flatbed or a small low-bed, so delivery within the city is usually same day or next day.
Tell the supplier the load weight, the lift height, whether the machine runs indoors or on rough ground, and how long it is needed. Those four facts decide the class, the tyre type and the fuel, and let the supplier quote without a site visit.
Forklifts are 45 of the 52 listings. The group ranges from electric warehouse trucks for the logistics sheds in KIZAD and ICAD to diesel counterbalance units for yards, ports and steel fabrication shops. Caterpillar and Komatsu dominate, with Heli, Toyota and Mitsubishi also present.
Four telehandlers are listed. The telescopic boom places palletised blocks, scaffold and MEP materials onto upper floors, which makes them the usual lifting machine on housing and mid-rise construction sites where a crane would be idle most of the day.
Three pallet trucks are on offer for moving pallets inside stores and on loading docks. They are the cheapest item in the category and are often hired alongside a forklift for a stock move or an event build.
No chain hoists, winches, slings or lifting beams are listed in Abu Dhabi today. Rigging gear is usually supplied with a crane or by a specialist rigging company; a posted request is the way to reach suppliers who stock it.
A forklift's rated capacity applies at a stated load centre; a long or awkward pallet moves the centre outward and cuts the safe load. Choose a capacity with a margin above the heaviest pallet, then check the mast height against the racking or the truck bed being loaded. Indoor work in food and pharmaceutical stores points to electric trucks; outdoor yards, sandy ground in Al Dhafra and fabrication shops point to diesel units with pneumatic tyres.
For telehandlers the load chart combines weight, reach and height, so give the supplier the heaviest load and the furthest point it must be placed. Forklift and telehandler operators need a valid licence for the machine class.
Five of the Abu Dhabi listings publish a daily rate. Daily rates currently run from AED 500 to AED 1,000, with a typical rate around AED 800. Six listings publish a monthly rate, from AED 5,000 to AED 15,000 with a median of AED 9,500. Monthly hire is the norm for warehouse forklifts, and the monthly figure usually works out well below thirty day rates.
The other listings are priced on request. One listing currently states that an operator is included; fuel or charging, delivery, insurance and VAT are set by each supplier and confirmed when the quote is made.
Mussafah has 47 of the 52 listings, so it is the place to compare forklift brands and capacities. The suppliers there serve the ICAD warehouses directly and deliver to the rest of the emirate.
No machines are tagged to KIZAD or Ruwais today. Forklifts for the logistics parks and the port are delivered from Mussafah, usually within a day of confirmation.
One unit is listed on Abu Dhabi Island, and one each in Al Shamkhah and Bani Yas on the mainland side. Event builds on the Corniche and fit-out jobs on Reem usually take a compact electric forklift that can work on finished floors.
One forklift is listed in Al Ain city. Al Dhafra has no listings at present and is served from Mussafah, with transport charged by distance.
When a particular capacity, mast height or fuel type is not in the listings, post a request with the load, the height and the dates. Verified suppliers across the UAE see it and reply with their quotes.
Published daily rates on the Abu Dhabi listings currently run from AED 500 to AED 1,000, with a typical rate around AED 800. Monthly rates run from AED 5,000 to AED 15,000, with a median of AED 9,500. Pallet trucks are the cheapest item and telehandlers the dearest. Delivery, fuel and VAT are usually added to the base rate.
Match the rated capacity to the heaviest pallet with a margin, then check the lift height against the racking or truck bed. Electric forklifts suit indoor stores and finished floors, diesel units suit yards and rough ground, and a telehandler is right where loads have to be placed on upper floors across a construction site.
It varies by supplier. One Abu Dhabi listing currently states that an operator is included; the others leave it to be agreed when the supplier is contacted. Forklift and telehandler operators need a valid licence for the machine class, so if your own staff will drive, have the licences ready before delivery.
Yes, five of the current listings publish a day rate, and forklifts are regularly hired for a day or two for container unloading, stock moves and event builds. A one-day hire usually carries a minimum charge plus delivery and collection, so a weekly rate can be better value for anything over three or four days.
Most suppliers are in Mussafah, with single machines on Abu Dhabi Island and in Al Ain, Al Shamkhah and Bani Yas. They deliver across the emirate on flatbeds or low-beds, with the charge based on distance. KIZAD, Ruwais and Al Dhafra have no listings today and are served from the Mussafah yards.
Caterpillar has 15 listings and Komatsu 11, followed by Heli with 4, Toyota with 3, and Hyundai, Mitsubishi and JCB with 2 each. Zoomlion has 1. Model years on the listings that state one spread widely, from 2003 and 2007 up to 2016 and 2025, so check the year and hours on the listing.