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Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City
Dubai
Dubai
Dubai
Dubai
Umm AL Quwain
Umm AL Quwain
Umm AL Quwain
Dubai
Dubai
Dubai
A boom loader, known elsewhere as a telehandler, lifts palletised blocks, rebar and cladding to upper floors and reaches over scaffolding where a forklift cannot. Today 193 boom loaders are listed for hire in the UAE from 126 suppliers, 2 of them verified. JCB machines make up 184 of the listings, with Caterpillar, Manitou and Volvo accounting for the rest.
Dubai has 66 listings, Abu Dhabi emirate 52 and Sharjah emirate 51, and there is stock in Fujairah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah as well, which makes this one of the easier categories to hire in the Northern Emirates.
EquipmentsFinder lists boom loaders from the suppliers who own them, with the lift height, capacity, model year and the supplier's phone and WhatsApp number on each listing. The renter contacts the supplier directly and agrees the price and terms. No fee is charged to the renter and no commission is added.
A request on the inquiry board is the alternative: state the lift height, the load, the site and the dates, and suppliers reply with quotes. With 126 suppliers carrying boom loaders, requests in this category draw several responses.
Nearly all the stock listed is telescopic. The boom extends and raises, so the same machine places a pallet on the ground, feeds blocks to a fourth-floor slab and reaches across a scaffold or a trench. Four-wheel steer and crab steer let it work on tight sites. The common JCB models listed lift around 4 tonnes to 17 metres, and larger units go higher. Most take forks as standard and can carry a bucket, a jib or a work platform.
Fixed-boom machines raise the load on a boom that does not extend. They are simpler, cheaper to maintain and useful for repetitive yard loading where reach is not required. Few appear among the current listings, so a request on the inquiry board is the better way to find one.
Boom loaders are described by maximum lift height and maximum capacity, but the two are never available together. Capacity falls as the boom extends and rises, and the load chart in the cab sets the limit for every combination. For a typical building job, work out the heaviest load that must reach the highest point, then pick a machine whose load chart clears both with margin.
A 4-tonne, 17-metre class machine covers most mid-rise building sites in the UAE. Low-rise villa work manages with a smaller 3-tonne, 7-metre unit that fits through gates and turns in a plot. High-rise and industrial projects with long reaches over scaffolding move up to 20 metres and beyond. The listing usually quotes both figures; check them against the job rather than the model name.
Suppliers set their own rates and publish them on the listing where they choose to. Six listings currently publish a daily rate, with a typical figure of about AED 750 a day and the highest at AED 1,000. Seven listings publish a monthly rate, typically about AED 13,000 a month and up to AED 17,000. Larger-capacity and newer machines sit at the top of the range.
These are machine-only prices. Only one listing currently states that an operator is offered, so most hire is dry hire with the renter's own licensed operator. Delivery by lowbed, fuel and VAT are quoted separately, and the model years listed range from 2004 to 2016 for the most common units, which affects the price and the condition to expect.
Dubai has 66 boom loaders listed for hire today, all in Dubai city. Start with the boom loaders in Dubai for sites in the emirate; Dubai suppliers commonly deliver to Sharjah and Ajman as well.
Abu Dhabi emirate has 52 listings, 49 of them in Musaffah. The Abu Dhabi boom loader listings serve projects across the capital, and transport to Al Ain or the western region is quoted by the supplier.
Sharjah emirate has 51 listings: 44 in Sharjah city and 7 in Adh Dhayd. The Sharjah boom loader listings are also the closest stock for Umm Al Quwain and the east coast.
The Northern Emirates are better covered here than in most categories: Fujairah has 8 boom loaders listed in Al Fujairah City, Ajman 7, Umm Al Quwain 6 and Ras Al Khaimah 3. A request on the inquiry board still reaches suppliers in Dubai and Sharjah who deliver across the north.
Post a request with the lift height, the load, the site and the dates, and boom loader suppliers across the UAE will reply with quotes. Forklifts and cranes for other lifting work are in the equipment rental hub.
| Type | Daily | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| All types | AED 210 – 975 | AED 1,850 – 5,000 | AED 6,700 – 15,500 |
Indicative ranges from listings currently on EquipmentsFinder, excluding those with no published rate. Updated weekly.
Of the listings publishing prices today, the typical daily rate is about AED 750, with the highest published daily rate at AED 1,000. Monthly rates are typically about AED 13,000 and reach AED 17,000 for larger or newer machines. These are machine-only figures from six and seven listings respectively; operator, delivery, fuel and VAT are confirmed with the supplier.
Identify the heaviest load that must reach the highest or furthest point on the job, then check that a machine's load chart covers that combination with margin, since capacity drops as the boom extends. A 4-tonne, 17-metre class telehandler suits most mid-rise sites; villa work manages with a 3-tonne, 7-metre unit.
Usually not. One of the 193 listings currently states that an operator is offered, so most hire is dry hire and the renter provides a licensed operator. Suppliers can sometimes arrange an operator at a daily rate; ask when requesting the quote. Any operator must hold a valid licence for the machine class.
Yes, where the supplier has a machine free, and six listings currently publish a daily rate. Transport by lowbed costs the same for one day as for a month, so a one-day hire is only worthwhile for a single lift or delivery. For anything longer, ask for the weekly or monthly rate.
Cover is widest in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, with Musaffah suppliers covering Abu Dhabi and Sharjah suppliers reaching the Northern Emirates. Because boom loaders are also listed in Fujairah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah, sites in the north can often be served locally. Give the site location in the request to get accurate transport pricing.
JCB accounts for 184 of the 193 listings today, with Caterpillar (4), Manitou (2), Volvo (1) and one other make covering the remainder. The most frequently listed model years are 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2016, so ask the supplier for hours, tyre condition and boom wear-pad history before booking an older machine.