How much does spider lift hire cost in Essex?

A week's hire starts from £1,320.92 ex VAT (£1,585.10 inc VAT), optional damage waiver included, for the 15.4m electric spider lift. Delivery and collection to your Essex postcode is priced before you pay. Every machine page shows its own prices by hire length.

Do you have a depot in Essex?

No. Hire a Lift delivers nationwide, so we deliver to sites in Essex rather than running a local depot. Enter your site postcode on any machine page to see delivery and any area surcharge before you book.

Do I need a permit to use a spider lift on a road or pavement in Essex?

Usually, yes. If the machine will stand on the road or pavement, ask Essex County Council, the highway authority, or the borough or district council for the street about a highway permit before your hire, and allow time for it to be granted. On private land, such as a yard, car park or inside a building, the landowner's permission is enough.

Will I get a particular make or model?

Each listing is a size and type of machine, described by working height, reach and power. The make supplied can vary, so check the machine details with us before your hire if a particular model matters. Call 0333 038 4946 with any questions.

Essex, postcode areas CM, CO, SS

Spider lift hire in Essex

A boom lift on rubber tracks that works from levelled outriggers. The narrowest models pass a garden gate, and the tracks cross lawns and rough ground.

Essex stretches from the Thames estuary and Southend seafront to Chelmsford, Colchester and the rural north, with Victorian terraces, new housing and large distribution sheds near the A12 and M25. Coastal and estuary sites bring salt air and exposed ground.

Typical Essex work: Gutters, fascias and roof work on terraces and new builds, and cladding and signage on sheds and retail parks, where up and over reach clears parked cars and yards.

Because a spider lift is a boom-type platform on tracks, it is often called a tracked cherry picker. Operators need IPAF category 1b.

Hire in Essex: what we can confirm

Area this page covers: Essex, postcode areas CM, CO, SS. Elsewhere nearby? Check your own postcode on any machine page.
Delivery to Essex: We deliver nationwide, so your machine comes to your Essex site on a delivery vehicle and is collected at the end of the hire. There is no Hire a Lift depot in Essex to collect from. No area surcharge applies to delivery to CM1 1HT.
Delivery and collection on these machines: Charged on all 10 machines you can book online here, priced to your site postcode before you pay.Priced in your quote on the 1 price-on-request machine.

Postcode areas and districts: ONS postcode data. Surcharge and delivery: live from our booking system for CM1 1HT. Your own price and delivery show on each machine page when you enter your site postcode.

Machines to book online: 10
Working heights: 12m to 35m

From £1,320.92 a week ex VAT. Based on the cheapest live 1 week hire, optional damage waiver included, for a 15.4m electric spider lift. Delivery is priced by your postcode.

Jobs it suits

Tree work and gardens
Churches, atriums and listed buildings
Sites behind a gate or narrow path (the narrowest models)
Rough or sloping ground, within each machine's limits

Check your site before it arrives

Gate, door and path widths on the way in
Door and overhead heights on the way in (most spider lifts stand about 2m tall when stowed)
Slopes and steps along the route
Space for the outriggers to spread
Floor loading on suspended floors, cellars, drains and paving
Spreader pads or mats under each outrigger

Pick a height

Open a machine and enter your Essex site postcode to see delivery and the price for your dates.

Working height you need

11 spider lifts to hire, lowest first

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Operators need a valid IPAF PAL card for category 1b (static boom). IPAF training: courses coming soon