Auckland Mon–Wed · Coromandel Thu–Sun
Shipping containers, building materials and heavy commercial loads: craned on, carted and craned off in one booking. No forklift needed at either end, and all the gear to secure the load comes with the truck.
Fully insured for public liability, goods on hook and goods in transit. All the chains, slings and straps come with the truck.
What Sam moves
Most jobs are the same three steps: crane it onto the deck, cart it, crane it off where you need it. These are the loads the truck is built for.
Standard and high cube, empty or loaded
Recent jobA container from Hawke’s Bay to Thames.
Bags of metal, timber and pallet loads
Recent job10 tonnes of gravel in ten 1-tonne bags, Silverdale to Te Atatu.
Steel, equipment and machinery
Recent jobs10 tonnes of steel pipe, Hamilton to Pakuranga. A refrigerated truck body, Pukekohe to Clevedon.
How it works
The crane travels with the truck, so the load is lifted from wherever it’s sitting and set down right where it’s going. One booking, no forklift.
What it is, roughly how heavy, both addresses, and photos of the load and the spots.
Sam parks beside the load, sets the outriggers down and lifts it onto the deck.
Chained or strapped with Sam’s own gear, then driven across Auckland or further.
Lifted off and set down where you want it, then Sam packs up and heads off.
Crane capacity
Heavy loads lift close in, and lighter loads reach right out to 16 metres to land exactly where you need them.
| Distance from the crane | Up to |
|---|---|
| 2 m | 4,000 kg |
| 3 m | 3,000 kg |
| 4 m | 2,000 kg |
| Out to 16 m | 1,000 kg |
Send photos of the load and the access with your enquiry and Sam will have the set-up planned before he arrives.
The deck, to scale
A steel flat deck with shipping-container twist locks. Pick a load to see how it sits.
A 20 ft container, empty or loaded, locked onto the twist locks for the road.
When & where
Sam splits the week between Auckland and the Coromandel. Book the right days and the truck is already there.
7am – 7pm
Same-day and urgent jobs welcome. Call Sam now.
*Sundays in Auckland by arrangement.
Book ahead
Sam is based in Whitianga from Thursday to Sunday and covers Coromandel town, over the hill to Whitianga and on down the coast past it. Book ahead to lock in your day.
Further afield? Long hauls to and from Auckland, anywhere from Northland to Invercargill.
Quote a long haulExample jobs
A few examples of the work: containers, building materials, steel and machinery, lifted on, carted and set down.
Woolf Contracting. Auckland Monday to Wednesday, Coromandel Thursday to Sunday.
Woolf Contracting
You deal with Sam directly, from the first call to the final lift, so you get a straight answer on price and timing and the job runs the way it was planned. Every load is covered by four insurance policies, all the chains, slings and straps come with the truck, and the rates are competitive.
Faster, firmer quotes
Crane work is priced on time, distance and how hard the lift is. These details let Sam price it properly the first time.
Container size (and high cube?), the materials and how many bags or pallets, or the item.
The total weight, and whether a container is empty or loaded.
Pick-up and drop-off, or the one address for a lift on site.
And the distance from there to the load or the set-down spot.
Cars, fences, trees, power lines and roofs near the lift.
Steep or narrow drives, gate widths, soft ground.
The load, the access and where it’s going.
Your date, how flexible it is, and whether it’s Auckland or Coromandel.
Questions
A truck with a crane mounted on it. HIAB is a crane brand, but in New Zealand people use “hiab” for any truck-mounted crane. Sam’s truck carries a Palfinger crane, so it can lift a load on, carry it and lift it off again.
Yes, 20 ft standard and high cube containers, empty or loaded. Let Sam know what’s inside and he’ll plan the lift.
Up to 4 tonnes within 2 metres of the crane, 3 tonnes at 3 metres, 2 tonnes at 4 metres, and 1 tonne out to 16 metres.
Auckland on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7am to 7pm, with same-day and urgent jobs welcome, and Sundays by arrangement. The Coromandel, from Coromandel town to Whitianga and beyond, from Thursday to Sunday, booked ahead.
No. Sam brings all the gear needed to lift and secure your load.
Sam’s rates are competitive, and each job is quoted on the time, the distance and the lifts at each end. Send the details above for a quote.
Get a quote
A few details about the load and the site are enough for a quote. Not sure of a weight or distance? Give your best guess and add photos.
0800 100 047Sam will be in touch shortly to talk through the job, the timing and the price.