BoomTrucks.ca · the Canadian reference for truck-mounted cranes
What each kind of boom truck does, what published rates say, the rules in your province, and calculators that work in metric. When you know the lift, request a quote.
Chapter 01 · Level
Outriggers go down before the boom goes up. Alberta requires them extended and supported by solid footings before use10, and a truck even one degree out of level can lose chart capacity it was counting on.
Outriggers and groundChapter 02 · Raise
A load chart is set inside the point where the truck would tip, not at it. The 2020 edition of CSA's mobile crane code caps a boom truck's rating with its stabilizers fully extended and set.
Reading a load chartChapter 03 · Reach
Radius is the horizontal distance from the centre of rotation to the loaded hook26, and the chart is read against it. Boom out, and the load the truck may hold drops fast.
Boom truck sizesChapter 04 · Clear
The truck and the load both count near an overhead line: Ontario requires a signaller to warn each time the equipment or load may approach the minimum distance21. Each province sets its own limit of approach, and the line's voltage decides it.
In the scene, the red envelope is the limit of approach, drawn 3.0 m out from each conductor (Alberta, 750 V to 40 kV)10. The boom, the rope and the hook stop outside it.
Power-line clearanceChapter 05 · Pick
Published rates are benchmarks for public works, not quotes. Always ask whether a rate includes the operator.
Published rental ratesTelescope and luff a generic boom truck and watch radius, tip height and model capacity change. The geometry is real; the capacity is an illustrative model, not a load chart.
Drag the boom tip, or use the sliders
44% of model capacity
Above 75%: Alberta would require a lift calculation10Over capacity in this model
Loading the interactive model. Until it loads, this is a static view at a 15.0 m boom and 45°.
| Boom | Angle | Radius | Tip height | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 m | 75° | 2.2 m | 9.6 m | 12.0 t |
| 15.0 m | 45° | 11.0 m | 13.4 m | 3.4 t |
| 21.0 m | 30° | 18.6 m | 13.3 m | 1.5 t |
| 28.0 m | 0° | 28.4 m | 2.8 m | 0.31 t |
The same truck-mounted crane goes by different names across the country. What people search for depends on where they work.
Each starts with a few numbers. BoomTrucks.ca does not rent, sell or lease equipment: a request goes, with your consent, to one company that does.
D-201
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With an operator or bare. A supplier quotes the job from these numbers. With your consent, your request goes to one company that does this work, and that company may pay BoomTrucks.ca.
D-202
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D-203
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Government schedules and association guides publish hourly boom truck rates. Each line says whether the operator is included and which edition it comes from.
Who needs a ticket, how far to stay from a 138 kV line, and the licence a three-axle boom truck needs. Each is set by the province, and each links to the source text.
Summaries only; read the regulation. Every province and territory we researched →
Pick a province and a line voltage. The answer comes straight from the province's table; where our verified rows have no number, it says so.
Summary only
Keep every part of the truck, boom, load and rigging at least this far from the line, allowing for sway. Call the utility and read the regulation before work. Regulations change. This table was checked on 2026-10-06; read the linked regulation and call the utility before work. Power-line clearance by province →
Size a lift, check an outrigger pad, a sling angle or a power-line distance, compare renting with leasing and buying, and convert rental rates. Each shows its formula and its assumptions.
Certification, power lines, load charts, outriggers, rigging and the difference between a boom truck and a crane.
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