Market leading crane hire and contract lift services in Knutsford. Ainscough operates the UK’s largest fleet of mobile cranes from 30 strategic locations across the country – we can deploy to any location, making us the only one able to offer a truly national service. Safety is at the heart of everything we do, and alongside our diverse fleet of cranes, our customers can also benefit from industry-leading planning services and expertise.
Get A Free QuoteWe have numerous accreditations & awards for outstanding QHSE, including ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001.
Learn MoreFrom John O’ Groats to Lands End with the UK’s largest fleet of 400+ cranes across 30 locations.
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Our safety culture ‘Make the Safe Choice’ is of paramount importance to our team. Our guiding principles centre on the idea that we all share a collective responsibility for the safety of everybody engaged in our operations, as well as anyone surrounding them – including our people, our customers, and members of the public. Ainscough holds numerous accreditations in recognition of our commitment to safety, and ensuring a safe system of work is a key priority in everything we do.
Safety
ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 accredited.
RISQS 5 star rating by the Rail Industry.
ROSPA Silver Award.
Safety measures regularly evaluated, tested, inspected and audited to uphold our impressive safety record.
Health and safety procedures communicated and reinforced through training programmes, regular bulletins, and MAAP (the Ainscough smartphone APP).
Reliability
Best-in-class Liebherr mobile cranes.
Stringent fleet maintenance schedules to increase availability and reliability.
Scale, infrastructure and in-house services to make cranes available for any purpose, at any time and location.
Extensive planning, experienced personnel and flawless execution to guarantee jobs will be completed on-schedule.
Availability
Largest fleet in the UK, with over 400 mobile, crawler, mobile tower and heavy cranes.
Nationwide 30 depot network to cover any location in the UK.
Fleet capabilities of up to 1000 tonnes.
Experience
Experience on all aspects of a lift, from consultation through to execution.
Extensive industry experience and highly trained personnel.
Sector-specific expertise for the most complex lifts.
Highest standards of customer service, lift design and operation.
For more than 40 years, blue chip customers across a wide variety of sectors have been benefitting from our diverse array of lifting services, distinguished by our hallmarks of diligence, precision and efficiency. These are delivered by some of the most knowledgeable, experienced and trusted professionals in the lifting industry, including teams of crane operators, lift operatives and engineers, contract lift managers, and health and safety officers.
The combined expertise of our in-house staff gives us the ability to tackle any project, allowing our customers to benefit from planning, engineering and in-depth expertise of the very highest quality – whether you require one-off mobile crane hire, industry-leading project management, or comprehensive contract lift solutions in Knutsford.
Our contract lift solutions encompass a range of services in which Ainscough experts can take on responsibility for all aspects of the lift, from consultation right through to final execution. At the design phase, we can use market leading CAD software and BIM modelling to scope the exact requirements of the lift. From there, we can also handle the risk assessment, method statement provision, QHSE analysis, road closure management, transport logistics and round the clock management.
All this detailed planning is undertaken by our specialist engineers and contract lift managers, allowing you to have total peace of mind when you ‘Make the Safe Choice’ with Ainscough Crane Hire. If the project concerns a significantly complex or high risk lift, we can provide several of our services in the form of a bespoke turnkey package, tailored to your specific schedule or requirements.
Our diverse fleet of mobile tower cranes, crawler cranes and heavy cranes allows us to provide market-leading services to a wide range of key sectors, including:
• Infrastructure
• Petrochemical, oil and gas
• Industrial
• Power generation
• Construction
When you hire a crane in Knutsford, we can put these vehicles at your disposal either as single units, or as part of a larger multi-unit contract. Whether you’re looking for ad-hoc mobile crane hire in Knutsford for a specific task, or multiple cranes for larger projects, you can rely on Ainscough Crane Hire to provide all the reliability, availability, expertise and capability you need.
Ainscough Crane Hire is proud of our regularly renewed industry accreditations
