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55-Ton Class
The right size for HVAC units, hot tubs and spas, beams, and tight residential or commercial sites where a bigger crane cannot set up.
Distribution roofs, food plant equipment, and campus work lifted in Salem and Keizer, with operator and rigging included.
Crane service in Salem and Keizer is an operated lift: machine, NCCCO certified operator, and rigging gear all arrive together, the crane under its own power and the counterweights and gear on Westmore's own trucks and trailers, with no third-party hauler in the chain. Machines range from 55 tons to 350 tons, and the load decides which one is dispatched rather than the machine deciding the job. The regular calls here are rooftop mechanical sets on flat-roofed distribution buildings, equipment and machinery rigged into production plants, structural steel picks, plus backyard hot tub and spa sets around Salem, Keizer, and West Salem.
Two questions get answered before a lift is scheduled. If the crane will occupy a street, a lane, or a sidewalk, the right-of-way permit comes from whichever city or county the address falls in, and Westmore submits it with whatever notice that desk requires. If the machine itself runs over Oregon's legal width, height, or weight for the road, the state issues a separate over-dimension permit through its online system before the truck moves, which is not something a customer has to arrange. Give us the load's weight, the height and the reach it needs, and the address, and both are handled inside the quote.
Four lift types cover most Salem and Keizer calls, from a roof to a pad to a spot deep inside a building.
Rooftop units and mechanical equipment set on the flat-roofed warehouses, hospital wings, and office buildings around the city.
Production and warehouse equipment lifted into food plants on a shutdown window, planned so the piece lands right the first time.
Vaults, tanks, transformers, and structural steel rigged with hardware rated for the heaviest item in the sequence.
Backyard sauna, swim spa, and hot tub sets around Salem, Keizer, and West Salem, flown over the fence instead of dragged through the yard.
The City of Salem wants three full business days of notice for a Work in Public Right-of-Way permit, and that is what a lift needs whenever it holds a lane, a sidewalk, or a parking bay. On a street-set job that clock, not the crane, sets the earliest workable date. Hand over the address on that first call and the filing starts while the pick is still being sized.
The Keizer boundary matters more than it looks. Keizer runs its own Public Works permit desk, so an address a block north of the city line goes to a different counter than one a block south, and a county road beyond both is Marion County Public Works territory. Westmore confirms who owns the street before offering a date.
Ground and timing round it out. Valley ground softens through the wet months, so a crane going onto gravel or unpaved ground gets mats planned into the setup, while a rooftop unit atop a flat-roofed distribution building usually has to fit a window when the dock is quiet. Say which of those applies and the schedule comes back realistic.
Mechanical contractors call about rooftop units on the distribution and institutional buildings around the area, and what they are protecting is the schedule. A unit that arrives without a crane able to reach it costs the whole day, so sizing the machine to the roof and the lot ahead of the delivery is most of the job.
Plant maintenance and facilities managers call about equipment going into or out of a production building, usually inside a narrow window. Josiah Thomas's review of a rigging job puts the standard plainly: the crew "safely set our sign bridge in under an hour." Those picks get planned before the truck is loaded, because there is no second attempt.
Homeowners call about hot tubs and spas, and the yard settles everything: fence height, setback, tree cover, and the legal place for a truck to stop on the street. Westmore reads those first, then chooses a machine with enough reach to work from clear of the tight part of the property. Operator and rigging are already inside the quoted number.
Rooftop swaps, plant equipment, rigging picks, and hot tub lifts each call for a different class from the same fleet.
The right size for HVAC units, hot tubs and spas, beams, and tight residential or commercial sites where a bigger crane cannot set up.
The workhorse for steel erection, precast and tilt panels, transformers, vaults, and rooftop equipment on commercial jobs.
Heavy and long-reach picks: generators, large mechanical equipment, and lifts that have to clear a building from the street.
Call with the load weight, the address, and the date you have in mind, or send the basics below and we call back within 24 hours.
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At least three full business days. The City of Salem requires that much notice before a crane can stage in a street, close a lane, or take a sidewalk, and the filing goes through Development Services. A lift on a Salem street is therefore booked ahead of the week it happens. Keizer and Marion County run their own permits on separate timelines.
Yes. One quote holds the machine, the rigging gear, and an NCCCO certified operator, because the crane never goes out without them. Westmore does not rent bare equipment, so a Salem or Keizer lift arrives as a finished crew with the gear the pick calls for. What changes between jobs is which class the weight and the radius demand, not whether an operator is included.
Weight and radius set the class, drawn from a fleet that spans 55 to 350 tons. A tilt panel is heavy and has to be picked, swung, and held while it is braced, and a crane rates less the longer the boom is out, so the setup distance matters as much as the panel weight. Bearing capacity beneath the outrigger pads is the third input on a site that has just been graded.
Four variables set it: load weight, lift height, how the site can be reached, and whether a permit applies. Those shift from one Salem or Keizer address to the next, so two picks of the same tonnage can land in different places. Hours on site are the other lever, because a crane waiting on a delivery or a mechanical crew is still on the clock.
Yes. Backyard spa, swim spa, and sauna sets are everyday work for the crane division, not a sideline to the rooftop and industrial jobs. The boom clears the house or the fence line and the unit lands where the homeowner wants it, with the operator and rigging gear included. Access and the flight path count for more than what the tub weighs.
Only when the load is over legal size or weight. Oregon requires an over-dimension permit through ODOT before an oversize move, applied for online, and it is separate from any city street permit at the jobsite. Westmore hauls its own equipment on company trucks and trailers and files the permit, so a lift date never hangs on an outside hauler.
Give us the load, the street address, and what kind of building it is, and the crane gets sized and the permit desk checked before a price goes out.
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