Equipment down. Crew standing around. A roof unit that quit in the middle of a Fresno summer, or a schedule that was already blown before the crane you booked fell through. When the lift cannot wait, Patriot Crane takes short-notice and same-day crane calls across Fresno and the Central Valley. One number, and the man who answers is the man who runs the crane.
Straight up: this is not a 24-hour dispatch center, and you will not be promised one. It is one owner, one 40-ton rig with 123 feet of boom, and a phone Rafael actually answers. Tell him what you are lifting and where. He will tell you honestly whether the crane can be there today. If it can roll, it rolls.
That is the difference between an owner-operator and a big rental desk. No dispatch queue. No ticket number. No "someone will call you back." You are on the phone with the operator himself, and he quotes the lift while you talk: tonnage, reach, time on the job. NCCCO certified, licensed and insured, and if a GC needs paper before the pick, the COI comes same-day.
"Great service. Got me out of a pinch at the last minute. Very professional and cautious work. HIGHLY recommend"
Here is the honest version. Plenty of outfits print 24/7 on the truck and route you to an answering service. Patriot Crane would rather tell you the truth: call, and if Rafael and the rig are available, you get a same-day lift and a straight number. No voicemail maze, and no promise he cannot keep.
The crane is based in Fresno, so most Central Valley jobs are a short roll. How fast depends on where the rig is and what is already booked that day. Call, tell Rafael where you are and what you are lifting, and he will give you a straight answer on whether he can be there today. If the crane can roll, it rolls.
Three things: the weight (or the make and model so he can look it up), the address, and the access. Overhead lines, gates, tight yards, how close the crane can set up. A photo helps more than anything. Text a picture of the lift to (559) 928-6702 and he can start running the chart right away.
The job is quoted like any job: tonnage, reach, and time on the hook. Tell him what you are lifting and where it sits, and you get a straight number on the phone, not a surprise on the invoice. Call for the number.
The 40-ton rig, what it flies, and how booking works.
HVAC crane service →Roof units on and off, from one set to a full changeout.
Big jobs & GCs →COI same-day, cert packet, proposals with the whole number.
Everything he lifts →Spas, septic tanks, trusses, steel. A fountain, apparently.