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CraneIQ

Enter your load, radius and lift height. CraneIQ suggests an indicative crane match across five classes — then prints a lift enquiry sheet for your crane company to confirm before any lift.

Crane class

Auto searches every mobile class (pick & carry, city, all terrain, crawler) and suggests the smallest capable crane.

Load what's being lifted

Rigging added to gross load

Geometry radius & height

radius height
Schematic only — updates with your numbers.

Planning margin

Good practice is to plan mobile lifts well inside the chart — the crane company confirms the final figure against the actual configuration.

Site for the enquiry sheet

Suggested crane

Enter a load weight and radius to get a suggestion.

How this works

Gross load = load + rigging. CraneIQ interpolates each crane's indicative load-radius curve, applies your planning margin, checks indicative boom reach for your radius and hook height, and suggests the smallest capable crane. Figures assume maximum counterweight, outriggers fully extended, 360° chart. The crane company confirms everything before any lift.

CraneIQ — Lift Enquiry Sheet

tradieroles.com/tools · indicative — for crane company confirmation
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Job & contact

Site / job reference
Prepared by / contact 

Load

Description
Load weight
Dimensions (L × W × H)
Pick points / CoG
Rigging allowance
Rigging notes
Gross load (planning)

Lift geometry

Radius (slew centre to load)
Lift-to height / hook height

Site

Ground / setup area
Access width
Overhead power lines
Site notes

Calculator suggestion — indicative only

Suggested crane
Indicative chart utilisation
Alternates considered
Flags
Assumes max counterweight, outriggers fully extended, 360° chart (mobile) or representative jib configuration (tower). Planning margin applied as shown above.

Crane company confirmation — required before any lift

Crane selected (make/model) 
Configuration / counterweight 
Chart capacity at radius 
Ground bearing / pad requirements 
Lift study / lift plan reference 
Crane company representative — name & signature
Date
CraneIQ is an indicative planning and enquiry tool only — not a load chart, lift plan or lift study. Capacities shown are indicative approximations; actual capacity varies with configuration, counterweight, outrigger base, slew sector, ground and wind. The crane supplier must confirm crane selection, configuration and capacity against their current chart, and a lift study by a competent person is required where the lift is complex or high risk. High risk work licences apply. Provided by FTC Group Pty Ltd with no warranty.