Recent jobs
Safety is our number one concern
Safety and compliance are the top priorities at Reach Crane Trucks. Recently, a toolbox talk was held on a Saturday to address important issues and ensure all employees adhere to company policies, workplace health and safety, and compliance standards. This regular practice reinforces the company’s commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment for all its employees.
Signage Install
Reach Crane Trucks delivers and installs all types of signs, including pylon signs and VMS (Variable Message Signs). These installations can be scheduled during the day or at night, depending on the project's requirements and any traffic or safety considerations. This flexibility allows them to meet client needs effectively, ensuring minimal disruption and optimal safety.
Switchboards
Reach Crane Trucks specializes in the safe delivery of switchboards to job sites throughout New South Wales. They handle these deliveries almost daily, ensuring that the switchboards reach their destinations safely and efficiently. This specialized service is a testament to their expertise in logistics and transportation, particularly for critical and sensitive equipment like switchboards.…
Barangaroo (Ward Civil) Light Poles
Mid 2024 saw the final stages of Barangaroo get completed. Truck 05 was instrumental in delivering and installing light poles for Ward Civil at Barangaroo.
Kenco Barrier Lifter
Reach Crane Trucks offers the Kenco Barrier Lifter. The Kenco Barrier Lift is designed to move and place concrete barriers without the operator having to climb up and down on the truck thus preventing any fall from height.
As pictured working at the new Multiplex Western Sydney Airport
Sculpture Deliveries for Sydney Metro Pitt St Station
Sculpture Deliveries for the new Sydney Metro Pitt St Station.
Happy Retirement Bubba
Congratulations on your retirement!
Apologies for the essay but I don’t think Facebook would let me write the number of pages required about Robert 'Bubba' Whitfield and the service he has provided to our family.
Bubba, Bobby, Whitfield, or whatever you knew him as - this guy was old school with a touch of new school. He started in the days where their was no OHS and you didn…
Merry Christmas Boss
Merry Christmas Woodsy! When truck 84 was retired from service we knew we needed something to replace the void. Please welcome truck 32 to our fleet. This impressive rear mount has a 6.8m tray capable of carrying 9 tonne. It ticks all the boxes, fall protection rails inbuilt into the tray, front & rear stabilisers and much more.
Special thanks to the following suppliers who helped…
Choo Choo
Reach Crane Trucks teamed up with Haslin Constructions earlier this week to install the protection barriers at Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia Station. These barriers are designed to protect the pedestrians from local traffic over the railway bridge.
Reach Crane Trucks provides convenience, hassle-free pick up and delivery of goods and merchandise where loading or unloading is a…
'Electric' Blue Palfinger
Our Palfinger 54,000K hasn't received much love lately. Here are some photos of this rear mount semi hiab flexing its muscles. First up was a 6 tonne transformer install in Cecil Hills over a weekend shut down at Cecil Hills High School. Then it was onto a loaded container relocation on site at Eastern Creek.
Reach Crane Trucks provides convenience, hassle-free pick up and delivery of…
VMS Install
As winter nears, the nights get chillier! Our Kenworth 10-Wheeler was tasked last week with replacing an old VMS board with a new one at Swansea. The Effer 505 crane fitted to this truck had a field day with this install; this crane can lift 2120 kgs @ 16.85m
Reach Crane Trucks provides convenience, hassle-free pick up and delivery of goods and merchandise where loading or unloading…
Tricky Tuesday
Truck 309, one if not the oldest truck in our fleet was tasked with unloading a 4t machine out of an open top container and relocating it into a warehouse on the Northern Beaches. She may not be the prettiest truck in the fleet however 309 is a work horse and one of the most reliable and sought after trucks. The truck can lift 7.5 tonne next to the truck or 1.3 tonne at 16m.
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Our new 8m is finally here.
It has been a long time coming. We would like to introduce truck 68 to our fleet. This impressive front mount has a 8.2m tray capable of carrying 10 tonne. It ticks all the boxes, fall protection rails inbuilt into the tray, front & rear stabilisers and much more.
Volvo Trucks 8x4 from VCV Sydney Effer Crane 315-5S from Maxilift Australia Tray build by Crane Serve Lifting Gear…Some old school lifting for you
Some old school lifting for you. Truck 68 was tasked with delivering a number of switchboards from Sydney to Mount Nardi near Nimbin. Upon arrival Tony was presented with a number of challenges, as a result old school block and tackle assisted with delivering the boards safely.
Reach Crane Trucks provides convenience, hassle-free pick up and delivery of goods and merchandise where…
ATCO Mezzanine
Client satisfaction is key in this industry. Our goal is to have you call us back. Truck 92 with the Effer Crane 315-5S was tasked last week with lifting a 6x3 portable building onto a mezzanine floor.
Reach Crane Trucks provides convenience, hassle-free pick up and delivery of goods and merchandise where loading or unloading is a problem, give us a call (02) 9673 3200.
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Silo delivery
We teamed up with Borger Cranes last Friday. RCT was contracted to pick up the silo in Somersby and deliver it to the Tooheys site at Lidcombe.
Reach Crane Trucks provides convenience, hassle-free pick up and delivery of goods and merchandise where loading or unloading is a problem, give us a call (02) 9673 3200.
Lenore Drive widening project in Erskine Park
Truck 18 with the Palfinger 54,000K shifting pipes on site at the Lenore Drive widening project in Erskine Park
Chiller Units bound for the scrap yards
3.6 long x 3.6 wide x 4m high - Chiller Units coming out of the ABC Building in the City; bound for the scrap yards.
Truck 64 called out for a sticky situation
Truck 64 was called out by Kennards Hire to help them out of a 'sticky situation.'
Relocating a display show room
Last week we were tasked with relocating a 7.2m x 3.2m display show room to a new subdivision in Rosemeadow. The boys at Elite Offices are always a pleasure to work with and this bit of gear handles their buildings with ease.
Site compound at Mrs Macquarie's Chair
In the early hours of the morning we bumped in the site compound at Mrs Macquarie's Chair for Opera Australia & Onsite Rentals.
It’s awesome to see the events industry coming back to life!
Truck 64 erecting some hoardings
Truck 64 (10 Wheeler) is seen here erecting some hoardings in the heart of the Sydney CBD. This rig is capable of lifting 10 tonne next to the truck and has front and back outriggers for extra stability.
Truck 92 called upon to deliver a portable building
Truck 92 was called upon earlier this month to deliver a portable building down an alley way and over the garage. This Effer 315 has 14m reach with front and back legs for stability.
Removing barriers from the Cahill Expressway
RCT removing all the barriers from the Cahill Expressway for John Holland.
This was part of the new lift install on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
VIVID 2024 Road Closures
Vivid Sydney 2024 is an annual festival held in Sydney, Australia, showcasing an array of light installations, music performances, and thought-provoking ideas. Running from May 24 to June 15, 2024, this year's theme is "Humanity," focusing on what makes us human and how we can create a better world together (Vivid Sydney) (Time Out Worldwide).
To keep the Sydney-siders safe RCT is…
Completed Projects
Some of the completed projects that we have worked on that we don't have photos for include:
NSW Desalination Plant Great Western Highway Leura Widening Mamre Road Upgrade (McMahon Group) BMD Schofields BMD Narellan Rd expansion Alfreds Point Bridge Upgrade (Nace Civil) West Connex North Connex (John Holland) M5 Widening (Oakflat) Berry BypassThe Berlin Wall
Truck 28 was tasked with shifting a piece of the Berlin Wall from Blacktown to the Goethe-Institute at Wollahra. This project had many eyes on it as this piece of history was considered ‘priceless’
SILOs & High Loads
SILOs & High Loads – aren’t an issue with our Step Deck Crane Truck.
St Marys to Botany (6.5m long x 4.4m wide)
Statues & Sculptures
Statues & Sculptures – We have completed jobs for the NSW Art Gallery, local councils and even home owners.
Relocate the MediSim to sites for training
Reach Crane Trucks & Careflight have long supported each other. Truck 92 would often relocate the MediSim to sites for training.
Instillation of gantry at Marulan Weighbridge
Reach Crane Trucks is an RMS Contractor. Attached is photos of the instillation of the RMS gantry’s at Marulan Weighbridge.
Transporting trees
The best thing about a tree is the shelter it provides and the O2 it creates. Transporting them is often a nightmare, but somehow, we always seem to make it work
WOLLSTONECRAFT STATION
This was an intricate job that required the use of particular trucks, multiple site inspections, site supervisors and RIW inducted drivers.
We specialise in setting up sites at major events
Major Events are not an issue. We specialise in setting up sites using multiple trucks.
Installing VMS signs for the RMS
VMS (Variable Messaging System), Reach Crane Trucks specialises in installing VMS signs for the RMS
RMS Speed Signs on overpasses
Truck 05 seen installing the RMS Speed Signs on all the overpasses.
Southwest Rail Link
Reach Crane Trucks has RIW inducted drivers. Truck 05, working at the new Glenfield Railway Station – part of the Southwest Rail Link
Australian Ballet moved from the Sydney Opera House to the Penrith Regatta Centre
Australian Ballet – In 2016 the Australian Ballet moved from the Sydney Opera House to the Penrith Regatta Centre. RCT was tasked with the install and demob.
NACE project at Tumbi Umbi
Reach Crane Trucks could be found on the NACE project at Tumbi Umbi – widening the Central Coast Highway. Here was truck 18 at the time with the Effer 505 removing the last of the barriers before completing the road.
M4 Widening project
RCT spent many days and nights as part of the M4 Widening project. Part of the project was delivering and installing the substations and toll sites. In the photos attached is truck 05 (Scania with Effer 470) installing the switch rooms for the toll gantries.
North West Rail Link
In 2016 Reach Crane Trucks was contracted to work on the North West Rail Link – here is a handful of trucks delivering barriers along Windsor Rd at Rouse Hill.
M2 Motorway widening project
There wasn’t a day that Reach Crane Trucks didn’t have a truck working on the M2 Motorway widening project. Trucks were on site shifting barriers, containers, formwork and much more.
Cable pull in Sydney CBD
Truck 80 was a part of a huge cable pull in Sydney CBD. (I can’t remember the project) but it went for months.
New scoreboard at Sydney Olympic Park
We installed the new scoreboard at Sydney Olympic Park, using the Palfinger 54,000K