All-Terrain Crane Rental in Arlington, TX
An all-terrain crane carries a long telescopic boom on a multi-axle carrier that drives the highway between jobs, and around Arlington the choice turns on three things: its load chart at your radius with the counterweight installed, the trucks that bring that counterweight, and whether the boom tip will rise into airspace the FAA reviews near DFW and the smaller fields. It is the class for picks heavier, higher or longer than a truck crane's chart allows. We supply AT cranes operated or bare. Below are five example models, from a two-axle crane rated at 40 t to a six-axle crane rated at 350 USt, published large-crane prices, the TxDMV rules for the convoy, the FAA notice rules, and the Entertainment District's steel as its owners describe it.
$500 to $1,500 per hour for large cranes nationally, per a rental marketplace guide of April 27, 2026 · full pricing guide
Liebherr's LTM 1040-2.1 is a two-axle crane rated at 40 t at a 2.50 m radius, with an 85.00 km/h travel speed and drive listed as 4 x 4 x 4: four wheels, all of them driven and steered. Tadano's AC 4.070-2 model page rates the crane at 75 USt on four axles, with a main boom of 34.1 to 164.0 ft, a 223.0 ft maximum tip height and, in its December 2024 datasheet, a top travel speed of 52.8 mph that depends on tires and local law. At the top, Grove rates its GMK6300L-1 at 350 USt with a 393 ft maximum tip height, drive and steer of 12x6x12, and a total gross vehicle weight of 158,733 lbs. That suits picks past a truck crane's chart that do not justify assembling a crawler. Data-center campuses near DFW are large by their owners' figures: QTS's September 2026 page lists its Irving campus at "165 MW+ critical campus capacity" in six facilities, and PowerHouse lists PowerHouse Irving at 201 MW on 50 acres.
Big cranes are priced by the hour or the day, and the trucks that haul the counterweight add to it. A rental marketplace's nationwide crane rate guide, posted April 27, 2026, lists large cranes from $500 to $1,500 an hour; its 200-ton row reads $500 to $1,000 hourly and $2,500 to $12,000 daily, and its crane-only figure for a large crane is "Upwards of $2,000/day". It adds: "Many rental companies often require operated-and-maintained rentals because they reduce risk, especially on higher-capacity lifts". ThePricer.org (updated November 12, 2025) says "Four to eight hour minimums are common for truck and all terrain cranes". None of this is an Arlington price. Texas tax follows the invoice: under Rule 3.294, separate crane and operator charges are presumed a lease, so the crane charge is taxed. The cost page lines up every class.
Three sets of rules weigh more as the crane grows. OSHA section 1926.1427 says "Through an evaluation, the employer must ensure that each operator is qualified by a demonstration of:" skills that cover the equipment's size and configuration, and "Size and configuration includes, but is not limited to, lifting capacity, boom length, attachments, luffing jib," "and counterweight set-up." A bare AT rental needs an operator evaluated on that machine as rigged. After counterweight and jib go on, section 1926.1412 says "Upon completion of assembly, the equipment must be inspected by a qualified person". Past legal size or weight, the carrier and its trucks move under TxDMV permits, covered below. And federal rule 14 CFR 77.9 requires FAA notice of anything "more than 200 ft. AGL at its site"; Link-Belt lists its 300|AT tip height at 365 ft. Irving's code adds airport hazard zoning around DFW, with a City permit for structures that could be hazards; the Irving crane page covers lifts there.
Wind is the first limit on a tall boom here. The Weather Service's DFW normals make April the windiest month on average, at 12.3 mph, and its 3-second gust records there include 79 mph (March 2019) and 77 mph (May 2024). Liebherr writes that load charts assume a wind area of "1.2 m2 per tonne" of load and that "If the load area is greater than this, the wind speed must be reduced", so a broad panel or roof section calls for a lower wind limit than its weight suggests. Thunderstorm days at DFW peak in May, at 7.7. On the ground, the outriggers and the counterweight trucks need room: Link-Belt says the 300|AT carries up to 162,000 pounds of counterweight on four overflow truckloads, and those trucks must pull in, unload beside the crane and leave.
To price an AT lift we ask for the heaviest piece with its rigging weight, the radius from the closest spot the crane can stand, the hook height, the ground under the outriggers, the way in for the carrier and its trucks, overhead wires, the site address and your dates. The free quote states the crane, its counterweight and how many trucks bring it, escorts, permits, mats and rigging, operated or bare, each with its price and any tax. Ahead of booking we run the FAA notice criteria, check line clearances, and set out the City permits and event-day limits. For a lift in Fort Worth, where a street-use request "requires at least 3-5 business days lead time", see the Fort Worth crane page.
Free quote
Five Example All-Terrain Cranes, From 40 t to 350 USt
Five all-terrain cranes from four makers, smallest first. Every figure is the maker's own, from its model page or datasheet; Liebherr's page is metric, and not listed means the maker's page gives no figure. The boom column is in feet except where meters are shown.
| Example AT crane | Max capacity | Main boom (ft unless noted) | Max tip height | Axles, drive, road speed | Weight or counterweight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liebherr LTM 1040-2.1 | 40 t at 2.50 m | 10.50 - 35.00 m | 44 m hoist height, folding jib | two-axle; 4 x 4 x 4; 85.00 km/h | 6.50 t total ballast |
| Tadano AC 4.070-2 | 75 USt (70 t) | 34.1 - 164.0 | 223.0 ft | four-axle; 8 x 4 x 8; 52.8 mph | 26,200 lb max counterweight |
| Link-Belt 175|AT | 175 USt at 7 ft | 42.7 - 197.3 | 315.1 ft | not listed | 81,000 lb counterweight, two loads |
| Link-Belt 300|AT | 300 USt at 8 ft | 46.1 - 238.7 | 365 ft | not listed | 162,000 lb counterweight, four loads |
| Grove GMK6300L-1 | 350 USt (300 t) | up to 263 (80 m) | 393 ft | six-axle; 12x6x12 | 158,733 lb gross vehicle weight |
Each row gives one example model's published maximums. On a real job the crane lifts only what its load chart allows for the boom length, radius and counterweight in use that day; we show these models as examples of the class, and we do not claim to own them.
When an Arlington Pick Calls for an AT Crane
These conditions push a job past a truck crane. Each comes with the figure or rule behind it, so you can tell from your own drawings and site whether the bigger class is worth pricing before you ask for a quote.
- The weight at your radius is beyond the truck crane class: Tadano rates the largest truck crane example here at 120 US tons, while Grove rates the GMK6300L-1 at 350 USt.
- The boom tip must rise more than 200 feet above the ground, a height that calls for notice to the FAA at any site under federal rules.
- The boom would rise through the 100 to 1 notice slope that reaches 20,000 feet out from runways at DFW or Grand Prairie Municipal.
- The site can take the crane plus its counterweight trucks, which pull in, unload beside the outriggers and leave again.
- The work sits inside the Entertainment District, where the City's right-of-way manual halts street work on the business day ahead of each special event.
The Entertainment District's Big Steel, as Its Owners Describe It
The heaviest lifting Arlington has seen stands in its Entertainment District, and the owners' and builders' own figures show the scale. ENR reported on July 9, 2008 that each of AT&T Stadium's "1,225-ft-long steel arches" "weighs 3,250 tons" and rises to 292 ft above grade; Walter P Moore, the structural engineer, says on its project page that the roof is "supported by 14,100 tons of structural steel" and the center-hung video board weighs 1.2 million pounds. On their ballpark facts page the Texas Rangers give Globe Life Field's "5.5 acre retractable roof" a weight of 24 million pounds, put the top of that roof 278 feet above the playing field, and count 19,000 tons of steel in the ballpark. Texas Highways described the National Medal of Honor Museum on April 3, 2026 as a "200-by-200-foot steel structure" that "hovers 40 feet above the ground." Loews opened the 21-story Loews Arlington Hotel in February 2024.
More is planned. Under the stadium lease extension approved on April 21, 2026, "The team will invest a minimum of $750 million" "to ensure completion by 2043", and on January 22, 2026 the City announced a 507-room Americana by Loews on the old Sheraton site. Work at that scale calls for large cranes, mats, lift plans and airspace notice, in a district closed to right-of-way work the business day before its special events. The City's lease extension notice gives the terms, and our construction and weather data page collects the district's figures.
Moving a Large AT: Counterweight Loads, Escorts and TxDMV Permits
A large AT arrives as a convoy: the crane on its own wheels and its counterweight on trucks. Link-Belt says its 175|AT "transports to the job with a full 81,000 pounds of counterweight in just two overflow loads", and the 300|AT's maximum of "162,000 pounds" comes "with four overflow truckloads". Each counterweight truck is its own load under TxDMV's legal limits: "Gross - 80,000 pounds maximum", "Single axle - 20,000 pounds" and "Tandem axle group - 34,000 pounds". TxDMV's annual unladen lift equipment permit stops at "120,000 pounds gross weight", so a heavier crane needs another permit, such as TxDMV's single-trip mileage permit for unladen lift equipment, which is "valid for a maximum of seven consecutive days", has a $31 minimum fee and caps any single axle at 30,000 pounds; a unit "exceeding 175,000 pounds gross weight must have front and rear escorts when crossing bridges." Size adds escorts: over 14 feet wide takes one, over 16 feet wide takes one in front and one behind, and over 17 feet high takes a front escort with a height pole.
TxDMV's holiday rule reads "Vehicles and loads exceeding 14 feet wide, 16 feet high, or 110 feet long may not be moved" on its listed days, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day among them in 2026. In Tarrant County the crane itself skips the weekday rush-hour curfew, marked "Mobile cranes are not affected", but any other oversize vehicle in the convoy keeps it. Our heavy haul page covers trailers and lowboys, and TxDMV's escort rules list each trigger.
Tall Booms Near DFW, Arlington Municipal and Grand Prairie Municipal
An AT boom can rise into airspace, so FAA notice belongs in the plan from the first call. Federal rule 14 CFR 77.9 makes notice due for "Any construction or alteration that is more than 200 ft. AGL at its site", and for anything that would pierce a slope of "100 to 1 for a horizontal distance of 20,000 ft. from the nearest point of the nearest runway" at airports with a runway "more than 3,200 ft." long, or 50 to 1 for 10,000 feet at fields with shorter runways. DFW's fast facts list seven runways, and 17C/35C, 17R/35L, 18L/36R and 18R/36L each run 13,400 feet; Grand Prairie describes its municipal runway as 4,000 feet long and 75 feet wide.
The City of Arlington places its own airport "immediately south of Interstate 20" in Class D airspace, and construction at the airport "shall only be performed after obtaining prior written approval by City". The FAA's Part 77 page lists "Cranes, Boom Trucks" as temporary construction that needs notice. Form 7460-1 goes in "at least 45 days before the start date", and the FAA recommends "a 45-60 day advance notification" to allow for its aeronautical study; the form asks a temporary structure "such as a crane" how long it will stand. A Determination of No Hazard may then set "Limitations necessary to minimize potential problems" and recommend marking and lighting. The rule's own wording is in the eCFR text of 14 CFR 77.9.
Truck Crane, All-Terrain Crane or Crawler for the Pick
The class follows the pick: the weight at the radius you need, the hook height, how long the crane stays, and what the ground can carry. Each option below lists what it involves and the maker's or OSHA's figure behind it.
Truck crane for picks inside its chart
A truck crane arrives under its own power; Tadano gives the GT-1200XL-2 a 65 mph travel speed, 120 US tons of capacity and a 55,100 lbs maximum counterweight. Suits a short day of picks that fit its chart at your radius.
AT crane for heavy or high picks
An AT still drives the highway, and the class runs far larger: Tadano's AC 4.070-2 travels at up to 52.8 mph, and Link-Belt rates the 300|AT at 300 USt at 8 ft. Counterweight trucks, escorts and permits come with the larger sizes. Suits heavy, high or long-radius picks where the crane moves on once the work is done.
Crawler crane for long, heavy jobs
A lattice-boom crawler crane comes in pieces and is assembled on site; Link-Belt lists the 248 HSL's main transport load at "88,300 lbs w/o tracks", and Manitowoc gives the MLC100-1 a "Maximum ground speed of 1.6 mph." Where the maker allows it, OSHA section 1926.1417 permits traveling with a load under a competent person. Suits long jobs where the crane stays and carries loads around the site.
All-Terrain Crane Rental FAQs
What do large crane rentals cost per day?
Nationally, a 200-ton crane runs $2,500 to $12,000 per day in the April 27, 2026 guide from a rental marketplace, and no published source gives Arlington's own rate. In that guide a 500-ton crane runs "$6,000 to $13,300+ per day" or $1,685 an hour. Counterweight trucks, escorts and permits are priced separately; ThePricer.org lists "escort trucks for counterweights" among its cost drivers. Our free written quote shows each of those lines for your lift.
How is an all-terrain crane different from a truck crane?
Mostly in the carrier and the size. A truck crane rides a truck chassis, and its examples here top out at Tadano's 120 US tons; an AT rides a multi-axle carrier, every wheel steers on the examples whose makers list drive and steer, and Grove's GMK6300L-1 reaches 350 USt. Both drive the highway, Grove's TMS500-2 truck crane at up to 65 mph and Tadano's AC 4.070-2 at up to 52.8 mph. The bigger AT sizes bring separate counterweight trucks.
Does a tall crane near DFW Airport need FAA approval?
It needs notice first; the FAA answers with a determination. Federal rule 14 CFR 77.9 sets the triggers: a height of more than 200 feet above ground anywhere, or a crane that would pierce the 100 to 1 slope running 20,000 feet out from DFW's runways. You file FAA Form 7460-1 no later than 45 days before work starts, and the form warns of "a civil penalty of $1,000 per day until the notice is received" for knowingly failing to file.
Can a crane work in the Entertainment District on a game day?
Not in the public right-of-way on the business day before. The City's Right-of-Way Manual says "No work shall be permitted within the Entertainment District on the business day preceding the date of any event" that qualifies as a special event. On event days, in three signed zones near AT&T Stadium, street parking is banned: "Signs prohibiting all on-street parking will be activated 24-hours prior to enforcement." We map your dates against those limits when we quote.
Related Services in Arlington
Free All-Terrain Crane Rental Quote — Arlington
Free quote