Tell us about the job

Need to travel around the site with the load

Confined / tight site, limited set-up room

Need long reach or heavy loads at height

Lots of quick, repetitive short lifts

Fast set-up / short hire matters

Loads over ~40 tonnes

How this works

Flick on the factors that describe your job. Each one leans toward a pick-and-carry (Franna) or a mobile slew crane, and we tally the score. It is a rough steer — many jobs use both, and the final call comes down to the load chart and site conditions.

Side-by-side comparison

Factor	Pick-and-carry (Franna)	Mobile slew crane
Typical capacity	Up to ~40 t	From ~25 t to 1000 t+
Travel with load	Yes — pick and carry	No — lifts from a fixed set-up
Set-up time	Minimal, drive and lift	Outriggers, counterweight, rig up
Reach & height	Short boom, low height	Long boom, big radius and height
Ground footprint	Small, no outriggers	Large outrigger footprint
Best for	Moving loads around tight yards	One-position heavy or high lifts
Licence	CN (non-slewing)	C-class (slewing, by capacity)

General guidance only. This tool gives indicative results from the numbers you enter. It is not engineering advice, a compliance assessment or a substitute for a competent person, AS 2550 requirements or your crane manufacturer's documentation. Verify anything safety-critical with a qualified professional before acting on it.

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