Davies Cranes Whitsunday

Not the most out there job but not a bad photo of the old girl, Flametree airport helping Airlie Builders set up for their next project, Only 6 ton but the AT20 does it easy

Sharing the load, twin lifting 30t Mill rollers with our mates from , Both cranes are 55t rated although they are very different cranes.

Some recent Lightning protection works for the Water Tower at Proserpine had the working at heights handbook open again, At 34m it’s not something we work on every day in the Whitsundays, With help from we got it sorted safely, The tower is now 7m taller with a shiney new lightning rod fitted

An early start to lift a 23m river crossing beam for the guys at ZINFRA, The underground power upgrade works are progressing nicely through Airlie!

Over the past few days our crane has appeared in hundreds of media articles and I have since been asked hundreds of questions by concerned Whitsunday locals, So:

We were asked on Sat 29/7 by Queensland Police (QPS) to assist in recovering some large debris believed to be part of the missing Army Taipan helicopter, We immediately mobilised a Franna along with additional crew from Whitsunday Crane Hire.

Jointly with QPS, the landing barge Moreton Venture and some US Navy divers we were able to safely recover several pieces consistent with a downed helicopter, the pieces were returned to the mainland and secured by QPS where they will form parts of the ADF investigation.

We are not aviation experts and respectfully offer no opinion on what may have happened to the aircraft or the aircrew. The reports from most news outlets has been mostly accurate and it appears to be a single aircraft accident and nothing more!

Furthermore we have great respect for the ADF and it’s personnel and are saddened by this disaster and the unfortunate loss of life, as I’m sure most Australian's are!

I would like to thank both VMR Whitsunday and VMR Midge Point who contributed many hours to the search operations finding much debris and securing it for recovery, As always the volunteers gave there time not wanting or receiving any recognition by the media, it was a great effort under some trying circumstances and you guys excelled as always! We will continue to proudly support the VMR.

Everyone meet Dunstall our new addition to the fleet!!

Book now as this baby is going to be popular (07) 4813 9011

Our Demag AC55 city crane showing how versatile it can be making light work of some trusses this week, at only 9m long when folded and working here at a 32m radius it sure is adaptable, It has a max boom of 40m and Fly booms to 61m with additional counterweight to increase capacities when needed, Pretty handy piece of gear!!

Our 2.5t Crane truck is one of few cranes around that can be used on dock's and jetties, Pictured here helping the maintenance crew at Cruise Whitsundays change over life rafts for there scheduled maintenance checks. It's often utilised to lift engines, air con units, props, generators and spa's.

Confused? We currently operate three businesses out of the one office, and although we love to take your calls we do have seperate lines so you can get through to the right person!

Davies Cranes (07) 4946 1222 (Crane hire)

Whitsunday Hire (07) 4813 9011 (Truck and Equipment Hire)
(Formerly Carter Truck Hire)

BDC Group QLD (07) 4911 3266 (Modular Buildings and Housing Solutions)

61 Carlo Drive, Cannonvale 4802

I will post a little something about each shortly!

Only advantage of this rain is the shed get cleaned, nice job Mick, some of the fleet staying dry!

Breaking News!!, I recently bought Davies Cranes from Lee who is moving on to his next project, not much has changed and you can still reach us on all the old numbers and emails,

Most of our recent customers should have been updated but please reach out if you need more info, We still do the same work and you will still see the same cranes getting around town,

Also watch this space, We have more hire equipment and a huge range of granny flats coming soon! Big times ahead!!

(07) 4946 1222
[email protected]

Busy is how i'm describing January, with some wet season thrown in for fun, Anyhow we are still out there doing our thing, Our Franna AT20 seen here working with the boys at RYAN Building Group lifting in some trusses, great crew to work with making the day an easy one!

Yet another Granny Flat arriving at our yard, Place your orders now for delivery early in the new year, check the details and like our page at Same Day Granny Flats CQ

Ever thought about buying a Granny Flat, We are now the Central Qld agents for Same Day Granny Flats CQ, We have a temporary display in yard with a perminent display arriving any day, Call in and have a look! 61 Carlo Drive Cannonvale.

Our Demag 55 Ton City recently installed over 32 pieces of modular appartments at InterContinental Hayman Island Resort, weighing up to 15 ton each these units were manufactured in Sydney and transported to the island, can't wait to see them finished and hopefully get a stay in one!

Who needs a 40 ton franna when you have 2X 20 ton franna’s, a dual lift handled this 24 ton suction dredge with ease, we are the only crane company in the area with multiple franna’s and although one in the picture isn’t ours, we do have 3 available when needed!

An early Sunday morning rebranding with ALE Clothing & Signs Pty Ltd as Woolworths turns into Drakes Supermarkets, big changes in Prossy!

Yes we have big cranes, but sometimes our smallest is the best fit, We are proud sponsors of the VMR Whitsunday and were only to happy to assist when installing their new backup generator, We hope you never need them but if you do we know the power will be on and the phone calls will be answered, stay safe out there!

Did you all know we now have furniture vans?
If your moving give our hire department a call and they will be happy to tell you more (07) 48139011

Another day and another big catamaran coming out for some maintenance work at Edges Boatyard 💪🏼💪🏼

Couple fresh white Mercury’s going on this nice Grady 👌🏻

Yacht mast lifts are a common job we do with our cranes and we take a great deal of care to avoid any damage to them. So much so we had custom padded covers made up locally by our friends at Airlie Sail & Shade Solutions.

Assisting our local council with removal of a river pump unit due for maintenance.

New build this week with the trusses and steel beams going up for Penhallurick Constructions.

Finally some decent weather 👌🏻