Choose the right telehandler size

Height first, then capacity at radius — not the other way round. Use the guide below, then open the size that matches your elevations.

How to choose

  1. Read the highest placement on your drawings — that sets the height class.
  2. Note the heaviest pack at that height (and forward reach). Capacity drops as the boom goes out.
  3. Check access: compact 4–7M machines fit tighter sites; 14M+ need more room to set up.
  4. Open the matching size page for use-cases and a quote — do not hire a 20M for a first-lift job.
4M

Compact machines for yards and low lifts — when height is not the bottleneck.

Height 4.35M
Capacity 2500KG
From £200–£410/week
6M

The everyday mid-compact — first-lift building work without a full mid-reach machine.

Height 5.79M
Capacity 2500KG
From £220–£430/week
7M

Mid-reach workhorse for housing sites that outgrow compact machines.

Height 7.03M
Capacity 3200KG
From £220–£430/week
8M

Heavier mid-reach — when 7M capacity charts are the constraint, not height.

Height 8.10M
Capacity 4999KG
From £220–£430/week
9M

Mid-rise placement without jumping to a full 10M heavy-lift chart.

Height 9.20M
Capacity 3000KG
From £250–£450/week
9.5M

JCB mid-reach with a bit more height and capacity than a straight 9M.

Height 9.50M
Capacity 3500KG
From £250–£450/week
10M

Height plus heavy capacity — the step-change from mid-reach machines.

Height 10.22M
Capacity 7200KG
From £250–£450/week
12M

High mid-reach for facades and frames when 10M is short.

Height 11.85M
Capacity 3700KG
From £275–£475/week
12.5M

JCB 12.5M class for programmes that sit between 12M and 14M.

Height 12.28M
Capacity 3500KG
From £275–£475/week
13M

Upper mid-reach when 12M is short and 14M is not yet justified.

Height 12.60M
Capacity 3800KG
From £295–£500/week
14M

High-reach for commercial elevations that mid-reach machines cannot touch.

Height 14.00M
Capacity 3600KG
From £295–£500/week
17M

Serious high-reach for tall commercial and industrial envelopes.

Height 17.43M
Capacity 4000KG
From £350–£650/week
18M

JCB high-reach sitting between common 17M and 20M fleet nodes.

Height 17.57M
Capacity 4000KG
From £400–£700/week
20M

Top of our standard high-reach range for the tallest elevations we regularly hire.

Height 20.00M
Capacity 4000KG
From £450–£800/week

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