Plano, Texas
Lift and crane rental in Plano, TX
Plano work is overwhelmingly on finished floors and completed slabs, corporate fit-out rather than groundworks, so electric slab scissor lifts do most of the work here and rough terrain machines are the exception.
We arrange scissor lifts, boom lifts, telehandlers, forklifts and cranes across Plano. We don't run a yard in Plano. We match your job to vetted local suppliers and stay on it until the machine is on site.
What a Plano job costs to price
Real Texas market rates by machine size and hire length. Change anything and the figure updates.
| Rental, 7 days | $625–$1,000 |
| Delivery and pickup | $300–$480 |
| Environmental fee (2%, capped at $99) | $13–$20 |
| Subtotal | $938–$1,500 |
| Texas sales tax (8.25%) | $77–$124 |
| Estimated total | $1,015–$1,624 |
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Plano prices off the statewide band, with no metro adjustment. Sales tax only. The TERP surcharge applies to off-road diesel equipment, so it does not apply to this machine.
Prices are estimates based on published Texas rental rates, not quotes. Your final price depends on availability, delivery distance and how long you keep the machine.
What equipment costs in Plano
We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest Texas metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything. One suburb can appear 40% more expensive than the city next to it purely because three machines were listed that week. Plano jobs price off the statewide band, adjusted for haul distance from the nearest yards.
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As a worked example, a 26 ft electric scissor lift comes to $340–$500 for a week here. The same machine costs $150–$230 for a single day, which is the clearest illustration of how sharply rental pricing rewards duration: a week is roughly two and a half day rates, and four weeks is roughly five, not the nine that a lot of online cost guides still repeat.
Tax is worth planning for. Texas charges 8.25% sales tax on bare rental, and adds a 1.5% TERP surcharge on off-road diesel equipment rated 50 horsepower or more. An electric scissor lift is taxed at 8.25%; a diesel rough terrain machine can reach 9.75%. Most rental price guides never mention it. How Texas taxes equipment rental sets out both, along with the operator exception.
Plano forklift rental
Warehouse cushion-tire, outdoor pneumatic and rough-terrain forklifts from 5,000 lb up.
Plano forklift rental is one of the most searched equipment terms in Plano, and these are the sizes that actually move. Most people who rent a forklift in Plano take it for a week or more, which is where the rate stops being a day rate. Rates below are the statewide Texas band.
| Size | Day | Week | 4 weeks |
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| 5,000 lb cushion | $250–$363 | $625–$1,000 | $1,250–$2,625 |
| 8,000 lb cushion | $438–$510 | $951–$1,075 | $2,200–$2,500 |
| 10,000 lb cushion | $600–$700 | $1,550–$1,800 | $3,600–$4,200 |
| 5,000 lb pneumatic | $250–$363 | $625–$1,000 | $1,250–$2,625 |
| 8,000 lb pneumatic | $363–$500 | $1,025–$1,063 | $2,125–$2,552 |
| 10,000 lb pneumatic | $544–$590 | $1,244–$1,475 | $2,400–$3,530 |
| 6,000 lb rough terrain | $350–$438 | $563–$1,031 | $1,625–$1,988 |
| 8,000 lb rough terrain | $420–$480 | $980–$1,060 | $2,300–$2,600 |
Statewide Texas band. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything.
Plano crane rental
Rough-terrain, all-terrain, crawler and tower cranes, bare or operated and maintained.
Cranes are the one category we will not put a day rate on. They are billed by the hour against a minimum, with mobilization charged separately in each direction, and for larger machines bare rental is quoted by the month. Send us the pick, meaning weight, radius and site access, and we come back with a real figure from a Plano-area crane house.
| Size | Day | Week | 4 weeks |
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| 30-45 ton rough terrain | Quoted by hand | ||
| 50-75 ton rough terrain | Quoted by hand | ||
| 90-130 ton all terrain | Quoted by hand | ||
| 100-150 ton crawler | Quoted by hand | ||
| Tower crane | Quoted by hand | ||
Statewide Texas band. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything. Rows marked as quoted by hand are billed on a basis a day rate would misrepresent.
Plano boom lift rental
Articulating and telescopic booms from 30 ft to 185 ft, electric and diesel.
Plano boom lift rental is a smaller market than the metro terms, so these are the sizes suppliers covering Plano carry as standard rather than a full catalogue. Quotes for boom lift rental in Plano are written against the specific size, not the category, so the working height matters more than the machine name. Rates below are the statewide Texas band.
| Size | Day | Week | 4 weeks |
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| 30-45 ft articulating | $375–$550 | $890–$1,280 | $2,000–$2,900 |
| 45-60 ft articulating | $420–$715 | $1,220–$1,750 | $2,070–$5,200 |
| 60-80 ft articulating | $625–$1,220 | $1,590–$3,000 | $3,000–$7,000 |
| 40-60 ft telescopic | $438–$650 | $1,050–$1,750 | $2,190–$3,080 |
| 60-80 ft telescopic | $625–$1,060 | $1,376–$2,410 | $3,000–$5,950 |
| 80-125 ft telescopic | $960–$1,800 | $2,250–$4,510 | $5,060–$12,000 |
Statewide Texas band. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything.
Plano scissor lift rental
Electric slab scissors for finished floors and rough-terrain scissors for open ground.
Plano scissor lift rental is a smaller market than the metro terms, so these are the sizes suppliers covering Plano carry as standard rather than a full catalogue. Plano scissor lift rental is priced ex-yard: delivery is the line that changes most between two otherwise identical quotes. Rates below are the statewide Texas band.
| Size | Day | Week | 4 weeks |
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| 19 ft electric | $95–$175 | $230–$500 | $430–$900 |
| 26 ft electric | $150–$230 | $340–$500 | $620–$1,100 |
| 32 ft electric | $220–$360 | $520–$730 | $950–$1,650 |
| 40 ft electric | $310–$400 | $700–$850 | $1,450–$1,900 |
| 26 ft rough terrain | $300–$420 | $700–$880 | $1,250–$1,700 |
| 32 ft rough terrain | $330–$420 | $740–$890 | $1,600–$1,950 |
| 40 ft rough terrain | $395–$450 | $875–$1,100 | $1,900–$2,250 |
Statewide Texas band. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything.
Plano telehandler rental
Reach forklifts from 5,000 lb to 15,000 lb, with 19 ft to 56 ft of lift height.
Plano telehandler rental is a smaller market than the metro terms, so these are the sizes suppliers covering Plano carry as standard rather than a full catalogue. Most people who rent a telehandler in Plano take it for a week or more, which is where the rate stops being a day rate. Rates below are the statewide Texas band.
| Size | Day | Week | 4 weeks |
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| 5,000 lb / 19 ft | $403–$553 | $1,166–$1,270 | $2,863–$3,028 |
| 6,000 lb / 42 ft | $584–$750 | $1,250–$1,398 | $2,744–$2,993 |
| 8,000 lb / 43 ft | $595–$1,000 | $1,526–$1,750 | $3,125–$3,825 |
| 10,000 lb / 55 ft | $802–$1,250 | $1,753–$3,375 | $4,378–$8,750 |
| 12,000 lb / 55 ft | $978–$1,444 | $2,253–$3,125 | $5,385–$7,500 |
Statewide Texas band. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything.
Plano bucket truck rental
Road-legal insulated and non-insulated aerial devices from 35 ft to 75 ft.
We quote bucket truck rental in Plano by hand rather than estimating it. Published rates for these units vary so widely between sources that an on-screen number would be misleading, and because they are road-legal the tax treatment differs too.
| Size | Day | Week | 4 weeks |
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| 35 ft | $250–$400 | $750–$1,200 | $2,000–$3,000 |
| 45 ft | $300–$500 | $900–$1,450 | $2,200–$3,600 |
| 55 ft+ | $400–$770 | $1,200–$2,200 | $3,250–$5,500 |
| 20-30 ton boom truck | Quoted by hand | ||
Statewide Texas band. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything. Rows marked as quoted by hand are billed on a basis a day rate would misrepresent.
Plano man lift rental
One-person push-around and personnel lifts from 12 ft to 31 ft for indoor work.
Plano man lift rental is a smaller market than the metro terms, so these are the sizes suppliers covering Plano carry as standard rather than a full catalogue. Quotes for man lift rental in Plano are written against the specific size, not the category, so the working height matters more than the machine name. Rates below are the statewide Texas band.
| Size | Day | Week | 4 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20-31 ft personnel lift | $175–$235 | $390–$490 | $685–$750 |
Statewide Texas band. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything.
Working conditions in Plano
Finished floors, almost exclusively. Plano work is fit-out and refurbishment inside completed buildings, so the questions are door widths, floor loading and turning circles rather than ground bearing.
Largely irrelevant, because most of the work is indoors. Where it is not, the North Texas convective afternoon applies as it does across the metroplex.
Suppliers haul into Plano on the Dallas North Tollway, US 75 and SH 121. Distance from the yard is usually the largest single variable in a delivery charge, which is why we ask for the site address rather than just the city.
Search demand in Plano is concentrated almost entirely on forklift rental, which tells you what the local yards stock and what they have to bring in from elsewhere.
The work driving equipment demand here is corporate campus construction and fit-out and commercial refurbishment. That shapes what local yards stock, and it is the reason availability tightens for some classes and not others. See also wind limits and Texas heat and site prep and ground conditions.
Permits and site access in Plano
City right-of-way permits for lane closures; most campus work is private ground.
If the machine has to sit in the road, on a sidewalk or over a property line, that is a permitting question rather than a rental one, and it is the most common reason a delivery date slips. Tell us where the machine needs to stand and we will flag it before the quote goes out.
What tends to go wrong in Plano
Almost everything here happens on a finished floor, which makes non-marking tires and clean electric drive the default rather than an upgrade. Specify it, because a yard clearing stock will send what it has.
Corporate fit-out runs to occupancy dates that do not move. Where the schedule is fixed, booking the machine for the whole window costs less than two short hires with a gap in the middle, because you pay delivery once instead of twice.
How a Plano request works
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Step 1
Tell us the job
Send the machine or the working height, the dates and the site address.
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Step 2
We check the market
We price and check availability with vetted suppliers covering Plano.
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Step 3
You get a written quote
A written figure within one business day, naming the supplier and what is included.
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Step 4
The machine arrives
You deal with the supplier directly from there, and we stay on it until it is on site.
Frequently asked questions
What does it cost to rent a scissor lift in Plano?
- A 26 ft electric scissor lift runs about $340–$500 for a week in Plano. We don't publish a Plano-specific rate. Below the five largest Texas metros the rate sampling is too thin to mean anything, so we quote the statewide band and adjust for haul distance. Longer hires drop the effective day rate sharply: a week is roughly two and a half day rates, not seven.
Do you have a yard in Plano?
- No. We don't run a yard in Plano. We match your job to vetted local suppliers and stay on it until the machine is on site. That is worth knowing up front, because it means we are quoting the whole local market rather than one company's price list.
What ground conditions should I expect in Plano?
- Finished floors, almost exclusively. Plano work is fit-out and refurbishment inside completed buildings, so the questions are door widths, floor loading and turning circles rather than ground bearing.
Will weather stop the job in Plano?
- Largely irrelevant, because most of the work is indoors. Where it is not, the North Texas convective afternoon applies as it does across the metroplex. Most platforms have a wind limit around 28 mph, and it applies to the gust rather than the average.
How is equipment rental taxed in Plano?
- Texas charges 8.25% sales tax on bare equipment rental in Plano. On top of that there is a 1.5% TERP surcharge on off-road diesel equipment rated 50 horsepower or more, so an electric scissor lift is taxed at 8.25% and a diesel rough terrain machine can reach 9.75%. Equipment supplied with an operator on a single charge is generally not taxed as a rental at all.
How quickly can you get equipment to a Plano job?
- We come back with a written quote within one business day, naming the supplier. Delivery itself depends on the yard and the machine. Common sizes usually move within a day or two, and anything tall, heavy or specialised needs more notice. City right-of-way permits for lane closures; most campus work is private ground.
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Get a price estimate for your Plano job
Tell us the job and we come back with a written quote within one business day, naming the supplier.
This is a request, not a booking. We confirm availability and final pricing with a local supplier before anything is committed.