Listing your crane on Craneslist is simple. There is no charge to you unless we sell your crane.  And it's beneficial to you. To list your crane simply contact us via email or call us and we can discuss listing your cranes. It's free to list on our site. There are no contracts to sign. We aren't going to try to sell you an advertising package. We would like the opportunity to act as your agent to get your crane sold. We collect a brokerage fee from the proceeds of the sale if and only if we succeed in bringing you a buyer. This fee is agreed on beforehand.

CranesList Comprehensive Listings

At CranesList we strive to offer the best Crane Listings on the web. This is a key difference between us and most of the other Crane Websites.

Many of the Crane websites started from print publications where they were selling classified ads by the inch. The "norm" was ads that look like this...

A Typical Crane Ad...

A CranseList Comprehnsive Listing...

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At CranesList we try to convey the most information possible and to organize it in a way that makes it easy to understand.  This saves all parties involved a lot of time. Our Comprehensive

When buying or selling cranes you will the word "Certified" or "Inspected" comes up frequently. But describing the meaning of these varies depending on the type of certification or inspection being described. At CranesList we try to keep the meaning of these clear.

Typically when a Crane is certified there is an organization that has inspected the Crane and found that it meets their criteria for safety and/or functionality. These can be government organizations such as OSHA, CAL/OSHA or the Department of Transportation. Others are provided by Associations or Private Companies such as ANSI or

Frequently Asked Questions - SELLERS

How Does Listing a Crane On CranesList Work?

The short answer is you contact us. We will answer any questions, explain how we do this and work with you to get your crane listed on the site.  For more info see Selling Your Crane on CranesList. The listings are free. We won't try to sell you anything. Once listed we act as an agent or broker for the sale of your crane. If, and only if, we bring find you the buyer for your crane we are paid an agents fee out of the proceeds of the sale that is agreed on beforehand. Once listed CranesList will actively market

If you have a Used crane you want to sell there are a number of ways to go about it. There are advantages and disadvantages to each.

Selling A Crane on your Own locally

Selling a crane on your own can be done in the same way as selling a car. You can put a For Sale sign on the crane. You put an ad up in the local paper or on a website like Craigslist, find an interested buyer arrange the transfer of title or a bill of sale and complete the sale on your own. On the plus side you won't be paying anyone for assistance but it means you need to do all the work on your own. Transfer of a crane has a

At CranesList we are very experienced in selling cranes in Mexico, Central and South America.  This expands the potential market for your crane. Also some cranes may no longer meet the certification requirements for operation for some areas in the US but can still be in service  in other countries. 

But selling equipment across borders brings about additional challenges. Import and export procedures, transportation, legal agreements, NAFTA etc. Additionally language issues may arise. But CranesList is experienced in dealing with all of these challenges.

CranesList provides Latin America