Guides · Sheet G-400
Boom truck guides
The rules that apply to boom trucks in each province, how to read a load chart and plan a lift, and the money questions: buying used, leasing, tax.
Rules
- G-401 Operator certification by province Thresholds, certificates and issuers in every province and territory we researched, from Alberta's boom truck trade to Ontario's MCO 1 and 2.
- G-402 Inspection rules Annual engineer inspections, two-year NDT cycles, Ontario's crane log and which CSA edition each province adopts.
- G-403 Power-line clearance The limits of approach side by side, the Alberta 7 m trigger, BC safety watchers and Ontario signallers.
- G-404 Licence class and NSC The licence follows the chassis: classes, air brake endorsements, carrier certificates, inspections, permits and published insurance minimums.
- G-412 Boom truck vs crane vs boom lift Is a boom truck a crane? How it differs from a mobile crane, a boom lift, a bucket truck and a digger derrick.
Lifting
- G-405 Reading a load chart Radius not boom length, structural and stability limits, deductions, quadrants, duty cycles and indicator error.
- G-406 Outriggers and ground bearing What Alberta and Ontario require, how outrigger pressure is estimated, pads and mats, and when to call an engineer.
- G-407 Sling angles and rigging The tension table, horizontal vs vertical angles, BC's working load limit reductions and multi-leg slings.
- G-408 Lift planning When Alberta requires a lift calculation, BC's critical lifts, knowing the load weight and what to give a supplier.
Money
- G-409 Buying used: a checklist The crane's paper trail, inspection certificates, load charts, safety devices and the chassis checks before you buy.
- G-410 Lease accounting and GST/HST Capital or operating lease, right-of-use assets, place of supply, sales tax on bare and operated rentals and input tax credits, with the gaps named.
- G-411 CCA and tax Class 10, 16, 8 or 38 and what decides it, why cranes are generally not Class 38, the first-year allowance and the proposed deduction.