Boom truck rental in Winnipeg

R 03 mBoom truck hoist, crane truck or picker

Manitoba's trades rules call it a boom truck hoist: a truck-chassis-mounted telescoping or articulating boom that can load on and off the truck, with a manufacturer-rated lifting capacity over 7.3 tonnes (8 tons) and not over 40.8 tonnes (45 tons)¹. Searches in Winnipeg say boom truck, crane truck and sometimes picker truck. Describe the load and the boom, and the supplier will sort out the name.

One mix-up matters. A bucket truck or boom lift positions people, and the CSA mobile crane code excludes vehicle-mounted aerial devices, pointing to CSA C225². A load to set needs a boom truck. See boom trucks and boom truck vs crane vs boom lift.

R 06 mWho can operate it in Manitoba

Under s.23.3(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation, only a person authorized in the crane and hoist operator trade may operate a boom truck hoist or mobile crane with a rated load of 7,300 kg or more, or any tower crane³. Boom truck hoist operator is a compulsory certification trade¹, with an apprenticeship of two levels, each of at least 12 months and 1,250 hours¹. It is a provincial certification, not Red Seal, with 7 weeks of technical training in level 1 and 5 in level 2⁴.

Rules for units below 7,300 kg were not part of our research, so we give none. On a bare rental (operator not included), your operator needs authorization for the unit you rent, so get its rating in writing.

The truck must carry a load chart showing rated load at all permitted boom angles and radii, and the operator inspects the crane before each shift³. Manitoba names CAN/CSA Z150-16 for mobile cranes, not the 2026 edition³. See Manitoba's page and operator certification.

R 09 mWorking near power lines in the city

Part 25 applies to work or equipment that can come within 3 m of an overhead electrical line. The employer must notify the electrical authority, get written confirmation or instructions and, when instructed, assign a signal person with an unobstructed view of the operator³.

The 3 m is the trigger, not a working distance. Our research holds no Manitoba table of distances by voltage, so this page gives no number for how close a boom may work, and the power-line lookup shows none. Measure the reach, not the parking spot: swing, extension and load swing all count.

R 12 mSetting up on a street or lane

In Winnipeg, all activities that impede or temporarily occupy the street need a Use of Street permit. Three types matter for a lift:

• Annual Curb Lane Usage: store equipment or materials on a limited section of street where parking is permitted, up to three days, or operate a crane extending over a street.
• Construction: close and occupy a specific area of the street for a defined period.
• Loading/Unloading: occupy part of the street with trucks while loading or unloading.

A general liability policy of $2,000,000 naming the City as additional insured is required. Fees may include permit, administrative, street rental, temporary traffic control and parking meter revenue loss charges, and a damage deposit may be added. Work on a Regional Street also needs the Traffic Management Branch's permission under the Manual of Temporary Traffic Control⁵.

Fees. The 2026 schedule lists Type A at $68.00, Type B (with schedule) at $94.00, Type C (conducting business on the boulevard) at $260.00 and Type D (annual curb lane) at $740.00. Rental is $19.10 per square metre per month for streets and public lanes and $5.50 for sidewalks and boulevards, and the administration charge is $43.00⁶. Of the three permits above, the schedule labels only the annual curb lane, so ask the City which type your job is.

Closures. The City decides and coordinates all closures of sidewalks and roadways in the right-of-way. For a construction project you start a lane closure request, registering through the City's lane closure application, and hold valid insurance⁷.

Parking the truck. No one may park a vehicle longer than 6.7 m (22 ft), or a trailer, on a street for more than one hour unless it is in active use by a tradesperson working on premises in the immediate area⁸. A truck parked and idle is outside that wording.

Hours. Under the Neighbourhood Liveability By-law, no one may operate heavy equipment, machinery or tools used in construction within 150 m of a residential property before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, or before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays. Idling a stationary vehicle or its attached equipment for over 10 minutes within 150 m of a home is also limited before 7:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m.⁹

Ground. Tell the supplier what is under the set-up spot and whether an outrigger would land on a curb, a lid or fresh asphalt. See outriggers and ground bearing.

R 15 mMoving the truck: truck routes and spring limits

Truck routes. Under Traffic By-law 1573/77 (ss.39-39.1), a truck is a motor vehicle built or adapted to carry goods that has more than four tires. A truck, truck tractor or combination may operate only on the streets listed as Truck Routes. It may use any street where necessary to conduct business at a destination, staying on Truck Routes until the intersection nearest the destination and returning by the shortest routing. The City's truck route map notes the 4.15 m maximum vehicle height under Manitoba's Highway Traffic Act⁸.

Spring. Weight restrictions run from mid-March to the end of May unless the Director of Public Works says otherwise. The City lists asphalt streets at 90% of normal loading on other axle groups (Level 1) and granular streets at 65% on all axle groups (Level 2). Irreducible loads of machinery or equipment need a permit, and the City handles move permits on restricted roads while the limits are on. The 2026 restrictions ended at 11:59 p.m. on May 19¹⁰. Check dates before a spring booking.

Licence. Manitoba Public Insurance puts a truck with more than two axles in Class 3, with an air brake endorsement if the truck has air brakes¹¹. The class for a two-axle boom truck, National Safety Code carrier rules, annual inspection and oversize permits were not part of our research for Manitoba. See licence and NSC rules.

R 18 mNo public rate table: what exists

We found no Manitoba government rate schedule for boom trucks and no free Winnipeg rate. The provincial association's guide is sold, not published; we did not buy it and do not reproduce it. This page prints no Manitoba hourly rate.

Official schedules exist in Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. They are on boom truck rental rates with operated or bare labels and editions. Published rates are benchmarks for public works, not quotes, and those are not Manitoba prices.

Labour. Job Bank publishes no Winnipeg or Manitoba wage for boom truck crane operators. The national median under NOC 72500 is $42.77 an hour, from $26.50 to $52.19¹². Job Bank files "operator, picker truck" under NOC 83110, logging machinery operators¹³, so a picker wage may describe a log loader.

Suppliers. Statistics Canada counted 51 Manitoba locations with employees in NAICS 532410 in June 2026, out of 1,748 in Canada¹⁴. The wider group, NAICS 5324, had 52 locations in the Winnipeg census metropolitan area, 20 of them with 1 to 4 employees¹⁵. Those industries include far more than boom trucks, and no official count isolates them. GST is 5% in Manitoba¹⁶; provincial sales tax on rentals was not researched, so ask how a quote is taxed.

R 21 mWhat to send for a Winnipeg quote

A supplier prices the lift, not the truck. Ask the supplier for the chart capacity at your radius, and send:

1. The load: weight in kilograms, size, pick points and rigging weight.
2. Radius and height: from the set-up spot to where the load lands, and what it must clear.
3. The set-up spot: yard, driveway, street or lane, whether the boom will extend over the street, and who applies for the Use of Street permit.
4. Date, time and duration, and whether homes are within 150 m⁹.
5. Power lines within 3 m of the truck, boom or load³.
6. Ground under the outriggers, and the slope.
7. The route in, and the dates if spring weight limits could apply.
8. Operated or bare, and for bare, whether your operator is authorized for a rating of 7,300 kg or more³.

Example. A boom truck sets a 2,500 kg steel beam on a building from the street, with the boom extending over the lane, landing 12 m from the truck, on a weekday morning for about two hours. With 90 kg of rigging (an example weight), the crane lifts 2,590 kg at 12 m. IHSA recommends at least a 5% working margin¹⁷, so look for at least 2,720 kg of chart capacity at 12 m. A boom extending over a street is the case the Annual Curb Lane Usage permit describes, with a $2,000,000 liability policy⁵, and a construction project starts a lane closure request⁷. If the crane is rated 7,300 kg or more, the operator must be authorized in the trade³. The City decides; this is only a planning example. The size estimator does the load arithmetic.

R 24 mHow a request on BoomTrucks.ca works

BoomTrucks.ca is an independent reference. We do not rent, sell or lease equipment. Request a quote; it only goes to a company with your consent.

1. Describe the job: boom truck type, operated or bare, load, radius, address, date and any City permit you hold.
2. Your request is stored first. You see a reference on screen; we send no confirmation email.
3. It is saved, and nothing is sent to a company without your consent. Nothing is sent anywhere before that.
4. With your consent, your request goes to one company that rents, sells or finances boom trucks in your area. That company may pay BoomTrucks.ca for the referral.
5. That company quotes you directly. Price, permits and terms are between you and it.

Request a Winnipeg quote, or read Manitoba's rules.