Where this site takes crane jobs
Coverage centers on Sioux Falls and the growing towns around it, north to Brookings and south down I-29 to Sioux City. Interstates make the drive quick, and spring road limits can make it slow.
Each job goes to one operator who already drives these roads, so the travel time in the price comes from someone who knows the route.
Billing is usually portal to portal, so the drive counts both ways. A job in Brookings or Sioux City can add a couple of hours compared with the same lift in town.
Miles from downtown Sioux Falls
- Sioux Falls - downtown. City Engineering handles right-of-way permits; city code caps axle loads at 20,000 pounds
- Brandon - 9 miles NE. East on I-90, with steady new housing and shops
- Harrisburg - 8 miles S. Fast-growing suburb south of the city in Lincoln County
- Tea - 9 miles SW. Southwest along I-29, with warehouses and new subdivisions
- Hartford - 12 miles NW. West on I-90, small-town streets and farm work around it
- Crooks - 9 miles NW. Just north of the city, mostly houses and acreages
- Dell Rapids - 19 miles N. North on I-29, an older downtown with quartzite buildings
- Lennox - 15 miles SW. Southwest farm town with grain and ag work
- Canton - 18 miles S. Southeast, the Lincoln County seat near the Iowa line
- Brookings - 53 miles N. About an hour north, home of South Dakota State University
- Sioux City - 74 miles S. See the Sioux City page for Iowa permits and city street rules
Not on the list?
Worthing, Baltic, Garretson, Beresford and the acreages between them are covered the same way. Put the town or the nearest crossroads in the request.
Roads that shape the drive
I-29 runs north to Brookings and south to Sioux City, and I-90 crosses east to Brandon and west to Hartford. Those routes are quick for a crane. The slow part is the last few miles: township gravel, weight-posted bridges and, from mid-February to the end of April, posted spring load limits that can send a heavy crane the long way around.
Inside Sioux Falls, axle limits on city streets keep the bigger cranes on permitted routes. In Sioux City, the city issues its own oversize permits on top of the state rules, covered on the Sioux City page.
Seasons and scheduling
Spring and early summer are the busiest months for building work, so larger cranes book out further then. Winter is quieter for new construction but steady for failed rooftop units and ash removals, since frozen ground holds outriggers well and the ash season rule keeps removals out of the summer.