DISPATCH · LIVE NCCCO· OSHA· ISN· AVETTA· EST. 2003
Yard 05 Refinery · Petrochem

Baytown
crane rental.

Baytown is our easternmost yard and our anchor on the Houston Ship Channel. From La Porte to Pasadena to Deer Park, the petrochemical corridor between Baytown and Houston is one of the most demanding crane environments in the country — and we are pre-qualified, pre-badged, and pre-positioned to work it. The yard runs 40 to 500 ton with crawler and all-terrain bias for refinery, petrochem, and marine support.

Service Radius
~60mi
Fleet On-Site
8 classes
Dispatch
24/7
Yard Type
Refinery · Petrochem
§ 01 Why Baytown

Houston Ship Channel petrochem
Built for the work.

Houston ship channel turnarounds run on tight pre-build schedules and tighter execution windows. We pre-stage cranes inside the gates, coordinate with the unit superintendent, and rotate operators on the cadence the outage requires. ISN, Avetta, and Owner-specific safety certifications are kept current as a baseline.

On the marine side, we support the channel terminals from Bayport to Cedar Bayou and frequently mobilize cranes to vessel berths for topside picks and equipment transfers.

§ 02 Yard details

Baytown yard

Address
7400 Thompson Road
Baytown, TX 77521
Dispatch
Hours
24/7 dispatch · Office Mon–Fri 7a–5p
Yard type
Refinery · Petrochem
Radius
~60 miles
§ 03 Fleet stationed here

Fleet at the Baytown yard.

Cranes available from this yard. Other yards within reach if a specialty pick needs a different rig.

§ 04 Service area

Cities and towns we serve from Baytown.

Routine coverage runs roughly 60 miles from yard. We mobilize farther when the project supports it.

Baytown, TX La Porte Pasadena Deer Park Channelview Galena Park Mont Belvieu Anahuac Highlands Crosby Beach City
§ 05 Recent work

What we have lifted out of Baytown.

Refining · 500-ton

Coker drum exchange · Baytown refinery

Drum set during a 28-day coker turnaround with engineered rigging, double-crane sync, and an unblemished safety record.

Marine · 225-ton

Vessel topside pick · La Porte

95,000 lb deck module set to a tanker at the terminal berth with channel coordination and tide-window timing.

Petrochem · 300-ton

Cracker expansion module · Channelview

Phased mod sets over a six-week window for a new ethylene capacity expansion.

§ 04b Coverage & access

Getting to your site in the Houston Ship Channel.

The yard is off Thompson Road near the I-10 interchange, which puts the Exxon complex, Cedar Bayou and the SH 146 corridor down to La Porte and Deer Park all inside a short run without crossing the Fred Hartman Bridge.

Routes we run
I-10 SH 146 SH 330 Spur 330 FM 565 Thompson Road
Water
the Houston Ship Channel Cedar Bayou the Fred Hartman Bridge Galveston Bay
Parishes & counties covered
Harris County Chambers County Liberty County
Where we work around Baytown

the ExxonMobil Baytown complex · Chevron Phillips Cedar Bayou · Covestro Baytown · the Port of Houston Bayport and Barbours Cut terminals · the San Jacinto Monument · Lee College

§ FAQ Questions dispatch gets asked

Crane rental in Baytown, answered.

How quickly can you get a crane to a jobsite in Baytown?

Dispatch answers 24 hours a day and the Baytown yard covers roughly a 60-mile radius. For a planned lift, booking a few days out gets you the exact crane and operator you want. For a breakdown or an emergency, we mobilise the nearest suitable unit the same day wherever the route and permits allow.

Do I need a permit for a crane lift in Baytown?

It depends on where the crane sits and how it gets there. A lift entirely inside a private plant or yard usually needs no public permit, only the site's own work authorisation. Anything that occupies a public street, a sidewalk or a lane, or that moves an oversize load on I-10 or another state route, needs a permit and often traffic control. We handle the oversize load permits for our own equipment and will tell you plainly which street-closure permits are yours to pull.

Do you supply the operator, or can I rent the crane bare?

Both. Most work in this area goes out operated, meaning an NCCCO-certified operator and, where the pick needs one, a rigger come with the crane and stay under our insurance. Bare rental is available to contractors who carry their own certified operators and the insurance to match.

What does a crane rental cost in Baytown?

There is no useful list price, because the number moves with crane class, how long the pick takes, mobilisation distance, counterweight and mat requirements, and whether the work is straight time or after hours. Give dispatch the load weight, the radius, and the site, and you get a real quote rather than a range.

What do you need from me to quote a lift?

Four things get you a number quickly: what the load weighs, how far the hook has to reach from where the crane can legally set up, the date, and the site address. Photographs of the setup area and any overhead obstructions help more than almost anything else, because they answer the questions we would otherwise have to ask.

How much room does the crane need on site?

More than most people expect. The footprint is set by the outrigger spread, not the truck, and it grows with the tonnage. Ground bearing matters as much as area: soft or filled ground needs mats, and mats need somewhere to go. If you can send a photograph of the setup area we will tell you before the day whether it works.

Are your operators certified?

Every operator is NCCCO certified and current. We maintain OSHA compliance, and we are registered with ISN and Avetta, which is what most refineries and plants in this region check before they will badge anyone through the gate.

Can you work nights, weekends and shutdowns?

Yes, and a good deal of our work is exactly that. Turnarounds, road closures and set work in built-up areas usually have to happen outside normal hours. Dispatch is staffed around the clock, so an after-hours job is scheduled the same way a daytime one is.

What areas around Baytown do you cover?

The Baytown yard routinely covers Harris County, Chambers County, Liberty County and the surrounding parishes and counties, out to roughly 60 miles. Beyond that we still quote the work; it simply becomes a question of mobilisation cost and whether another CDH yard is closer.

Are you insured, and can you provide a certificate?

Yes. We carry general liability, and operated rentals are covered under our policy while the crane is under our control. Certificates of insurance naming your company or the site owner as additional insured are issued on request before mobilisation, which most plants require anyway.

What happens if the weather stops the lift?

Wind is the usual culprit, and every crane has a published wind limit that falls as the boom goes up and the load gets larger. If conditions exceed the chart the lift stops, which is not negotiable. We watch the forecast ahead of scheduled picks and will call it early rather than mobilise into a day that will not work.

Are your operators badged for the ExxonMobil Baytown complex?

We work in the complex regularly and maintain the ISN and Avetta registrations that gate contractor access there and at Chevron Phillips Cedar Bayou and Covestro. Site-specific orientation is arranged ahead of the lift so nobody loses a shift waiting at the gate.

Do you cover La Porte, Deer Park and the wider Ship Channel?

Yes. From Thompson Road the SH 146 corridor puts La Porte, Deer Park and Pasadena inside a short run, and the Bayport and Barbours Cut terminals are routine destinations. Chambers County and the Cedar Bayou side are closer still.

Need a crane in Baytown?

Dispatch is staffed 24/7. Two-minute call to scope the pick, same-day quote in most cases.

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