Kitchen's Crane & Equipment Expands Heavy Lift Rental & Sales Fleet
Kitchen's Crane & Equipment, a provider of specialized heavy lift and transport equipment for sale and rent, is expanding its fleet with strategic equipment acquisitions made during the second and third quarters of 2026. The investments increase the company's ability to provide versatile equipment for demanding heavy lift, rigging, industrial, and infrastructure projects.
Recent additions to the fleet include:
• 2020 Scheuerle MPEK 170.8.2 SPMT PowerHoss self-propelled modular transporter – Expands specialized transport capabilities for oversized and heavy loads.
• 2024 Enerpac SL400 hydraulic gantry system with side shift – Provides precision lifting and positioning for transformer installation, industrial maintenance, infrastructure, and other heavy lift applications.
• New Toyota FR25-35 Forklift with fork and boom attachments– Adds versatile material handling capabilities, combining traditional forklift functionality with boom-assisted lifting.
"Investing in our fleet is an investment in our customers," said Eddy Kitchen, president of Kitchen's Crane & Equipment. "We're committed to offering equipment that delivers greater efficiency, reliability, and versatility as our customers take on increasingly complex projects."
Demand for specialized lifting and transport equipment continues to grow with infrastructure, power generation, data centers, manufacturing, and industrial projects nationwide. Kitchen's Crane & Equipment is responding by expanding the equipment available for both rental and purchase.
For more than 19 years, Kitchen's Crane & Equipment has supplied quality used cranes, self-propelled modular transporters, hydraulic gantry systems, heavy haul trailers, strand jacks, and other specialized equipment throughout the United States and internationally.
For more information, visit www.kitchensequipment.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.