Southwest Kansas
Oil Field Crane Services in Ulysses, KS
Crane work for oil and gas operators across Grant, Stevens, Haskell and Finney counties — with the 24/7 response a waiting rig actually requires.
Oil field crane work is its own discipline. The ground is not a parking lot, the access is a lease road, the clearances are tight, and every hour the crane is late is an hour a crew stands around. We have been running cranes in the Hugoton field out of Ulysses since 1981 — this is the work the fleet was bought for.
Lease & Location Work
Cranes on the Lease, Not Just in Town
Most of what we do for operators is unglamorous and time-critical: setting and pulling equipment, handling vessels and tanks, moving compressors and pump units, loading and unloading flatbeds, and picking gear that is too heavy or too awkward for the equipment already on site.
What matters on a lease is not the size of the boom, it is whether the crane shows up when it said it would, sets up on ground that is not flat, and gets the pick done without a second trip. That is a planning problem more than a machine problem, and it is where 40-plus years in this field earns its keep.
- Equipment sets and removals vessels, tanks, separators, compressors and pump units
- Truck loading and unloading flatbed and heavy-haul picks on the location
- Rig support lifts coordinated with the crew on site so the crane is not the bottleneck
- Maintenance and change-out work pulling a unit for service and setting the replacement
- Recovery and clean-up lifts including the jobs nobody planned for
Why It Matters
Downtime Is the Real Cost
When you call a crane for a location, you are rarely shopping on price alone. You are buying certainty: that the machine is the right one, that the operator has done this lift before, and that a call at two in the morning gets answered by someone who can actually dispatch.
We answer the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we get a quotation back to you within 24 hours guaranteed. If we are not the right crane for what you are describing, we will say so rather than take the mobilisation and find out on site.
- 24/7 dispatch the number on this page rings a person, not a queue
- Quote within 24 hours guaranteed, in writing, at no cost
- NCCCO-certified operators on every lift, on every location
- Local to the field Ulysses is in Grant County, not three states away
The Field We Cover
The Hugoton Field & Southwest Kansas
Our home ground is Grant County and the counties around it — Stevens, Haskell, Stanton, Kearny, Finney and Seward. In practical terms that means Ulysses, Hugoton, Satanta, Moscow, Johnson City, Manter, Lakin, Liberal, Garden City and Dodge City, and the lease roads between all of them.
Give us the location and the nearest town and we will price the travel honestly as part of the quote.
Rig Waiting? Call Now.
We answer 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tell us the location, the load and the reach — quotation within 24 hours guaranteed, and emergency dispatch when the job cannot wait that long.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work on lease roads and unimproved locations?
Yes — that is most of what we do. Ground conditions and access are part of the lift plan, so tell us what the road and the pad look like when you call and we will bring the right machine and the right cribbing.
Can you respond at night or on a weekend?
Yes. We are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for emergency crane service. Call (620) 236-9880 and describe the situation.
What counties do you cover for oil field work?
Grant County is home, and we regularly work Stevens, Haskell, Stanton, Kearny, Finney and Seward counties — the Hugoton field and the country around it. Travel is quoted as part of the job.
Do you handle the rigging as well as the crane?
The lift is planned and executed by our crew, with the certified operator running the machine. Tell us what the load is and how it is built and we will work out how it gets picked.
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