Cherry pickers and boom lifts for hire across Basildon and the wider Essex area.
We match to your working height, your access and your ground conditions, and delivered straight to site from our nearby Dartford depot. Electric, diesel, bi-energy, rough-terrain and narrow-width platforms, from low-level work right up to working heights of 58 metres.
JMS Basildon depot also offers operated or self-drive truck mounted booms for hassle free site transport. No need for a transport lorry, the self-drive truck mounted booms can be driven straight to the site location.
Fast cherry picker hire across Basildon and Essex
Our nearest depot to Basildon is Dartford, just over the Dartford Crossing, with our Harpenden and Radlett depots also serving Essex via the M25. We deliver and collect directly to your site, using our own transport fleet, and can usually offer next-day hire, subject to availability. We cover Basildon, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Braintree, Colchester and the surrounding area.
Need a platform anywhere in the UK, JMS has you covered.
As a member of Access Link, JMS has access to a network of 60+ depots and over 15,000 platforms across the UK and Ireland.
Need a platform this week?
Call 0345 457 0000 or email hire@jms.co.uk
The right cherry picker for the job
Let our team know details about the application and we’ll suggest and supply the best platforms for the job.
- Working height: platforms for low level applications up to high reach of 58m at the top end. Most Basildon maintenance, signage and lighting jobs sit in the 12–20m range.
- Indoor / finished floors: electric cherry pickers with quiet, zero-emission power with non-marking tyres for warehouse and retail interiors.
- Outdoor / uneven ground: diesel and rough-terrain booms for yards, car parks and unmade ground on industrial estates.
- Indoor and outdoor in one hire: bi-energy booms switch power source, so one platform can meet all your needs.
- Tight access / narrow doorways: narrow-width and tracked/spider booms for historical buildings, plant rooms, warehousing and confined sites.
- Reach over obstacles: articulated booms for up-and-over outreach; straight-stick (telescopic) booms for maximum horizontal reach.
Not sure what you need? Send us the working height, the surface and any access constraints and we’ll spec it; or book a free site survey.
See our cherry picker hire checklist and full boom lift range.
Not sure which machine?
Send us your job and we’ll spec it – Call 0345 457 0000 or email hire@jms.co.uk
No IPAF licence? No problem. Operated hire is the answer.
If you don’t have IPAF-trained staff, or the job is complex, busy or time-critical, we’ll supply the machine and a fully qualified operator so you can concentrate on the work. Our operators are IPAF-trained, fully insured and familiar with the equipment before they arrive on site.
Operated hire includes:
- For self-drive truck-mounted platforms: 8 hours with our operator which includes travel time to and from site, as well as platform operation as required.
- Other equipment: We coordinate machine delivery (often the day before) separately from the operator’s arrival. Operator charges are based on 8 hours on site.
- Full technical back-up from our mobile engineers, and all operated hire is supplied under CPA terms and conditions.
Ideal for building inspection, FM companies, street lighting, CCTV, signage and any high-reach job on a busy road or estate. Where work is over a public highway or footway, we’ll arrange traffic management and council permits for you; allow 2–3 working days’ lead time to quote and set that up.
(Note: spare harnesses aren’t supplied with the operator; harness kits are available to buy.)
Talk to us about operated hire
Call 0345 457 0000, email hire@jms.co.uk or visit our operated hire page.
Cherry picker hire prices in Basildon
Every job is different; working height, machine type, hire duration, operated or self-drive, and site access all change the figure. That is why we price your exact job rather than quote a headline rate. You’ll get a fast, no-obligation quote, and you only pay for what the job actually needs. Credit accounts are available for regular hirers.
Fill out the contact form and get a fast quote:
Why Basildon trade customers choose JMS
- A modern, state-of-the-art fleet from the leading manufacturers
- An IPAF Approved Training Centre, for high quality operator training.
- Full technical support and back-up from our own mobile engineers to keep you working.
- An established national operator with depots across London and Leeds, as well as having the Access Link network behind us; so we always have the equipment you need.
Phone us on 0345 457 0000 or email hire@jms.co.uk
What JMS customers say:
“Thanks guys, for sending us a great machine, on time … and with a great and helpful delivery man/driver – Dave.”
JDubz, Google Review“Great prices and always willing to offer competitive rates. Demi is my usual contact and is always helpful, even on weekends when I have emergency call-outs to attend to and need machinery quickly.”
Luke Butler, Google Review
Accreditations & memberships:
Safety & competence: SSIP · SafeHire certified · IPAF Approved Training Centre.
Industry: HAE member · CPA · Access Link.
Transport: FORS Silver.
Project pedigree: trusted on major projects including Crossrail.
Powered access for Basildon sites
We supply machines for the kind of work Basildon throws up day to day: production-line and overhead-services maintenance in the factories and engineering units across the town’s industrial estates; lighting, signage and fascia work on retail and business parks such as Pipps Hill; and external inspections, cladding and roof works on the large logistics and distribution units around schemes like Indurent Park. Tell us the site and we’ll get the right platform to it.
JMS Cherry Pickers are suitable for the following uses:
Cherry Pickers in
Facilities Management
- Cleaning
- Inspection
- Surveying
- Maintenance
- CCTV
- Lighting
Cherry Pickers in
Construction
- Building maintenance
- Installations
- Surveying
- Glazing
- Roofing
- Curtain wall installation
- Steel erecting / netting
Cherry Pickers in
Energy Renewables
- Wind turbine access
- Refineries petrochemical
plants - Chimney maintenance
Cherry Pickers in
Retail
- Shop fittings
- Stock taking
- Factory & warehouse
maintenance
Additional Cherry Picker Uses
- Historical restoration
- Signage installation
- Sporting entertainment events
- Telecommunications
- Tree surgery
- Art installation
- Media TV
- Ship building
Get in touch with us today using the form or give us a call on 0345 457 0000
Basildon & Essex cherry picker hire FAQs
It depends on the machine size, working height, hire length and whether you want it operated or self-drive; so we quote on your exact job rather than an inaccurate price. Send us the details and we’ll turn a quote around fast.
Yes. We deliver and collect direct to site across Basildon and Essex from our Dartford depot, just over the crossing, with next-day hire often available, subject to availability.
Yes. If you don’t have operators with approved ePAL or PAL Card, we provide operated hire with a fully qualified, insured operator and the right platform; ideal for building inspections, lighting, CCTV and time-critical jobs on busy roads or estates.
Most building-maintenance and signage jobs around Basildon sit in roughly the 12–20m working-height range. Larger commercial and industrial work may need higher-reach cherry pickers, truck-mounted or tracked platforms. Tell us your height, outreach, ground conditions and any obstacles and we’ll select the right platform.
For most work on private land, no; provided you follow site rules and health-and-safety regulations. If the platform will be working on or over a public highway or footway, a council permit and traffic management are usually needed, we can arrange these on your behalf.
Get your Basildon cherry picker hire sorted
Call the hire desk on 0345 457 0000, request a callback, or send your job details and we’ll quote fast.
