Telehandler Jib & Hook Financing

The distinction between jib types matters for what job you are doing. Mixing them up is a spec error that costs you capacity or functionality on the jobsite.

Fixed Pin-On Jibs

The most common and lowest-cost jib configuration. The jib arm pins to the machine's headstock at a fixed angle, and load capacity is rated at the hook point. These are correct for repetitive picks at a consistent geometry: setting roof trusses at a known height, placing precast columns at a fixed radius, hoisting HVAC equipment to a set rooftop location. Fixed jibs do not allow angle adjustment while loaded, so the pick geometry has to be planned in advance.

Luffing Jibs

A luffing jib uses a hydraulic circuit to adjust the boom angle while the load is suspended, giving the operator more control over pick geometry without repositioning the machine. The hydraulic circuit adds cost and weight. These are the right tool for picks where the landing zone is not perfectly predictable or where the job involves setting material in a tight space that requires angle adjustment mid-lift. Correct for steel erection work, tower cranes not available, and some precast concrete placement.

Hook Block Adapters

Not a jib at all, but a hook that mounts to the carriage or headstock directly, allowing the machine to lift bundled material, beam sections, or chain-rigged loads with a fork carriage still in place. Simpler, lower capacity, lower cost. Hook adapters run $500 to $2,000 and bundle into a machine deal as line items. They are not stand-alone financing candidates but are worth calling out because they are often purchased alongside a jib for different pick scenarios.

For the crew that does both routine palletized material handling and occasional crane-style picks, a machine with a quick-attach headstock, a fork carriage, and a pin-on jib covers nearly every site material-handling scenario. That package is a standard bundled deal for us.

Steel erection and structural contractors who cannot stage a mobile crane for every pick but need to place column base plates, beam sections, and connection hardware at height. The telehandler with a jib handles light picks that do not justify crane mobilization costs. Steel erection contractors often spec a jib on every telehandler they run.

General contractors running tilt-up or precast projects. Setting precast wall panels requires a hook and a spreader bar. The telehandler handles lighter panels; the crane gets the heavy ones. Having the jib on the machine means fewer crane hours billed and more flexibility in panel-setting sequence.

HVAC and mechanical contractors setting rooftop equipment. A packaged HVAC unit running 2,000 to 5,000 pounds needs a hook lift to the roof deck. A telehandler with a jib handles that at a fraction of the crane rental cost, and the machine is already on site doing other work the rest of the day.

Roofing contractors hoisting bundled material, skylights, and mechanical equipment. For a crew already running a telehandler for shingle delivery, adding a jib for occasional picks is a cost-efficient way to add crane capability. Our roofing contractor financing page covers the broader equipment picture for roofing operations.

Construction rental yards renting out telehandlers with full attachment suites. A machine in the yard with a fork carriage, a bucket, and a jib available earns more rental revenue per call than one with forks only. We fund full attachment inventories for rental fleet expansions.

A jib bundled with a machine deal is just another line item on the purchase agreement. We do not slow down for attachments when they are part of a single vendor deal or a clean two-vendor invoice set. The process is: application, three months of bank statements, deal structure from us, documents to sign, funds to the vendor. That cycle runs one to two weeks in normal conditions.

Rush situations, say a machine sitting at a dealer and a job starting Monday, have closed faster when the docs come in clean and complete. We do not hold a deal for a week to look busy. The file moves when it is complete.

For deals under roughly $400,000, we work on an application-only basis, meaning no tax returns, no financial statements, no CPA package. Above that threshold we add a light financial package. Most jib-and-machine bundles come in below the application-only ceiling, so the documentation ask is minimal.

If the deal involves a private-party or auction purchase of the machine with a new jib added on, we handle that structure too. Auction purchases need the auction settlement sheet; private party needs a clean bill of sale. We walk you through it.

Tell us the jib type, the machine it goes on, and the total package price. We put the deal together fast. Three months of bank statements, the application, and we are in motion. challenged credit is fine. Closing in roughly fourteen days.