More than a crane, a North American support network, market leadership, and engineering built for the jobsites others can’t reach.
Choosing a mini crawler crane is not only about capacity and boom length, it is about who stands behind the machine when you need parts at 7 AM, a technician who knows the diagnostic codes, or a rental unit delivered to a tight urban jobsite. SPYDERCRANE® has been proven on jobsites across North America since 1999, with Smiley Lifting Solutions as the exclusive distributor.
Smiley Lifting Solutions is the exclusive distributor of Furukawa UNIC mini crawler cranes under the SPYDERCRANE® registered trademark in the United States and Canada. We brought this equipment category to North America and have shaped how contractors, glaziers, steel erectors, and industrial teams use compact cranes in confined spaces.
Parts, service, and technical support come direct from SPYDERCRANE®, with over 300,000 parts in stock, a machine shop, SPYDERCRANE®-trained technicians, and on-board diagnostic support for faster answers and less downtime on your jobsite.
SPYDERCRANE® mini cranes are available to rent and purchase through company-owned locations and authorized partners across North America. Whether you need a crane in Phoenix, New York, or somewhere in between, our team helps coordinate logistics so the right machine gets to your jobsite.
Operator training, familiarization videos, and manufacturer qualification programs help your team work safely and confidently. From first rental to fleet purchase, SPYDERCRANE® is built for relationships that last beyond a single lift, with people who know this equipment specifically.
Strong support matters, and so does what is built into every SPYDERCRANE® model. These are the engineering details, safety systems, and design choices that make the crane itself the right tool for confined indoor and outdoor lifting.
The UNIC SPYDERCRANE® Overturn Protection System is a patented UNIC-exclusive safety system included on the URW090 Series, URW200 Series, and select URW300 Series models. An onboard computer continuously measures ground pressure on each outrigger through integrated load cells. During lifting, the system monitors stability by detecting changes in ground pressure at each leg. If one outrigger begins to lose pressure and approaches safe operating limits, an alarm sounds and crane functions automatically slow. If two outriggers lose pressure, functions that could move the crane toward an unsafe configuration stop automatically. With the alarm sounding and the crane safely stopped, the operator can reposition into a stable configuration before continuing the lift.
Variable Geometry Outriggers allow lifts in tight spaces. A standard feature on 090 and 200 Series SPYDERCRANE® models, multiple locking positions on the outrigger swing, knee, and inner box joints let the crane set up around obstacles, on a catwalk, or in a machinery room where space is limited.
Unlike many cranes on the market, SPYDERCRANE® mini cranes offer pressure-sensitive controls that speed or slow crane functions based on operator input. Most models are equipped with a wireless remote so the operator can stand at the best vantage point for the lift. Together, these features deliver precise, operator-friendly control on confined jobsites.
The SPYDERCRANE® mini crane is designed with a hexagonal keeled boom instead of a square boom, adding boom strength and reducing sway. Constructed using steel rated at 140,000–160,000 psi yield, the high tensile-high yield steel is thinner and lighter than most conventional booms while maintaining rigidity. The result is a lighter crane structure designed to maximize lifting performance.
Depending on the series, select SPYDERCRANE® mini cranes can travel through standard single or double doors. Each machine is designed with a low center of gravity to stabilize travel and crane operations. That low center of gravity and tracked chassis deliver narrow footprints in their capacity class.
SPYDERCRANE® mini cranes offer an on-board self-diagnostic computer system that continuously displays a status code on the chassis. Whether remote control batteries are dead or the crane mode switch is in the wrong position, you get an immediate diagnostic status, potentially saving hours of frustrating downtime.
When working with glass, coupling a SPYDERWEB glass handler with a SPYDERCRANE® mini crawler is the perfect match. Each SPYDERWEB is equipped with an independent remote control offering tilt and rotate functions for precise placement of glass panels. The SPYDERWEB mounts directly to the boom tip or can be hung from the wire rope for installation at height.
When you are short of space, need to fit through a doorway, or have indoor work at height, add a Smiley Lifting work platform to your mini crawler and complete your job quickly. Work baskets are designed and manufactured to current North American standards and attach to the boom tip for personnel access where ladders and scaffolding cannot reach.
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Installing glass using a SPYDERCRANE® 200 Series and SPYDERWEB.
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