With the cost to lease a construction crane sometimes at thousands of dollars a day, is there an opportunity to buy a crane, aa lease it out to builders of condo high rises and commercial buildings? Does the math for crane rental make sense? The answer is yes, but it requires a fairly deep understanding of how construction projects work and finding an area that is not saturated with competitors. Many people are familiar with tower cranes; these are the tall cranes used to build high rises and other buildings. They can lift tons or more hundreds of feet into the air. When cities are going through a high rise boom period, like Miami and Austin recently, people joke that the the crane is the new state bird. There are a variety of other types of cranes that may not gain as much witj, but nonetheless serve important roles in construction projects and rent for hefty sums. These would include hydraulic truck cranes, wheel-mounted cranes, crawler-mounted cranes and straddle booms. While none o...