01Cranes
Fast, reliable and equipped for anything. Operated mobile cranes from 35 to 770 tons, reaching heights over 500 feet and radiuses up to 370 feet.
Learn more about CranesCrane, rigging, hauling & storage. One call.
From our yard to the final set, one partner for the heavy work across Greater Boston and New England.
Our services
Everything the lift needs, under one roof.
We operate mobile cranes from 35 to 770 tons, and we provide rigging crews and gear, heavy haul trucks, and warehouse space just south of Boston.
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02Rigging
Your one-stop shop for expert rigging. Experienced riggers trusted across New England, with a deep inventory of gear, gantries and rigging trucks to move equipment with precision.
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03Heavy Hauling
Years of experience transporting oversized and high-value equipment. Heavy haul tractors, 12-axle Goldhofer trailers, ramp trucks and step decks deliver loads safely and on schedule.
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04Warehousing
200,000 square feet of indoor storage and 15 acres outdoors, just south of Boston. Climate-controlled buildings, badge access, 24/7 surveillance and a customer portal with real-time inventory.
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Fleet moves and finished lifts, posted as they happen.
The fleet
The right machine for every size of job.
Cranes, forklifts, heavy-haul tractors, specialized trailers and a full rigging inventory, based at the Avon shop.
On site · Greater Boston
Working tight city sites, from the street up.
Mobile cranes
35 to 770 tons
Liebherr all-terrains and Manitex boom trucks reaching heights over 500 feet and lifting at radiuses up to 370 feet.
Liebherr · Manitex
Forklifts & telehandlers
6K to 100K lbs
High-capacity forklifts, including a 100K rigger special, and telehandlers up to 40K for indoor mechanical and machinery work.
Hyster · Manitou · Xtreme
Heavy haul tractors & trailers
Tag trailers to multi-axle lines
Steerable Goldhofer lines, double-drop extendables, step decks, Landolls, Conestogas and ramp trucks for oversized and high-value loads.
Peterbilt · Kenworth · Goldhofer · Landoll
Rigging inventory
Ready to roll
Portable gantry systems, fully equipped rigging trucks, dollies and jacks, and a deep stock of synthetic and wire rope slings.
Gantries · Slings · Rigging trucks
Why CJS
On schedule. Lifted safe.
Boston jobs are tight with aggressive schedules, live buildings and streets that have to reopen by morning. Here's how we keep them on track.
Turnkey, start to finish
Storage, trucking, crane and rigging from one team. Equipment is delivered and staged at our yard, trucked in when the schedule calls for it and rigged into place by the same crew.
Planning and permitting
Dense sites, closed streets, tunnels underneath. We handle the lift plans, permits and coordination with agencies like MassDOT, Boston Transportation and Boston Police so the pick happens on the day it is supposed to.
The right equipment, fast
We respond quickly with the crane you need, where and when you need it. Trailers and rigging gear move with the crane so the job stays on schedule.
Real-time visibility
Our customer portal gives you photos, dimensions and weights, storage locations and inbound BOLs for every piece we hold. Clear records, no guesswork.
Project spotlight
470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
A 175,000 SF building repositioning with Wise Construction, wedged between the Seaport and the Financial District and adjacent to the I-93 tunnel. We warehoused pre-purchased mechanical and electrical equipment for just-in-time delivery, trucked it in, and executed more than 20 crane picks, coordinating with MassDOT, Boston Transportation and Boston Police the whole way.
- Crane picks
- 20+
- Building
- 175,000 SF
- Scope
- Store · Haul · Rig · Lift
See more projects“The CJS team was a valuable partner throughout the project. Their support with project planning, permitting and execution was critical to the success of the project.”
Our story
A century of crane work in the family. A company built from one boom truck.
In 2012, Chris Shaughnessy took a risk as a young entrepreneur and bought his first crane, a 35-ton boom truck. Coming from a family with over 100 years in the crane industry, he made a conscious decision to break away and build a company of his own, one focused on reliability, quality service and safety.
Today CJ Shaughnessy Crane runs a full crane, rigging, hauling and warehousing operation from four sites in Avon and Stoughton, all within a mile of each other and right off Route 24, and we still take on projects big and small across New England and beyond.
2012
CJ Shaughnessy Crane Service is founded with a single Manitex 35-ton boom truck.
2015
The first Liebherr, a 70-ton LTM 1060, joins the fleet. The shop moves to Braintree.
2016
Hauling starts with a Peterbilt, and a 120-ton LTM 1100-4.2 goes into service.
2018
Operations move to Bodwell Street in Avon.
2019
The 550-ton Liebherr LTM 1450 arrives, opening up a new class of heavy lifts.
2022
In November, the 770-ton Liebherr LTM 1650 arrives, our largest crane to date.
Careers
Now hiring
Crane operators, oilers, riggers, and CDL-A drivers. Union work out of Avon, across Greater Boston and New England.
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- Scheduling & job requests781.315.5321
- Front desk508.857.2769
- Shop & main yard520 Bodwell Street Ext, Avon, MA 02322
- Office hoursMon–Fri 7am–5pm