Jekko MPK06 Glass Lifter Hire in Geelong
A 600 kg glass lifting robot narrow enough for most commercial entries and double doors. Available with one of our operators, or dry hire for qualified trade customers. Based in Geelong, so there is no freight from Melbourne and no minimum hire period to cover someone else's travel.
The MPK06 at Work
About the machine in this video
This video shows the second variation of the MPK06. Ours is not fitted with the double outward boom. We run the single electric boom with a slide out manual extension, so the reach and the way it extends work differently to what you see here. The 600 kg capacity, the vacuum manipulator and the continuous 360 degree electric rotation are the same. If your lift is anywhere near the limits, send us the panel size, the weight and the distance we would need to reach, and we will check it against our own load chart before you book rather than have you find out on the day.
What the MPK06 Actually Does
A minipicker built for glazing. It runs in two modes: a vacuum manipulator for glass and panels, or a hook for general lifting. Compliant with EN 13000.
Hook Crane Mode and Glass Head Mode
The MPK06 is the only minipicker that runs both as a certified crane on the hook and as a vacuum manipulator for glass. We change it over to suit the job. What it can lift depends on how far out the boom has to reach, so both load charts are below.
Hook crane mode on the left, glass head manipulator mode on the right.
Hook Crane Mode
A certified crane to EN 13000. Used for anything that is not a flat panel, so stone, steel, plant, tanks and awkward loads that need slinging rather than suction.
- 0.5 m600 kg
- 1.0 m460 kg
- 1.5 m330 kg
- 1.7 m300 kg
Glass Head Manipulator Mode
Vacuum cups on a powered head that tilts, rotates continuously through 360 degrees and places a panel square into the opening. This is the mode we use for almost all glazing work.
- 0.5 m600 kg
- 1.0 m380 kg
- 1.5 m250 kg
- 2.0 m170 kg
- 2.1 m150 kg
How to read these charts
The figure that matters is not the maximum. Capacity falls away as the boom extends, so a 200 kg panel is straightforward at one metre of reach and a different conversation at two. Work out how far the machine has to reach from where it can physically stand, then read the capacity at that distance. These are Jekko published charts for the MPK06. Ours runs the single electric boom with a slide out manual extension rather than the double electric extension, so send us the panel weight and the reach you need and we will confirm it against our machine before you book.
Why Continuous 360 Degree Rotation Is Required
A panel almost never comes off the truck facing the way it needs to go into the opening. It has to be turned. How a machine turns it is the difference between a controlled install and someone standing under a suspended load.
Nobody stands under the load
Where a machine rotates manually, turning the panel means a person at the head with hands on a suspended load, trusting that it does not shift while they move it. Ours turns under electric power from the remote, so the operator can be clear of the panel the whole time it is moving.
It never runs out of travel
A head that swings through a fixed arc reaches the end of it, and then the load has to be set down, the machine repositioned, and the lift started again. Continuous rotation keeps turning in either direction for as long as you hold the control.
Fine adjustment at the opening
Getting a heavy panel square is a matter of degrees, not half turns. Electric rotation runs at a speed you set, so the last bit of alignment happens slowly and with the operator standing where they can actually see the reveal.
If you are comparing glass lifters, this is the question worth asking: does the head rotate under power from the remote, and will it keep turning or stop at the end of its travel? Plenty of machines rotate. Fewer do it continuously, under power, from a position where nobody needs to be near the glass.
600 kg of Capacity That Fits Through a Door
Most machines that lift 600 kg cannot get inside a building. Most machines that fit inside a building cannot lift 600 kg. At 835 mm wide the MPK06 fits through most commercial entries and double doors, into a lift, down a corridor and across finished floors, then lifts more than half a tonne once it is there. Measure your narrowest point before you book and we will tell you honestly whether it will get through.
That is the whole reason it exists, and it is why it gets called in on jobs where a truck crane cannot reach and a labour crew is not safe. Basements, first floors, atriums, shopping centres, plant rooms, terraces and internal glazing all sit in that gap.
What People Hire It For
With the vacuum head it handles glass and panels. Switch to the hook and it becomes a 600 kg pick and carry crane that fits indoors.
Glazing - shopfronts, facades, internal partitions, balustrades
Stone and benchtops - engineered stone slabs into finished kitchens
Doors and joinery - oversized or solid-core units
Plant and machinery - moving equipment through finished buildings
Roof and terrace work - where a truck crane cannot reach
Basements and car parks - low headroom, tight access
What It Costs
All prices include GST. No hidden hourly creep, no weekend loading buried in the terms.
With an Operator
$275 per hour, GST included- Minimum 4 hours, so a short job is $1,100 all up
- One of our trained operators runs the machine
- No competency or ticketing questions for your crew
- We carry the insurance on the machine and the lift
- Suits builders, shopfitters, stonemasons and facility managers
Dry Hire
$650 per day, GST included- Trailer included, so you can tow it yourself
- Delivery across Geelong, the Surf Coast and the Bellarine for a fee
- Induction on the machine before it leaves
- Operator competency and insurance confirmed first
Longer project hire, out of area work and anything unusual, just ask. Text through the panel size, weight and site access and we will price it properly rather than guess.
Us Against the Nearest Alternatives
The closest glass lifter hire to Geelong is in Melbourne. Both of the quotes below were given to us directly for delivery to Geelong, so the transport figures are real, not estimates. Every price includes GST.
| Barwon GlassGeelong | Glass Services / TradellaCheltenham | Kennards Hire Lift & ShiftPort Melbourne | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine | Jekko MPK06 | Uplifter Glassworker GW 425 | Winlet 350 |
| Machine weight | 650 kg990 kg rigged, with counterweight and manipulator fitted. Both are removable. | Approx. 680 kg | 390 kg495 kg with counterweights |
| Lifting capacity | 600 kg | 425 kg | 350 kg |
| Lift height | 3.75 m | 3.0 m3.4 m overhead | 2.85 m |
| Width | 835 mm | 790 mm | 690 mm |
| Head rotation | Continuous 360°, electricTurns without limit, under power | Not stated in their datasheet | 360°, hydraulic |
| Crane hook mode | Yes, certified to EN 13000Lifts more than glass | Glazing robot only | Glazing robot only |
| Dry hire, per day | $650 | $825plus $2,000 bond | $648plus $25 equipment waiver |
| Delivery to Geelong | Trailer included, tow it yourselfOr we deliver for a fee | Free in Melbourne Metro onlyGeelong quoted separately | $450 |
| Collection | Included with the trailer | Quoted separately | $450 |
| One day, delivered | $650 | $825 plus transportTransport not quoted for Geelong | $1,573$648 + $25 + $900 transport |
| With an operator | $275 per hour4 hour minimum, $1,100 | $330 per hour4 hour minimum, $1,320 | Dry hire only |
Where these figures come from
Glass Services figures are converted from their quoted $300 and $750 plus GST, taken from the hire schedule and conditions we were sent in reply to a hire enquiry we made in August 2026. Kennards Hire figures are from their written quotation 632650 dated 23 July 2026, quoted to a Geelong 3220 address, for their mobile 350 kg glass lifter, with delivery $450 and pickup $450 from their Port Melbourne branch. Machine specifications come from the Jekko MPK06 product catalogue, the Uplifter GW 425 datasheet and the Hird Winlet 350 datasheet. Other operators may quote differently and pricing changes, so confirm current rates with them directly.
Two dollars apart, then $900 of freight
The Kennards day rate is within two dollars of ours. The difference is the round trip from Port Melbourne, and a machine that lifts 350 kg where ours lifts 600 kg.
The only one that turns without limit
Ours rotates continuously through 360 degrees under electric power. Jekko state it is the only pick and carry crane that does. The Winlet turns 360 degrees hydraulically, which is not the same thing on site.
A certified crane, not just a glazing robot
In hook mode ours works to EN 13000, so it lifts stone, steel and plant as well as glass. Neither of the others is a crane.
Where they have us
The Winlet is the narrowest of the three at 690 mm and ours is the widest. At 835 mm ours needs a wide or double door rather than a standard internal one. Measure your tightest point and call us, and we will tell you straight if it will not fit.
Jobs This Machine Has Done
We do not hire out gear we do not use ourselves. These are our own jobs with this machine, written up in full.
Four 200 kg panels reverse glazed in Colac, on a job other glaziers could not complete. A 200 kg bank shopfront installed with no manual handling. Two 2.96 metre panels lifted out so a car wash could be serviced. More under crane and lift jobs.
Tell Us About the Lift
Send through the panel size and weight, the site address, how the machine would get in, and the day you need it. We will come back with availability, a rate, and whether wet or dry hire suits the job.