An 8-foot granite island. A porcelain feature wall. An outdoor kitchen top. Big or small, one operator sets it with a remote. The unit rolls a full slab straight through a standard front door, so nobody carries stone through a finished house. And the electric rotating yoke places the slab precisely, inch by inch, until it sits exactly where the drawing says.
A four-person crew, a dolly, and a deep breath. That's how granite islands have been set in Florida for decades. The injuries, the schedule slips, the broken slabs (a $1,500 mistake on a Monday afternoon) are expensive on every count.
The Smartlift fixes the math. One operator, a remote, and a vacuum head that doesn't slip. Florida stone shops shouldn't have to ship one in from Tennessee on a Friday. We keep the unit on a yard in Tampa Bay so you don't have to plan around freight.
This is where the unit excels. A fireplace surround, a porcelain accent wall, a granite feature wall in a hospitality fitout. The electric yoke tilts the slab vertical and holds it steady while one operator aligns the pick a four-person crew couldn't safely set.
Full-size kitchen islands, waterfall edges, outdoor kitchen tops in the backyard. Rough-terrain wheels cross the lawn. Vacuum cups grip polished, leather, and honed finishes alike.
The unit is 2 ft 9 in wide. It picks the slab off the truck and rolls it through a standard doorway into the kitchen. Nobody carries stone through a finished home, and nobody scrapes a wall on the way in.
Slabs land in crates. The Smartlift lifts them onto your A-frame or the saw, and moves them from saw to polisher to loadout, one person on smooth wheels.
High-end residential work is won on how the install feels, not just how it measures. A machine that glides a slab through the house and lowers it into place, with no grunting crew and no near-misses in the hallway, reads as craftsmanship to the homeowner watching. The electric yoke makes fine adjustments effortless, so the seam lands right the first time.
Safer for your crew. Calmer for the client. And a better story for the builder who refers you. Working in a finished home? Ask us about floor and surface protection when you book.
Islands (about 600 to 800 lb), vanity tops, staircase treads, fireplace surrounds, exterior cladding, vertical wall installs.
Engineered quartz at 3cm, oversized formats. Polished, leather, and honed finishes all grip well.
3cm porcelain panels for floors, walls, exterior cladding, and large-format wall installs.
Large-format ceramic for shower walls, accent walls, hospitality fitout, exterior facades.
If your slab is over 1,300 lb or has unusual geometry, send specs and a photo. We'll confirm fit before booking.
The honest comparison. A 4-person stone install crew at $30 an hour costs $120 an hour just in labor. Add the breakage risk on a $1,500 slab and the back-injury risk that puts a worker out for weeks. Then compare it to one person, a Smartlift, and a ramp.
| Job pattern | Manual crew install | 1 person plus Smartlift | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single 8-foot granite island install | About $240 labor for 2 hours, plus ~5% breakage risk on a $1,500 slab. Real cost about $315. | About $30 labor (1 person, 1 hour) on top of your day or week rental. | Best value when the unit handles 3 or more installs in the day. |
| A full week of slab installs (about 10 jobs) | $6,000 labor plus ~$750 breakage exposure. About $6,750 for the week. | Week rental $1,625, insurance $244, round-trip delivery $300, plus about $300 in labor. About $2,469 for the week. | About $4,000 a week. |
| One avoided back injury | Workers' comp average $35,000+ plus weeks off, and your premium goes up. | Operator works alone with a remote. No manual lift. | Hard to overstate. |
The math gets stronger at week and month rates. If your shop runs more than 3 installs a week, the Smartlift is paying for itself.
We're new, so while we build our own customer wall, here's a stone shop on record with the exact unit we rent. Photos courtesy of Smartlift.
Bellezza Artisan Stone Surfaces in San Antonio installs marble and granite fireplace walls inside finished homes with the same SL 609 HLE we rent. Slab fireplace installs that used to take 3 to 4 days now finish in one. The slabs ride from the truck, through the house, and onto the wall by machine, and the crew goes home without sore backs.
Working inside a finished home is the hard part of stone work. Battery power means no fumes indoors, and non-marking tires (an option we can source) protect hardwood, stone, and carpet on the way to the wall.
Real Iron Bay customer stories will live here as our rental work in Florida builds. We won't fabricate quotes.
No deposit, no card on file at the quote stage.
Inside 48 hours, the delivery deposit covers our routed truck.
Flat 15% covers normal-use incidents. We walk you through the rental agreement before you sign.
We troubleshoot, swap, or credit. See full rental terms.
1,320 lb when the load is flat, smooth, and close to the mast. Capacity drops as the arm extends (330 lb at full extension). Awkward picks de-rate the working capacity. Send your slab specs and we'll confirm before booking.
Yes. Polished, leather, and honed slabs all hold a vacuum as long as the surface is sealed and non-porous. Same for porcelain and polished quartz. Raw, open-cell stone won't form a seal. Send a photo if you're not sure.
Yes. The unit is 2 ft 9 in wide, so a standard 36-inch doorway clears on width. Transport length is 9 ft 6 in, so plan the turn into the room. We'll talk through the path when you book.
The electric yoke tilts, rotates, and side-shifts on the remote in small increments. One operator can hold an 800 lb slab a quarter inch off the cabinets and ease it down. That's the whole point of the machine.
About twenty minutes. Our driver shows your crew the controls, the safety circuits, and the basics. Most stone-shop crews are running it confidently the same day.
No, but they don't need to be. If you can drive a pallet jack, you can run a Smartlift. If you'd rather we send a Smartlift-trained operator with the unit, ask and we'll quote it.
Tell us your install schedule and zip and we'll quote you within 2 hours. Easy to remember: (855) 677-RENT.