The lift clause: “if the customer is providing lift it must be available for one week”
Clause 9 of 13 from my signed L&G Building & Concrete contract, with what it meant on my project and how I would rewrite it.
What it says
Company statement: contract ODR-001094, signed February 20, 2026
“If the customer is providing lift it must be available for one week unless otherwise specified.”Terms and Agreement, pages 2–3
My order form lists “7k Telehandler Lift (customer Provided)” at $0. For any building 13 ft or taller, or over 30 ft wide, the terms say a telehandler may be required. If you are the one supplying it, the rental clock and the rental bill are yours, so a crew that arrives late or does not finish in a week costs you directly. That is what happened to me. L&G told me by text that anything beyond my week “runs through us,” and the texts are on the telehandler page.
What happened on my project
My project record
The order lists “7k Telehandler Lift (customer Provided)” at $0. The terms say buildings 13 feet or taller or over 30 feet wide may require a telehandler, and that a customer-provided lift must be available for one week unless otherwise specified.
Before renting it, I got L&G’s installation contact to say by text that if the crew needed it longer, “it runs through us,” and later, “if we need it longer I’ll get my own” lift. I then confirmed in writing that the $2,000 prepaid rental was the whole of my telehandler responsibility. The reply was “Yes.”
The crew arrived five days after the Saturday I was given, put up about half the frame, and I was told they now needed a different telehandler. The building has sat since.
How I would rewrite it
- Have the seller supply the lift and price it. If you must supply it, write the machine size, the number of days and who pays for crew delay into the contract itself.
- Add: if the crew does not arrive on the scheduled date, the seller reimburses rental days lost.
- Add: if the seller’s crew needs equipment beyond what the contract names, the seller supplies it at its own cost.
The question to ask before signing: “If your crew is late or does not finish within the week my lift is rented, who pays for the extra days, and will you write that on the contract?”
My reading as a customer, not legal advice. A North Carolina construction attorney can tell you what the clause means for your contract.
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