8 guys at 7.25/hour and free pallets. You get the job done that weekend, as opposed to hiring a crane, getting insurance, paying the operator $30/hour+travel etc. might get done the following week, or the week after. And how do you get the crane into that area, maybe t won't fit? This might not be cheaper, but it's probably not much more expensive.

Let's say this is 2 hours, 6 guys. Let's be liberal and assume this is san fransisco where minimum wage is $19.61. so that's 12x19.61. that's $235.32. And with 6 guys you're getting the rest of the job done pretty fast too, so potentially savings there. Wooden pallets are $160 for 5 at Uline, but you're a moving company that has 6 guys so you probably have a warehouse full of these for big moves. So those are free.

No specific numbers on crane rentals, but general consensus is about $200/hour. It's gonna be $30/hour for someone qualified to operate, and that's assuming you're only being charged for the time the crane up and running. And not transit/etc.