A machine moving skate is a platform which has wheels at the bottom, onto which a load may be placed, allowing heavy objects to be moved easily. The machine skate must be made of good quality material for both the platform and the wheels, as they will be put under a great deal of pressure when moving their load. Different systems are available to hold a…
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When Should You Use a Mobile Mini Crane?
Amidst the wealth of lifting and moving equipment available, mobile pick and carry mini cranes are becoming increasingly popular. Due to their versatility, mini crane hire as well as outright purchase is becoming commonplace within the machine moving industries. There are lots of different options, however to maximise efficiency and value for money and to minimise health and safety risks associated with using machine moving…
Five Industries That Benefit From Heavy Duty Machine Moving Skates
Heavy load lifting solutions are sought out by a number of different businesses across a wide variety of industries. These solutions can come in many forms, but one such lift-and-move solution is the combination of a hydraulic jack system for lifting with heavy duty machine moving skates for relocating heavy loads. As we said, many businesses within particular industries can benefit from using such a system. So…
What Is The Best Way To Move Smaller Heavy Loads?
There can be absolutely no doubt that the best lifting equipment combination for heavy loads is the toe jack/mechanical skates combination. So there’s nothing wrong with trying to find hydraulic toe jacks for sale for large loads, but what about these smaller loads? Is there any other type of equipment suited to these purposes? The likes of hydraulic jack equipment (used to lift larger loads up from a floor)…
What Is The Best Equipment For Lifting Heavy Loads?
For businesses running industrial sites such as factories, plants or even warehouses, there needs to be proper consideration given to lifting equipment (such as toe jack or hoisting gear) that is kept on site. There are a number of reasons why this is the case – including to shift large parts, vehicles, machinery or equipment from one location to another, or as a safety precaution if heavy…
Six Situations Where Machine Skates Are Helpful
Heavy lifting equipment, such as the likes of machine skates, is not just important to many businesses across a variety of industries; it can be absolutely vital. In this blog, we’re going to cover a variety of situations where the usage of such skates would be beneficial to businesses. Our first situation where heavy duty machine moving skates can be helpful is in the food industry….
When To Purchase Moving Skates
Moving skates are the ideal solution to moving and positioning heavy loads, such as equipment or machinery, within the work area. While some features wheels or castors, others may be fitted with roller tracks. Some machine skates are designed to be pulled or pushed when in place; and many can be hooked up to a fork lift truck or similar to be manoeuvred with even greater…
Hydraulic Jack – Choosing The Right One For Your Requirements
If you are in the market for a hydraulic jack to lift vehicles or machinery, you may be wondering what your options are and how to select the right one for the job in hand. This short blog looks at a few of the considerations you should take into account before parting with your hard-earned cash. The hydraulic jack, or toe jack as it can be known,…
Lifting Equipment And Legislation
This time, we take a brief look at the legislation that governs lifting equipment. We will cover who it applies to, what kinds of equipment are subject to the regulations and what you need to consider when using it. For starters, let’s look at a brief definition of what lifting equipment is. In broad terms, lifting equipment is used to describe any equipment that is used in…
Hydraulic Jacks for every purpose
No matter what sector you work in hydraulic jacks (also known as hydraulic toe jacks ) will always be handy pieces of kit. we sell hydraulic jacks ranging from 3 ton to 50 ton , all with a five year warranty and always in stock.
220 Ton Machine Skate System
Our 220 ton universal skate systems have been designed for the machine moving industry with machine moving skates starting at 6 ton all the way to 220 ton. Machine skates are normally used as a 3 point system for safer use. our machine skates and hydraulic jacks and hydraulic toe jacks can all be zinc plated if necessary.
Ratchet straps
Good news aside from Our Machine skates, Hydraulic jacks Mini cranes and Hoist rings. we can now supply UK Made webbing and round lifting slings, we also offer our bespoke custom made webbing and round lifting slings. Which can be manufactured to your design within 36 hours from approval, all our webbing and lifting slings are manufactured with a safety factor of 7:1. we are…
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