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Counterbalance Floor, Workshop Cranes

Counterbalance Floor, Workshop Cranes

LiftingSafety heavy duty counterbalance floor cranes are top quality manufactured in the UK to the highest quality standards to our customers specification in many different styles and suitable for many applications and industry sectors. Every counterbalanced floor crane is individually tested to 125% the SWL of the crane. They are a portable item of lifting equipment at provide a cantilever lifting hook forward from the front of the crane chassis where other lifting products are unsuitable. There is a wide choice of options available including power lift and power travel. The Counterbalanced crane design allows the operator freedom to work very close to machines or over obstructions that would not be possible with traditional floor cranes that use front stabilizing forward facing legs for stability.

These are truly portable Counterbalanced floor cranes and are used in many industries all over the world, they are suitable for heavy duty industrial or commercial use, Most are manufactured in the UK. Capacities are up to 2000kg. We offer special and bespoke designs available to customers specification (optional hook heights, jib heights/reach, body sizes, safe working loads etc...) and can supply our floor cranes with 'fork truck' style vertical lift mast, with pallet forks tynes, drum lifting/turning equipment

1    Rigid Arm Counterbalance Floor Cranes

Our Rigid Arm counterbalanced range of floor cranes are fitted with a hand operated or eclectic powered battery wire rope hoist. They are all bespoke, being made to our customers specification. This range of counterbalanced floor cranes are supplied with a rigid lifting arm arrangement. There is no hydraulic cylinder, instead we use a hand or battery hoist mounted to the rear of the vertical column to lift and lower the load. The big advantage being that the hook has true vertical travel all the way to the floor (or below for pumps etc)Options include, Power lifting, Power travel, 30 degree rotation or 360 degree rotation with stabilizer. We offer modified for offshore use and with spark resistant features. There are too many features to list including our modular (Knock-Down) design though please click in to each individual product for a comprehensive list of all available features.

POWERED - Rigid Arm Counterbalance Workshop Floor Crane, Hand or Powered Lift &Travel. Many options Inc 30 degree Rotation.
Very similar to the pivot arm version though with the option of electric power to all movements, customers can choose any combination of options. Reduces the chance of manual injury and increases productivity using a powered winch through a...
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MANUAL OR POWERED - Rigid Arm Counterbalance Workshop Floor Crane With Moving Load Trolley, Hand or Powered Lift & Travel. Many options.
A counterbalance mobile jib crane; effectively a workshop floor crane with traditional style jib crane mounted up front that has an integrated push travel trolley permanently fitted in to the 'C' profile light weight horizontal...
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2    Pivoting Arm Counterbalance Floor Cranes

Counterbalanced floor crane fitted with a hydraulic ram to raise and lower the load! This will raise / lower the load with a slight arc, for true vertical lift use the rigid arm version of the counterbalanced floor crane. As with all our floor cranes we can make to our customers spec, SWL, height reach and other unique features. Manual lift by a hand pump or battery operated hydraulic lifting. They can also be fitted with a hand winch mounted to the rear of the vertical column to raise the load. All our special counterbalanced floor cranes are top quality made here in the UK to our customers specificat

MANUAL OR POWERED - 360 degree Slew Pivoting Arm / Rigid Arm Counterbalance Floor Crane, Hand or Power Lift & Travel. Many options.
Counterbalance Workshop Floor Crane with 360 Degrees manual Slew (rotating vertical column, 180 degree right or left) This version of our counterbalance workshop floor crane is supplied with a 360 degree rotating jib arm with stability...
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MANUAL OR POWERED - Pivoting Arm Knock-down Counterbalance Floor Crane, Hand or Powered Lift & Travel. Many options Inc 30 degree Rotation.
Our most portable counterweight floor crane due to excellence in design. Because the individual components can be easily removed the crane can be dismantled moved and reassembled in otherwise difficult to get to...
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MANUAL - Pivoting Arm Counterbalance Workshop Floor Crane With Hydraulic Ram Lifting, Hand Lift & Travel, Many Options
Top quality standard or bespoke floor cranes, made in the UK and available manufactured from mild steel or from stainless steel with many unique features to enable the crane to be customized to suit your application and working environment. By far...
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POWERED - Pivoting Arm Counterbalance Workshop Floor Crane, Hand or Powered Lift & Travel. Many options Inc 30 degree Rotation.
A range of counterbalance workshop floor cranes with the added benefit of electric power to some or all motions / movements, lifting by means of a small 12v DC hydraulic powerpack, travel (electric 12v DC motors) or supplied with both...
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Pivoting Arm Counterbalance Workshop Floor Crane With Hydraulic Ram and Hand Winch Lifting, Manual Lift And Travel, Many Options
This design of this portable floor crane incorporates many key features that make it one of the most versatile items of workshop lifting equipment that we sell. The addition of a hand operated winch (Certified for...
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Pfaff HGGKK Counterbalance floor crane upto 500kg SWL
The Pfaff counterbalance floor cranes are designed to give flexibility in and around machinery. It can work close up to platforms and parapets as well as general factory floor maintenance projects. Ideally suited for the rental industry.
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3    Fork and Mast Type Counterbalance Cranes

This version of our portable counter weight floor crane incorporates the carriage of a fork truck with a telescopic jib arm of a crane or fork truck tines. This results in fantastic piece of workshop lifting equipment that can be tailored to our customers requirements. We offer many options of this crane with safe working loads up to 2000kg. The advantage of this type of lift is that the lift is true vertical, ie, there is no 'Ark' when the material is lifted or lowered making it easier to judge the best position for the lift; secondly, the hook will go much lower than our standard floor cranes and will raise as high as you need! all achievable because we will make each crane to your required maximum lifting height. he lifting action is similar to that of a fork lift truck. We have designed and manufactured a carriage to accept either fork tines or a Jib lifting arm. All our floor cranes are bespoke made to order and therefore we can offer a design service to meet customers individual requirements.

MANUAL OR POWERED - Fork Lift Truck with Tines Counterbalanced Workshop Lifter, Hand or Powered Lift & Travel. Many options.
Derived from a counterbalanced floor crane with a fork truck attachment with pallet forks fitted. Portable and versatility using the vertical lifting fork lift style carriage and mast. Pallets lifted by manual hydraulics, 12v DC battery lift...
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MANUAL OR POWERED - Carriage Mounted (Fork Truck Lifting Action) Counterbalanced Workshop Floor Crane, Hand or Powered Lift & Travel. Many...
This counterbalanced floor crane has a carriage similar to that used on a fork lift truck, it allows the arm to raise and lower with-out the ark action as happens with our pivoting arm range, thus remaining parallel to the...
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4    Other Counterbalance Floor Cranes

In this category we offer very unique floor cranes, some with long reach and very high lifting capability. LiftingSafety’s telescopic floor crane is the ability to provide a rigging solution in remote 'difficult to access' areas and environments due to is small, compact and very portable design. The crane enables a rigger to position the lifting hook 'above a lift' in very confined and tight working areas. We offer great versatility at a competitive price.. The mobile Mini jib crane was developed in collaboration with users to ensure that it is practical manual handling aid, approved by the Technical Control Board (TÜV) in Germany this is a top quality piece of lifting equipment as totally unique in its design. The crane features easy handling and increased work place safety through high quality products standard. These are just to fantastic examples for special counterweight floor cranes presently available.

Telescopic Counterbalanced Floor Crane With Electric Powered Lift and Long Reach. Lightweight and Compact - 1080kg
Portable, lightweight and easily transported around the site the unique feature of this floor crane is the ability to position a lifting hook in tight working areas with ease! Our powered floor crane is designed to lift and lower the load by using a...
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Portable Mini Cranes, 360 Degree Rotation, 6m HOL and 5 metre Reach - 500kg SWL (Many options)
An easy to handle mobile portable jib crane. Many options up to 6 metre tall and 5 metre reach. A counterbalance design made from galvanised steel with optional electric power to all motions, electric jib rotation, electric drive, self-erecting and powered trolley. A totally...
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MANUAL OR POWERED - Workshop Drum Lifting, Turning, Handling Machine, Counterbalanced Design To Suit All drum Types. Hand or Powered Lift &...
Sizes and capacities can be to our customers specification therefore please contact our sales department if you would like any assistance to choose the most appropriate model and features or if you need a totally ...
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General Information on our Counterbalance workshop floor cranes

Safety is paramount, our counterbalanced floor cranes meet all international safety standards, they are of a Robust construction, designed to last with many cranes still in service after more than 20 years. (All Welded construction for quality and strength).

  • All UK made models feature a heavy duty, double-action pump for fast action and are fitted with a safety relief valve to prevent overload with top quality hydraulics fitted with chrome plated piston rod on ram and pump that are also made in the UK (Precision built hydraulic ram and hand pump) or electric power pump.
  • UK manufactured cranes have been individually tested to 125% the SWL and supplied with a Test certificate / letter of conformity.
  • Special designs with anti sparking features for offshore use in ATEX controlled areas, from stainless steel for ultimate corrosion resistance or suitability for use in the pharmaceutical or food industry and painting can be to the customers specification.
  • To assist manual handling our floor cranes can be supplied with electric powered lift and counterbalance cranes with an articulating jib with 30 degree of slew (15 degrees either direction of centre).
  • Most of our counter weight floor cranes we can make from stainless steel for when corrosion resistance is required and with spark resistant features for potentially explosive atmospheres.
  • Being responsible for design and manufacture on most of our cranes means we offer special bespoke designs to help solve your manual issues; we can modify crane SWL (capacity) to suit your specification.

Counterbalanced floor Cranes can be supplied fully customisable which means if you need a special application floor crane and we don't already have one to suit, we can have one custom built to suit your specific purpose. Along with the cranes being fully customisable they are all also available in stainless steel and offshore painted.

There are a variety of other common features which can be supplied such as spark resistant, adjustable, winching devices, power travelling, fork truck and sling lifting point to mention a few.

A great deal of time and resources including design, development, manufacturing, testing and commissioning of our special / bespoke workshop cranes. All Special counterbalanced workshop cranes are CR marked and come complete with an EC Declaration of Conformity. We are committed to quality from concept to manufacture.

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