6 Unusual Facts to Learn About Ratchet Lever Hoists

Ratchet lever hoists are a standard product among hoisting offerings, featuring a basic and simplistic [...]

Ensuring Load Chain Safety with Manual Chain Hoists

Manual chain hoists, also called, chain blocks or manual hoist systems, are easy-to-use and portable [...]

Factors to Consider When Buying a Gantry / Scaffold Hoist

As you can see from our extensive product range, we manufacture and stock a wide [...]

Using Lifting Hoists to Lift Engines

We recently put together a large article, titled Applications and Uses for Lifting Hoists, to [...]

The Use of Lifting Hoists in Dockyard, Ports and Shipping

As part of a series, we have been examining some of the many applications and [...]

Using Lifting Hoists to Clean Chandeliers

As you may have gathered from some of our previous articles on the applications and [...]

Tips When Buying a Lever Hoist

A Lever hoist is a portable device used to lift, lower and pull loads of [...]

7 FAQs About Scaffold Hoists

One unique type of hoist that we stock here at Lifting Hoists Direct is the [...]

Corrective and Preventative Maintenance for Hoists

Hoists, while often small in nature, are delicate and complex pieces of machinery. Despite their [...]

Applications and Uses for Lifting Hoists

Despite their somewhat small nature, lifting hoists are incredibly versatile and adaptable pieces of equipment, [...]