Innovative, convenient and easy to assemble, our PORTAGANTRY® and PORTAGANTRY RAPIDE products enable safe lifting to take place in a wide range of working environments. Explore more.
Our TDAVIT and PORTADAVIT QUANTUM products offer the widest range of applications, all of which are designed to make light work of lifting and lowering. Explore more.
Expertly engineered, our portable bases provide maximum flexibility where the installation or use of a fixed socket is not possible. Explore more.
We offer a wide range of fixed sockets and extensions which offer full versatility and compatibility with our davit range. Explore more.
Find out how REID is best placed to offer you the very best in lightweight and portable aluminum lifting systems.
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Gantry cranes and overhead cranes are both types of lifting devices. They can both be used for lifting and lowering operations and can either be manually or electrically operated.
LASH + LIFT provided a custom PORTAGANTRY Rapide to DB Group who needed to lift and move large batteries within train carriages. The solution to the tight area of use was to use smaller A-Frames, allowing for safe and easy lifting within the confined area.
We’ve designed the Gantry Assembly Aid. It’s designed to make erecting and dismantling our PORTAGANTRY® systems an absolute breeze. You’ll be able to reduce installation time, as well as manual handling requirements, with this new piece of equipment
We at REID are pleased to announce that we will be attending this years’ WEFTEC 2022, the worlds most comprehensive gathering of water quality professionals and thought leaders.
Transport Repairs Ltd needed a new lifting solution to replace their current time-consuming, dangerous, and difficult lifting method. Fortunately they came across our Porta Gantry.
FAD Equipment Store supplied two PORTAGANTRY systems with wind-up jack legs to help Urban Energy in creating a cleaner future by supporting in the installation of solar panels on existing buildings across New York City.
In 2020, REID Lifting launched it’s new cleaner and greener cardboard packaging for our aluminum Gantry and Davit lifting systems. Learn more about how our Porta Gantry Rapide is packed and shipped across the US and Canada.
REID Lifting have launched a new behind-the-scenes series of videos called ‘Factory Friday’ to highlight to our customers how the team work within our factory to maintain the highest standards whilst manufacturing our product range.
2021 has been a difficult year for businesses across the US. All sectors have been affected by the Covid pandemic and companies have had to work hard to find new ways of operating against a backdrop of economic uncertainty.
At REID Lifting, we offer the best lifting devices for use in the Water and Wastewater industries. When it comes to pump and pipe lifting, restricted access scenarios, and water treatment plant maintenance access, our range of davits and gantries provide a strong and user-friendly method of lifting and lowering.
Portable gantry systems provide the ideal alternative to overhead cranes, as they are easy to transport and can fit into areas limited by space where other bulky gantry systems or overhead tracks cannot be used.
Eurosafe Solutions supplied Conrad Energy with a REID PORTA GANTRY which is enabling the Independent Power Producer (IPP) to comply with all the relevant working at height regulations at its Red Scar fast response power project near Preston.
If you’re looking for the best small gantry crane for your needs, you’ve come to the right place. At REID Lifting, we supply a selection of gantries which are designed for efficiency, strength, and dynamism.
Deploying Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) from offshore oil and gas installations just got considerably easier for repair and maintenance specialists EM&I Alliance – thanks to a REID T Davit and Porta Base Counterbalance combination.
Read more about our T Davit’s top 5 features for goods lifting and material handling applications. This lightweight Davit is a feature rich and essential piece of lifting equipment.
A REID PORTA GANTRY with Wind-Up Jack Legs is helping a security and anti-terrorism specialist in Taiwan to lift and transport high tech goods at its two separate warehouses in and around the city of Taipei.
The PORTA GANTRY is one of our most popular mobile gantry cranes, which leads the field in terms of strength and performance. Completely portable and made from durable and lightweight aluminum, our PORTA GANTRY provides an essential alternative to steel lifting systems. Read why this gantry is ideal for personnel and fall protection applications.
If you require a gantry which is strong, lightweight, and easy to move and quick to set up, our porta gantries are the perfect choice for you. Here are some important reasons why portable gantries from REID Lifting are the superior choice for your lifting needs.
This one-piece gantry weighs from just 81lb for the smallest to 151lb for the largest, demonstrating a tremendous strength to weight ratio with the ability to lift up to 2200lb for materials. Learn more about the unique features which make this solution ideal for goods lifting.
A priceless bronze cannon recovered from the main deck of Henry VIII’s Mary Rose warship needed to be moved from one room to another in the Portsmouth Mary Rose Museum. For REID customer Maxim Lifting Services, the REID PORTA GANTRY® proved the ideal solution.
Today is the industries second Global Lifting Awareness Day #GLAD2021 and here at REID, we’re joining in and sharing what makes us and so many of our team ‘GLAD’ to be part of the global lifting industry.
If you’re currently using a Tripod to meet your portable lifting requirements, the Porta Gantry Rapide, which is a lightweight and height-adjustable system may be a better option for you. It performs all the functions of a Tripod but also has several significant advantages.
A Double Winched TDAVIT allows engineers to safely access the maintenance ladder installed to inspect a new flood defence structure managed by the Somerset Drainage Boards Consortium and the Environment Agency on the Bristol Channel coast.
Available in different sizes to height of lift and clear operating span requirements, the Porta Gantry Rapide also has an excellent strength to weight ratio, which makes it the perfect portable lifting solution for material handling.
Our PORTADAVIT QUANTUM is a one-piece rapidly deployable solution that is available in a stropped or winched variant, they offer tremendous strength to weight ratio with the smallest stropped unit weighing just 18kg and can lift up 600kg for materials and 300kg for personnel. The innovative design of the PORTADAVIT QUANTUM transfers the load to the kingpin at the base of the davit.
Aluminium gantries have various advantages over steel, including strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance. However, steel gantries are not without their own advantages. We discuss the advantages of each gantry system in depth to give readers a clearer view of which is best for them.
The Porta Gantry Rapide is one of our most popular and versatile mobile gantry cranes, which leads the field in terms of strength, safety, and performance. Completely portable and made from durable and lightweight aluminum, our Porta Gantry Rapide provides an essential alternative to steel lifting systems.
We’re backing the Lifting Equipment Engineers’ Association (LEEA)’ campaign to help raise the profile of the industry right around the world and hopefully spark the interest and imagination of the next generation of recruits.
A chance meeting and a generous loan offer by REID Lifting enabled a traditional stone carver to create a stunning new War Memorial to remember the fallen from two villages in the Forest of Dean. Learn more about the Porta Gantry 11000lb and how it supported in this local project.
Learn more about some great features which makes the PORTADAVIT QUANTUM ideal for personnel lifting and fall protection applications such as confined space and rope access tasks.