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The Porta Gantry’s top 5 features for goods lifting

The PORTAGANTRY is one of our most popular mobile gantry cranes, which leads the field in terms of strength, safety, and performance. Completely portable and made from durable and lightweight aluminum, our PORTAGANTRY provides an essential alternative to steel lifting systems.

Our PORTAGANTRY is easily customizable with a variety of beam lengths and A-frame sizes which allows for a range of work environments and applications.

The PORTAGANTRY has some great features which make it ideal for goods lifting applications. These include:

  1. Manufactured from marine grade aluminum – The PORTAGANTRY is constructed from aluminum which is anodized to provide a quality surface finish and a good level of corrosion resistance for even the harshest environments. This makes the gantry suitable for ATEX (explosive) environments [ATEX Zone 2 is standard, Zone 1 can be achieved with a simple upgrade].

  2. Compatible with a variety of trolley options and accessories – The PORTAGANTRY is compatible with a range of trolley options including our gated trolley and gear driven trolley which enables a range of hoists to be easily attached for lifting operations. Our trolley options can be locked into position along the beam. We offer a wide range of accessories that are designed to support with your unique lifting and lowering operational needs. You can learn more about our compatible accessories here.

  3. Materials handling capacity of up to 11000lb – The PORTAGANTRY comes in a wide range of sizes with capacity ratings from 1100lb through to 11000lb. The gantry carrying capacity is determined by the A-frame size and beam length.

  4. Swivel locking castors – Each leg of the gantry is fitted with an ergonomic 360° swivel locking castor [as standard] enabling the gantry to be easily moved into the required location. The castors can be easily locked into position.

  5. Height adjustment – Each gantry A-frame has incremental 6” or 8” height adjustment, ranging from 5 to 9 adjustment points, depending on the size of the frame. The PORTAGANTRY A-frames comes with either assisted height adjustment or manual. The assisted height adjustments are fitted with a Ratchet system. You can learn more here.

The PORTAGANTRY is an essential piece of workplace equipment for the lifting and lowering of equipment or machinery. It offers high levels of stability and safety, reduces a range of manual handling issues and provides unparalleled versatility amongst lightweight portable lifting systems.

If you would like more information, please view and download our product resources or contact us on +1-(888)-721-6411 or simply send an email to info@reidlifting.com and a member of our team will be able to assist you.