Latest info in the industry for Safety Lifting Equipment

18Apr2017

Ladder Security: Safe Work Procedures for Ladders

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When working at heights, ensuring your ladder is secure is a vital requirement. Simple checks and precautions taken before using a ladder can help reduce the risk when using it and help keep you safe. With over 6,000 deaths and 30,000 injuries caused by falling from ladders every year, safe work procedures for ladders are more important than ever before. Here are just a few tips on how you can keep secure when working at heights.

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12Apr2017

Check Out our Choice of Hydraulic Couplings!

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Over time, the hydraulic coupling connecting your hydraulic hose to your hydraulic cylinder may become faulty due to wear and tear. If you have noticed your hydraulic coupling has seen better days, you may be tempted to replace it. Couplings are used to join two pieces of rotating equipment whilst allowing some degree of misalignment. They are also used to help transfer power; and can also be used to protect against over loads, and to reduce the transmission of shock loads from one shaft to the other. Therefore, it's vitally important that if your hydraulic coupling has become faulty, you replace it as soon as possible to ensure everything is working efficiently.

Here at SafetyLiftinGear.com, we have a choice of two high-quality couplings that will ensure there is a solid connection between your hydraulic hose and cylinder. Our range of couplings includes:

Female Hydraulic Coupling

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Thread Size: 3/8" NPT

Suitable up to 10,000 PSI

Male Hydraulic Coupling

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Thread Size: 3/8" NPT

Suitable up to 10,000 PSI

If you have any questions about our hydraulic couplings, please do not hesitate to call us on 0808 123 69 69 or email sales@safetyliftingear.com - we'd be happy to help!

10Apr2017

Hire Moving Equipment from SafetyLiftinGear

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If you're in the process of moving (or preparing to move) house, you'll need some quality furniture moving equipment to ensure that all of your possessions stay safe during the move. Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we provide a cost-effective moving equipment hire service that will help you to make the move a whole lot easier.

Here are some of the furniture moving products you can hire from SafetyLiftinGear:

600kg Manual Furniture Movers

These manual movers have an impressive capacity of 600kg, and they're ideal for moving heavy loads such as beds, sofas or wardrobes. The movers are separate, meaning that this product is completely adjustable to any size load you may have. Each mover also has a manual lifting mechanism, which allows it to move the load from the floor with ease, and a strap which will firmly secure the load wherever you take it.

Easily operated alone, these manual furniture movers are perfect to help you move home. Request a hire quotation here >

Furniture / Equipment Movers (1800kg)

If your furniture is on the slightly heavier side, these 1800kg furniture movers are just the equipment for the job. Similar to the manual furniture movers, these furniture/equipment movers are fully adjustable as they fit at either end of your load. Included with this product is a hydraulic lifter to raise the load from the floor, so you won't have to do it manually. This high-quality moving equipment comes with a strap to secure your load, and the wheels are polyurethane to reduce the risk of damage to your floor. Request a hire quote here >

If you have any other questions regarding our moving equipment hire service, please don't hesitate to contact us!

06Apr2017

Lifting Clamps: What Types are Available?

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Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we supply a huge range of lifting equipment, with each item designed to provide safety and security for your operation. Although we are pleased to provide such a great standard of quality and choice for our customers, we realise that the variety of products on offer can sometimes make it slightly harder to locate and choose the item you need (especially when you're not sure what you're looking for).

To make your decision a little easier, and to provide a bit more information about our range, here's a closer look at the lifting clamps we offer in our safe lifting equipment range:

Beam Clamps

These adjustable lifting clamps are easy to install, and are incredibly robust, making them ideal for improving both the safety and efficiency of your operations. They are available in a weight range of 1 to 10 tonnes, and can be used alongside chainblocks or powered hoists for a number of heavy lifting applications.

Plate Clamps

If you're lifting and transporting heavy steel plates, you'll need to use a product that's specifically designed to help you perform this operation safely. Our beam clamps are available for both vertical or horizontal lifting, and each clamp comes with a simple locking mechanism for secure, hassle-free use.

Pipe Lifting Clamps

If you need to lift cylindrical objects such as pipes and bars, then our SUPERCLAMP pipe lifting clamps are ideal. These clamps are not only robust and reliable, but are also easy to apply to cylindrical objects, with adjustable jaw grip to suite a wide range of diameters.

To see our full range of lifting equipment, simply click here!

05Apr2017

Aid Your Winching With a Heavy Duty Snatch Block

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When using a winch, sometimes more pulling power is needed to complete the mission at hand. This can be either because the winch is not strong enough or fast enough; in either case, this is where you need the help of a heavy duty snatch block. Heavy duty snatch blocks are designed to improve the capacities of winches and are used for either re-directing loads or as a hoisting system.

Winching is typically needed to recover vehicles from ditches, moving items from your path (such as a tree) and hoisting heavy items. Snatch blocks ensure the rope used to pull the item stays secure and can also be used to change the direction of the load. They also increase the amount of cable that can be run off the drum, meaning that a heavier load can be pulled easily. They are simple to use and un-clip open, allowing users to place the winch cable directly into the snatch block.

Browse Our Full Collection of Heavy Duty Snatch Blocks

To watch a heavy duty snatch block in action, here's a video from Tow Academy using a snatch block on a tree to recover a wrecked car. As you can see in this video, the heavy duty snatch block aided their operation efficiently and was able to change the direction of the vehicle:

Pretty impressive, right? Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we stock a wide range of heavy duty snatch blocks which are capable of increasing your winch capacities on a large scale and can help you out of many sticky situations, as seen in the video above. Our heavy duty snatch blocks range from 2 tonne to 12 tonne and can be attached to both hooks and shackles. Here are two of our most popular options of snatch block:

8 Tonne Snatch Block (Hook Attachment) 6" Diameter Sheave

150mm Wheel Size

Suits 20-22mm Wire Rope

Latch Hook Attachment

10 Tonne Snatch Block (Shackle Attachment)

250mm Wheel Size

Suitable for a 24-26mm Wire Rope

Shackle Attachment

If you have any questions about our range of snatch blocks, or you'd like to contact us about any of our other products, feel free to get in touch. We are always happy to help you whatever your query is, so to contact us just click here.

04Apr2017

SafetyLiftinGear.com Sponsor Fundraising Efforts

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We at SafetyLiftinGear.com are always happy to get behind a good cause, and we often sponsor people who are doing amazing things to raise money for charity.

Here are two very impressive fundraising efforts that we are currently sponsoring:

Running a Marathon for the White Lodge Centre

This coming weekend, Stephanie Doolan will be pulling on her trainers and running a full 26.2 mile marathon to raise money for the White Lodge Centre, a charity that provides support for disabled people and their families and carers.

The White Lodge Centre is a cause that's very close to Stephanie's heart. Her daughter Emily was born with a rare chromosome duplication condition; she also has autism, early onset arthritis, and dual hip dysplasia. Emily couldn't walk until she was 5 years old and had undergone multiple hip/leg operations.

Throughout Emily's life to date, the White Lodge Centre has been a crucial source of support, equipment and advice for Stephanie and her family. "The White Lodge Centre have quite literally given Emily her legs back," says Stephanie on her JustGiving page. "The support and encouragement they have dedicated to Emily has been inspiring and I can't put into words how grateful we are."

Stephanie has already completed several fundraising runs for the White Lodge Centre, including a 5k, a 10k, and a half marathon. However, this will be her first full marathon, so we hope you'll join us in donating to her fund and showing your support! Donate here >

20Twenty Challenge

We've supported Shaun Gash - a man who, in spite of being paralysed from the waist down, never shies away from a demanding physical challenge - in a number of fundraising efforts in the past, and we were more than happy to lend a hand when with his latest project: the 20Twenty Challenge.

This August, Shaun and his friend Gavin will be attempting to travel from Land's End to John o'Groats in less than 20 days. Instead of making this journey on bicycles (as many other fundraisers do), Shaun and Gavin will be travelling in self-propelled wheelchairs...and they are hoping to set a new Guinness World Record in the process!

We at SafetyLiftinGear are proud to have supplied Shaun and Gavin with protective helmets and a few other pieces of safety gear - we hope our products will serve them well as they make their way from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands. This is a 'mass participation' event, and the two men are hoping that they will be able to make a big difference to lives up and down the country. Find out how you can get involved here.

30Mar2017

Hazard Demarcation: Keep Roof Workers Safe

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We regularly read health and safety news stories about roof safety, or the lack of, so why do companies continue to neglect safe working procedures whilst working at height?

Along with the obvious risks of falls and slips near the roof edge, there are also a number of hazards which exist on the roof itself, which carry risks to both the workers and the building in question. Many flat roofed buildings have equipment such as air conditioning units and solar panels mounted to their surface, which can easily be damaged, or present health and safety risks to workers.

In order to ensure that workers are not put in danger when working on roof-based equipment and surfaces, an efficient system should be put in place in order to ensure that potential dangers are clearly marked.

Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we provide a huge selection of safety systems for working at height, including products to point out hazards efficiently. Included in our range of equipment is our Steel Demarcation Safety Post, a product designed with the specific purpose of marking safe working areas on flat rooftops:

Used in combination with other posts and a system of chains, this hazard demarcation product can help to ensure that off-limits areas are clearly pointed out, and that safe passages to work areas are created. It is suitable for use on a number of roof surfaces, including single-ply, bituminous and concrete, making it a highly flexible product for working at height across a variety of locations. It can also provide additional safety benefits thanks to its robust design, which has the ability to withstand wind speeds of up to 80 miles per hour!

Looking for chain products to use in combination with our hazard demarcation posts? See our full selection of safety posts and accessories here!