Tips & tricks

Winter is right around the corner and cold temperatures are looming. Is your lifting equipment ready to get through the winter safely? By maintaining your lifting equipment, you remain well-prepared, and you extend the lifespan. We would like to give you five tips for maintaining your lifting equipment. This way you will be fully prepared for winter!

When you move a load, you naturally want it to arrive at its destination undamaged. A ratchet strap or lashing strap helps you with this job. Securing a load on a truck, semi-trailer or trailer is easy with this tool. In addition to our 25 mm lashing straps and the 50 mm ratchet straps from our range, you will now also find the 35 mm lashing straps in the liftinggear-shop. Compact, relatively narrow, but extremely strong!

The round sling has been an extremely popular lifting device for years because you can use it for the most diverse lifting jobs. But that's not the only thing, with a round sling you can also easily insure loads when there are no attachment points. Compared to chain work, the round sling damages the load much less quickly because the material consists of 100% high-quality polyester. This makes the round sling lightweight and therefore ideal for moving! What exactly is a round sling? What do you use a round sling for and what is the best way to use this lifting device? You can read more about this in our tips and tricks!

Even though many alternatives have been developed over the years, it is impossible to imagine the lifting world without the steel cable. What do you use a steel cable for, which types can you purchase and what are the differences? In this blog we give you more clarity about this, so that you can purchase a suitable steel cable in a well-considered way.

You can use a lifting chain for a long time. It is therefore important to choose an assembly that best supports your work. Before you purchase the right chain, there are several steps that can help you do this. Which chain can support the workload well? Which hooks fit it best? You can read all about it in these tips and tricks!

Every month we focus on a product, this time it's the lever hoist. The lever hoist comes in handy in many situations, because of its versatile use. Think of lifting, towing, and lashing, the ratchet hoist can do it all! In this blog, we will give you tips and tricks on how to use the hoist and what you should pay attention to, to guarantee safety on the work floor.

Both the lever hoist and the manual chain block can be used in many situations. The ease with which these hoists lift heavy loads makes them an ideal solution. A hoist is also often used in combination with a crane scale, so that loads can be weighed directly. Wouldn't it be handy if the hoist had a scale? We think so! It saves time and more importantly is much more accurate. You can read the benefits of a hoist with load cell in this blog!

To put together the best range of products for our customers, we make a very careful selection. Only the best, top-quality brands are added. In the hydraulics category, you will find products from the high-quality brand Hi-Force. Which product is right for you? We would like to make the offered product range clear in this blog and give you useful tips and tricks.

An important part of workplace safety is lifting and hoisting correctly. Working with heavy loads carries risks, so it's important to know what you're doing. Our advice: hoist safely or don't hoist! How you can do that? We give you four important tips.

Working safely at heights requires extra security. A misstep is easily made, and a fall can have serious consequences. Fall protection is therefore mandatory in many situations. To ensure that your safety is really guaranteed, it is important to keep the state of your fall protection in optimum condition. How can you make that happen? We give you four handy tips!