LGH News

To obtain new contacts in an emerging market for the company, Lifting Gear Hire attended the WorkBoat Maintenance & Repair Conference and Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 12th, 2015.   Hosted by WorkBoat magazine, this two-part program included an educational series developed for commercial ship-owners, mechanics, and engineers that are responsible for […]

Headed by our very own Curt Ward, Rick Arnold, Stacy Cullota, and Jim Siniawski, Lifting Gear Hire helped uplift the face of new electric power technologies and ideas at the 2015 Electric Power Conference, hosted by POWER magazine.   Held on April 21st through April 23rd, 20115, this three day event conference and exhibition showcased […]

June 28-July 2, 2015 Join Lifting Gear Hire at the annual ASME Power & Energy Conference, located at the San Diego Convention Center in California. The ASME Power & Energy Conference brings together over 1,000 global businesses, engineering attendees, and nearly 100 exhibitors to discuss fossil and nuclear power generation, solar, wind, fuel cell applications […]

At Lifting Gear Hire we understand the importance of quickly closing out a rental item, which is why we have been honing and refining our billing process for over 10 years. This is an on-going project which we continue to improve as the needs of our customers and industry change.   Typically a customer receives […]

[span8] Lifting Gear Hire provides lifting equipment to Local 597 for their apprenticeship program so the students may learn a hands-on demonstration of how to properly lift or hoist a load.  Instrumental in the induction of the pipe industry, Chicago Pipe Fitters Local 597 offers a four-year UA apprenticeship program to pipe-fitters, welders and HVAC […]

Safety is important at any workplace, but at Lifting Gear Hire we take particular care to ensure that all our equipment exceeds safety expectations. Each piece of equipment in our rental centers has been carefully selected for its durability and longevity. We also test and inspect each piece of rental equipment when it is returned […]

Planning a construction operation while keeping accurate cost control is hard enough as it is. Then, you have to factor in the costs of equipment and its subsequent disposal. What do you do with all of your tools after the project is done? Do you keep them? Sell them? Throw them away?   Keeping the […]

Bridgeview, IL – March 3, 2015 ­– Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) is pleased to announce the hiring of our new National Account Representative, Larry Parnacott.   Larry Parnacott comes to LGH with over 20 years of experience in the rental industry. He spent the last six and half years as an account representative for Delta […]

Keeping you connected to everything…below the hook! LGH announces the launch of a new Lifting Equipment Blog.   With 25 years in the testing, inspection and certification of lifting equipment business, LGH would like to share some of the information gathered over the years in equipment usage, set-up and maintenance. In addition to that we […]