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Help a Worthy Cause by Simply Choosing Crosby® ...

Make a difference in the lives of military children who have lost a parent by simply choosing Crosby® brand wire rope clips.

Help a Worthy Cause by Simply Choosing Crosby® Wire Rope Clips

04.22.19 • 3 Minute Read

Make a difference in the lives of military children who have lost a parent by simply choosing Crosby® brand wire rope clips.

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This New Shackle is Strong Enough to Help Lift ...

If the 305-foot tall national monument ever did need to be moved, the new Crosby® G-2140E Easy-Loc Shackles could be ready to handle the load faster than any other shackle.

This New Shackle is Strong Enough to Help Lift the Statue of Liberty

03.25.19 • 3 Minute Read

If the 305-foot tall national monument ever did need to be moved, the new Crosby® G-2140E Easy-Loc Shackles could be ready to handle the load faster than any other shackle.

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How to Tell When It's Time for New Rigging Gear

Whether you're inspecting wire rope, chain slings, synthetic web slings, round slings, or any type of rigging hardware, here are the warning signs of potential rigging equipment failure.

How to Tell When It's Time for New Rigging Gear

02.25.19 • 4 Minute Read

Whether you're inspecting wire rope, chain slings, synthetic web slings, round slings, or any type of rigging hardware, here are the warning signs of potential rigging equipment failure.

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8 Practical Present Ideas for the Holidays

Practical presents are the obvious choice for those people on your holiday gift list who say there's nothing they want or need. When you get someone a practical gift, you...

8 Practical Present Ideas for the Holidays

12.10.18 • 4 Minute Read

Practical presents are the obvious choice for those people on your holiday gift list who say there's nothing they want or need. When you get someone a practical gift, you...

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4 Tips for Buying the Right Rigging & Lifting E...

If you work in the rigging and lifting industry you know that, when lives are on the line, close is never close enough. Safety measures, procedures, and equipment specs have...

4 Tips for Buying the Right Rigging & Lifting Equipment

12.03.18 • 3 Minute Read

If you work in the rigging and lifting industry you know that, when lives are on the line, close is never close enough. Safety measures, procedures, and equipment specs have...

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electric vs manual chain hoist

3 Reasons to Buy a Manual Chain Hoist over an E...

Chain hoists are simple devices that give you a massive mechanical advantage. By leveraging small force over a long distance and transforming it to large force over a short distance,...

3 Reasons to Buy a Manual Chain Hoist over an Electric Chain Hoist

11.05.18 • 5 Minute Read

Chain hoists are simple devices that give you a massive mechanical advantage. By leveraging small force over a long distance and transforming it to large force over a short distance,...

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