Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon (CM Lodestar) is one of the oldest hoist manufacturers on the planet, favoured highly in the Entertainment Industry. Lodestar hoists are proudly built in the USA, with a heavy-duty enclosed construction, making them ideal candidates for the outdoors and those tougher environments.

Becoming more and more a favourite amongst our industrial clients for their simplicity and easy maintenance design, combined with effective functionality, Lodestar hoists offer built-in adaptable upper and lower limit switches, standard 48v low voltage controls, overload protection and thermal overload protection, lifetime lubricated gearboxes, load hook with axial bearing, 50% duty rating as standard, as well as carrying handles for single-phase units and optional suspension trolleys to enable horizontal traverse along 'I' Beams.