Crane & Forklift Services
25-ton Boom truck lifting/setting trusses.
With our equipment and skills, Schwartz can support many of your projects, helping you complete your jobs on time and on budget. Experienced operators and riggers will evaluate your lifting needs and develop a safe and efficient plan to ensure success. Most importantly, we carry a complete line of insurance for your protection. Your safety is our number one concern! (Our insurance coverage includes general liability for buildings, the items near what we are lifting, as well as specialized Riggers Insurance for the objects being lifted.)
We feature a 55-ton Grove TM 550 hydraulic truck crane for mobile heavy lift services. The unit has 105' of full power boom and a 27' jib can be added for extra reach.
Our 25-ton National boom truck is one of the largest capacity units in Northern Michigan. The 70' main boom is equipped with a 50' swing on jib to give 130' of lifting height. It can operate in a 105' radius.
18-ton Bantam assisting maintenance / repairs on the Mackinac Bridge.
Our 18-ton Bantam rough terrain four-wheel drive crane is perfect for tight spaces or soft and uneven sites. Featuring a 72' main boom and a 20' jib, this unit can fit into locations that many others cannot. Full flotation crane matting is available to allow for entering onto very soft locations.
Our 4000 lb. rough terrain forklift with a 21' straight boom is available for lifting and moving loads. When equipped with a man basket, it is ideal for building construction and maintenance. Tires are large flotation type and can traverse many soil conditions.
Additional support equipment includes ◊ Cement buckets ◊ Large assortment of rigging gear ◊ Load monitors and scales ◊ Fall protection ◊ Hardhats ◊ Spreader beams ◊ Crane Matting ◊ Man baskets.
If it's big and you need to move it, give us a call. With over 100 year's experience, we've seen it all and have the expertise to resolve your difficult or unusual situations. We specialize working with:
Building Contractors
Lifting HVAC unit for contractor to position atop new Speedway building.
Count on Schwartz when you need help setting trusses and beams, unit heaters, refrigeration equipment, log homes or timber framed houses, roofing materials, signage, or anything that is large or awkward to hoist. With modular homes, we can speed your setup by raising roofs and pop ups, setting dormers, and stacking trailers.
Industrial Customers
Schwartz has been working with industrial customers since the company's inception. We can help you handle the big loads, efficiently and safely, including lifts and transports; rigging; structural steel erection; machinery moving, erection, and rigging; moving large items onto trailers for transportation; tower and pole erection/setting; shipboard lifting and transport; and setting tanks/vessels. We also work with bridges as well as pipelines and utility facilities. Our equipment can be fixed with man baskets allowing us to further expand our services for you.
Fabrication and erection of structural steel at St. John's Lutheran Church in Cheboygan, Michigan.
USDOT & Intrastate Authority
Schwartz is licensed for lift and transport services in the State of Michigan. Our intrastate operating authority allows us to haul products or items for you and is an added benefit to working with us. When you use Schwartz, you don't have to line up another company to pick up, or drop, at the other end. We can handle all of the logistics for you, acting as your expediter to get the job done faster and easier. With our licensing, equipment, and experience, we can handle your transport as well, making the entire operation work out much more smoothly for you.
Damage Control & Other Services
When accidents occur or foul weather causes damage and heavy structures have to be moved, you can call on Schwartz for quick response. We will help with rollovers and collisions, storm damage and critical tree removal, and structure and equipment dismantling. Schwartz is also available for weight testing and many other specialty services found nowhere else in the area.
