Specialist Lifting and Haulage

Occasionally, the size, shape or weight of the industrial equipment to be moved requires specialist knowledge, experience and equipment.

Versatile heavy lifting equipment and transport options

From heavy machinery to modular housing units, Merritts can provide a 24-hour service to ensure your heavy machinery lifting and specialist transport project is managed safely and in accordance with all regulatory requirements.

Our business was founded in 1922, and as a result of over 100 years of experience, we are able to undertake and coordinate all types and sizes of specialist heavy machine lifting and haulage projects. Whether this requires removal due to factory relocation or production line changes, we can arrange everything that is involved with a specialist transport project. Our service includes complex notifications, road closures and European deliveries. Our cost effective heavy lift service extends to covering all necessary paperwork for both UK and European deliveries.

Modern transport and equipment

Our fleet comprises semi low loaders, standard low loaders and wafer deck low loaders capable of carrying loads of up to 60Te, as well as crane trailers, flatbeds and curtain siders.

In addition to our low loader fleet, our team is highly skilled in load rigging and moving heavy machinery. We have in house equipment and expertise to transport and install industrial equipment of all sizes weighing up to 125Te, enabling us to provide you with lifting and heavy haulage solutions for all of your load moving requirements.

Merritts experienced lift coordinators will provide lift plans for both simple and complex lifts. When combined with Merritts comprehensive insurance, this package forms the basis of our contract lift service.

Our heavy machine lifting and transport includes:

Hydraulic jacking systems with lifting capacity up to 125Te
Mobile cranes with lifting capacity up to 90Te
Versa-Lift forklift trucks with a lifting capacity up to 36Te
Lorry mounted cranes with lifting capacity up to 30Te
Overhead cranes with lifting capacity up to 20Te
Low loaders, flat-beds, curtain siders and wafer decks
Specialist rigging tackle
Fully equipped support and escort vehicles

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Fully qualified project team

Your project manager will be supported by a fully trained engineering team which comprises: SSSTS trained foremen, riggers, HGV Class 1 & 2 drivers, crane operators and electrical & mechanical engineering specialists. Merritts also employ fully certified slinger signallers, banksmen and appointed persons to provide competent supervision when carrying out specialist transport services that involve the moving and lifting of heavy machinery and equipment.

Storage facilities & workshop

Merritts also has over 80,000 ft² of secure industrial storage space on multiple sites. Within this industrial warehousing facility, we have an overhead gantry crane capable of lifting 20Te. This equipment is particularly useful for customers who require dedicated space to lift heavy objects in order to carry out repairs and maintenance. We are also able to provide insurance for the transport of equipment into stores, the offloading and handling and then insurance to store goods whilst in our facility.

We are pleased to be celebrating our 100 Year Anniversary

We are proud to announce that we are celebrating our 100th year as a company. Since 1922, it has been our goal to provide market leading services to our customers. Our policy of continuous investment in new vehicles, heavy lifting systems, specialist trailers and lifting tackle, as well as the ongoing training and development of our personnel ensures we remain at the forefront of the specialist lifting industry.

Companies we have carried out specialist lifting and haulage services for include:

Doosan Babcock
Futures Housing
Ward CNC
Komori
Garnalex
Meridian Lightweight Technologies
Network Rail
Radius Systems

Manufacturers in the following sectors who use our specialist lifting transport services;

Aerospace & Defence
Machine Tools
Food & Drink
Waste & Recycling
Print
Metalwork
Plastics & Rubber
Automotive
Textiles

Movement, Transport and Storage of Modular Housing Units

Merritts carried out the dismantling, lifting, transport and storage of modular housing units, arranging a traffic regulation order (TRO) in order to facilitate this.

Movement and Storage of Modular Housing Units

Abnormal Load Transportation with Police Escort

Merritts were contracted to store 150 items of power plant equipment prior to their transportation via police escort ready to be installed at Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station.

Bronze Statue Installation at Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Merritts were appointed to install a bronze statue and new granite base at Doncaster Sheffield “Robin Hood” Airport.

Merritts Invest In New Versatile 16TE Capacity Pick and Carry Crane

Merritts has taken delivery of a new fully electric £250k JMG MC-160 pick and carry cabin cruiser crane, a smaller version of the £400k JMG MC-580 that was recently purchased. This investment will assist with all machinery moving, installation and factory relocation projects.

Merritts Invest In New 58Te Capacity Pick and Carry Crane

Having recently invested in a new £120k Nooteboom trailer, and a new £260k Versa-Lift 40/60, heavy machinery transport specialists, Merritts have just taken delivery of a new fully electric £400k JMG MC 580 cabin cruiser crane. The investment will assist all heavy machinery moving, installation and factory relocation projects.