Blue Ridge was incorporated in 1997, the founder dedicated 30 years as a blacksmith for Caterpillar tractor in Peoria, IL.  He spent his career in all the local manufacturing facilities as well as traveling the country solving difficult lifting solutions at other plants.

Multiple new products offering and countless line changes over the years resulted in hundreds of thousands of lift fixture creations and paint hook solutions.  He established himself as the expert in the design and creation of lifting devices, stirrup hooks, links, scissor lifters, bent bar products, as well as “J” & “S” hooks of all shapes & styles.

We specialize in creating lifting fixtures for major manufacturing companies such as Caterpillar, John Deere, Bridgestone, Firestone, Titan Wheel, etc.  Many of these companies restrict personal weight limitations of 25# or greater which allows us to create lifting solutions for their manufacturing assembly needs.

Since then we have combined 75+ years of experience in the specialty lifting and fabrication business and have produced over 18,000 custom lifting devices.  We continue to build on this experience and expertise today