Overhead Crane Maintenance & Servicing
Planned maintenance visits every 3, 6 or 12 months, matched to how hard your cranes work. Fewer breakdowns, longer equipment life and a clean LOLER record, on every make of overhead crane, hoist and lifting equipment.
Most crane breakdowns are preventable. A planned maintenance visit finds the worn brake, the stretched chain or the sticking contactor months before it stops the crane, and fixes it while the engineer is there. Customers on a maintenance programme typically see repair costs fall by 40 to 70% over two years, and get priority response from our 24/7 breakdown team when something does go wrong.
What a maintenance visit includes.
A full mechanical, electrical and safety check of the crane and hoist, lubrication and adjustment, and minor repairs done there and then. You get a report with photos, a prioritised list of anything that needs attention, and a quote for larger work.
How often should a crane be serviced?
It depends on how hard it works. A crane lifting light loads a few times a week needs a different schedule from one running three shifts in a steelworks. We survey the crane and the site and set the interval from that.
Whatever the interval, the LOLER thorough examination is separate and due at least every 12 months. We can do both on the same visit.
Inspection tells you what is wrong. Maintenance puts it right.
An inspection-only visit gives you a report and a quote. A maintenance visit does the same checks, then lubricates, adjusts and carries out minor repairs on the spot. The maintenance visit costs more on the day and far less over the year.
For most sites a maintenance contract is the best value: fixed visits, fixed costs, priority breakdown cover.
Maintenance contractsWhy planned maintenance pays
- Faults found early are smaller and cheaper
- Repair costs down 40 to 70% over 24 months
- Downtime scheduled, not sprung on you
- Longer crane and hoist life
- Priority 24/7 breakdown response
- Preferential callout rates
- Cleaner LOLER examinations
- Reminders when examinations are due
- One record for every crane on site
Every crane, hoist and lifting device on site.
One programme covering everything that lifts, whoever made it.
Overhead & gantry cranes
Single and double girder, underhung and top running, goliath and portal cranes, monorails and runways.
View Overhead Gantry CranesHoists
Electric chain, wire rope and open barrel hoists, manual chain blocks, on cranes, jibs, monorails and gantries.
View Hoist Repairs & ServicingJibs, gantries & lifting gear
Swing jibs, portable gantries, vacuum lifters, lifting magnets and below-the-hook equipment.
View Jib Crane ServicingAll makes, whoever supplied them.
Granada is independent. We maintain cranes and hoists from every manufacturer, including older equipment the original supplier no longer supports:
…and many more, all makes & models
Crane maintenance near you, wherever you are in the UK.
60+ engineers working from our West Midlands and Chester bases cover the whole of the UK, on single visits or a planned schedule. Between visits, our 24/7 breakdown line is answered in person.
Why choose us for crane maintenance?
We design and build cranes, so our engineers know what wears, when, and why.
Minor repairs done on the visit
Adjustments and small parts are dealt with while the engineer is there, not quoted and left.
Paperless since 2008
Reports with photos on the day, and the full history of every crane in the online customer portal.
Maintenance and LOLER together
One visit, one engineer, both jobs done, fewer interruptions to production.
Priority when it matters
Contract customers go to the front of the queue on the 24/7 breakdown line, at preferential rates.
Get a maintenance quote.
Tell us what you have and how it is used. We will survey the equipment, recommend an interval and quote a programme. The more you can tell us up front, the quicker the quote.
Crane maintenance questions.
It depends on how many cranes and hoists you have, how often they need visiting and where you are. We survey the equipment and quote a programme. Most customers find it pays for itself in avoided breakdowns.
Yes. We maintain all makes and models of overhead crane, hoist and lifting equipment, whoever supplied or installed them.
Minor faults are repaired during the visit. Larger repairs are quoted and scheduled at a time that suits you. Anything unsafe is flagged immediately.
No. Maintenance keeps the crane in good condition. A LOLER thorough examination is the statutory check by a competent person that it is safe to use, at least every 12 months. We do both, and can combine them in one visit.
Through our online customer portal. Inspection reports, maintenance history and upcoming service dates for every crane, from any device.
Call 0800 376 27 27. Contract customers get priority response and preferential callout rates on the 24/7 breakdown line.
Stop breakdowns before they start.
Planned maintenance for every make of crane, hoist and lifting equipment, with 24/7 priority cover between visits.
