Gantry cranes that lift where a fixed crane cannot reach
A gantry crane stands on its own legs instead of hanging from the building. Granada builds three kinds: portable gantries that wheel to the job, motorised gantries for repeated heavy lifts, and goliath cranes on rails for outdoor yards. From 250kg to 500 tonnes and beyond, designed and made in the UK, supplied with the hoist, fitted and LOLER certified.
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Three gantries. Pick by load and by how often it moves.
Occasional lifts that move around the site, the same heavy lift all day, or hundreds of tonnes in a yard. Each has its own gantry.
Portable gantry
Steel or aluminium A-frame on braked castors. Adjustable height on most models. Two people assemble it in minutes; it stores flat when not in use. Manual or electric chain hoist on the beam.
Portable & mobile gantriesMotorised gantry
Powered travel on wheels or rails, powered hoist, pendant or radio control. Nobody pushes a loaded gantry. Designed to your span, height and duty.
Motorised gantriesGoliath & semi-goliath crane
Rail-mounted, single or double girder, with the hoist and controls of a full overhead crane. A semi-goliath runs one leg on the ground and one on a building runway.
Goliath cranesPortable, motorised or goliath?
| Portable gantry | Motorised gantry | Goliath crane | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250kg to 5t | To your specification | 5t to 500t+ |
| Moves by | Hand, on castors | Motor, on wheels or rails | Motor, on rails |
| Where | Indoors or out, any flat floor | Indoors or out | Outdoor yards, large halls |
| Height | Fixed or adjustable | Fixed, to your drawing | Fixed, to your drawing |
| Hoist | Manual or electric chain hoist | Electric chain or wire rope hoist | Wire rope or open barrel hoist |
| Controls | Hoist pendant | Pendant or radio | Pendant, radio or cab |
| Lead time | Standard models quickly, bespoke to order | Made to order | Designed and built to order |
| Typical use | Maintenance, machine moves, loading | Repeated heavy lifts on a route | Yards, precast, steel, shipbuilding |
Lifting without an overhead crane.
Anywhere a lift is needed but a fixed overhead crane is not justified or cannot reach. A gantry costs a fraction of an overhead crane, needs no building modification, and can be moved or sold on when the job changes.
- Maintenance bays and test cells
- Machine and plant moves
- Engine, gearbox and vehicle work
- Loading and unloading
- Rail and bus depots
- Outdoor yards and sites with no steelwork
- Construction and fabrication
- Offshore and precast yards (goliath)
Built in our own works, to the job.
Odd span, low ceiling, uneven floor, hazardous area or a load nobody else will quote for. Every gantry can be built to your span, height and capacity.
From enquiry to certified gantry.
Tell us the lift
Load, lift height, span, how often it moves, floor and whether it lives indoors or out.
We specify it
Portable, motorised or goliath, steel or aluminium, and the hoist to go with it. One quotation.
We build and deliver
Standard portable gantries quickly; motorised and goliath cranes designed and built in our works.
Tested and certified
Load test, LOLER thorough examination and documentation, then 6 or 12-monthly inspections from there on.
Gantry crane questions.
A crane that stands on its own legs rather than running on rails fixed to the building. A hoist runs along a beam carried by two A-frame legs. They range from 250kg portable gantries on castors to goliath cranes lifting hundreds of tonnes on rails.
An overhead crane runs on runway rails fixed to the building columns. A gantry crane carries its own legs, so it needs no building steelwork and can be moved. For a permanent lift across a whole bay, an overhead gantry crane is usually the answer; for lifts that move or happen outdoors, a gantry.
Up to 5 tonnes and moved by hand: a portable gantry. Heavier, or the same lift repeated all day: a motorised gantry. Outdoor yards and loads in the tens or hundreds of tonnes: a goliath crane. Send us the load and where it has to go and we will say which.
Yes. Steel portable gantries suit outdoor use; rail-mounted motorised gantries and goliath cranes are the standard choice for yards.
Yes. A gantry with a hoist is lifting equipment under LOLER and needs a thorough examination at least every 12 months. We supply the first certificate and carry out the inspections after that.
Yes. Capacity, span, height, travel and hoist are all designed to the job in our own works.
Need a gantry crane?
Tell us the load, span and building. From a 250kg portable to a 500 tonne goliath.
