Blog Posts — Lifting Chain

Load Capacity and Terminology for Lifting Equipment

Lifting or Lashing Hardware - Is There a Difference?

In a word 'YES' there is a difference! Lifting Hooks & Lifting hardware are effectively lifting chain components and can be used for both lifting & lashing operations. Lashing Hooks & Lashing Hardware are NOT lifting chain components so can only be used for lashing operations, they are NOT for lifting.

Telltale Signs of Vehicle Recovery Equipment Wear and Tear

We often get asked about replacement life cycles for webbing straps, lifting slings, wire ropes and chains. In a lot of cases, just because something is old does not mean it should be replaced. In this blog we will try to explain what the telltale signs are for when kit should be replaced.

Manufacturing to a Customer's Design

Listening to customers. Cardno is continually adapting its product offer to include more specific customer requests where it is most likely to be relevant and interesting to many other customers.

Made in Britain

We, at Cardno, very much believe that when the phrase, ‘Made in Britain’, is used in marketing, by a company of its products, it is done so to indicate their confidence in the content, quality and reliability of the products they manufacture.

A Brief Guide to Lifting Chains and their Operations

Lifting chain assemblies can be used in many different applications of lifting, pulling, dragging, winching, etc., across many industry sectors, where the weight, size, position or location of an item is an issue to overcome