Tri-State Rigging Equipment is a manufacturer and turnkey provider for lifting and rigging applications.

TSRE specializes in manufacturing custom lifting slings, lifting devices, and rigging equipment for industrial use, as well as providing tire chains and load securement equipment to the transportation industry. We work with manufacturers as a master distributor of chain hoists, rigging components, lifting beams, spreader bars, and much more.

Tri-State Rigging Equipment is a lifting and rigging solutions company specializing in improving worker productivity and safety. With over 60 years of material handling experience, we offer our customers the best off-the-shelf rigging equipment along with our custom engineered and manufactured lifting devices. Our custom engineered lifting devices and special equipment solutions help to create optimum cost-effective improvements for your most demanding projects. Whether you are performing an engineered lift or buying rigging equipment for your next construction project, TSRE is your one-stop rigging solutions provider. Tri-State Rigging Equipment serves clients from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, especially focused in the states of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida, and Oklahoma.

Tri-State Rigging Equipment also manufactures the following:

Product Directory

Lifting Slings
  • Alloy Chain Slings - Extremely heat resistant and available in grade 80, grade 100, and grade 120 alloy chain.
  • Wire Rope Slings - Durable and high tensile strength wire rope slings available in 1-leg, 2-leg, 3-leg and 4-leg designs.
  • Synthetic Round Slings - Endless round slings made from high strength synthetic materials, available in a wide range of standard capacities and lengths.
  • Synthetic Web Slings - Flat web slings made from extremely durable polyester webbing material.
  • Wire Mesh Slings - Extra wide load bearing surface for handling hot and/or abrasive materials.
  • Sling Protection - Protection for both your sling and your load in the form of corner guards, sling sleeves and wear pads.

Rigging Hardware
  • Shackles - Connect lifting slings, wire rope, chain and synthetic rope using alloy steel, carbon steel and super carbon steel shackles.
  • Turnbuckles - Adjust tension in wire ropes using turnbuckles with eye, fork and hook end fittings.
  • Hooks - Hoist, sling and crane hooks available in eye, clevis, and swivel designs.
  • Links and Rings - Use oblong master links to gather legs of a chain or wire rope lifting sling.
  • Coupling Links - Connect chain and other rigging equipment using CM Hammerloks as well as other chain accessories and attachments.
  • Lifting Clamps - Lift beams, pipes and plates with ease using hook mounted lifting clamps from industry leader Camlok.
  • Eyebolts and Hoist Rings - Add lifting points to nearly any load using eye bolts, eye nuts and hoist rings, including pivoting, side pull and swivel hoist rings.
  • Wire Rope Clips - Create eyes in wire rope using wire rope clips, available in single saddle, double saddle and mid-grip styles.
  • Wire Rope Thimbles - Increase the service life of wire rope by using thimbles to reinforce wire rope eyes.
  • Swage Fittings and Sleeves - Terminate wire rope ends and add end attachments to wire rope using swage fittings and sleeves.
  • Rigging Chain - Bulk chain available in grades 30, 40, 43, 70, 80, 100 and 120.
  • Wire Rope - Bulk wire rope available in a wide variety of sizes and configurations, including rotation resistant designs.
  • Synthetic Rope - Bulk synthetic rope used for rigging and lifting. Synthetic rope is a high-strength, lightweight alternative to wire rope.

Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices
  • Lifting Beams - Widen your available pick points on a load with ease using standard and adjustable 2-point, 3-point, and 4-point lifting beams.
  • Spreader Beams - When headroom is not an issue, spreader beams allow riggers to lift heavier duty and wider loads than with similar lifting beams.
  • C Hooks and Coil Lifters - Give your crane the ability to pick up any sized coil, both vertically and horizontally, using either a C hook or vertical coil lifter.
  • Pallet Lifters - Turn your overhead crane into an aerial mounted forklift with pallet lifters available in a variety of capacities and designs.
  • Lifting Tongs - Using a scissor mechanism to grip loads, lifting tongs and scissor grabs can safely secure and lift a wide variety of loads.
  • Sheet, Plate and Bundle Lifters - Sheet lifters allow riggers to safely and efficiently lift sheet, plate and bundled materials. Available in manual and powered designs.
  • Rotating Axis Grabs - Grip and rotate loads across their horizontal access to increase worker efficiency and productivity in fabrication and assembly processes.
  • Drum Tilters - Drum tilters allow riggers to safely grip and tilt various sized drums up to 55 gallons, throughout lifting, moving and discharging operations.
  • Ladle Hooks and Ladle Beams - Extremely heavy-duty and often found in harsh environments, ladle hooks and beams are most commonly used to handle and transport molten metal.
  • Forklift Attachments - When a crane is not available or not practical to use, fork truck boom attachments allow you to use you fork truck as a portable crane.
  • Custom Engineered BTH Lifting Devices - We can custom design and fabricate any of the above BTH devices to fit any lifting or rigging application.

Transport Rigging
  • Tire Chains - Shop snow tire chains and tire protection chains in a variety of sizes and styles from the industry’s top names: Peerless, Pewag, and Quality Chain Corp.
  • Ratchet Straps and Tie Downs - Secure loads for transport using synthetic ratchet straps and tiedowns, both polyester and nylon.
  • Cargo Nets - These tie downs use the same hardware and attachment points as ratchet straps but can secure a load for transport in a fraction of the time.
  • Chain Binders and Transport Chain - Use lever and ratchet chain binders to tighten rigging chains when preparing a load for transport.
  • Shipping Container Lifting Assemblies - These assemblies are the perfect turnkey solution for lifting and unloading shipping containers.

Electric and Manual Chain Hoists
  • Hand Chain Hoists - Perfect for low duty cycle applications, TSRE offers hand chain hoists ranging in capacities from 1/8 ton to 25 tons.
  • Manual Lever Hoists - Also ideal for low duty cycle applications, lever hoists are very portable and extremely popular in the utilities industry.
  • Electric Chain Hoists - TSRE stocks several brands of electric chain hoists from CM, Coffing, Budgit, Yale, Harrington, and Demag. Generally ranging in capacity from 1/4 Ton to 5 Tons.

Repair and Service
  • Rigging Inspections - We provide rigging inspections performed by qualified TSRE service technicians to ensure rigging equipment is compliant with all OSHA and ASME standards.
  • Rigging Repair - TSRE is an authorized Rigging Weld and Service Center. If a piece of rigging equipment can be repaired per OSHA and ASME standards, we have the knowledge and experience to do so.
  • Crane and Hoist Inspections - TSRE employs over 30 full-time crane technicians who are experts at performing OSHA compliance inspections, making sure your equipment is up to standards.
  • Crane and Hoist Repair - All TSRE service technicians are factory authorized and trained to repair every major hoist and crane brand.
  • CMAA Overhead Crane Training - TSRE offers comprehensive CMAA based operator training, always performed by one of our senior crane technicians.
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