Hoists Direct is a supplier of industrial hoists, overhead cranes, below-the-hook lifting devices and winches. The company is a hoist specialist with dedicated in-house engineering resources to design custom overhead lifting and below-the-hook devices for complex industrial hoisting applications throughout North America.  The company specializes in wire rope hoists, electric chain hoists, air hoists, manual hoists, overhead cranes, jib cranes, davit cranes, gantry cranes, below-the-hook lifting devices, air winches, electric winches and manual winches. The company distributes all leading hoist, winch and overhead crane brands and offers free shipping to the lower 48 states for most products.