Rigging-Busters is a machinery moving and rigging company that provides professional riggers and lifters to plants in Brampton, Ontario, and the rest of Peel Region. As a rigging company in Brampton, we lift, skid, turn and set heavy machines inside working plants, rig them on and off trucks at the dock, and land them on new foundations. Typical jobs: a stamping press shifted to another bay, a packaging line taken apart and rebuilt, or a machine from your dealer that has to fit through a tight door.
Our industrial rigging services cover rigging only or the whole move, and our millwrights can finish the installation.
- Industrial rigging only: machines, production lines and plant equipment; no rigging supplies, rentals or household moves.
- One crew, one plan: rigging, skidding, transport, set-in-place, levelling and millwright installation.
- Minimum job: 3,500 CAD before tax. Most rigging jobs cost more, and the written quote shows the full price before work starts.
- Quotes: usually within 2–4 working hours once we have all the details. Estimates are free.
- Coverage: every Brampton employment area and the rest of Peel (see the service area).
Need a ballpark before you send details? The Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator returns a rough price range for your job.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
How We Rig and Lift Machinery in Brampton
Nothing is lifted until the job is planned. On a typical Brampton job our rigging service professionals work in this order, and every step has an owner:
- You send the details: make, model and weight, photos of the machine and its nameplate, the address and your date or shutdown window.
- We walk the route: doors and docks, ceiling height, floor condition, trenches and pits, overhead conveyors and sprinkler lines, and the path to the trailer.
- We write the rigging plan: weight and centre of gravity, pick points, lifting method, crew and sequence, plus permits and escorts if the machine travels on public roads.
- Your plant shuts the machine down: your licensed electricians disconnect and later reconnect power, your maintenance team locks out the machine and drains fluids, and the OEM backs up the controls where needed.
- Our riggers rig and raise it: rated slings and shackles go on, and the machine comes up on a hydraulic gantry, jacks or a lift truck, or on our crane or a partner crane for an overhead pick.
- The machine moves: on machinery skates to its new bay, or out through the dock onto a trailer sized to the load.
- We set it and hand it back: on the marked footprint, levelled, ready for your electricians and the OEM to start up.
Rigging Equipment We Bring to Brampton Plants
- Machinery skates and roller dollies for runs across the plant floor
- Hydraulic gantries for lifts where there is no overhead crane, or the crane is too small
- Jack-and-roll systems and steel cribbing to raise a machine in stages and lower it onto skates
- Lift trucks matched to the load for dock work, loading and placement
- Rated slings, shackles and spreader beams, sized to the five-to-one safety factor that Ontario’s construction regulation sets for rigging gear
- Our crane or a partner crane, with its own operator, for the picks that need one
Rigging Only or a Full Move
Plenty of Brampton rigging jobs never leave the building: a press moved two bays over, a line re-laid for a new product, a machine raised onto a mezzanine or lowered into a pit, or a new machine taken off the dealer’s truck and set on its pads. For those, our machinery riggers quote the rigging on its own.
When the machine has to go to another site, the same crew loads it, hauls it and sets it at the other end. For full moves and heavy equipment hauling, see our machinery movers in Brampton.
Power Lines, Permits and Oversize Loads in Brampton
Outdoor lifts near energized lines follow Ontario’s 3-metre rule: loads and equipment stay at least 3 m from lines of 750 to 150,000 volts (O. Reg. 213/91), the Ontario version of the 10-foot rule riggers talk about.
When a machine travels, the permit depends on the road. The City of Brampton notes that excess load permit applications are reviewed and issued by the Region of Peel, whose roads include Queen Street, Bovaird Drive, Airport Road and Steeles Avenue; Peel’s single permits cover loads with a total weight below 120,000 kg. Highways such as the 410 and 427 need an MTO oversize/overweight permit, and Ontario asks carriers to apply at least 5 business days ahead. We file the permits and build that lead time into your schedule.
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What Our Equipment Riggers Handle in Brampton
Our equipment riggers handle heavy industrial rigging and specialized machinery moving for the machines Brampton plants run on:
- Stamping presses, press brakes and metal-forming equipment
- Injection moulding machines, extruders and other plastics equipment
- Machining centres, lathes and grinders (see CNC machine movers in Brampton)
- Food and beverage equipment: tanks, fillers, ovens, mixers and conveyors (see food processing equipment movers in Brampton)
- Pharmaceutical and packaging lines, including filling, cartoning and labelling machines
- Printing and converting equipment (see printing press movers for the GTA)
- Transformers, switchgear and generators set on their pads (see electrical transformer moving in the GTA), with hook-up by your licensed electricians
- Compressors, chillers and other plant utilities
Industries We Rig For in Brampton
The City of Brampton describes a growing base of businesses in advanced manufacturing, food and beverage processing, and health and life sciences (City of Brampton, September 2026). Its food and beverage processing industry, about 8,500 people across 300 companies, was ranked Canada’s top food and beverage processing cluster in 2026 (City of Brampton, August 2026).
For riggers, growth like this means new lines going in and old ones coming out. A pharmaceutical investment of more than $56 million in a Brampton production suite and tube-filling line, reported in the same September release, is the kind of project where each machine is unloaded, moved inside, set and levelled without disturbing the rooms around it. Bottling, baking and packaging lines in food plants are rigged the same way, under your hygiene, gowning and lockout rules.
Set-in-Place, Levelling and Millwright Installation
Setting a machine is where rigging turns into installation. Our riggers land it on its marked footprint, and our millwrights level it, align it with the rest of the line and, where the OEM’s drawings call for it, anchor and grout it, ready for your electricians and the OEM’s start-up technician. For installation-only jobs, see millwright services and machinery installation in the GTA.
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Rigging Services Cost in Brampton: What Affects the Price
Rigging is priced per job, from your details or a site walk. These are the things that move the number:
- The machine: weight, size, centre of gravity, and whether it splits into sections
- The route: distance to the door or dock, turns, ramps, floor condition, pits and overhead obstructions
- The method: skates, gantry, jack-and-roll or a lift truck, or a crane, with crane time priced into your quote
- Crew and time: how many riggers, for how many shifts, and whether the work runs around production or during a shutdown
- Transport, if the machine leaves: trailer type, distance, Peel or MTO permits and escorts
- Extras: crating, storage between moves, levelling, anchoring and millwright work
Our minimum job is 3,500 CAD, and the written quote lists each of these items, so you can compare riggers line by line. For a rough figure now, use the Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
Areas We Cover in Brampton and Peel Region
Our riggers work across Brampton’s employment areas, including Bramalea, the Airport Intermodal area, Highway 410 and Steeles, the Goreway Drive corridor, Bram West and the Highway 427 industrial area. Around the city we take rigging jobs in Caledon and Bolton, Georgetown and Halton Hills, and Vaughan. For the rest of Peel and the GTA, see industrial rigging in Mississauga, industrial rigging services in Toronto and industrial rigging in Milton.
Key Cities Our Brampton Riggers Serve
| City | Province | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Brampton | Ontario | Canada |
| Acton | Ontario | Canada |
| Alliston | Ontario | Canada |
| Aurora | Ontario | Canada |
| Bolton | Ontario | Canada |
| Burlington | Ontario | Canada |
| Brampton | Ontario | Canada |
| Caledon East | Ontario | Canada |
| Erin | Ontario | Canada |
| Etobicoke | Ontario | Canada |
| Georgetown | Ontario | Canada |
| Markham | Ontario | Canada |
| Milton | Ontario | Canada |
| Mississauga | Ontario | Canada |
| Newmarket | Ontario | Canada |
| Richmond Hill | Ontario | Canada |
| Oakville | Ontario | Canada |
| Orangeville | Ontario | Canada |
| Tottenham | Ontario | Canada |
| Vaughan | Ontario | Canada |
Why Brampton Plants Hire Our Riggers
Rigging-Busters brings experienced rigging and machinery moving teams together under one standard of quality. On a Brampton job, that means:
- A plan before the lift: weight, centre of gravity, method and sequence agreed with your team.
- One crew from rig-out to set-down, with any crane time arranged inside the same plan.
- Work that fits production: lifts timed to your shutdown window and your site rules.
- Permits handled for Peel roads and provincial highways.
- A clear written quote that lists the method, crew, equipment and any transport.
- Insured: $5 million in liability insurance that includes cargo coverage, plus workers’ compensation coverage (WSIB in Ontario). Certificate of insurance and WSIB clearance certificate on request.
A good fit: presses, moulding machines, CNC machines, food, pharma and packaging lines, electrical gear, line re-layouts, new-machine installs, and plant moves or closures.
Not a fit: crane or forklift rental on its own, rigging supplies and slings for sale, stage, event or marine rigging, household or office moves, and machine repair.
Have These Ready for an Exact Quote
A complete request gets a firmer price, faster. Please send these with your quote request:
- What needs rigging: one machine, several, or a line, and whether it stays in the building or leaves
- Make, model and weight of each machine; a nameplate photo is ideal
- The route: door and dock sizes, ceiling height, floor type, pits, stairs or a mezzanine
- Both addresses, if the machine is going to another site
- Your timing: shutdown window, removal deadline or delivery date
- Photos of the machine, its connections and the way out
We reply with a quote usually within 2–4 working hours once we have all the details.
Other Services in Brampton
Browse all our services in Brampton, or go straight to a related page:
- Heavy Equipment & Machinery Movers in Brampton, ON
- Plant Relocation across Peel Region
- Lab & Medical Equipment Movers in Toronto, ON
- Forklift Moving Service in Brampton, ON
- CNC Machine Movers in Brampton, ON
- Printing Press Movers for the GTA
- Electrical Transformer Moving in the GTA
- Food & Beverage Equipment Movers in Brampton, ON
Location of our sales office:
2 Dewside Dr, Brampton, ON L6R 0X5, Canada
Industrial Rigging in Brampton: FAQ
Industrial rigging is the planned lifting, moving and setting of heavy machines and plant equipment with slings, shackles, skates, gantries, jacks and sometimes a crane. In a Brampton plant, machine rigging might mean lifting a moulding machine off its pads, rolling it through a dock door and setting it level in a new bay, planned from its weight and centre of gravity first.
Rigging companies and rigging contractors plan and carry out heavy lifts and moves in and around industrial buildings. In Brampton our riggers take machines out of working plants, rig them on and off trucks at the dock, re-lay production lines and land new equipment on its foundation. We also arrange transport, Peel and MTO permits, levelling and millwright installation.
Yes. Rigging only is common: a press moved two bays over, a line re-laid for a new product, a machine raised onto a mezzanine, or a dealer’s delivery taken off the truck and set on its pads. We quote the rigging on its own. If the machine later has to leave the building, the same crew can load it and haul it.
Each job is priced on its own details: the weight and size of the machine, the route and floor, the lifting method, crew hours, any transport and permits, and timing. Our minimum job is 3,500 CAD, and most plant jobs come in above it. For a rough range, try the Heavy Lifting and Moving Calculator, then send the details for a written quote.
Only if the load is oversize or overweight. The City of Brampton says the Region of Peel reviews and issues excess load permits, which cover Peel roads such as Queen Street, Bovaird Drive, Airport Road and Steeles Avenue. Highway legs on the 410 or 427 need an MTO permit, and Ontario asks for at least 5 business days. Rigging inside your building needs no road permit.
Our riggers go where the machine is: the plants and warehouses of Bramalea and the Airport Intermodal area, the employment lands of Bram West and the Highway 427 corridor, and the industrial areas along Highway 410, Steeles Avenue and Goreway Drive. Beyond the city we cover Caledon, Bolton, Georgetown, Halton Hills, Vaughan and Mississauga.
Yes. Brampton food, beverage and pharmaceutical plants often keep producing while we work, so our crew follows your site induction and your rules on hygiene, gowning, allergens and lockout, working in the zones and hours you release. Cleaning and release of food-contact or GMP equipment stay with your QA team.
Heavy rigging is rigging for loads that are too heavy, tall or awkward for ordinary handling, such as large presses, transformers or machine frames. It uses jack-and-roll systems, steel cribbing, hydraulic gantries and sometimes a crane, with every lift planned from the load’s weight and centre of gravity. Our equipment riggers handle heavy industrial rigging inside plants and at the dock.
Rigging is the setup that makes a lift safe: choosing the pick points, slings, shackles and spreader beams and attaching them to the load. Lifting is raising and moving the load with a gantry, jacks, a lift truck or a crane. On a crane pick, the crane’s operator runs the crane while our riggers rig the load and guide it into place.
No. We are riggers, not a rental yard or a rigging supply shop, so we do not rent cranes or forklifts or sell slings, shackles and hoists. Our crew brings the gear and does the work, and any crane time is part of the job.
