Rigging-Busters is an industrial rigging company in Toronto, Ontario. Our riggers and rigging contractors lift, skid, move and set in place heavy machinery and plant equipment for manufacturers across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Our focus is industrial rigging services and heavy equipment handling: rigging only, inside your plant, or a full move with transport, set-in-place, levelling and millwright installation. From one machine to a whole production line, every job is planned before the crew arrives.
- Industrial only: machinery and plant equipment. No household moves, rigging gear rental or event rigging.
- One crew for the whole job: rigging, transport, set-in-place, levelling and millwright installation.
- Fast quotes: replies within 2–4 business hours.
- Service area: Toronto, the GTA and southern Ontario (see our service area).
Need a ballpark first? Use our Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator for a quick, rough price range.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
Rigging Service Professionals
What separates us from other rigging contractors? Our rigging service professionals plan every lift before the crew arrives, and the same crew stays with the job from the first sling to the final levelling.
They know how to handle valuable machinery and rigging equipment: they confirm the weight, centre of gravity and lifting points, rig each load with rated slings and hardware, and move it with the method that suits the space. Toronto plants call us when they need industrial movers and riggers for a single machine, a line re-layout or a full plant move.
Specialized Machinery Moving & Rigging Services
Looking for machinery installation or relocation in Toronto, ON? Our machine moving & rigging services cover both. We rig the machine, move it across the plant or onto a trailer, and set it in place at its new position, level and ready for your electricians to reconnect.
Every job gets the method that fits the load and the building: machinery skates, a hydraulic gantry, jack-and-roll, or an overhead lift by a licensed crane partner when a crane is the safer choice. Lifts onto a roof, a mezzanine or an upper floor are covered on our crane rigging and heavy lifting in Toronto page.
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Industrial Moving Services for Toronto Plants
Whether it is equipment transfers or complete plant relocations, our industrial moving services in Toronto (Ontario) are planned around your production. We sequence the work inside your shutdown window, so machines are back on their footprints with minimum downtime. Moving a whole facility? See factory and plant relocation in Toronto.
Prioritizing Safety in Every Rigging Job
Your safety, and the safety of your people and your building, comes first. On every rigging job:
- Planned lifts: weight, centre of gravity and lifting points are confirmed, and floors are checked along the load path.
- Rated gear: slings, shackles and rigging hardware rated for the load.
- Lockout first: your maintenance team or your licensed electricians disconnect power, air and water before rigging starts.
- Power lines: Ontario’s construction regulation (O. Reg. 213/91) keeps equipment at least 3 metres (10 feet) from energized overhead lines of 750 to 150,000 volts, so we check overhead lines at the lift site and on the route.
- Clear lift zone: only the rigging crew works under and around a raised load.
On your site, we also follow your plant’s own safety rules and work permits.
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Expert Rigging Project Planning
Got an upcoming rigging project in Toronto, Ontario? Let our rigging experts plan it with you. We review photos, drawings and the machine’s specifications, visit the site when access is tight, and choose the method, crew and equipment. The plan also covers the route out of the building and the schedule, so your rigging project finishes on time.
Industrial Rigging Professionals, from Rigging to Set-in-Place
Our team of industrial rigging professionals includes riggers, drivers and millwrights, so one crew can rig, move, set in place and level your machinery. You deal with one company instead of a rigging company, a trucking company and an installer.
How We Rig and Lift Machinery in Toronto
Every rigging job we take on follows the same seven steps:
- Job details: what needs to be lifted or moved, its weight and size, photos, and where it is going.
- Site check: doors, ceiling height, floor capacity, overhead obstructions and lifting points, with a site visit when needed.
- Rigging plan: the method, rigging gear, crew and sequence, built around the load’s centre of gravity, plus permits if the load travels on public roads.
- Disconnect and lockout: your maintenance team or your licensed electricians disconnect power, air and water.
- Rig and lift: rated slings and hardware, then skates, a hydraulic gantry, jack-and-roll or a crane lift by a licensed crane partner.
- Move: across the plant, to another building, or onto a trailer for transport.
- Set in place: the machine is lowered onto its new footprint, levelled and left ready for reconnection.
Heavy Industrial Rigging Equipment We Use
For heavy industrial rigging in Toronto, we match specialized rigging equipment to the load and the space:
- Machinery skates to roll machines across the plant floor
- Hydraulic gantries to lift machines where there is no overhead crane
- Jack-and-roll systems to raise very heavy equipment in stages and roll it into place
- Heavy-capacity lift trucks to load, unload and position machines
- Rated slings, shackles and rigging hardware for every pick
- Trailers matched to the load when the job includes transport
- Crane lifts through licensed crane partners when a job needs one
Rigging Only or a Full Move
Need equipment riggers for a job inside your plant, or a crew that also handles the move? Choose the scope that fits:
- Rigging only: our riggers come to your site and lift, skid and position machines with no trucking, for example to re-lay out a line, move a machine to another bay or set a new machine your dealer has delivered.
- Full move: we rig the machine out, haul it to the new site, set it in place and level it, with millwright installation if you need it.
Either way, you get one quote for the whole scope. If the machine is leaving the building, our machinery movers in Toronto page covers transport and relocation in more detail.
Machinery Transport and Permits in Toronto
When a rigging job includes transport, we load the machine on a trailer suited to its weight and size and arrange the permits. In Toronto, a truck and load that reaches 2.59 m wide, 4.15 m high, 21.33 m long or 50 t needs a City of Toronto single-trip oversize load permit. It normally takes 7 to 10 business days, and the route must be scouted 48 hours before the move. Oversize loads are not allowed on the Don Valley Parkway, Black Creek Drive, the Allen Expressway, the elevated part of Lake Shore Boulevard West or the Gardiner east of the Humber River. Provincial highways need an MTO oversize/overweight permit, which Ontario asks carriers to request at least 5 business days ahead.
Set-in-Place, Levelling and Millwright Installation
At the new position our riggers lower the machine onto its footprint, then our millwrights level and align it and leave it ready for your electricians and the OEM technician. Machines that travel in sections are reassembled on site, in the order your production line needs them. Installing new equipment rather than moving it? Our millwright services and machinery installation in Toronto page covers alignment, anchoring and the hand-over to your OEM for start-up.
Machinery Rigging in Toronto: What We Rig
Rigging heavy equipment safely starts with knowing what it is. Our machinery riggers handle heavy and sensitive industrial equipment, including:
- CNC machines, machining centres, lathes and grinders
- Stamping presses, press brakes and printing presses
- Plastic injection moulding machines and extruders
- Transformers, switchgear and generators
- UPS systems, chillers and cooling units for data centres
- Production lines, conveyors and packaging equipment
- Heavy lab, pharmaceutical and food processing equipment
Industries We Serve in the GTA
Automotive parts makers, plastics and packaging plants, food and beverage producers, pharmaceutical and lab facilities, metal fabricators, printers, data centres and utilities, plus equipment dealers and buyers collecting machines from auctions (see plant closure and auction removal in Toronto).
Rigging Services Cost in Toronto: What Affects the Price
Rigging services are priced per job, after we see the details or the site. What moves the price:
- The load: weight, size, centre of gravity and the number of machines
- Access: door width, ceiling height, stairs, docks, floor capacity and overhead obstructions
- Method: skates, gantry, jack-and-roll or a crane lift (crane time is included in your quote)
- Scope: rigging only, or a full move with transport, permits and escorts
- Extra work: disassembly, re-assembly, levelling and millwright installation
- Timing: shutdown windows, nights and weekends
For a rough figure, try the Heavy Lifting and Moving Calculator. For an exact price, ask for rigging, transport and set-in-place in one quote, so you can compare like with like.
Additional Rigging Services
Before the work starts, our riggers can inspect the site in Toronto, looking at access, floors, lifting points and the route, and recommend the safest method and the right crew size.
Around the rigging itself, we can also:
- load and unload machines at your dock (see heavy equipment loading and unloading in Toronto);
- store machines between the old site and the new one;
- move machinery across the border to and from the United States;
- rig out machines from closing plants and auctions.
For everything else we do locally, see all our services in Toronto.
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Service Area
Our riggers work across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area: Etobicoke and Rexdale, North York and Downsview, Scarborough, the Port Lands, Vaughan and Concord, Markham, Richmond Hill, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Oshawa and the rest of Durham Region. For a rigging job outside Toronto, see industrial rigging in Mississauga, Brampton and Hamilton, or in Kitchener-Waterloo further west.
Key Cities Our Toronto Riggers Serve
| City | Province | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | Ontario | Canada |
| Mississauga | Ontario | Canada |
| Milton | Ontario | Canada |
| Vaughan | Ontario | Canada |
| Markham | Ontario | Canada |
| Richmond Hill | Ontario | Canada |
| Brampton | Ontario | Canada |
| Bolton | Ontario | Canada |
| King City | Ontario | Canada |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville | Ontario | Canada |
| Oakville | Ontario | Canada |
| Burlington | Ontario | Canada |
| Whitby | Ontario | Canada |
| Ajax | Ontario | Canada |
| Pickering | Ontario | Canada |
| Newmarket | Ontario | Canada |
| Aurora | Ontario | Canada |
| Oshawa | Ontario | Canada |
| Georgetown | Ontario | Canada |
| Halton Hills | Ontario | Canada |
Why Toronto Plants Hire Our Riggers
- Industrial rigging only: machinery and plant equipment, nothing else.
- One crew, start to finish: rigging, transport, set-in-place, levelling and millwright installation.
- The right method for each lift: skates, gantries and jack-and-roll, with crane lifts arranged through licensed partners.
- Planned around your production: work scheduled in your shutdown window to keep downtime short.
- Permits and routes handled for oversize loads on Toronto streets and provincial highways.
- Fast answers: quote replies within 2–4 business hours.
A good fit: machine rigging inside a plant, line re-layouts, new machine set-in-place, plant relocations and closures, and dealers who need machines delivered and installed.
Not a fit: rigging equipment rental or sales, rigging supplies, stage, event or boat rigging, crane rental on its own, equipment repair, and household or office moves.
Have These Ready for an Exact Quote
The more we know up front, the faster and more accurate your rigging quote. Send these with your quote request:
- What needs rigging: one machine, several machines, a line or a whole plant
- Make, model, weight and size (a nameplate photo helps)
- Scope: rigging only on site, or a move to another address (send both addresses)
- Access: door width, ceiling height, floor, stairs, docks and any overhead lines or cranes
- Dates or your shutdown window
- Photos of the machine, its lifting points and the route out
Other Services in Toronto
Related services from our Toronto crew (or see all our services in Toronto):
- Heavy Equipment & Machinery Movers in Toronto, ON
- Factory & Plant Relocation Services in Toronto, ON
- Lab & Medical Equipment Movers in Toronto, ON
- Forklift Moving Service in Toronto, ON
- CNC Machine Movers in Toronto, ON
- Printing Press Movers in Toronto, ON
- Electrical Transformer Moving Services in Toronto, ON
- Heavy Equipment Loading & Unloading in Toronto, ON
- Data Centre Equipment Rigging in Toronto, ON
- Plant Closure & Auction Removal in Toronto, ON
Location of our sales office:
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Industrial Rigging in Toronto: FAQ
Industrial rigging is the planned lifting, moving and placing of heavy machinery and plant equipment. Riggers work out the load’s weight, centre of gravity and lifting points, choose rated slings and hardware, and move the machine with skates, a hydraulic gantry, jack-and-roll or a crane. In Toronto we rig everything from single CNC machines to full production lines, then set them in place and level them.
An industrial rigging contractor plans and carries out heavy lifts and machine moves in plants and between sites. Our Toronto rigging contractors check access and floors, prepare the rigging plan, rig and lift the machine, move it to its new position or onto a trailer, and finally set it in place and level it. Transport, permits and millwright installation can be part of the same job.
Yes. Our riggers can lift, skid and position machines inside your plant with no trucking, for example to re-lay out a line, move a machine to another bay or set a new machine your dealer has delivered. If the machine leaves the site, we add transport, permits and set-in-place at the new address and quote the whole job together.
Rigging is priced per job. The cost depends on the weight and size of each machine, access at both ends, the method used (skates, a gantry, jack-and-roll or a crane lift by a licensed partner), whether transport and permits are needed, and timing such as shutdowns or weekends. Use our Heavy Lifting and Moving Calculator for a rough range, or send the details for an exact quote.
Usually not. Most in-plant rigging uses machinery skates, hydraulic gantries and jack-and-roll systems, which work under low ceilings and through standard doors. When a lift does need a crane, for example to lift a machine over an obstruction or off a trailer in an open yard, a licensed crane partner performs it as part of our rigging plan. We do not rent out cranes.
Heavy rigging is rigging for loads too large or heavy for standard lifting equipment, such as presses, transformers, large machining centres and sections of production lines. It calls for a detailed plan, rated rigging gear and methods like hydraulic gantries and jack-and-roll, which raise and move the load in controlled stages. Our Toronto riggers handle heavy rigging inside plants and at loading docks.
Rigging is the preparation: choosing the lifting points, slings, shackles and other hardware, and attaching them so the load stays balanced and secure. Lifting is the controlled raising and moving of the load once it is rigged, with a gantry, a jack-and-roll system, a lift truck or a crane. A safe job plans both together, which is why one crew handles them.
As early as you can. A City of Toronto single-trip oversize load permit normally takes 7 to 10 business days, and the route has to be scouted 48 hours before the move. Ontario asks carriers to apply for an MTO permit at least 5 business days ahead. Rigging-only jobs inside a plant need no road permit, so they can usually be scheduled sooner.
No. We do not rent or sell rigging gear, slings or supplies, and we do not rig stages, exhibitions or boats. Rigging-Busters handles industrial rigging only: lifting, moving and setting machinery and plant equipment for manufacturers in Toronto and the GTA. For hardware, contact a rigging supply store; for a machine, a production line or a plant move, send us the details.
All of Toronto, including Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and the Port Lands, and the wider GTA: Vaughan and Concord, Markham, Richmond Hill, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Durham Region. We also take rigging jobs across southern Ontario, including the Waterloo Region through our industrial rigging services in Kitchener.
