Rigging-Busters Kingston is a millwright, rigging and machinery moving company for plants and institutions in Kingston and eastern Ontario, Canada. Our millwrights, riggers and machinery movers install and align new equipment, move single machines and whole lines, and lift or reposition heavy units inside your building, from the chemical and metals plants on the Highway 401 corridor to university and hospital labs downtown. For a move between sites, see our machinery movers in Kingston; for lifting, skidding and in-plant positioning, see industrial rigging services in Kingston.
- Industrial clients only: plants, labs and institutions; no house lifting, household moves or equipment repair.
- What our millwrights do: set, level, align and anchor machines when they arrive or move; breakdown repair and routine maintenance are not offered.
- How the heavy lifting is done: jack-and-roll, a hydraulic gantry or machinery skates for most jobs, with our crane or a partner crane brought in only when a lift needs it.
- Free estimates, with a reply to your quote request within 2–4 business hours.
Most Requested Services in Kingston and Area
- Machinery movers in Kingston: single machines, production lines and heavy skids moved between sites
- Industrial rigging services in Kingston: lifts, skidding and in-plant positioning, with millwright installation at the new spot
- CNC machine movers in Kingston: axes and spindles locked, coolant drained by your team, and each machine reset for the OEM
- Forklift moving service in Kingston: your forklifts trucked to a new site, or a forklift on hand to unload incoming machinery
- Electrical transformer moving in Kingston: transformers and switchgear rigged onto their pads
Millwright, Rigging and Machinery Moving Services in Kingston
Heavy Machinery & Equipment Movers in Kingston
Our heavy machinery and equipment movers in Kingston relocate machine tools, process skids and packaging lines between plants along the Highway 401 corridor.
Heavy & Industrial Rigging Services in Kingston
Heavy and industrial rigging services in Kingston: equipment raised, slid and landed on its marks inside the plant during shutdowns and refits.
Factory & Plant Relocation in Kingston
Factory and plant relocation in Kingston: every connection tagged and photographed, equipment moved in the order it must restart, and the new floor laid out before the trucks roll.
Lab & Medical Equipment Movers in Kingston
Lab and medical equipment movers in Kingston: autoclaves, environmental chambers and other heavy units moved between university, hospital and research buildings, with start-up left to your staff or the OEM.
Forklift Moving Service in Kingston
Forklift moving service in Kingston: your forklifts and pallet trucks relocated with the rest of a plant, or a forklift brought in to unload new equipment.
CNC Machine Movers in Kingston
CNC machine movers in Kingston: grinders, lathes and machining centres prepared for transport, moved and handed back for the OEM’s recommissioning.
Printing Press Movers in Kingston
Printing press movers in Kingston for commercial, label and in-plant print shops: presses, guillotine cutters and finishing equipment taken apart where needed, moved and rebuilt with the manufacturer’s technicians.
Electrical Transformer Moving Services in Kingston
Electrical transformer moving services in Kingston: pad-mount and dry-type transformers, switchgear and generators placed on their bases, while your licensed electricians handle the connections.
Industrial Millwright Services in Kingston
Industrial millwright services in Kingston: installation, levelling, alignment and anchoring of new or relocated machines, handed over ready for start-up.
Industrial Warehouse Storage in Kingston
Industrial warehouse storage for Kingston projects: equipment kept on skids or in crates for a short spell when the new building isn’t ready yet.
Machinery Crating & Packing in Kingston
Machinery crating and packing in Kingston: machines bolted to skids, braced and boxed to size before a long haul, storage or the Thousand Islands Bridge crossing into New York State.
Kingston’s Largest Employers and the Equipment We Move
Invest Kingston lists Queen’s University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre and CFB Kingston as the city’s largest employers, and counts more than 100 manufacturers with over 5,000 workers, among them INVISTA, Novelis, Cancoil Thermal, Canada Royal Milk and Haakon Industries. For those plants and institutions we handle:
- Chemical, resin and metals plants: pumps, compressors, process skids and rolling or finishing equipment, set and aligned during shutdowns
- Food and dairy processors: mixers, fillers, conveyors and packaging lines installed or moved under your hygiene rules
- HVAC and metal fabrication shops: press brakes, roll formers, coil lines and test stands
- University, hospital and research labs: heavy lab and hospital equipment rigged and placed; any imaging system stays with its manufacturer
Areas We Cover from Kingston
Across Kingston we work in the business parks near Highway 401, the downtown and university district, and Kingston East across the Cataraqui River. Around the city we serve Loyalist Township (Amherstview, Odessa and Bath), Greater Napanee and Deseronto to the west, South Frontenac to the north, and Gananoque and the Thousand Islands to the east. We also take jobs east to Ottawa and Kanata, west to Oshawa and the GTA, and anywhere in the province through our Ontario machinery movers page.
Oversize Loads on Kingston and County Roads
Heavy equipment hauling on City of Kingston streets needs an Oversize/Overweight Load Trip Permit for any load over Highway Traffic Act limits, issued for a set day and route through Kingston Permit Central. Roads in Lennox and Addington County need the County excess load permit, applied for through its online portal, and Highway 401 and Highway 15 are provincial, so an MTO permit applies; Ontario asks for the application at least 5 business days before the trip. Crossing the Cataraqui River? The LaSalle Causeway closes on scheduled days for marine openings, so we build the posted dates into the route plan.
Before You Request a Quote
Send these with your quote request and we can price the job without guesswork:
- Machine details: make, model, nameplate weight and footprint
- Both sites, plus any County road, Highway 401 leg or Cataraqui River crossing on the route
- Access: door and dock sizes, floor loading and overhead clearance
- Millwright scope: levelling, alignment checks or anchoring you need at the new spot
- Your window: planned shutdown, start-up date or lease end
- Photos of the machine, its nameplate and the route out
For a rough number first, try the Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator.
Kingston Millwright, Rigging and Machine Moving: FAQ
Often all three, working as one crew. If the equipment leaves the building, our machinery movers in Kingston take it; if it only shifts inside the plant, that is industrial rigging; and setting, levelling and aligning it at the new spot is millwright work. Describe the job and we will plan it as one quote.
They set machines on their marks, level and align them, anchor them where required, and hand them over for your electricians to connect and your team to start up. In Ontario the trade is called Industrial Mechanic Millwright (433A). Our millwrights work on installations and moves; for breakdown repairs or routine maintenance, your maintenance staff or a service contractor is the right call.
A rigger plans and makes the lift or move: slings, skates, gantries, jack-and-roll and the route out through doors and docks. A millwright works on the machine itself once it is in position: levelling, alignment, anchoring and reassembly of parts that travelled separately. Most installs need both, which is why the same crew handles rig-out, transport and set-in-place.
Yes. Agri-business and food processing is one of Kingston’s manufacturing sectors, and we install and move mixers, fillers, conveyors and packaging lines for these plants. Our crew follows your hygiene, washdown and access rules, works in the windows you set around production, and leaves equipment levelled and ready for your own team to connect and validate.
Yes. Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre top the city’s employer list, and their labs and wards hold heavy equipment such as sterilizers, environmental chambers and ultra-low freezers. We rig and place these units around each site’s dock bookings and access rules, while imaging systems stay with their manufacturer. See lab and medical equipment movers in Kingston and how we handle MRI and imaging rigging.
Yes. Clean and renewable energy systems are one of the sectors Invest Kingston lists, and we rig transformers, switchgear, generators and similar heavy electrical units off the truck and onto their pads or into electrical rooms. Your licensed electricians make every connection. See electrical transformer moving services in Kingston.
Yes. From Kingston we work west through Loyalist Township, including Amherstview, Odessa and Bath, to Greater Napanee and Deseronto, north into South Frontenac, and east to Gananoque and the Thousand Islands. County roads in Lennox and Addington need the County permit, so share both addresses early and we will check the route before quoting.
No. House lifting and raising is work for a structural moving contractor, and heavy equipment repair belongs with a dealer or repair shop. We move, rig, install and store industrial machinery only, and we do not rent cranes, forklifts or operators. If a lift on one of our jobs needs a crane, we bring our crane or a partner crane as part of the quote.
