ABOUT US
Built on Getting It Right
We've been supplying rigging and lifting equipment since 2006. Started in a lock-up with a van and a phone. Now we run a 12,000 sq ft warehouse, employ 14 people, and ship to every corner of the UK.
We've been supplying rigging and lifting equipment since 2006. Started in a lock-up with a van and a phone. Now we run a 12,000 sq ft warehouse, employ 14 people, and ship to every corner of the UK.
Dave Mercer started Rigid Rigs in 2006 after fifteen years working as a rigging foreman on offshore platforms. He kept seeing the same problem: sites ordering gear from suppliers who didn't understand how it would be used. Wrong specs, wrong ratings, wrong advice.
The idea was simple. Stock the right gear. Know what it's for. Answer the phone when someone calls with a question at 6am because they've got a lift at 7. That approach hasn't changed in eighteen years.
We moved into our current warehouse in 2011 and haven't stopped expanding since. The product range has grown from wire rope and shackles to cover everything from chain slings to height safety systems. But we still pick up the phone on the first ring, and whoever answers still knows what a Grade 80 master link is.
Our sales team includes two former riggers and a lifting engineer. When you ring with a question about safe working loads or sling angles, you get a proper answer from someone who has done the job.
Every product ships with full test certificates and traceability. We maintain records for everything we supply, examine, or repair. When the HSE turns up, your paperwork is already in order.
Most stock items dispatch same day for next-working-day delivery. Urgent site deliveries are arranged on request. We've sent a van at midnight more than once when a job couldn't wait.
We publish our prices. No games, no "ring for a quote" on standard items. Trade accounts get further discounts based on volume. The price we quote is the price you pay.
Rigid Rigs holds LEEA membership, ISO 9001 certification, and employs qualified examiners for LOLER thorough examination. Our quality system is independently audited annually.
Full Member since 2008
Certified since 2012
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