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Industrial Lifting Solutions: Forklift Jacks vs Hydraulic Jacks
Types of Industrial Jacks Did you know there are multiple types of industrial lifting jacks? Two common types include forklift jacks and hydraulic toe jacks. Many heavy-duty jacks have a lot in common, but understanding the differences between each type is key to...
Loading & Industrial Moving: Understanding Load Capacity
What is Load Capacity? Load capacity refers to the amount of weight a piece of equipment can safely lift and hold. In simple terms, most moving dollies, skates, or toe jacks are built to withstand a certain amount of force. If they are forced to lift or move something...
A Case Study on Moving Heavy Machinery with GKS Dollies
An Industrial Moving Challenge GKS was approached by technology company Technicity for help moving a large piece of equipment from one building to another. Technicity is a software development company that provides consulting, design, and deployment support for...
Advantages of Using External Hydraulics With Industrial Jacks
What Are External Hydraulics? In simple terms, external hydraulics are hydraulic pumps that exist outside of the device they are powering, such as an industrial toe jack. The device in question is built without its own internal hydraulic system—often to minimize size...
Benefits of Using Nickel Plated Jacks for Industrial Lifting
What are Nickel Plated Jacks? GKS offers nickel plated versions of our entire product line. We stock the most popular items but can nickel plate additional ones upon request. The difference between the standard jack and the nickel plated jack is, as the name suggests,...
Benefits of Using Hydraulic Jacks
Hydraulic jacks are powerful and effective tools for lifting heavy loads. A hydraulic jack harnesses the power of physics to magnify the strength of a single operator, leading to more efficient lifting. How Hydraulic Jacks Work Hydraulic jacks rely on Pascal’s law to...
How Hydraulic Jacks Work
What Are Industrial Hydraulic Jacks? A hydraulic jack is a type of lifting equipment that can be powered via manual force or external hydraulics. Some hydraulic jacks are designed to lift loads under 11,000 pounds, while others can lift up to 30 tons. Hydraulic jacks...
Different Ways to Move Shipping Containers
Shipyards, warehouses, and other hubs move shipping containers around their facilities all day: from carriers to storage, from storage to staging, and more. All that movement requires a convenient, easy solution that doesn’t slow down operations. When it comes to...
Moving Machinery
Moving Heavy Machinery Moving heavy machinery from one place to another is not always a simple process. In most cases, you’ll need special equipment to ensure a safe move.How to Safely Move Heavy Machinery with Equipment In order to safely move heavy machinery with...
A Guide to Container Dollies
What are Container Dollies Used For? Container dollies are specifically designed and engineered to move ISO containers, also called intermodal containers, safely and efficiently from place to place. Warehouses, shipping yards, freight terminals, and other businesses...
Lifting and Moving Solutions by GKS
About Our Products GKS offers a range of industrial moving products that are designed to help transport heavy loads through warehouses, manufacturing plants and other industrial settings. Our jacks, pumps and dollies reduce the amount of manpower needed to lift and...
Best Rigging Equipment
How to Choose the Best Rigging Hardware for Your Project Choosing the right heavy rigging equipment or machine moving equipment requires an accurate assessment of your moving project. You need to know the specifics of what needs to be moved, its size and weight, the...
Point Loading
Moving Machinery with Point Loading EquipmentWhat is Point Loading? Point loading is a type of weight-bearing that concentrates all weight to a specific set of points. In the context of moving machinery, this usually refers to a cart or dolly with wheels, as opposed...
Need More Than Manual Power to Move Your Equipment?
Move CNC & Milling Machines Easier Moving heavy equipment and large machinery can be a taxing process—with a high manpower cost. Even the strongest warehouse crews can grow tired quickly if the load is above a certain weight, and manual moving can take a long...
Price Update – Quality Rigging Equipment
GKS, a reliable manufacturer of top-quality rigging equipment, is raising prices on its products, effective Jan. 1, 2022.Many industries are experiencing fluctuations in materials costs, which affect the supply chain. These changes, which can be dramatic and...
Different Types of Dollies
Move your heavy loads with ease with GKS dollies. Machined and finished using state-of-the-art manufacturing methods and accurate welding to guarantee a distortion-free structure and optimal stability, the performance of our dollies are tested under load, abrasion and...
Come see us at Eastec and Southtec!
GKS will be at EASTEC in Springfield, MA on October 19-21, 2021! Our booth number is 3045 and we will be featuring some of our products including the V5 Hydraulic Toe Jack, F6 Transport Dolly, RL2 Rotating Dolly and the Robot 10. If you cannot make it to EASTEC, we...
Jack Pumps: Which is Best for Your Need?
Jack pumps are an essential tool for hydraulic toe jacks as part of a synchronous lifting system. These tools make it possible to lift incredibly heavy objects with little to no manual labor. They are available as hand pumps and electric hydraulic pumps. Jack pumps...
