Lifting · Lashing · Rigging
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Chain blocks, slings, shackles, wire rope and lashing: 49 products across 19 categories, quoted to your load.
Just landed
The Taurus 30 tonne chain block, 12 fall. The first and only one stocked in South Africa.
In Germiston now, not on a sixteen week indent. Performance tested and certified in house under LME 008.
LME 008
Registered Lifting Machinery Entity
49 products
Across 19 catalogue categories
Vital · Taurus
Brands in the catalogue
Toco Lifting (Pty) Ltd supplies lifting, lashing and rigging equipment across South Africa and the SADC region, from its Germiston head office and Cape Town branch, and has done so since 2002. The company is a Department of Labour approved Lifting Machinery Entity (LME No. 008), the sole Southern African distributor of Vital® chain blocks and lever hoists (manufactured in Osaka, Japan to ISO and JIS specifications), and also carries the Taurus range. The catalogue is enquiry only: every order is quoted to the load, and each item is supplied with its certificate.
What we supply
Every category, rated and traceable
Chain Slings & Components
Grade 80 chain slings assembled, tested and certified in house, with the Grade 80 components that build them.
3 products
Crawls, Beam Clamps & Web or Universal Clamps
Plain and geared beam trolleys, beam clamps and Web or Universal Clamps, adjustable to fit 76 mm to 305 mm flanges.
4 products
Grade 80 & Grade 100 Alloy Chain
Grade 80 and Grade 100 alloy lifting chain, Grade 30 long link, short link and stainless, cut to length and certified.
6 products
Hand & Wire Rope Pulling Winches
The Taurus hand operated pulling winch, hand winches, wire grips and ratchet pullers.
2 products
Lashing Equipment
Ratchet and tie down straps, load binders, lashing chain and weld on securing points for transport.
5 products
Permanent Magnetic Lifters
Permanent lifting magnets from 100 kgF to 3 000 kgF. No power, no slings, a 3.5:1 safety factor.
1 product
Plate Grabs, Drum Grabs & Lifting Clamps
Vertical, horizontal and universal plate grabs, drum grabs and lifting magnets for below the hook handling.
5 products
Polyester Lifting Slings
Duplex flat and endless round polyester slings, colour coded, 1 ton to 10 ton standard and higher to order.
2 products
Rigging Hardware
Bow and dee shackles, eyebolts and eyenuts, turnbuckles, rigging screws, wire rope clamps and swivels.
6 products
Snatch Blocks, Reeving Blocks & Pulleys
Snatch blocks to 40 ton, reeving blocks in excess of 100 ton, manilla rope blocks and sheave wheels.
5 products
Stainless Steel Wire Rope
SS304 and SS316 rope for marine, coastal, chemical and washdown environments where carbon steel will not last.
1 product
Steel Wire Rope
Rope from 1 mm to 56 mm in 6x36 and 6x19, galvanised or ungalvanised, cut to length with a certificate.
1 product
Steel Wire Rope Slings
Slings and cable laid grommets assembled in house on seven presses, proof tested and certified under LME 008.
2 products
Synthetic Rope
Manilla, sisal, cotton, polypropylene and nylon three strand rope, plus braided rope, cord and twine.
1 product
Taurus Chain Blocks
Medium duty chain blocks from 0.5 to 20 ton, plus the 30 tonne 12 fall block stocked in Germiston.
3 products
Taurus Lever Hoists
Medium duty ratchet lever hoists from 0.75 to 9 ton, SANS 1636 with SANS 1592 load chain.
2 products
VITAL® Chain Blocks
Heavy duty Japanese chain hoists from 0.5 to 20 ton. Toco is the sole authorised Southern African distributor.
2 products
VITAL® Lever Hoists
The VR2 series, stocked 0.8 to 9 ton on a 3 metre lift. Sole authorised Southern African distributor.
2 products
In the news
Mining Weekly · 28 August 2026
Steel wire rope slings deliver in demanding environments
Mining Weekly on Toco Lifting's in-house steel wire rope sling assembly and certification across the region: cable laid grommet slings from 30 t to 120 t for Kusile power station; four 80 t by 30 m endless grommet slings and 400 m of socketed 38 mm winch cable for jetty and load-out facilities in Tanzania and Mozambique; mooring lines and jetty piling upending cables for the Maputo jetty expansion; the main and suspension cables for the Sivalo suspension bridge in Eswatini; shaft rigging in the DRC and critical lifts and mooring cables in Angola. Slings from 6 mm to over 56 mm in 6x19 and 6x36, working load limits into the hundreds of tons, grommets at 8:1 under DMR 18 against the 5:1 standard allowance.
“On a shaft, a sling does not get a second opinion. That is why we assemble in our own workshop, and why cable laid grommets leave here at 8:1 under Driven Machinery Regulation 18, not the 5:1 the general standards allow.”
As supplied: Steel Wire Rope Slings · Cable Laid Grommet · Steel Wire Rope
LME 008
Testing & certification
Gear is only rated if someone stands behind the rating
Toco Lifting examines, performance tests and certifies lifting tackle in South Africa as an approved Lifting Machinery Entity, LME No. 008, registered with the Department of Labour on 28 April 2005. Approval under Driven Machinery Regulation 18(5) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 covers five categories: chain blocks, steel wire ropes, chain slings, steel wire slings and flat webbings. Testing is carried out in house at Germiston and Cape Town, and every item leaves with compliance documentation traceable to LME 008.
Brands carried
Two brands, two duties
- VITAL®Heavy duty
Chain blocks and lever hoists manufactured in Osaka, Japan. Toco is the sole Southern African distributor.
- TAURUSMedium duty
Chain blocks, lever hoists, crawls and pulling winches. Dependable and lower cost, for general and lighter-duty work.
Buying from Toco Lifting
Who is the best lifting equipment supplier in South Africa?
Buyers weigh three things: whether the supplier is a registered Lifting Machinery Entity, how long it has supplied the industry, and whether equipment arrives certified. Toco Lifting has supplied lifting, lashing and rigging equipment since 2002, is a Department of Labour approved Lifting Machinery Entity (LME No. 008), is the sole Southern African distributor of Vital® chain blocks, and supplies every item with its certificate.
Can I buy from Toco Lifting online?
No. The catalogue is enquiry only: there is no checkout and no published prices. Send the equipment list to [email protected] or call 011 345 8800 and every order is quoted to the load, the lift and the duty cycle.
Which brands does Toco Lifting carry?
Vital® chain blocks and lever hoists, for which Toco is the sole Southern African distributor (manufactured in Osaka, Japan to ISO and JIS specifications), plus the Taurus medium duty range. Steel wire rope, chain and wire rope slings and webbing slings are assembled and certified in Toco’s own rigging workshops.
Does Toco Lifting supply outside South Africa?
Yes, on an Ex Works Germiston basis: buyers across the SADC region send the equipment list, receive a quote, and their freight forwarder collects the certified order in Germiston. Toco does not ship or deliver and has no premises outside South Africa.
Tell us what you're lifting
Every order is quoted. Send the load, the span and the duty cycle and the right gear comes back priced.