Contact Us 24 Hour Emergency Crane Service 800-860-6680 0 items $0.00 PRODUCTS CONTACT / STORE ABOUT US SERVICES RESOURCES Company History 1973-1977 Expert Crane Owner Jim Doty begins career at Euclid Crane Company gaining experience as a machinist and plant assembler, lastly moving into field crane service. AUGUST 1, 1977 After completing the first service order for Manchester Steel, Jim Doty founds Expert Crane and begins the 40-year history of overhead crane manufacturing and offers “Service with Integrity.” 1983 Expert Crane purchases the Cleveland Beacon product line, which was the company’s first step into the manufacturing of overhead cranes. 1984 Expert Crane partners with R&M as a Master Overhead Crane Distributor, and they expand into a larger facility. 1984 The Beacon product line was sold, and Expert 1989 The Beacon product line was sold, and Expert Crane restructured their business plan around overhead crane service. 1991 Expert Crane purchases Southside Service. JUNE 1994 The Excel “DX” overhead crane line is released, offering a custom engineered overhead crane with minimal downtime and readily available parts at a fraction of the maintenance cost of their competition. Expert Crane expands into their Cleveland Headquarters and purchases Akron Crane and Conveyor 1999 Expert Crane purchased Overhead Crane and Service Corp. 2002 Expert Crane releases the intelligent tandem control panel product which offers additional operational safety features to their overhead crane products. 2009-2012 Second generation of the Doty family celebrates their college graduation and starts their new careers at Expert Crane. APRIL 2014 Expert Crane expands to their current 50,000 square foot facility at 5755 Grant Avenue in Cuyahoga Heights. 2015 Expert Crane releases the TX overhead crane line, offering a solution for customers between the DX platform and packaged hoists. 2016 Expert Crane releases the MX overhead crane line, offering a single girder solution following the heavyduty ideals of its predecessors. Expert Crane starts manufacturing a “basic” and intelligent version of its overhead crane control panels. Contact Us Today Home About Us Products Services Resources Store Contact Contact Us Factory/Headquarters: 5755 Grant Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44105 Phone: 800-860-6680 Fax: 216-451-9904 Office Hours Monday thru Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm Emergency Service After Office Hours 800-860-6680, Dial 1 Leave your company name, contact name, and phone number. A customer service representative will contact you within 30 minutes Copyright 2021 | Expert Crane, All Rights Reserved