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The Dedicated, Independent Home of America’s Most Trusted Lifting Brands

American-made overhead lifting equipment backed by a century of installed base, 1,000+ distributor relationships, and a team focused on nothing else. Lodestar, Coffing, Budgit, Chester, Herc-Alloy, BatteryStar, Prostar, Powerstar, Valustar, Shopstar, ShopAir, Cyclone, CM Puller, and Lodestar ET.

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American Made Hoists

Built Here. Built Right. Built to Stay.

American production in Damascus, VA and Lexington, TN. A hundred years of brand heritage across Lodestar, Lodestar ET, Coffing, Budgit, Chester, Herc-Alloy, BatteryStar, Prostar, Powerstar, Valustar, Shopstar, ShopAir, Cyclone, and CM Puller.

OEM parts stocked for installed equipment. A distributor network selected for product knowledge and stocking depth.

You get a manufacturer that knows your application, stocks the parts for what you already own, and has the distributor relationships to support both.

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Products Built in America

Every product is engineered and built domestically in Damascus, VA and Lexington, TN.

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Full Parts Support for Your Installed Equipment

Same part numbers for every brand Stuart Rush manufactures. Parts availability for installed Lodestar, Coffing, Budgit, and Chester equipment is not an afterthought.

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Distributors Selected for Technical Depth

1,000+ active distributor relationships selected for product knowledge and stocking depth.

Hoist Supplier

Find the Right Overhead Lifting Hoist for Your Load, Environment, and Duty Cycle

Electric chain hoists, air hoists, battery-powered hoists, trolleys, and chain accessories across the brands you’ve been specifying for decades. Search by capacity, duty cycle, or industry and get to the right configuration.

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Electric Chain Hoists

Available in a full range of capacities and duty cycles for industrial applications.

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Battery-Powered Hoists

BatteryStar cordless chain hoists for lifting. Attach to an anchor point, insert an M18 battery, and lift in minutes.

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Manual & Lever Chain Hoists

Hand-operated hoists for lower duty cycle applications. Portable, reliable, and rated for demanding environments.

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Air Hoists

From heavy manufacturing floors to precision assembly lines, air hoists deliver reliable, variable-speed lifting in environments where electric motors can’t go. Spark-free, lightweight, and built to handle continuous duty cycles, they move everything from engine blocks to steel coils — with the control and safety that demanding industrial work demands.

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Chain & Rigging Accessories

Chain and rigging accessories including Herc-Alloy available exclusively through Stuart Rush. One of the most recognized names in rigging, backed by decades of material handling innovation.

Electric Hoist – Entertainment

Entertainment industry leader providing quality lifting and positioning equipment for riggers around the world.

Trusted Brands Relied on for Decades, Manufactured the Same Way

CM by Stuart Rush, Coffing, Chester, and CM ET cover a full range of overhead lifting and rigging applications, from heavy-duty industrial production to specialty environments and custom load requirements.

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CM by Stuart Rush

CM by Stuart Rush

A century of experience across industrial manufacturing and construction. Electric chain hoists, manual hoists, air hoists, trolleys, and rigging accessories covering applications from heavy-duty production to general commercial lifting.

Coffing Hoists

Coffing

Coffing electric chain hoists deliver the reliability and efficiency today’s manufacturing plants demand — trusted by facilities worldwide.

Chester Hoists

Chester

Custom and complex lifting solutions for applications where standard configurations won’t work. 60+ years of specialty hoist engineering for challenging environments and non-standard load requirements.

CM Entertainment by Stuart Rush

CM Entertainment

Stuart Rush is a trusted leader in lifting and positioning equipment for riggers worldwide, relied on by production companies and event organizers across the globe.

Budgit Hoists

Budgit

Since 1935, Budgit® has led the industry in innovation, quality, and dependability. Designed with versatility in mind, Budgit Hoists provide power and durability for a diverse range of special, heavy-duty applications.

Get the Right Overhead Hoist for Your Application

The right hoist for your application, the parts for what you already own, and a distributor who can support both, all from one manufacturer focused entirely on overhead lifting.

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Industrial Hoists USA

Rated and Specified Across the Industries That Matter Most

Manufacturers rely on our lifts in critical situations where downtime is not an option. American-made. Operator-first. Designed for environments where failure isn’t acceptable.

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Automotive

Hoists are essential in automotive manufacturing and repair — keeping operations moving efficiently and safely on the production floor and in the shop.

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Pharma & Food Processing

There's no room for contamination, corrosion, or compromise. From lifting vats of ingredients to positioning heavy processing equipment, the right hoist keeps your facility compliant, clean, and efficient.

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Entertainment Rigging

Lodestar and Prostar are the industry standard for touring productions, fixed installations, and broadcast, specified by name on major productions worldwide since 1955.

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Aerospace & Defense

In aerospace and defense, every component carries critical importance — and the equipment used to handle it must meet the same exacting standards.

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Heavy Industrial Manufacturing

Heavy equipment manufacturing is a demanding sector where lifting and material handling systems play a critical role across every stage of production.

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About Stuart Rush

Trusted Brands. Singular Focus.

Stuart Rush is proudly the only overhead lifting company dedicated entirely to manufacturing, supporting, and improving the brands American industry was built on. American-manufactured in Virginia and Tennessee. Backed by distributor relationships with multi-generational product knowledge.

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Downtime Costs More Than the Right Hoist Ever Will

Every day running the wrong hoist, waiting on unavailable parts, or working with a distributor who doesn’t know the product is a day that costs more than it should.

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