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uranium mines using a flat-bed truck and tailgate
Coastal GasLink - Pipe Pull (2021)
n 2022, LaPrairie Group of Companies, a
Canadian-owned, full-service crane and
Itransportation and logistics company, celebrates
40 years of providing solutions for clients in
Western Canada.
Over four decades, LaPrairie has pioneered the
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crawler and crane rental industry, with many firsts
under its belt—including the very first hydraulic
crawler cranes in Alberta and British Columbia. With
fleet lifting capacities up to 650 tons and one of
the newest fleets in the industry, LaPrairie provides
clients with the confidence and proven reliability
that comes with the “LaPrairie Advantage”.
lift. These barrels were hard to handle by hand and
weighed anywhere from 800-1000 lbs., so when
he heard that a company called SKB was selling a
small, truck-mounted, hydraulic knuckle boom that
could pick up four barrels at a time, he got into the
lifting business.
Clifford’s son, Scott LaPrairie, now President & CEO,
recalls, “I left high school early and worked with my
Dad lifting engines out of trucks and whatever else
customers wanted moved, when a recession hit
Ontario in the early 80s. Business was slow and we
had a 40-Ton RT740 Grove rough terrain crane that
we were struggling to make payments on. We heard
about an opportunity in northeastern, B.C. with
Denison Mines who was building a coal mine in
HAPPY
40 th
ANNIVERSARY
Congratulations LaPrairie
HISTORY on 40 years of business.
Wishing you much success
Clifford LaPrairie Sr. started in the lifting business in in the next 40 years to come,
from your partners at NAPA.
Eliot Lake, Ontario. A Ford dealer and Gulf Oil agent
in at the time, he was delivering 45-gallon barrels
of hydraulic and motor oil to the local underground