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For over 55 years, Deep South has remained at the forefront of innovation, giving our customers unique solutions for their heavy lift and transport needs.

From bare rentals to turn-key solutions, we have the right tools and talent to complete any job.

22/05/2026

Deep South Crane & Rigging is seeking a Professional Engineer (PE and/or SE) with a Civil/Structural engineering background to join our VersaCrane design team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

At Deep South, our engineers do more than review lift plans and calculations. They help create world-class high-capacity cranes, in addition to other custom specialty lifting and transport solutions, from the ground up alongside our in-house manufacturing and fabrication teams. From concept and structural analysis to fabrication and field testing, you’ll have the unique opportunity to see your ideas become real-world heavy-lift solutions used across critical industries. The proprietary VersaCrane fleet was built through innovative engineering, hands-on manufacturing, and the ability to turn complex ideas into real-world lifting solutions. If you’re looking for a role where engineering meets hands-on creation, we want to hear from you.

Apply now: https://hubs.la/Q04hGf9F0

19/05/2026

Replacing a 650-kip reactor head in the Southwest required Deep South’s team to fit a crane into a tight space where others had been unable to do so. The job involved precise ex*****on to build a high-capacity crane over a pipe rack and into a confined space, which called for the assistance of our 800-ton gantry system, 500-ton LTM 1400-7.1, and 265-ton Liebherr LTM 1220-5.1.

To facilitate this heavy lift, the team deployed a 1,500-ton TC-24000 in Configuration 2 (with 720 kips on the main tray and a very short tail swing). With only inches of clearance between the crane boom and the pipe rack, and low allowable ground bearing pressure, engineers were challenged to design an oversized outrigger footprint to meet the low ground bearing pressure and plant safety specifications.

Utilizing 100-ton turnbuckles to level the reactor head and with just 12 inches of boom clearance, the team successfully lifted the old reactor, set it on a jig stand, then lifted the new reactor off its jig stand to set it into the final resting position.

06/05/2026

Teamwork and a specialized close-quarters crane made the transport and set of an ammonia converter and converter internals successful. Months in advance, the team worked closely with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana Department of Transportation to receive permit approval to cross a levee and move along a river road. The approximately one million-pound ammonia converter shell (94’ long x 10’-10” diameter) and 946,000-pound ammonia converter (94’-5” long x 15’ diameter) were transported using an 18-axle-line SPMT, and the 213,800-pound cartridge (89’-6” long x 10’-3” diameter) was moved using a 16-axle-line E-series. At the facility, in a tight area with adjacent power lines, a 1000-ton ™ CC-12000 and a 330-ton CC-1800 tail crane safely lifted the pieces into position.

04/05/2026

Deep South is hiring Heavy Haul Truck Drivers. Immediate positions available in Lake Charles and Beaumont. Oversized load experience preferred. This is an opportunity to work with one of the most established crane and transport companies in the industry.

Apply Now: https://hubs.la/Q04fmB3b0

15/04/2026

In the Southwest, a turnkey heavy lift and rigging project faced significant constraints including limited working space, concurrent contractor operations, and critical turnaround schedule pressures. The project involved lifting a 600,000-pound quench drum, a 30,000-pound flare tip, a 365,000-pound heat exchanger, multiple 30,000-pound exchanger bundles, and various miscellaneous equipment.

The team originally planned to use 800-ton gantries, but those were unavailable due to schedule delays. With quick thinking, the team successfully engineered an alternative crane solution to complete equipment replacement operations and still meet the client’s schedule. The solution included using the 1,000-ton CC-12000 in Configuration 5, as well as Deep South’s 440-ton CC-2400-1, 1,320-ton Terex AC-1000, 550-ton LTM-1450-8.1, 275-ton Liebherr LTM-1230-5.1, and 100-ton GR-1000XL-2 cranes to facilitate the lifts.

With its compact radius, the CC-12000 in Configuration 5 proved crucial, allowing concurrent contractor work to continue uninterrupted and avoiding a costly 3-week project delay that would have occurred with typical crane configurations.

20/03/2026

The team was tasked to transport a 1,230,000-pound reactor (29’-10” diameter, 120’ tall) and a 314,000-pound regen head (37’-5” diameter, 75’ tall) from a manufacturing facility in Northeast Mississippi to a refinery in Louisiana. The team loaded the pieces on a barge from 24-axle-line, double-wide Scheuerle SPMTs, and then unloaded the barge at the roll-off site using the same SPMT configuration.

Once onsite, the large reactor was placed onto 22-axle-line “Split” SPMT-SL trailers to accommodate limited clearances on the heavy haul route. A 2,500-ton TC-36000/S1 in configuration 7 and a 750-ton CC-9600 in configuration 6 were then used for the lift.

The regen head was transported using a 12-axle-line Scheuerle SPMT and lifted with the same equipment. The total regen head assembly was 875,000 pounds. For the lift, Deep South designed and built a custom octagon bar to fit the vertical pull requirements of the regen’s eight lifting lugs. Further, as the center of gravity for the reactor was offset, the team designed an adaptable system of links that could be easily adjusted a few shifts before the lift.

20/02/2026

was tasked with providing heavy transport and lifting solutions to replace an existing tower head during a refinery outage in the Southwest. Initially, the 54’ L x 30’ W x 30’ H tower head, with a shipping weight of 280,000 pounds, was transported by barge from the fabricator in Oklahoma to a Texas port. For the next phase, the team utilized a 24-axle-line to transport the load in a horizontal position to the first lift location. A 1,000-ton CC-12000 then vertically tailed the tower head over a live power line, placing it vertically on a transporter to be relocated to a staging location in the unit for insulation, ladders, and platform installation.

Once the installation was complete, Deep South’s team used calibrated load cells to verify an accurate lift weight, which registered at 390,000 pounds. Given the load conditions and limited setup area, the team opted for a 2,500-ton VersaCrane TC-36000 to remove the existing head and set the new one across the unit at a 390’ lift radius.

22/12/2025

A five-week equipment turnaround at a refinery in the Southeast required multiple equipment transports, removals, and replacements across a large work area. With a close eye on safety and efficiency, engineered and executed a comprehensive plan that incorporated a suite of 16 cranes ranging from a 500-ton hydraulic all-terrain crane to a 35-ton rough-terrain crane. The project included the replacement of 30,000-pound fin-fans, transport and setting of three 40’ x 20’ x 10’ box coolers, a reactor catalyst change on multiple reactors, the replacement of a 58,000-pound exchanger bundle with an aerial extractor, and the removal, replacement, and on-site hauling of 68,000-pound tube bundles.

The transport and setting of the box coolers tested the team’s precision-move capabilities. For the three box coolers, the team relied on a 10-axle-line to move the pieces into place with just 3” of clearance on each side.

05/12/2025

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11/11/2025

To all those who have served, and those who continue to serve… we salute you! Happy Veterans Day!

29/10/2025

From coordinating barge and road transportation to a heavy lift in a tight space, this project for a heavy industry customer provided the team an opportunity to show off its capabilities. The team received a 948,000-pound industrial converter and a 244,000-pound cartridge at the Port of New Orleans a couple of months apart. The 94’-long x 11’-diameter converter was loaded directly onto an 18-axle-line double-wide for placement onto a barge for a ride up the river.

To roll off the converter, Deep South obtained access to a third-party levee crossing and constructed a temporary ramp over the levee, which allowed Deep South to roll off the barge, travel over the levee, and proceed over the road approximately two miles to the customer’s facility. Once at the site, crews used the 1,500-ton ™ TC-24000 and the 330-ton CC-1800 to lift the equipment over an adjacent running unit.

The 95’-long x 10’-8”-wide cartridge was able to be received on an 18-axle-line THP/SL transport trailer at the Port of New Orleans dock. Over the course of seven hours, the cartridge load was transported over the road to the customer site, including through many New Orleans city streets.

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