Forklift Drum Grab

Forklift Drum Grabs provide a safe way to shift and lift steel or plastic drums.

Extract a drum from a cluster, without disturbing the surrounding drums, with a drum grab that can be fitted to any lifting device. This unit is self-centering and has the ability to lock on to your drum without coming off until required.

These units maintains reliability even when working in harsh conditions, and they are supplied both rated and certified.

According to the ABC’s The New Inventor’s website, Ian McClenaghan’s (from Armidale in NSW) Drum Grab is a safer, quicker and easier way to lift a 44 gallon (200litre) drum.

The ABC website said, “It’s a 3 armed clamping device designed specifically for lifting large metal or plastic drums. With a holding capacity of 1.5 tonnes, the Drum Grab clamps quickly and firmly onto the rim of the drum and can then be attached to almost any kind of lifting device.”

As for the Aussie inventor?

Ian McClenaghan comes from Armidale in NSW. He has been a farmer most of his life, farming cattle and Merino sheep. He has also run a business which collected oil for recycling. It was the  oil recycling business which provided inspiration for the development of the Drum Grab invention.

The Drum Grab was developed with co-inventor Matthew Schaffer.

Brett Moody