On June 1st Northern Strands hosted the Crosby Shrimp Boil and Rigging Training event.  Crosby picks only 4 companies a year in North America to host this event.  It took months of careful planning and teamwork to make the event a success.  

We started at the Travelodge for Rigging Training.  We had excellent attendance for the Crosby Rigging Course.  Over 80 people attend training!  Crosby Group gave an excellent course on rigging.  The Crosby trainer covered everything from rigging inspection to how the working load limit can vary between different types of rigging hardware.

Did you know that Northern Strands offers a variety of safety training courses? i.e. Fall Arrest Training, Rigging Training, Winch Training, First Aid Training, Suspended Access Training, Wirelock Socketing Training, Emergency Medical Responder Training, Medical First Responder Training, Intermediate First Aid Training and more.

After training, we all headed over to Northern Strands for the second half of our event.  The Crosby Shrimp Boil!  This is the part everyone was waiting for.  The meal consisted of sausage, peppers, corn, mushrooms, baby potatoes and of course shrimp.  See the attached PDF for the full recipe.

Shrimp boil dinner.pdf (138.67 kb)

At the Shrimp Boil we provided demonstrations on Northern Strands new Mobile Test Center.   We pulled rigging to destruction and showed how damaged rigging will readily break below the working load limit.  Our new Mobile Test Center was engineered and fabricated for Northern Strands by our sister company Fortis Mining Engineering & Manufacturing.  

Northern Strands is now offering free, "Is Your Rigging Safe Demonstration's" to qualified customers.  We will bring our Mobile Test Center on site for your demonstration.  See the attached brochure for detail on how to book your rigging safety demonstration.

Is Your Rigging Safe Demonstration Brochure.pdf (1.25 mb)

In addition to the pull to destruction demonstrations, we offered tours of our Northern Strands rigging warehouse facilities.  We had employees giving demonstrations on how we fabricate 1" wire rope slings in our sling bay.

Northern Strands would like to thank all of our clients that attended the Northern strands Shrimp Boil and Training Event.  We hope you all enjoyed the training, dinner, pull testing demonstrations and tours of our rigging warehouse.  

Here are a few more great pictures from the Northern Strands Crosby Shrimp Boil!

This year Crosby Group has selected Northern Strands to host its famous Crosby Shrimp Boil and Rigging Training Seminar!  For those unfamiliar with this event, Crosby Group provides a free rigging course followed by a shrimp boil where you eat jumbo prawns to your hearts content.  Plus Northern Strands will be providing pull testing demonstrations on our mobile test bed and offering tours of our rigging warehouse facilities.  Crosby selects only one Canadian Crosby rigging distributor annually to host this exclusive event.  With Northern Strands being one of the top rigging companies in Saskatchewan, it was high time the Crosby Shrimp Boil made it's way back to Saskatchewan.  In fact, this isn't the first time Northern Strands has hosted the Crosby Shrimp Boil.   In years past, our Regina location hosted the event to great success.

The Northern Strands Shrimp Boil and Rigging Training event will take place Wednesday June 1st.  If you are a company that uses rigging and would like your employees to receive free rigging training followed by a free shrimp boil, contact us today to see if we still have spots available.  See the attached invitation for details...We have extended the RSVP date to May 20th.  Email marketing@northernstrands.com if you are interested in attending.

Northern Strands Crosby Shrimp Boil Invite.pdf (827.73 kb)

Did you know that Northern Strands is the largest supplier of supplier of rigging and wire rope in Saskatchewan?  We supply many of the local farmers, construction companies and potash mines in Saskatchewan with the following rigging supplies:

• Crosby shackles
• web slings
• round slings
• chain slings
• wire rope slings with special fitting (threaded studs, spelter sockets, swage sockets)
• turnbuckles
• wirelock
• spreader beams
• chain hoists
• lever hoists
• aircraft cable
• plate clamps
• beam clamps
• tow straps
• tow rope
• snatch blocks
• transport chain
• fall protection gear
• lifting hooks
• trifors
• grade 100 chain
• lifting lugs
• eyebolts & eye nuts
• wire rope lubricant
• grade 100 chain
• grade 30 and 43 Chain

And of course all Crosby Rigging products!

Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan owned and operated.

Now is the time when the agriculture, construction and mining industries are in full swing.  Demand for rigging supplies is increasing as the weather improves.  At this time of year farmers in particular are in need of many of our custom rigging products.  Northern Strands can manufacture tow cables for tractors up to 1 ½’’ diameter as well northern strands can make up replacement drawbar assemblies for harrows and cultivators.

Other popular rigging products at Northern Strands include:

• Shackles
• Web slings
• Round slings
• Turnbuckles
• Tow straps
• Plate clamps
• Aircraft cable
• Wire rope sheaves
• Chain hoists
• Double braided tow rope
• Block and tackle
• Snatch Block
• Crosby clips
• Crosby rigging
• Crosby shackles
• Beam clamps
• Fall protection harnesses
• Lever hoists
• Cable grips
• Grade 80 chain
• Grade 100 chain
• Synthetic rope
• Dyneema Rope
• Beam trolleys
• Clevis Hooks
• Polyester slings
• Screw pin shackles
• Lifting beams
• Spreader beams
• Plate clamps
• Transport chain
• Wire rope slings

Northern Strands is one of the largest rigging companies in Canada.  We are the largest wire rope and rigging company in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan.   We have a Saskatoon location and a Regina location serving our customers.  With both locations having the capability to ship products across Canada.

Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan owned and operated.

The Northern Strands Training Division is growing!  With growth comes the need for additional health and safety trainers.   Northern Strands has invited renowned trainer, Cassenna Parmeter to join our training team.  We're excited to have Cassenna on our team.  She is well known throughout the health and safety industry and brings a wealth of experience to the Northern Strands training team. Welcome aboard Cassenna!

Northern Strands has officially added 3 new health and safety courses, with more to be announced in the near future.  The first three health and safety classes we've added are Advanced Fire Training, E.R.T. Industry Training and Medical First Responder Training.   We also offer courses in First Aid & CPR, Suspended Access Equipment Training, Crosby Rigging, Fall Arrest, Wirelock Socketing and Tugger Safety.  

Visit our website training page to learn more about our courses: http://www.northernstrands.com/training.aspx

Here are our top ten reasons to train with Northern Strands

1. Proven strategic results
2. Customized safety programs
3. Reduce acccidents
4. Experienced safety leaders
5. reliable customer service
6. Guaranteed safety motivation
7. Production and distribution of all items
8. Target specific safety topics
9. Build employee morale
10. Engage your workforce

Check out the PDF of our promotional training postcard: Training Postcard.pdf (986.06 kb)

Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan owned and operated.

Being a company that specializes in rigging, we are often asked for working load limits for wire rope slings, synthetic slings, chain slings and polyester round slings.   We have attached a Sling Ratings Chart for the convenience of our valued customers.

Sling Ratings Chart.pdf (324.61 kb)

Trivia:  Did you know that Northern Strands is the largest supplier of wire rope and rigging in Saskatchewan?

Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan owned and operated.