Skylift Services continues to be an important trucking company in southeast Saskatchewan.
The business, which is located on Frontier Street, just off of the Shand Access Road in the industrial area east of the city, currently employs 21 people.
It currently has five semi-tractor units, four picker trucks and 13 cranes that range in size from a Spyder-crane that is able to fit through a doorway to a 245-tonne mobile crane.
“Our services include trucking, all types of hoisting/lifting, hot shot services, pile driving, piloting and equipment rentals in the oilfield, industrial, commercial and residential sectors,” said Warren Packer, the crane operations manager for the company.
When Dwight Packer started the company 36 years ago, he began with a 15-tonne Stinger picker. As the need for larger equipment grew in the area, Skylift expanded to meet those needs.
“We consistently upgrade our equipment to meet the modern day demands in the area,” said Warren Packer.
He has noticed a slight improvement in the amount of work available in the area over the past month, and he is confident that this will continue through the final quarter of the year and into the start of 2020.
The trucking industry is a vital part of this country, Packer said. All goods are transported by a truck at some point, and all items purchased in the local stores come by a truck.
“We are a vast country and it is necessary to get our goods across it - thank a trucker,” he said.
