An overhang (counterbalance) beam hangs from a crane and uses adjustable counterweights to offset the load’s moment, letting you lift beneath soffits/overhangs while the crane stays clear. Loads attach via an integrated vacuum lifter or hook.

Overhang (counterbalance) beams are used to install loads beneath soffits, canopies, and façade overhangs when direct vertical access is blocked by the structure.

Yes, these beams can be used with many vacuum lifters, including glass vacuum lifters, cladding vacuum lifters and stone vacuum lifters.

Yes. GGR Group offers overhang beam training: the LEEA-accredited “Safe Use of Overhang Beams” eLearning course, and a LEEA classroom option (Module 6 – Libro Overhang Beams) via GGR Training centres.

Capacity range: from 250 kg up to 20 tonnes, depending on model and overhang depth (e.g., Libro 250 Compact at 250 kg through to Libro 20000 at 20,000 kg.

Yes. GGR Group’s overhang beams (Libro range) are available to hire or purchase.

Typical applications include glass, curtain walling, cladding, and even balconies using a crane-mounted counterweight system, but these beams have also been used for form work and heavy steel work. Particularly of popular use to install materials below building overhangs.

Yes. GGR Group’s Libro overhang beams attach to mini cranes, mobile or tower cranes and can be used with below-the-hook vacuum lifters via the integrated hook; some models have an integrated 3D vacuum lifter head and work in conjunction with UNIC mini spider cranes.

From 1.55 m to 4.0 m, depending on the model.

Yes. Many GGR Libro overhang beams use rechargeable batteries to power the counterweight saddle (and, on some models, the lifter), so the beam itself has zero on-site emissions; pair with electric cranes for fully zero-emission lifts.