Pettibone

Pettibone Mulliken
  • Headquarters

  • Baraga, Michigan
USA
  • Established time

  • 1881
  • Founder

  • Alfred H. Mulliken
  • Products

  • Industry, Automotive industry

Pettibone, founded as Pettibone Mulliken, is a manufacturer of material handling equipment based in Baraga, Michigan. The company started doing business in 1881, and manufactures various cranes and other material handling vehicles, many designed specifically for railroad use.

Today, the company is known simply as Pettibone. It primarily manufactures cranes and other material handling equipment, some of which is still sold specifically for the rail industry.

Pettibone is most known for its cranes, manufactured under the Speed Swing line.Pettibone cranes are used by railroads for a variety of applications, including lifting rails and moving ties.