Based in Anaheim, California, Sky Rider was founded by Carl W. Gray in 1984 as an outgrowth of his glass business. As the glass company progressed into the high-rise segment of the industry, varied types of access equipment was utilized to perform glass replacement and waterproofing. It was found that, while there were several manufacturers of exterior building maintenance equipment, none provided reliable service for their equipment.

To overcome this obstacle, Carl founded Sky Rider Equipment Co., Inc., and became a dealer for a company located near Boston that provides hoists and other equipment for the high-rise access industry. That company is Griphoist, Inc. and the hoist is the well known Tirak. To this day, Sky Rider uses the Tirak hoist for its powered platforms and other hoisting needs.

Now with more than 30 employees and over 60 years of combined management experience in the industry, the company designs and manufactures facade access systems for new construction and existing buildings. This equipment includes davits and davit sockets, interior and exterior monorail track systems and mobile roof carriage systems. Sky Rider also provides expert installation of Building Maintenance Units (BMU’s) provided by Gondolas in Design. (GinD). These are world class BMU’s designed and built to the highest standards available.

In addition, Sky Rider offers a service department devoted to servicing its own equipment and equipment manufactured by others. Sky Rider currently services over 800 buildings in the Northern and Southern California areas as well as buildings in Nevada and Arizona.

Products and Services

Engineering

We provide structural engineering services and are licensed in the following States:
California, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.  

Service 

Sky Rider has been California State Certified to provide inspection and repair on permanently installed window washing systems. and we currently service over 800 buildings in the states of California, Nevada and Arizona. Hi-rise window washing and exterior maintenance is a high risk occupation, and employees and ownership deserve the best protection against any mechanical or electrical equipment failure that could cause personal injury.

Sky Rider’s experience providing quality service and repair – at reasonable prices – will protect both the worker from needless injury, and management from excessive liability risk due to poorly maintained equipment.

Manufacturing Processes

Design, Manufacturing and Consulting

Sky Rider provides a full range of standard and custom designed hi-rise access equipment. Whether it is new construction or an existing building, a simple Socket and Davit, a complex Skylight Monorail Track System, or a Roof Car, we can design and manufacture a system to meet your particular requirements.