Blade, gearbox, generator and main bearing exchange, crane-less self-hoisting systems and emergency blade removal, matched to heavy-lift specialists across Australia.
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When a blade, gearbox, generator or main bearing can no longer be repaired in place, it has to come down and a replacement has to go up. We match owners and asset managers to heavy-lift contractors, rigging crews and logistics specialists who plan and execute the exchange end to end.
Whether you need a crawler crane for a full blade set or a crane-less self-hoisting system for a single uptower component, tell us your platform, the component and the site access and we match the right provider.
Need advice?Tell us the turbine platform, which component needs exchanging and your site access. We match you to independent heavy-lift and logistics specialists.
Your enquiry is sent to vetted service partners who may contact you directly. We never charge owners or asset managers.
Global Wind Organisation trained crews across the network.
Partners aligned with CEC codes of conduct.
Out-of-warranty support for major OEM platforms.
HV tickets, rope access (IRATA) and heavy-lift credentials.
Some faults cannot be fixed uptower. A seized main bearing, a failed gearbox or a cracked blade reaches a point where the only sound decision is to take the component down and replace it.
Main component exchange is the heaviest, most logistically demanding work on a wind farm. It brings together wind turbine blade transport, heavy lifting, specialist rigging and installation and commissioning, often inside a single weather window. The providers we match plan the whole sequence so a turbine comes back online quickly and safely, and so a single mobilisation does as much work as possible.
A damaged or dropped blade is both a production loss and a safety hazard. Blade exchange is wind-sensitive and precise: the lift has to be timed to a calm window, the replacement blade transported to site in one piece, and the rigging matched to the platform. For urgent cases, the crews we match can mobilise emergency blade removal to make a site safe before a planned replacement follows. Blade damage that is caught earlier through blade repair often avoids a full exchange altogether.
Drivetrain exchanges are the classic big-crane jobs. A failed gearbox or generator is lifted out of the nacelle and a replacement lifted in, while a main bearing exchange is one of the most demanding lifts of all. Where a fault is caught early through monitoring, a gearbox repair or an uptower drivetrain intervention can defer or avoid a full exchange, which is why planning and condition data matter so much to the final cost.
Not every exchange needs a crawler crane. Crane-less exchange systems, self-hoisting rigs and tower-climbing tools lift a gearbox, generator or main bearing using equipment mounted on the nacelle or the tower itself. They come into their own on remote sites, on soft ground where crane pads are costly, and where mobilising a main crane is uneconomic for a single turbine. The providers we match run both crawler cranes and self-hoisting systems, so the method is chosen to suit the job rather than the other way around.
A successful exchange is mostly planning. Crane selection, ground-bearing pressure and crane pads, exclusion zones, wind limits and the transport route for an oversized component all have to line up before anyone lifts a load. Heavy transport and logistics move the replacement to site, and installation and commissioning support brings the turbine back to full output. Grouping an exchange with scheduled crane hire keeps mobilisation costs down, and at a fleet's end of life the same crews handle decommissioning and repowering.
