EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



         In  connection   with  the  Quarterly   Report  of  Columbus   McKinnon
Corporation  (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the
"Report"),  I, Robert L.  Montgomery,  Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The  information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and result of  operations of the
Company.


Dated:  February 12, 2003



                                                /S/ ROBERT L. MONTGOMERY, JR.
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                                                Robert L. Montgomery,  Jr.
                                                Chief Financial Officer