EXHIBIT 99.1

                            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 29, 2003 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Timothy T. Tevens, Chief Executive 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:  August 13, 2003


                                                /S/ TIMOTHY T. TEVENS
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                                                Timothy T. Tevens,
                                                Chief Executive Officer