SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549
                                    FORM 11-K

/X/ ANNUAL REPORT  PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE  SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

                    For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007

/ / TRANSITION  REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

                  For the transition period from        to

                    Commission file number:   0-27618
                                              -------


A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of
the issuer named below:

                          Columbus McKinnon Corporation
                          Employee Stock Ownership Plan
                       Restatement Effective April 1, 1989

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of
its principal executive office:

                          COLUMBUS McKINNON CORPORATION
                         140 John James Audubon Parkway
                             Amherst, NY 14228-1197







 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE

 Columbus McKinnon Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
 Years Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
 With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm





                          Columbus McKinnon Corporation
                          Employee Stock Ownership Plan

                        Financial Statements and Schedule

                       Years Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006




                                    CONTENTS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.......................1

Financial Statements

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits...............................2
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits....................3
Notes to Financial Statements.................................................4

Schedule

Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)...............10






             Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Benefits Committee
Columbus McKinnon Corporation
   Employee Stock Ownership Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits
of the Columbus McKinnon  Corporation  Employee Stock Ownership Plan as of March
31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of changes in net assets available
for  benefits  for the years then  ended.  These  financial  statements  are the
responsibility  of the Plan's  management.  Our  responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance  with the standards of the Public  Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  We were not engaged to perform an
audit of the  Plan's  internal  control  over  financial  reporting.  Our audits
included  consideration of internal control over financial  reporting as a basis
for designing audit  procedures that are appropriate in the  circumstances,  but
not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the  effectiveness of the Plan's
internal  control  over  financial  reporting.  Accordingly,  we express no such
opinion. An audit also includes examining,  on a test basis, evidence supporting
the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  financial  statements,   assessing  the
accounting  principles  used and significant  estimates made by management,  and
evaluating the overall  financial  statement  presentation.  We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  the financial  statements  referred to above present fairly, in
all  material  respects,  the net assets  available  for benefits of the Plan at
March  31,  2007 and 2006,  and the  changes  in its net  assets  available  for
benefits for the years then ended,  in  conformity  with  accounting  principles
generally accepted in the United States.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial
statements taken as a whole. The  accompanying  supplemental  schedule of assets
(held at end of year) as of  March  31,  2007,  is  presented  for  purposes  of
additional  analysis and is not a required part of the financial  statements but
is  supplementary  information  required by the  Department of Labor's Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure  under the Employee  Retirement  Income
Security Act of 1974. This  supplemental  schedule is the  responsibility of the
Plan's management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in our audit of the financial statements and, in our opinion,
is  fairly  stated  in all  material  respects  in  relation  to  the  financial
statements taken as a whole.

September 25, 2007


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                          Columbus McKinnon Corporation
                          Employee Stock Ownership Plan

                 Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits


                                                      MARCH 31, 2007                                 MARCH 31, 2006
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
                                          ALLOCATED     UNALLOCATED        TOTAL         ALLOCATED     UNALLOCATED        TOTAL
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
ASSETS
Investment in sponsor company
                                                                                                    
   common stock, at fair value         $  15,555,719   $   4,784,005   $ 20,339,724   $  19,472,785   $   6,727,680   $ 26,200,465
Investment in money market fund,
   at fair value                              51,893               -         51,893          53,918               -         53,918
Receivables:
   Employer contributions                          -          91,151         91,151               -          93,139         93,139
   Interest                                      228               -            228             206               -            206
Cash                                             448               -            448             502               -            502
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Total assets                              15,608,288       4,875,156     20,483,444      19,527,411       6,820,819     26,348,230
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------

LIABILITIES
Interest payable                                   -          91,151         91,151               -          93,139         93,139
Loans payable                                      -       4,419,461      4,419,461               -       5,019,461      5,019,461
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Total liabilities                                  -       4,510,612      4,510,612               -       5,112,600      5,112,600
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Net assets available for plan benefits $  15,608,288   $     364,544   $ 15,972,832   $  19,527,411   $   1,708,219   $ 21,235,630
                                       ============================================   ============================================


SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES.




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                          Columbus McKinnon Corporation
                          Employee Stock Ownership Plan

           Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits


                                                      MARCH 31, 2007                                 MARCH 31, 2006
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
                                         ALLOCATED      UNALLOCATED        TOTAL        ALLOCATED      UNALLOCATED        TOTAL
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
ADDITIONS
                                                                                                    
Interest                               $       2,748   $           -   $      2,748   $       1,929   $           -   $      1,929
Employer contributions                             -         984,112        984,112               -         954,102        954,102
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Total additions                                2,748         984,112        986,860           1,929         954,102        956,031
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------

DEDUCTIONS
Interest expense                                   -         384,112        384,112               -         354,102        354,102
Distributions to participants              1,241,466               -      1,241,466       1,813,105               -      1,813,105
Transfer to other qualified plan             180,889               -        180,889         390,658               -        390,658
Administrative expense                           476               -            476             520               -            520
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Total deductions                           1,422,831         384,112      1,806,943       2,204,283         354,102      2,558,385

Net (depreciation) appreciation
   in fair value of investments           (3,308,528)     (1,134,187)    (4,442,715)      9,897,305       3,789,291     13,686,596
Transfer for shares released
   and allocated                             809,488        (809,488)             -         939,157        (939,157)             -
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Net (decrease) increase                   (3,919,123)     (1,343,675)    (5,262,798)      8,626,909       3,450,134     12,077,043
Net assets (deficiency in net
   assets) available for benefits:
      Beginning of year                   19,527,411       1,708,219     21,235,630      10,900,502      (1,741,915)     9,158,587
                                       --------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
      End of year                      $  15,608,288   $     364,544   $ 15,972,832   $  19,527,411   $   1,708,219   $ 21,235,630
                                       ============================================   ============================================


SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES.




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                          Columbus McKinnon Corporation
                          Employee Stock Ownership Plan

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                             March 31, 2007 and 2006




1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

The Columbus  McKinnon  Corporation  Employee Stock  Ownership Plan (ESOP or the
Plan), is a defined contribution employee stock ownership plan and a stock bonus
plan within the meanings of the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.  It is also an eligible  individual account plan as defined
in the applicable section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA).  Refer to the Plan  Document  or the  Summary  Plan  Description  for a
complete description of the ESOP's provisions.

The Plan covers all domestic nonunion employees of Columbus McKinnon Corporation
(the Company/CMCO), and its domestic subsidiaries.

In accordance  with the plan  document,  employees who have attained 55 years of
age and ten years of  participation in the Plan have the option to diversify the
investments in their stock  accounts by selling a specified  percentage of their
shares at the current market value and transferring the sale proceeds to another
defined  contribution plan maintained by the Company.  For the years ended March
31, 2007 and 2006, $180,889 and $390,658,  respectively, had been transferred to
the Company's Thrift 401(k) Plan.

A summary of the ESOP's provisions is as follows:

     PARTICIPATION

     Substantially all of the Company's domestic nonunion employees are eligible
     to participate in the ESOP.

     ELIGIBILITY

     Eligible  employees  must have  attained age 21 and  completed  one year of
     service (minimum of 1,000 hours) to be a participant.


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1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (CONTINUED)

     CONTRIBUTIONS

     Each  plan  year  (each  12-month  period  ending  March  31)  the  Company
     contributes to the ESOP for each  participant (a) who is actively  employed
     as an  employee  on  December 31 and who has earned at least 1,000 hours of
     service as an employee in the calendar year ending  December 31, or (b) who
     terminates  employment  on or after  January  1 during  a plan  year  after
     attaining age 55 and completing at least five years of eligibility service.
     Contributions  shall be made in cash or in shares of stock as determined by
     the Company,  and need not be made out of current or  accumulated  earnings
     and profits.

     VESTING

     A   participant's   account   balance   shall   become   fully  vested  and
     nonforfeitable on the date the participant  completes five years of vesting
     service (excluding any service rendered prior to the calendar year in which
     the participant attained age 18), or if sooner, on the date the participant
     attains  normal  retirement  age while in the employ of the  Company or any
     affiliated company.

     DISTRIBUTIONS

     Upon a vested  participant's  termination,  the value of his or her account
     will be  distributed if the value of the account is less than $1,000 or, at
     the participant's option, either immediately or at any valuation date until
     retirement,  as  provided  in the  ESOP.  A  retiree  may  elect  to  defer
     distribution up to 70 1/2 years of age. The account of a participant who is
     not a 5% owner and who has not separated  from service but has attained the
     age of 70 1/2 will commence  distribution  unless the participant elects to
     defer   distribution   until   employment   ceases.   Valuation  dates  for
     distributions are September 30 or March 31.

     During the year ended March 31, 2007,  $1,241,466,  which  includes  54,644
     shares,   was  distributed  to  vested   participants  in  cash  and  stock
     certificates ($1,813,105,  or 90,976 shares,  distributed in the year ended
     March 31,  2006).  This  resulted in the sale of 33 shares held by the ESOP
     back to the  Company  for $782  during the year ended  March 31,  2007 as a
     result of fractional shares (48 shares for $885 in the year ended March 31,
     2006). As of March 31, 2007 and 2006, $796,927 and $748,008,  respectively,
     is  included  in the  ESOP  assets  for  terminated  participants  who have
     requested distributions.


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1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (CONTINUED)

     Forfeiture  of a nonvested  interest  shall occur in the fifth  consecutive
     calendar year following a break in service.  The forfeited accounts will be
     allocated among the accounts of active participants.  At March 31, 2007 and
     2006,  the ESOP  assets  include  $35,513  and  $19,503,  respectively,  of
     undistributed forfeited accounts.

     ALLOCATION TO PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS

     As  of  each  March  31  valuation  date,  each   participant   account  is
     appropriately  adjusted  to  reflect  any  contributions  or  stock  to  be
     allocated  as of such date,  the income of the trust fund during the period
     and the  increase or  decrease  in the fair market  value of the trust fund
     during  the  period.  The  allocation  of  contributions  is  based  on the
     fraction,  the numerator of which is the participant's  annual earnings for
     the preceding  calendar year and the  denominator of which is the aggregate
     annual earnings for such calendar year of all  participants  entitled to an
     allocation.

     DIVIDENDS

     Dividends paid on stock allocated to a participant's  stock account will be
     allocated to the  participant's  nonstock account.  The Company's  benefits
     committee may direct that such dividends  shall be either (a) paid directly
     to the participant, former participant, or beneficiary within 90 days after
     the close of the plan year in which such  dividend was paid, or (b) applied
     as payment on the exempt loans. Dividends paid on unallocated stock held by
     the trustee and acquired  with the proceeds of an exempt loan shall be held
     by the  trustee  until the end of the plan  year in which it was paid,  and
     then,  along with any  interest or  earnings,  be applied as payment on the
     exempt  loans  which  shall  trigger a release of stock  from the  suspense
     account.  No dividends were paid on the Company's  common stock,  including
     shares held by the Plan, during the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The financial statements are presented on the accrual basis of accounting.


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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally  accepted in the United States  requires  management to make estimates
that affect the amounts  reported in the financial  statements and  accompanying
notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

3. PLAN TERMINATION

The Company intends to continue the ESOP indefinitely, but reserves the right to
terminate  the Plan at any time.  If the ESOP is  terminated,  each  participant
shall be fully and nonforfeitably vested in his interest in the ESOP trust fund.

4. INVESTMENTS

At March 31,  2007 and 2006,  the  assets of the ESOP Plan  consist  of  908,429
shares and 972,910 shares, respectively, of CMCO common stock. At March 31, 2007
and 2006,  the fair market value of the ESOP's money market fund was $51,893 and
$53,918, respectively. The ESOP's investment in CMCO common stock is reported at
fair market value as of March 31, 2007 and 2006 based on quoted  market  prices.
The investment in the money market fund is also reported at fair market value as
determined by open trading.

The Plan's  investments  are  exposed to various  risks such as  interest  rate,
market  and  credit  risks.  Due to the  level  of risk  associated  with  these
investment  securities,  it is at least reasonably  possible that changes in the
value of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes
could materially affect participants'  account balances and the amounts reported
in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

5. LOANS PAYABLE AND SHARE RELEASE

On October 13, 1998, the ESOP obtained  $7,682,281 of new debt from the Company.
The loan  balance  was  $4,419,461  and  $5,019,461  at March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively, and is payable in quarterly installments of $150,000 through April
2014, and $69,461 in July 2014,  plus interest at the prime rate (8.25% at March
31, 2007).


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5. LOANS PAYABLE AND SHARE RELEASE (CONTINUED)

In October 1994 and October 1998, the ESOP purchased 609,144 and 479,900 shares,
respectively,  of common stock of the Company with the debt proceeds, which were
recorded  by the  trustee  in the  suspense  account.  Such  stock  ceases to be
collateral and is released from the suspense account as the loans are repaid. In
each year  prior to full  payment  of the  loans,  the number of shares of stock
released will equal the number of shares of stock held as collateral immediately
before the release for such plan year multiplied by the release fraction.

The loan is  collateralized  by an  equivalent  number of shares of common stock
recorded by the trustees in a suspense account.

Maturities  of loans  payable  over the next five  years  ended  March 31 are as
follows:

       2008             $  600,000
       2009                600,000
       2010                600,000
       2011                600,000
       2012                600,000

The  numerator of the release  fraction is the amount of principal  and interest
payments  made toward the loan during the plan year and the  denominator  is the
sum of the numerator plus the principal and interest  payments to be made on the
loan in the future,  using the interest  rate  applicable at the end of the plan
year.  Shares of stock released from the suspense  account for a plan year shall
be held in the trust on an  unallocated  basis until  allocated  by the benefits
committee  as of the  last  day of that  plan  year.  That  allocation  shall be
consistent  with  the  method  for  allocating  contributions  to  participants'
accounts,  which is based on a fraction of each  participant's  annual  earnings
during the preceding  calendar year to the total earnings of those  participants
during such calendar  year.  The  allocation of shares  released  resulting from
dividends  on  participants'  allocated  shares,  however,  was  based  upon the
fraction of each participant's allocated shares to the total number of allocated
shares.

As of March 31, 2007 and 2006, 213,667 shares and 249,821 shares,  respectively,
were held as collateral for the loan;  during the years ended March 31, 2007 and
2006,  36,154  shares and 34,874  shares,  respectively,  were released from the
suspense account and allocated to participant accounts.


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6. TAX STATUS

The Plan has received a determination  letter from the Internal  Revenue Service
dated February 9, 2004,  stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a)
of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986 (the Code) and,  therefore,  the related
trust is exempt from taxation.  Subsequent to this issuance of the determination
by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended. Once qualified,  the Plan
is  required  to  operate  in   conformity   with  the  Code  to  maintain   its
qualification.  The Plan Sponsor has  indicated  that it will take the necessary
steps, if any, to maintain the Plan's qualified status.




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                          Columbus McKinnon Corporation
                          Employee Stock Ownership Plan

                          EIN: 16-0547600 Plan No. 016

          Schedule H, Line 4i--Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

                                 March 31, 2007


 IDENTITY OF ISSUE        DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT       COST     CURRENT VALUE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Columbus McKinnon        Employer Common Stock,
   Corporation*             908,429 shares            $10,256,163    $20,339,724

Bank of America          Columbia Money Market Fund
   Investment Services*     51,893 shares                  51,893         51,893


* Parties-in-interest



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                                   SIGNATURES

     The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, the trustees (or other persons who  administer the employee  benefit plan)
have  duly  caused  this  annual  report  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            COLUMBUS McKINNON CORPORATION
                                            EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
                                            RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1989



Date:  SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
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                                            By: /S/ TIMOTHY R. HARVEY
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Timothy R. Harvey, Trustee



                                                /S/ KAREN L. HOWARD
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Karen L. Howard, Trustee



                                                /S/ RICHARD A. STEINBERG
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Richard A. Steinberg, Trustee