EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  following  Registration
Statements:

(1)  Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-3212)  pertaining to the Columbus
     McKinnon  Corporation  1995  Incentive  Stock  Option  Plan,  the  Columbus
     McKinnon Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, the Columbus McKinnon
     Corporation  Restricted  Stock Plan and the Columbus  McKinnon  Corporation
     Employee  Stock  Ownership  Plan  Restatement  Effective  April 1,  1989 of
     Columbus McKinnon Corporation,

(2)  Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-81719)  pertaining to the Options
     assumed by Columbus McKinnon  Corporation  originally  granted under the GL
     International,  Inc.  1997  Stock  Option  Plan  and the  Larco  Industrial
     Services Ltd. 1997 Stock Option Plan,

of our reports dated June 1, 2006,  with respect to the  consolidated  financial
statements  and schedule of Columbus  McKinnon  Corporation,  Columbus  McKinnon
Corporation  management's  assessment of the  effectiveness  of internal control
over  financial  reporting,  and the  effectiveness  of  internal  control  over
financial  reporting of Columbus  McKinnon  Corporation,  included in the Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 2006.

                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

June 7, 2006
Buffalo, New York




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