FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549	OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . .0.5 Filed By Romeo and Dye's Section 16 Filer www.section16.net

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HOWARD, KAREN L.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COLUMBUS McKINNON CORPORATION CMCO (NASDAQ)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)     Director                                       10% Owner X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below) VICE PRESIDENT - CONTROLLER
(Last)      (First)     (Middle) 140 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PARKWAY	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year MARCH 4, 2003
(Street) AMHERST, NY 14228-1197		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person     Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)     (State)     (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
COMMON STOCK	03/04/03		P		2,500	A	$1.89	12,265	D
COMMON STOCK								8,500(1)	D
COMMON STOCK								1,031(2)	D
COMMON STOCK								1,451.8567(3)	D
COMMON STOCK								1,296,720.1433(4)	I

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FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/ Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS (RIGHT TO BUY)

50,000(5)

D

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS (RIGHT TO BUY)

22,345(6)

D

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS (RIGHT TO BUY)

13,655(6)

D

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS (RIGHT TO BUY)

40,500(7)

D

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS (RIGHT TO BUY)

4,500(7)

D

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Represents shares of restricted stock issued to reporting person under the Columbus McKinnon Corporation ("CM") Restricted Stock Plan dated as of 10/27/95 subject to forfeiture; shares become fully vested and non-forfeitable if reporting person remains an employee of issuer through 8/16/03.
(2) Represents restricted stock issued to the reporting person under the CM Restricted Stock Plan dated as of 10/27/95 subject to forfeiture; shares become fully vested and non-forfeitable if reporting person remains an employee of issuer through 6/10/04.
(3) Reports shares allocated to account of reporting person under the CM Employee Stock Ownership Plan, as amended (the "ESOP"),
(4) Represents shares held by the ESOP for which reporting person serves as one of four trustees and DISCLAIMS benefi cial ownership.
(5) All exercisable, subject to IRS limitations.
(6) Exercisable 25% per year beginning 4/1/00 for next four years subject to IRS limitations.
(7) Exercisable 25% per year beginning 8/20/02 for next four years subject to IRS limitations.

By: /s/ KAREN L. HOWARD
              
**Signature of Reporting Person MARCH 5, 2003
Date

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