Our Story

Heavy Work,
Done Right.

Oak & Iron is a heavy industrial services company based in Columbia City, Indiana, serving manufacturers, industrial facilities, general contractors, and the businesses that keep heavy industry running nationwide.

We provide crane & rigging, hydraulic skidding, specialized transportation, and machinery moving — from a single machine set to a full plant relocation. When a job calls for precision and a crew that shows up prepared, that's the work we're built for.

Our leadership brings deep, hands-on field experience across rigging, machinery moving, and heavy haul. We don't subcontract the hard part — we do it ourselves, and we protect our reputation on every job.

Heavy industrial field work
What We Stand On

Our Values

Safety
Every job starts with a plan and ends with everyone going home. Documented lift plans, daily safety practice, no shortcuts.
Precision
An engineering-first approach to every move and lift. Nothing on our jobs is left to guesswork.
Reliability
We mobilize on time and execute on schedule. Your uptime and your timeline matter to us.
Straight Talk
Fixed-price clarity, honest scope, and follow-through. Nothing we say we can't back up in the field.
The Team

Leadership & Partners

Brice Lantz
Brice Lantz
Founder & Principal

Brice is founder and principal of Oak & Iron. He brings eight years of direct experience across high-voltage transmission contracting, industrial machinery moving, and crane and rigging — advancing through estimator, project manager, director of sales, and vice president of operations roles within a regional contracting business.

Jacob Bartlett
Jacob Bartlett
Principal & Founder

Jacob is a principal and founder of Oak & Iron and has carried his General Contractor's license since 2004. With over a decade of leadership experience, he has created and implemented successful business strategies, turned around businesses, led cross-functional teams, developed new products and concepts, and cultivated lasting business relationships.

Jason Stone
Jason Stone
Chief Financial Officer

Jason is the CFO of Oak & Iron, leveraging 20 years of investment banking, corporate consulting, and entrepreneurship experience across a wide array of industries. Alongside Oak & Iron and his consulting duties, Jason is an adjunct professor at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, teaching finance, private equity and venture capital, and alternative investments.

Nick Pranger
Nick Pranger
Project Development

Nick has developed an organized approach to managing projects from development to completion. He works directly with project owners to sharpen the vision for a project, research feasibility, coordinate site selection, establish project scope, and oversee construction.

Home Base

Oak & Iron Headquarters

Columbia City, Indiana

  • Centrally located in northeast Indiana
  • Equipment yard & staging facility
  • National project coverage
  • Mobilization coast to coast
  • 24/7 emergency response

Work with a crew that does this every day.

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