Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Wegener Wolfgang
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/16/2006		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP [CMCO]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
140 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PARKWAY		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Vice President
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

AMHERST, NY 14228-1197		 6. 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Options (Right to Buy) 06/01/2002 05/31/2008 Common Stock 1,000 (1) $ 29 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (Right to Buy) 04/01/2003 03/31/2009 Common Stock 18,000 (1) $ 20.6 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Options (Right to Buy) 08/20/2005 08/19/2011 Common Stock 15,000 (1) $ 10 D  
Incentive Stock Options (Right to Buy) 05/17/2005 05/16/2014 Common Stock 15,000 (2) $ 5.46 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Wegener Wolfgang
140 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PARKWAY
AMHERST, NY 14228-1197		       Vice President  

Signatures

Wolfgang Wegener 10/18/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) All exercisable, subject to IRS limitations.
(2) Originally a 20,000 share stock option. Reporting person exercised 3,615 options on March 22, 2006, 1,200 options on March 23, 2006 and 185 options on March 24, 2006. Of the remaining 15,000 options, 5,000 options are fully exercisable, 5,000 become exercisable on May 17, 2007 and 5,000 become exercisable on May 17, 2008.

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