Sun August 24, 2008
RSC Equips New Reach Forklifts With Solid Tires
RSC Equipment Rental, Inc. has adopted solid tires nationwide on all new reach forklifts. Solid rubber tires have a longer usable lifetime than either standard or foam-filled tires, lasting three to four times longer than their counterparts, leading to a decrease in down time, fewer costly replacements and elimination of waste, RSC said....
Fri August 29, 2008
Lift Equipment Welcomed as New Gehl Dealer in Ohio
Gehl Company, a manufacturer of compact equipment for agriculture and construction markets, welcomes Lift Equipment LLC to the Gehl dealer network. Lift Equipment LLC, with locations in Moraine and Cincinnati, Ohio, offers a full Gehl product line including skid loaders, track loaders, all-wheel-steer loaders, excavators, telescopic loaders and telescopic handlers....
Michelle Locke - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sat August 02, 2008
Calif. Judge to Lift Ban on Sports Center Construction
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) A planned sports center at the University of California at Berkeley that ignited a tree-sitting protest moved a step closer to reality when a judge gave campus officials the go-ahead to build....
Maura Bohart - Fri July 25, 2008
Massive Forklift Assists With Housing Project for Fish
Weeks Marine of Cranford, N.J., had a problem. It had a contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit to take some 1,662 retired work cars and “B Division” subway cars and drop them into the ocean, where they would serve as luxury homes for sea grass, blue mussels, sponges, black sea bass and tautog....
Mon June 02, 2008
RSC Equips New JLG Reach Forklifts With Solid Tires
RSC Equipment Rental Inc. has adopted solid tires nationwide on all new reach forklifts. Partnering with suppliers such as JLG Industries on the introduction of solid tires, RSC is demonstrating that positive improvement to business and the environment go hand in hand....
Mon June 02, 2008
Large Work Envelope on JLG Boom Lift Increases Job Site Accessibility
The JLG Model 1350SJP has a platform height of 135 ft. (41 m) and 80 ft. (24 m) of horizontal reach, which allows it to reach up to 50 percent more area than boom lifts with a 125-ft. (38 m) platform height....
Mon June 02, 2008
Bronto Debuts 170-Ft. Aerial on a Road-Legal Chassis
Bronto Skylift’s S-170 XDT truck-mounted aerial device, featuring a horizontal outreach of more than 115 ft. (35 m), is capable of lifting a three-person crew and their equipment up to 1,400 lbs....
Tue May 13, 2008
Hyster’s New Lift Truck Series Ready to Handle Heavy Loads
Designed to fit the most demanding material handling jobs, such as container handling, stevedoring and other heavy lifting work, Hyster Company’s H800HD-H1050HD/S Series lift trucks support load capacities from 80,000 to more than 105,000 lbs....
Thu May 15, 2008
World Market Lifts Volvo’s Sales, Income Levels in First Quarter
The results of recent acquisitions and cost efficiency initiatives were positive in Volvo Construction Equipment’s first financial quarter of 2008, with both sales and income leaping up 38 percent when compared to the same period in 2007....
Mon March 31, 2008
N.J.’s Trico Lift Appoints Three New Vice Presidents
Chris Carmolingo, executive vice president of Trico Lift, a full service aerial lift company, recently announced the following appointments. These positions all report to Carmolingo. Pat Schmetzer of Guilford, Ind., is now the company’s vice president of operations....
