- Thu April 04, 2013
World Premiere: SENNEBOGEN Presents New 673 R-HD Telescopic Crawler Crane
For more than 20 years, SENNEBOGEN telescopic cranes have embodied the optimum combination of flexibility, cost-effectiveness and quality. The new SENNEBOGEN 673 R-HD rounds out the broad product spectrum as the first telescopic crawler crane of the new E-series....
- Wed April 03, 2013
Pinnacle Cranes Holds Cookout for Crowder Construction in Charlotte
Pinnacle Cranes, a division of Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company, Charlotte, N.C., recently held a cookout at Crowder Construction Company’s offices on Brookshire Blvd. in Charlotte. The Pinnacle team cooked a lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs and sausages for all of the Crowder employees....
- Fri March 22, 2013
Empire Crane’s Zerrillo Sells Loaded Manitex 40124SHL
Empire Crane New England Sales Representative Chester Zerrillo sold a Manitex 40124SHL, 40 ton (36 t) boom truck to Rusty Williams of Rig-All Inc., Frankfort, N.Y. The 425 hp (317 kW) Peterbilt 367 chassis has aluminum Alcoa rims, air tanks and rails....
- Wed March 20, 2013
SANY SCC8300 Crawler Crane Earns Operation Certification
The SANY SCC8300 crawler crane has been certified for operation by the New York City Department of Buildings, a requirement for the crane to operate on any job site in the nation’s largest city. “This achievement opens the New York City market to the SANY SCC8300,” said Kyle Nape, senior vice president of the lifting group at SANY America....
- Mon March 18, 2013
OSHA Schedules Meetings to Discuss Crane Operator Certification Requirements
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled two informal stakeholder meetings to solicit comments on the crane operator certification requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard....
- Mon March 11, 2013
ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Buys 66 Link-Belts
ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has added a total of 66 new Link-Belt cranes to its national fleet. The package deal includes 14 truck cranes, 32 rough terrain cranes and 20 crawler cranes. Of the package and, in particular, the size of the deal, Michael Liptak, president of the ALL Family of Companies, said, “It’s a huge deal, but a regular part of our annual fleet expansion....
- Wed February 27, 2013
ALL Crane Erectors Attend Boom Assembly, Disassembly Training
Fifteen qualified erectors from the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies attended a factory training class focusing on boom assembly and disassembly for Manitowoc crawler crane models 14000 and 16000, which are 220 and 440 ton (199 and 399 t) capacities, respectively....
Cindy Riley - Mon February 18, 2013
Pinnacle Cranes Expands in North Carolina
Recognizing the importance of branching out to meet its clients needs, North Carolina’s Pinnacle Cranes has opened a new service facility in Raleigh. The expansion was made official the first of January 2013....
- Tue January 29, 2013
NYC Officials Still Searching for Cause of Crane Collapse
NEW YORK (AP) Work remained suspended Jan. 10 at the site of New York City’s latest crane collapse as engineers try to determine what caused the equipment to fall. The Department of Buildings said investigators were still at the construction site in the borough of Queens a day after the collapse injured seven construction workers....
- Fri January 18, 2013
Helicopter Collides Into Crane in London
LONDON (AP) — A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday, sending black plumes of smoke into the air as it smashed to the ground. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed and 13 others injured, officials said....
