- Fri January 04, 2013
Dawes Earns SC&RA’s 2012 Crane Operator Safety Award
Five crane operators from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wis., a member of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Inc. Family of Companies, were honored by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association with SC&RA’s 2012 Crane Operator Safety Award for their outstanding safety records of 10,000 consecutive man-hours without a single recordable injury or illness....
- Wed December 19, 2012
Woods CRW, Classen Crane Reach for the Sky Together
Classen Crane Service has a very long and strong relationship with Woods CRW and Chris Palmer, president. Classen’s purchased its very first crane from Palmer in 1993, and every crane since. The newest — a Link-Belt HTC86100 100-ton (90.7 t) telescopic boom truck crane — is the fifteenth crane that Classen’s has purchased from Woods CRW....
- Wed November 28, 2012
Pinnacle Cranes Hosts Appreciation Event for Blythe Construction Co.
On Nov. 20 Pinnacle Cranes, a division of Carolina Tractor, held a customer appreciation lunch for the entire crew working on Blythe Construction Company’s I-485 Charlotte, N.C., outer loop extension....
Liebherr - Tue November 20, 2012
LTR 1060 Combines Advantages of Both Telescopic, Crawler Cranes
With its 131 ft. (40 m) telescopic boom, Liebherr's LTR 1060 70-ton (63.5 t) crane goes beyond the telescopic crawler cranes currently available in this size class both with regard to load capacity as well as its boom length....
Foley Inc. - Wed October 10, 2012
Foley Inc. Becomes Authorized Kobelco Cranes Distributor
Jeff Merle, vice president of machinery sales, announced that Foley Inc. has become the authorized distributor of Kobelco Cranes in New Jersey, including the surrounding Philadelphia and New York City metro areas....
- Mon October 08, 2012
CUES Plans NCCCO Crane Training Classes in N.H.
CUES Inc. (Consolidated Utility Equipment Service) has scheduled crane training classes at its Amherst, N.H., location. The courses, which run from Oct. 15 to 19, are being led by Associated Training Services (ATS)....
- Mon October 08, 2012
Link-Belt Holds CraneFest 2012 at Its HQ in Lexington, Ky.
Link-Belt Cranes held CraneFest 2012 at its company headquarters in Lexington, Ky., during the week of Sept. 23. Nearly 1,000 crane dealers, rental houses and end users from the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Panama, South Africa, Trinidad and the United Kingdom attended the event in groups of 200 to 250 for a series of two- day sessions that ran throughout the week....
- Fri October 05, 2012
Calif. Crane Operator Unearths 10-in. Prehistoric Woolly Mammoth Tooth
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A woolly mammoth tooth with its enamel still intact has been discovered during the excavation for a new transit center in downtown San Francisco. A crane operator came across the 10-in.-long brown, black and beige tooth on Sept....
- Mon September 17, 2012
Sterett Equipment Named Terex Crane Distributor
Sterett Equipment is an authorized Terex crane distributor for the states of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. Sterett Equipment now provides local equipment sales, service and parts support for a wide range of Terex crane models, delivering lift capabilities ranging from 10 to 3,520 tons (9 to 3,200 t) ....
- Wed September 12, 2012
Single Terex AC 500-2 Crane Does Job of Two 250-Ton Cranes
For Decatur, Ala.’s Solley Crane Service, hoisting a 140-ton (127 t) object previously meant mobilizing multiple cranes. “For a job that size, we would use two of our 250-ton cranes and do a tandem lift,” explained Ray Solley, president of Solley Crane Service....
