Tue August 15, 2023
Awareness, Planning Are Easy Ways to Save Your Crane, Crew
Two very different situations in Texas this year ended in fires that, while they didn't cause injury or death, did stop work and caused alarm in the local community. Crane end users, and the crew that works in and around the machines, must take the possibility of a rig fire seriously and have a prevention plan in place....
Mon August 07, 2023
CraneWorks Named Tadano America Distributor
Tadano America has added CraneWorks as an authorized distributor of Tadano all terrain, rough terrain and telescopic boom crawler cranes in the state of Alabama. Based in Birmingham, CraneWorks offers cranes ranging from 2 to 500-ton capacity for sale and rental, as well as rigging, machinery moving, specialty hauling and equipment storage services....
Tue August 01, 2023
MSG Krandienst's New Grove GMK6400-1 Aces its First Job
A Grove GMK6400-1 is the latest fleet addition for crane rental company MSG Krandienst. It went to its first job — recovering a derailed train car — the day after arriving at its new home. Yannick Kempf is the MSG Krandienst operator on the new crane, and he was full of praise for it:"The controls are so intuitive on the GMK6400-1 that I was immediately able to operate it....
Mon July 31, 2023
Link-Belt Cranes Announces Promotion, New Hires
Link-Belt Cranes announced the promotion of Casey Smith and the hiring of Will Hatton and Thomas Taylor. Casey SmithCasey Smith has been promoted to supervisor, marketing information at Link-Belt Cranes, effective April 1, 2023....
Mon July 31, 2023
Atlantic & Southern Equipment Acquires Assets of Pinnacle Cranes
Atlantic & Southern Equipment, an eight location Link-Belt Crane, Magni Telehandler, Manitex Crane and AGCO dealer serving Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, the Florida Panhandle and North Carolina, has entered into an agreement to acquire the operating assets of Pinnacle Cranes....
Thu July 27, 2023
Sims Crane & Equipment Co. Purchases First Tadano GT-800XL-2 in United States
Sims Crane & Equipment Co. has been serving the heavy equipment needs of contractors for more than six decades with crane leasing and sales across Florida. Sims has a large fleet of Tadano all-terrain cranes, and it is now the first company to own the new GT-800XL-2 truck crane (5-section 154.3 ft....
Wed July 26, 2023
ALL Family Unveils New Potain IGO T 99 Self-Erecting Towers at UW Residence Hall Construction
A new kind of tower crane is making its debut for the ALL Family of Companies. The construction site is an unassuming student housing complex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The new tower, the Potain IGO T 99 tower crane, isn't about height (the greatest hook height among the two T 99s on campus will be just 119 ft.), but it is about reach and transportability....
Wed July 19, 2023
Potain Cranes Chosen for Major New High-Speed Rail Link in UK
The largest infrastructure project in Europe has called on Potain cranes to deliver essential lifting support to build the longest railway bridge in the UK. The cranes are all being supplied by UK construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine, which is one of three infrastructure companies in the Align joint-venture building 13.4 mi....
Mon July 10, 2023
Terex Selects Sound Heavy Machinery to Represent Its Rough Terrain Crane Product Lines
Sound Heavy Machinery (SHM) has been named the official Terex rough terrain crane dealer for North and South Carolina. The Wilmington, N.C.-based dealer will represent Terex in selling, marketing, servicing and parts for the current four-model product line and legacy equipment....
Wed July 05, 2023
NCCCO Foundation Announces Board Appointments, Officers for 2023
The NCCCO Foundation announced the appointment of seven members to its board of directors, effective July 1. Garry Higdem, Mario Sinacola & Sons, Frisco, Texas; Kerry Hulse, retired vice president of operations, Deep South Crane & Rigging, Houston, Texas; Tim Watters, president, Hoffman Equipment, Piscataway, N.J.; Chris Ryan, retired vice president of equipment, Boh Bros....