Sat December 16, 2000
Williams Construction Lifts Railroad Car Replacement to New Heights in Oologah
The Tulsa division of Williams Construction Co. was the prime contractor for the replacement of the rotary railroad car dumper for the Northeast Station in Oologah, OK. Construction on the railroad project began in early August and was completed in November of 2000.
The rotary railroad car dumper is a machine that inverts a coal car weighing 240,000 lbs....
Sat January 22, 2000
Kozeny-Wagner Lifts High With Machinery Inc. Boom
Kozeny-Wagner Inc., a St. Louis, MO-based general contractor, recently did a high job on a communications tower in St. Charles County, MO. The problem was how to get up to 38 meters (125 ft.) to install a platform and related equipment on the tower....
Wed November 22, 2000
Study to Decide Fate of Route 63, Facelift Sought
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYDOT) has announced it has retained an engineering firm to provide a Planning Study to examine the Route 63 Corridor in Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming counties....
Mon December 04, 2000
Company’s Largest Liftcrane Featured in Article on Heavy Machinery Manufacturers
The Manitowoc Company Inc. was recently featured in a Forbes magazine article on the manufacturers of "some of America’s most impressive heavy machinery." In a six-page article entitled "Big Metal" in the November 27, 2000 issue of Forbes, one of the company’s Model 21000 liftcranes, sold to All Erection & Crane Rental Corp., was pictured lifting a 300,000 lb....
Wed November 22, 2000
Mayville Comes Full Circle With 43E Boom Lift
An articulating boom lift with features including a working outreach of 30 ft. 3 in., (9.2 m) a spacious 32- by 58-in. (81.2 by 147.3 cm) platform, and a width of less than 5 ft. (1.5 m) for easy movement in tight places is now available from Mayville Engineering Company and its dealers throughout North America....
Wed November 22, 2000
Mayville Puts New Spin on Lifts With Rotating Boom
The first of three boom lifts from Mayville Engineering Company — a vertical mast unit with a 34-ft. (10.3 m) working height, 10-ft. 6-in. (3.2 m) outreach, and 39-in. (.9 m) width for easy movement in tight spaces — is now entering rental fleets and is available for purchase at MEC dealer locations throughout the United States and Canada....
Wed November 22, 2000
Aerial Platforms Offer Job Site Versatility, Says JLG
The old way of working at elevated heights too often requires scaffolding or staging. Putting up staging means coordinating crane operators, a crane crew, riggers, welders, and other support staff. It’s also material intensive....
Wed November 22, 2000
Mayville Ventures Out, Adds Boom Lifts to Aerial Work Platform Line
Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) has announced an expansion of its line of aerial work platforms with the addition of three boom lift models for construction, maintenance and other overhead projects....
Wed November 22, 2000
Grove Manlift Raises the Stakes With A60J Articulating Boom
Grove Manlift’s articulated 60-ft. (18.3 m) class boom, the A60J, offers many customer requested features, along with the Rapid Rise main boom.
The Rapid Rise main boom design, a new feature, allows the platform to be lowered to the ground with the riser fully elevated and from the ground to its full height of 60 ft....
Wed November 22, 2000
Mayville Reaches New Heights With 3768ES Scissor Lift
A new scissor lift from Mayville Engineering Company takes up to three workers, their tools and materials to work heights as great as 43 ft. (13 m) with improved features for productivity, convenience, safety and operator comfort....
