Mon June 03, 2013
MCM, CIC Regional Crane Rodeo Scheduled for June
On June 27, Cranes 101 and Wood’s CRW Corp. will kick off the MCM & CIC Crane Operator Rodeo regional qualifying events in North Oxford, Mass. The organizations have planned a variety of activities, special guests and vendors during the event while crane operators from the area compete for the top score during the skills competition....
Wed May 15, 2013
Alex Lyon & Son Holds Crane Reduction Auction in Fort Worth
Alex Lyon & Son held a sale May 7 in Ft. Worth, Texas. The auction featured late model cranes, boom trucks, aerial lifts, forklifts, late model Cat construction equipment, late model truck tractors and vacuum transport trailers....
Thu May 09, 2013
Giuffre Cranes Take to Track at Indianapolis 500
This Memorial Day weekend, as more than 400,000 spectators and millions of viewers hear those famous words “gentleman start your engines,” alongside the brickyard at the Indianapolis 500 racetrack will be the familiar Giuffre Brothers Cranes’ colors, as the “official recovery vehicle” prepares to make the afternoon go smoothly and safely for America’s elite race car drivers....
Tue May 07, 2013
Diversified Products Debuts Next Generation Fall Arrest Service Crane Basket
Diversified Products’s next generation of fall arrest service crane basket is designed for accessing high-reach maintenance areas, especially on large equipment. The new yoke-style baskets quickly attach to service cranes, providing personnel with a convenient, safe alternative to renting aerial lifts, using ladders or climbing on equipment....
Wed May 01, 2013
OSHA Issues Final Rule to Protect Workers Using Cranes, Derricks
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a final rule that applies the requirements of the August 2010 cranes and derricks in construction standard to demolition work and underground construction on April 23....
Mon April 15, 2013
Barnhart Agrees to Purchase Steel City Crane
Barnhart and Steel City Crane of Birmingham, Ala., have reached a definitive agreement under which Barnhart will purchase the assets of Steel City. For more than 50 years, Steel City Crane has offered operated crane service to industrial clients in the southeastern United States with offices in Alabama and Mississippi....
Mon April 15, 2013
Terex AC 500-2 Takes Center Stage at Deep South Crane Rentals Open House
More than 200 people recently attended an open house event organized by Pensacola-Fla.-based Deep South Crane Rentals Inc. (DSC) to mark the arrival of the company’s new 600 ton (544 t) Terex AC 500-2 all terrain crane....
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....