Tue September 25, 2018
Floating Crane Stars in Seattle's $350M Coleman Dock Project
The largest floating crane in western North America is now on site in Seattle, ready for its role in the rebuild of the Colman Dock facility, Washington State Ferries' largest ferry terminal. The Pacific Lifter is an American Hoist and Derrick 509 revolver....
Tue September 25, 2018
Man Jailed for Selling Cranes, Loaders He Didn't Own
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) A Texas man has been sentenced by a federal judge in New Hampshire to nearly six years in federal prison for attempting to sell cranes and other construction equipment that he did not own....
Tue September 18, 2018
W.O. Grubb Crane Rental Takes Delivery of Demag AC 500-8 All Terrain Crane
W.O. Grubb Crane Rental recently took delivery of a Demag AC 500-8 all terrain crane. The eight-axle, 600 ton (500 t) lift capacity crane features the maximum system length of 478.3 ft. (145.8 m) and the Demag IC-1 Plus control system designed to provide the crane's maximum allowable lifting capacity, based on the slewing angle, for every crane configuration....
Mon September 17, 2018
Link-Belt Announces All New Full Power 100RT
Link-Belt is bringing a new 100RT rough terrain crane to the market with the longest full-power boom available. "There's not a full power boom out there that carries this capacity chart at radius," said Brian Smoot, product manager telescopic rough terrain cranes....
Thu September 13, 2018
Maintainer Introduces H10030 Service Crane
Maintainer Corporation of Iowa Inc. has added a new 30 ft. (9 m) hydraulic crane to its line of work truck cranes. The new H10030 telescopic crane has a maximum lift capacity of 10,000 lbs. (4,536 kg)....
Wed September 12, 2018
HUB Foundation Breaks Into Boston's Slurry Wall Market With Key Equipment
HUB Foundation Company used a BAUER MC 96 duty-cycle crane with a BC 35 trench cutter and a BAUER MAT DE 500-20 slurry handling system to put in the foundations for a residential tower at Bullfinch Crossing in Boston....
Tue September 11, 2018
Man Arrested After Climbing, Rappelling Down Crane
A man climbed a crane on an Anaheim, Calif. construction site the night of Sept. 9, and then rappelled down before police took him into custody. Twenty-five-year-old Edgar Vega, who was wearing only a shirt and underwear, was spotted around 11:30 p.m....
Wed September 05, 2018
Demag CC 6800-1 Lattice Boom Crawler Crane Erects Steel Structure
Crane service provider Sarilar faced two main challenges when erecting a new building at the premises of the Adana Sugözü coal-fired power plant on behalf of Termokimik: On one hand, the steel structures that needed to be lifted had a length of more than 164 ft....
Thu August 30, 2018
Arrendo Boosts Inventory With Order for Demag All Terrain Cranes
Mexico owned and operated Arrendo recently placed an order for four new Demag all terrain cranes to keep up with the needs of its growing customer base. Included in the order is the newly introduced Demag AC 300-6 all terrain crane, two Demag AC 100-4L cranes, and one Demag AC 500-8 all terrain crane....
Thu August 30, 2018
Empire Crane Delivers 2018 Demag AC 130-5
Empire Crane Company's Mike Andrews has delivered a new 2018 Demag AC 130-5 to Bob Hegarty's North Jersey Crane Services LLC in Landing, N.J. Hegarty's chose the Demag AC130-5 because the capacity and reach will allow it to expand its operating capacities, while updating its fleet....