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Vol. 3, Issue 18
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Military Machines
How designing construction equipment for the armed forces
benefits consumers
Four Terex Demag MAC 50's are being tested by the Marines. |
September 20, 2006 - Aiding the men and women who serve our country are the military machines. Tanks and planes jump to mind first, but there are also other pieces of equipment used in reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. Telehandlers, forklifts, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and cranes are placed around the world, supporting our men and women in uniform...Read Full Story
Elliott Equipment Launches E-Line Truck-Mounted Aerial Lift Series
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The E120 features a hyaulically powered four-section boom. |
September 20, 2006 - Working extensively with aerial lift end-users on its development, Elliott Equipment Co., Omaha, Neb., has introduced the brand new E-Line truck-mounted aerial lift product line. The first unit in the series is the 120-foot E120, which features a hydraulically powered four-section boom with an hydraulically self-leveling and rotating platform.
Not your typical boom truck or truck-mounted aerial lift, the E120 features an 600-pound capacity, 48"x84" platform and a 1,500-pound capacity material-handling jib. Ideal end-users include electrical contractors, utilities, sign companies, and commercial painting contractors...Read Full Story
IPAF Offers New Telehandler Training
The TPI program will be available in North America next year.
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September 20, 2006 - A new training program for telehandler operators with integrated platforms has been launched in Europe by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), the parent organization of North America's Aerial Work Platform Training, Inc. (AWPT).
The training program, titled Telehandler Platform Integrated, or TPI, joins other training programs offered by IPAF and AWPT that focus on the safe use of aerial work platforms. The TPI program is slated to be introduced in North America next year.
"The TPI course is aimed at training experienced and certified telehandler operators who may need to operate access platform attachments from within the basket rather than from the cab of the telehandler," said Peter Grant of Merlo, UK...Read Full Story
ACME Lift Company Announces Major Staff Additions
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Steve Seiders is one of the new regional managers at ACME Lift Company. |
September 20, 2006 - Rapid growth and an aggressive expansion plan have prompted the creation of several new key support positions at ACME Lift Company, Phoenix, Ariz. Woody Weld, president of ACME Lift shared with Lift and Access that he has added three regional manager positions to better support ACME's enlarging re-rental business and planned expansion efforts.
ACME's first regional manager Jeff Heep, who previously helped launch JLG's inaugural ServicePlus operation in Houston, Texas, will be joined by three new faces. Heep will continue to cover the Southwest and Gulf Coast out of Houston, Texas. Newly hired Bret Haertl will cover the Western United States out of Phoenix, Ariz. Dave Borders, formerly of US Markets, is now in place to handle the Upper Midwest out of the Chicago, Ill., area. Most notable is the addition of Steve Seiders, who previously worked for Terex Crane...Read Full Story
Simple Fit and Finish
Feature-packed boom lift follows Haulotte's straightforward
design philosophy
Part One
By Guy Ramsey
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Haulotte HA80JRT Rough-Terrain Boom Lift |
September 20, 2006 - When you are the world's third largest producer of aerial work platforms, you need to have a product to compete in each popular market segment. One of the most popular - and for many years, fastest growing - segment has been the 80-foot platform height rough-terrain boom lift. This applies to both the conventional/straight and articulating configurations. To compete in this market segment, The Haulotte Group, L'Horme, France, introduced the HA80JRT boom lift to the global market in 2005 and started importing machines into North America in early 2006. Haulotte's HA80JRT boom lift has what I call a hybrid boom design – part conventional, part articulating. The upper section is a long, single telescoping boom that is about 50 feet long when it is extended. The lower section is a dual parallelogram riser that elevates the upper boom...Read Full Story
Locking Down a Highly Visible Jobsite
More than $1 million in vandalized equipment calls for a
security reminder.
Rick Raef |
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Rick Raef is a heavy construction safety consultant for Willis Group Holdings, San Francisco, a global insurance broker. Raef has been with Willis since 1996, during which time he developed a crisis management program called "Character-Based Crisis Management: A Contractor's Survival Guide." He is currently the editor of WCSN-The Willis Construction Safety Network, an electronic safety bulletin distributed to contractors in the United States and Australia. You can contact Rick Raef at raef_ri@willis.com.
September 20, 2006 - Editor's Note: Rick's column this month is in response to a recent act of vandalism in Independence, Mo. According to various news sources, vandals caused more than an estimated $1 million in damage to equipment at the Bass Pro Shops construction site. A trailer was overturned, and earth-moving equipment was wrecked or smashed at the 127-acre work site. The vandals apparently tried to drive some of the equipment off a dam at the east end of the site. About a dozen pieces of equipment were damaged and two pieces were completely destroyed. The equipment included scissor lifts, telehandlers, cranes, and excavators, as well as other pieces of machinery...Read Full Story
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