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Vol. 3, Issue 19
2007 Hot Line Crane Guide Released! Over 100 manufacturers are represented in the comprehensive guide that includes machine specs and serial numbers for hundreds of models of cranes. Click here to order your 2007 Crane Guide.
Basement Beginnings to Global Giant
Genie Industries celebrates 40 years in business.
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Genie's first material-handling unit, the Genie Hoist lift platform. |
October 4, 2006 – Much like any other business, Genie Industries, Redmond, Wash., started out with small means and a big idea. For 40 years, the company has drawn from its ingenuity, continuing to be more successful with each new product introduction. As Genie celebrates its 40th anniversary, Lift and Access 360 looks back at the steps Genie has taken to become the global success it is today. Early products and today's favorites
For Bud Bushnell, who started Genie Industries in 1966 out of the basement of his home in Seattle, Wash., his dream was to make material handling simpler with an automated, lightweight portable lift that was capable of raising heavy materials into position. Bushnell invented the Genie Hoist, a lift platform powered by a bottle of carbon dioxide, which became an immediate success in light construction applications. This “bottled magic” was reminiscent of the popular television show, “I Dream of Jeannie,” which inspired the Genie name...Read Full Story
Wilkerson Moves into New Position at Terex, New AWP
President Appointed
October 4, 2006 – Terex Aerial Work Platform President Bob Wilkerson has moved into a new role at Terex Corp., Westport, Conn., and the company has named Tim Ford as the new president to lead the Genie brand. Ford will be based in Connecticut and will report directly to the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Ronald M. DeFeo...Read Full Story
MCG Reaches Higher Highs in Unveiling Revolutionary
Crane Technology
Grove's GTK 1100 has a lift height of more than 450 feet. |
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October 4, 2006 – A “new paradigm in lifting” may well be Manitowoc Crane Group's moniker for the new GTK 1100, a Grove model that factors the best qualities of today's major crane types into a completely new concept in crane engineering. The result is a niche product designed for high lifts in tight spaces. The yet-to-be-classified unit was unveiled in mid-September at the company's factory in Wilhelmshaven, Germany...Read Full Story
JLG Introduces Heavy Duty Electric Aerial Lift
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The JLG 1230ES electric aerial lift was designed to meet market demands. |
October 4, 2006 – JLG Industries, McConnellsburg, Pa., has released preliminary specs for its new 12-foot heavy duty electric aerial lift, the 1230ES. Although not a scissor lift but rather a mast-type elevation system, Mark Mohn, JLG product champion, said the 1230ES is designated as part of the ES electric scissor lift series because it shares many of the same operational concepts as JLG electric scissor lifts, including the controls and electrical system. “It's at the short-end of that family,” he said.
According to Mohn, JLG's customers were asking for a short, heavy duty machine that would hold up in construction applications. “UpRight owned this market with the TM12 mast lift,” he said. “The market was looking for something like this from JLG.”...Read Full Story
Bronto Skylift Unveils the World's Tallest Aerial Lift
Bronto's new F-101 HLA truck-mounted aerial features a 325-foot platform height.
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October 4, 2006 – Bronto Skylift, Tampere, Finland, introduced the 325-foot-tall Model F-101 HLA truck-mounted aerial, the world's tallest aerial lift. Although the first unit is being produced for firefighting purposes, an industrial version for the alternative energy, utility, and construction industries will be launched in spring 2007.
The Model S 101 HLA, the industrial version, will also offer 325 feet of platform height, more than 108 feet of maximum outreach, and a working reach below ground level of 36 feet. The maximum platform capacity will be 970 pounds.
Depending on the chassis selected, the Model S 101 HLA will have a transport height of 12 feet, transport length of 54 feet, and a transport width of 8 feet...Read Full Story
CIT Releases 2007 Construction Industry Forecast
October 4, 2006 – CIT Construction, a member of the CIT Group, has published its 31st annual CIT Construction Industry Forecast. The Construction Industry Forecast surveys contractors and distributors in the construction industry to project the strength of the upcoming year compared to the previous year. Over 1,200 contractors and distributors were contacted to be a part of the survey, and a majority of those surveyed expect 2007 to be better than or equal to 2006...Read Full Story
Simple Fit and Finish
Feature-packed boom lift follows Haulotte's straightforward
design philosophy
Part Two
By Guy Ramsey
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Haulotte HA80JRT Rough-Terrain Boom Lift |
October 4, 2006 – As a leading producer of aerial work platforms, it is almost a necessity to produce equipment to compete in every viable marketplace. So, the Haulotte Group, L'Horme, France, created the HA80JRT boom lift, a machine that will compete with other 80 foot rough terrain boom lifts in an already highly competitive sector. As one of the fastest growing and most popular pieces of equipment in the boom lift market, the Haulotte Group had their work cut out for them, but they met the challenge. The HA80JRT was introduced to the global market in 2005 and landed in the United States in early 2006. The company's simple design and construction philosophy has allowed it to develop a product that has much in common with other Haulotte boom lifts, and more can be read about this in Part One.
I also looked at some of the basics, including controls and basic machine dimensions. As I said previously, the HA80JRT is very similar to other Haulotte boom lifts, and this continues to be evident through the rest of the machine...Read Full Story
Urban Legends in the Lift Industry
The Myth of the "Six Foot Rule"
By Les Knoll
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Les Knoll is a project manager for Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., Chicago Ill. He has experience in accident investigation and reconstruction, failure analysis, product liability studies, product design and testing, structural analysis and litigation support. His work includes experience with aerial work platforms, mining equipment, and maintenance equipment. In previous positions, he served as a product engineer for Snorkel Economy and Economy Engineering where his responsibilities included the structural, mechanical and electrical testing of elevating platforms. He has also worked for Bucyrus-Erie Company, a manufacturer of construction and mining machinery. Contact Les at lrknoll@rimkus.com.
October 4, 2006 – Everyone knows about urban myths, those stories of unnatural creatures, incredible cures, conspiracy theories and easy ways to get rich. These are the folk tales that range from Microsoft cash giveaways to chain letters, cures for warts, and the recent ‘news' that Mars will be closer to the Earth this year than at any other time within the next 25,000 years. A number of TV producers have made quite a killing bringing these yarns to the airwaves and this list is heralded by the infamous, Ripley's ‘Believe it or Not'...Read Full Story
Is Cal/OSHA Qualified to Classify Cranes?
By Lucy A. Perry
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October 4, 2006 – They say new trends are born on the West Coast while the rest of the country rides the wave. But the battle brewing on self-erecting cranes in California may drag crane owners into a storm of unnecessary certification, legal issues, and business hardship.
The issue at hand is that California 's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has reclassified self-erecting cranes as tower cranes, citing concerns that self-erecting cranes can be moved too easily and could be operated by inexperienced personnel. As a result, operators must be certified under General Industry Safety Orders ss5006.1...Read Full Story
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