Contractor Buys 32,000-pound Zoom Boom Telehandler

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Vol. 4, Issue 11

Maximum Capacity Media LLC: publisher of Lift and Access, Crane Hot Line and Lift and Access 360, announces the first annual SAF-T Conference! The one-day Safe Access, Fall Protection & Training Conference is scheduled on July 20, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, Calif...Read More Here

CareLift Delivers Second 32,000-Pound Zoom Boom Telehandler

The second ZB32032 shown in Mowat Construction Co.'s red and white paint scheme.

May 23, 2007 - First introduced at ConExpo 2005, the 32,000-pound Zoom Boom ZB32032 is the highest capacity telehandler built in North America . The first unit was sold to the Naval Special Warfare Group Two in mid-2006 , where it is now being used to handle a variety of watercraft in Norfolk, Va. Last week, CareLift Equipment Ltd., Breslau, Ontario, reported it has delivered its second ZB32032 to heavy/highway contractor Mowat Construction Co., Woodenville, Wash., which purchased the machine through local Zoom Boom telehandler dealer Star Rentals...Read Full Story

Career in Cranes Gives Etchart Foundation to Lead MCG

Imperial Crane Makes Multiple Heavy Lifts on Chicago Skyscraper Project

Paylor Named President of JLG

Ingersoll Rand Explores Alternatives for Bobcat, Construction Businesses

RFID Takes Industry by Storm
Efficiency, safety and longer component life are the product of the rigging industry's RFID embrace.

Lucy Perry

May 23, 2007 - I read recently that the construction equipment industry has yet to embrace RFID technology. Although it could be a viable tool in this market, it has been slow to make an impression with heavy equipment manufacturers as a whole. But if the rigging sector is any indication, one big group hug is on the way. Since last year's introduction by The Crosby Group of a radio frequency identification device for monitoring the condition of slings, the technology has sparked the interest of other manufacturers that see diverse applications for a commonplace tool...Read Full Story

Rental Holdings Acquires American Sling Co.

Audax Group Announces Sale of Coast Crane

Terex Ranks No. 4 on Barron's 500 Survey

Haulotte Opens Factory in Spain

Pemberton Township, N.J., May 2007 -
A husband and wife remain hospitalized in serious condition after they were injured in a forklift accident. The couple was hired to move a printing press off a trailer, and as the husband was lifting it with the forklift, the press, trailer, and forklift tipped over, pinning the wife for nearly three hours. She suffered severe lower extremity injuries, and a crane was required to lift the 40-foot trailer, forklift, and press off her.

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