Vol. 4, Issue 12

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

Tadano All-Terrain Crane Erects City 's Tallest Sculpture

Wyatt's Tadano ATF160 G-5 and a Genie S-120 boom lift are used to set "Open Road."

June 6, 2007 - North of Denver at the eastern foothills of the Rockies, Wyatt Crane & Rigging Co., Loveland, Colo., is one recent recipient of Houston, Texas-based Tadano America's ATF160G-5 all-terrain cranes. Since Wyatt Crane took delivery of the 200-ton AT crane last November, it has been used to erect arch structures, water tanks, and asphalt plant conveyors.

In February, the ATF160 G-5 was commissioned to set the all-steel "Open Road" sculpture, designed by Jeffrey Hall of Denver, Colo., in the middle of a roundabout at the 3,000-acre Motorplex at Centerra auto mall in Loveland. Wyatt Crane was hired by DaVinci Sign Systems, Inc., Windsor, Colo., to set the tallest sculpture in the city...Read Full Story

ACRP Recommends Development of Self-Erecting Tower Crane Standard

Click It Campaign Comes to the U.S.

Link-Belt to Expand Production Capabilities

Brother, Sister Buy Crane Attachment Manufacturer Heiden, Inc.

"Fall" Protection Gives a Misleading Impression
Operators are more likely to be catapulted or thrown from the platform.

Tim Whiteman

Tim Whiteman is the managing director of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) and president of Aerial Work Platform Training, Inc.

June 6, 2007 - "Fall protection" has become the established term associated with the use of harnesses and lanyards on aerial lifts. Over the last few years, the International Powered Access Federation and its North American subsidiary, Aerial Work Platform, Inc., have been running a worldwide campaign related to the proper use of harnesses and the need to prevent operators from being thrown out of the platform. Notice that I did not use the word “fall.”...Read Full Story

MEC Appoints New General Manager of Its CMEC Division

Neff Corp. Acquisition Completed

Trainers Convene for Crane and Rigging Professionals Meeting

Koenig Cranes Appoints New US Dealer

Maxim Crane Works Board Approves Dutch Auction Tender Offer

Ontario Crane Operators Begin Tentative Return to Work

Red Deer, Alberta, May 2007 -

A 30-ton truck-mounted crane lifting trusses toppled over and sliced through the roof of a neighboring home, smashing into the living room and kitchen. The daughter of the homeowners was home alone but was not injured.

Read the rest of this accident here.




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