July 11, 2007	Vol. 4, Issue 14

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

On Top at the South Pole
Mantis cranes work in extreme conditions at the bottom of the Earth.

Four Mantis cranes are currently working at the South Pole.

July 11, 2007 - Tough jobsite conditions can't get much tougher than the South Pole. During the winter, the South Pole receives no sunlight; during the summer, the sun is always low in the sky. This makes for one of the coldest climates on earth - but not too cold for Mantis telescopic boom crawler cranes. Four Mantis cranes are currently working at the South Pole, one of which has been there almost 20 years.

The telescopic boom crawlers, manufactured by Spandeck, Inc., Franklin, Tenn., have been used to construct the new elevated South Pole Station, as well as assemble the South Pole Telescope...Read Full Story

Maximum Capacity Media Confirms Agenda for SAF-T Conference

AmQuip Acquired by Equity Firm

ZF Industries Introduces Next Generation WG 90/94 Transmission

Up-N-Atom Launches No Idle System, New Lo-Rider Deck

A Booming Achievement
Skyjack introduces its all-new SJ45T boom lift.
Part Two
By Guy Ramsey

Skyjack's SJ45T boom lift is designed for reliability and easy service.

July 11, 2007 - Skyjack re-entered the boom lift market for many reasons, one of which was that it believed it could leverage the loyalty customers have for their scissor lifts. Skyjack management decided that this new type of product dictated an entirely new developmental process, and started from the ground up, involving the entire Skyjack organization from the beginning. With input from the reconditioning department, which has rebuilt thousands of machines, Skyjack came up with the SJ40T and SJ45T boom lifts. The boom lifts have unique features including differential drives and oscillating axles...Read Full Story

SC&RA Workshop Agenda Finalized

Sunbelt Rentals Reports Increased Revenue for the Fiscal Year

JLG Names New Dealers for Lull, SkyTrak Telehandlers

ARA Updates Rental Companies on CARB Regulations

Bil-Jax Brings on New Director of Marketing

Toledo, Ohio, July 2007 -
An 18-year-old truck driver was killed after a counterweight fell off a crane and struck him. The man was helping other workers at a wastewater treatment plant construction site dismantle a crane when the 8-ton counterweight became disconnected and fell. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Read the rest of this accident here.




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