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| August 22, 2007 |
Vol. 4, Issue 17 |
A DVD of the complete SAF-T Conference is now available from Maximum Capacity Media LLC, publisher of Lift and Access, Crane Hot Line and Lift and Access 360! The DVD is $59 for the first copy and $19 for each additional copy. To order, call 800-231-8953 or email bgrazier@maxcapmedia.com.
General Crane USA Expands with New Locations and Crawler
Crane Fleet
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Last year, General Crane USA purchased 20 Liebherr ATs and is now adding 16 Liebherr Nenzing crawlers. |
August 22, 2007 - In the past, Jim Robertson, managing partner of General Crane USA, Pompano Beach, Fla., said the five companies that make up the General Crane family have remained fairly low key. "We've stayed under the radar - but that's all about to change," he said, following last year's major purchase of 20 Liebherr all-terrain and telescopic crawler cranes and 60 Linden Comansa tower cranes. And Robertson was right; the dynamics of the company has physically changed since last fall, growing north of its home state to Atlanta, Ga., and west to Houston, Texas...Read Full Story
New Hampshire Cracks Down on Bridge Weight Limits
Bronto to Introduce 170-foot Aerial at ICUEE
IMT Adds to Service Crane Lineup
Skyjack to Buy CareLift Equipment Ltd.
Up-and-Coming Machine
Three key philosophies drive the Xtreme XRM 1254's design.
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Nomenclature for the XRM 1254: Xtreme Reach Machine 12,000-pound capacity, 54-foot maximum lift height. |
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Editor's Note: In anticipation of the upcoming 2007 Telehandler Showcase, Lift and Access 360 will be recapping articles on machines that were featured in the 2006 Telehandler Showcase. These articles were originally published in the February 2007 edition of Lift and Access.
August 22, 2007 - Introduced by Xtreme Manufacturing, Las Vegas, Nev., in January 2006, the XRM 1254 was the newest product participating in the Telehandler Showcase, which featured 12 machines with 10,000- to 11,000-pound capacities and 50- to 59-foot lift heights. At 12,000 pounds, this telehandler has 1,000 pounds more capacity than other machines at the event. But because the XRM 1254 is Xtreme's closest size machine to the class under review and it fit our maximum lift height requirements, we felt it would be appropriate to include this up-and-comer...Read Full Story
New Boom Trucks for National Crane
Golight Provides Additional Lighting for Late-Night Applications
Manitex Appoints Regional Business Manager
WRCA Relocates to Kansas City
RSC Elects New Board Members; Expands Board to 12
Salem, N.H. , August 2007 -
OSHA is investigating an incident in which a scissor lift tipped over backward and fell to the ground, injuring a 20-year-old construction worker. The man and another co-worker were sanding an exterior wall of a gym from the platform, which was elevated about two stories, and the scissor lift began to rock back and forth.
Read the rest of this accident here.
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