September 12 , 2007	Vol. 4, Issue 18

Register now for the Lift and Access Telehandler & Boom Lift Showcase! This year's Showcase will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2007, at the Pointe South Mountain Resort in Phoenix, Ariz. All current boom lift and telehandler providers will have machines on hand for the four-day event! Vendor registration is now being accepted.

Contact Becky Grazier for registration information at 800-231-8953 or bgrazier@maxcapmedia.com. Click here to find out more.

Northwest Crane to Receive Liebherr Crawlers

Northwest Crane Service will receive three Liebherr crawlers in 2008.

September 12, 2007 - Northwest Crane Service, Woodward, Okla., recently announced that it is scheduled to receive the first Liebherr LR 1600/2 and the first two Liebherr LR 1400/2-W crawler cranes for North America. All three crawlers are currently available for contract.

The Liebherr LR 1400/2-W crawler crane is the first machine of this kind in North America . It features an SF2 boom configuration ideal for erection of 2-megawatt turbines on 262-foot towers. It requires no luffing jib, derrick, or super lift attachments for boom tip heights up to 341 feet. The machine can travel fully rigged between turbine locations, and the narrow track width of 15.9 feet significantly reduces the cost of road construction and can reduce the environmental impact of jobsites...Read Full Story

Crane Safety Made a Priority in Florida 's Miami -Dade County

Sunbelt's Bryan Rich Announces Retirement

JLG Awarded $78 Million Army Contract for Equipment Refurbishment

Lift and Access 360 Wins Construction Writers Award

Easy to Spot in a Crowd
Gradall's blue exterior isn't the only thing that makes this telehandler distinctive.

..	The Gradall 544D10-55 was one of two Showcase machines with a truly unique design.

September 12, 2007 - The Gradall 544D10-55 was one of two machines – the other being Lull 1044C-54 - at the 2006 Telehandler Showcase with a truly unique design. Its blue exterior makes it easy to pick out of a crowd, but that is not the only thing that makes the Gradall telehandler, built by JLG Industries, McConnellsburg, Pa., distinctive. Its axle configuration features 90° pivot-steering.

The rear-pivot design keeps the outside turning radius at only 178 inches, which is less than the overall length of the machine - a major selling point...Read Full Story

Link-Belt Introduces HTC-8675 Series II Truck Crane

Potain Cranes Pitch in to Complete Hindu Temple

AEM Names Vice President of Government Affairs

RSC Equipment Rental Awarded GSA Contract

Ruston, La. , September 2007 - An 18-year-old telehandler operator was killed when the boom struck a power line. According to police, bystanders heard the machine hit the power lines and ran over to see what happened. They saw the operator lying on the ground. "One of the bystanders took a tow strap and pulled the victim away from the vehicle," police said.

Read the rest of this accident here.




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