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Vol. 4, Issue 6
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. The mission of the SAF-T Conference is to promote the safe use of powered access equipment to owners and end-users through discussions stemming from age-old issues and current events. Read more here.
Psst! Want Some Insider Tips on Buying a Telehandler?
By Steve Challoner
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Steve Challoner
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Mustang Region Sales Manager Steve Challoner has more than 15 years experience in the telehandler industry. He can be reached at schalloner@mustangmfg.com.
March 7, 2007 - Being able to trust your dealer certainly lessens the load when it comes to making a sound telehandler purchase, especially if you're new to the product category. But isn't it nice to come to the table armed with your own “insider” information?...Read Full Story
MEC Adds Large Rough-Terrain Scissor Lifts to Product Line
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March 7, 2007 - At The Rental Show, MEC Aerial Work Platforms, Selma, Calif., introduced its biggest scissor lift offerings: the 25-foot tall 2591RT, 33-foot tall 3391RT, and 41-foot tall 4191RT. Featuring deck capacities of 2,000 pounds on the 2591, 1,500 pounds on the 3391, and 1,000 pounds on the 4191, dual parallel scissor design allows for the high platform capacities. The decks also have 48-inch concealed extension deck rollers with incremental locking positions...Read Full Story
Manufacturing in Miniature
How Model Cranes are Made
By Angela Busch
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A brass crane model from CCM |
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March 7, 2007 - Grant Peterson knows how to make a crane that can lift several tons. He has the measurements, the designs and the necessary knowledge.
But at his office in Beaverton, Ore., Peterson has more intricate matters in mind. Most of the cranes he and his staff develop weigh less than five pounds.
In the lift industry, niche markets are constantly being developed. Here's yet another offshoot of that trend: the model crane industry.
Leading manufacturers of the model cranes include Peterson's Classic Construction Models (CCM) and Towsley's, which recently made a Manitowoc 18000 model that was more than six-feet-tall when completed. That was the exception, though. Most model cranes are less than four-feet-tall...Read Full Story
New Dual Axis Tilt Safety Switch For Aerial Lift Applications
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March 5, 2007 - The Fredericks Company, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., a manufacturer of precision sensors, has announced availability of a new Dual Axis Tilt Safety Switch.
Specifically developed for the aerial lift industry, the switch is a direct replacement for the electromechanical-type level sensors currently being used in many scissor and boom lifts. The robust and compact unit combines Fredericks' Dual Axis True Tilt Sensor technology with a proprietary-embedded microcontroller containing signal conditioning circuitry for accurate, repeatable, and safe tilt outputs...Read Full Story
Stafford Names Chief Operating Officer
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March 6, 2007 - Stafford Equipment, Tifton, Ga., has selected Ed McHale to be the company's chief operating officer. McHale is responsible for overseeing the establishment of common procedures and practices across all 11 Stafford locations, and he will soon be based out of the Raleigh, N.C., branch.
Previously, McHale was vice president of operations for Stafford's Ashland, Va., and Roanoke, Va., locations. Prior to that, he spent 19 years in the rental and distribution sides of the equipment business, including positions as district manager for a national rental company and operations manager for two Caterpillar dealerships...Read Full Story
Aichi USA Launches Track-Mounted Boom Lifts
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Aichi USA track-mounted booms are maneuverable and stable.
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March 7, 2007 - Aichi USA, Glen Burnie, Md., officially launched its 40-foot ISR40 and ISR40J, 60-foot ISR60 and ISR60J, and 70-foot ISR70 and ISR70J track-mounted boom lifts at The Rental Show. The smallest of the Aichi boom lifts are the 39'8" tall ISR40 and ISR40J, which feature platform capacities of 550 pounds, 180° platform rotation, and 360° turntable rotation. Gradeability for the ISR40 and ISR40J is 58 percent, and these boom lifts also have zero turning radius. Ground pressure is rated at 9.39 psi for the 16,413-pound ISR40 and 10.53 psi for the 18,166-pound ISR40J...Read Full Story
Having Access to Lifting Equipment
Tower contractors face the challenges of leaving home to find work
By Lucy Perry
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March 7, 2007 - When I worked as an editor at a construction magazine, my focus was more on construction itself than the equipment used - in that case to construct roads. After more than a year of writing about cranes, lifting equipment and access devices, what fascinates me is how many different industries require these types of construction equipment. At the North American Tower Erectors (NATE) conference and expo in Nashville last month, I learned how yet another branch of construction uses lifting equipment...Read Full Story
Life Preserver
Wire rope lubricant safeguards from corrosion and strand friction.
By Katie Parrish
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VitaLife 400 wire rope lubricant penetrates to the rope's core
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March 7, 2007 - Protecting and conserving the life of wire rope is often a challenge for crane owners. Frequent inspections and proper lubrication are keys to maintaining the rope's life. However, lubricants often used by crane owners only protect the exterior of the rope, while the inner strands become dry, resulting in corrosion and damage. Fortunately, products that lightly lubricate and penetrate to the wire rope's core are making their way into North American crane fleets...Read Full Article
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