Vol. 4, Issue 7

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.



Chaos and Cranes
A crane operator's view of Extreme Makeover Home Edition

March 21, 2007 - Vic Lamanno has been a crane operator on two different Extreme Makeover Home Edition sites in Kansas City: first in April 2005 and again last week. Lamanno, who has worked as a crane operator since April 1976, has been at Midwest Crane in Kansas City since July 1998. He has seen his share of work sites and jobs, but the Extreme homes offered a few unique challenges...Read Full Story
Crane Trouble in Toronto Continues

New 45-ton Mantis Teleboom Crawler is First in a Series

Trojan Battery Launches Plus Series™ Deep-Cycle Batteries

Bigge Expands into Tower Cranes

Florida Crane Operator Certification Update
Regional crane owners council advocates legislation
Interview with Bruce Whitten

Bruce Whitten

Bruce Whitten is the chairman of the Florida Crane Owners Council (FCOC) and works for Fred's Crane Service in Orlando. The FCOC has been working with the Florida State Legislature to pass a bill regarding crane operator certification. Whitten says the FCOC wants to make sure the bill covers all aspects of the crane industry: including signal persons and riggers. They are strong advocates of certification, and Whitten says he believes it could become a nationwide trend. Lift and Access 360 recently talked with Whitten about the current legislation in Florida and his thoughts about nationwide certification...Read Full Story

ACME Lift Signs on as Tadano Boom Truck Dealer

AmQuip Corp. Acquires Shaughnessy Crane from NES

Manitowoc Crane CARE Forms Strategic Partnership with Garrod Hydraulics

JLG Names New Telehandler Dealers

Martinsville, Va., March 2007 - A man was injured when he was struck in the head by a rough-terrain crane as it tipped. The man tried to run out of the way after the operator sounded the crane's horn to warn him but tripped over some bags of fertilizer. “That's when the boom hit him in the back of the head,” said a Virginia state trooper. After investigating the accident along with other state police officers, the state trooper said it was apparent that the crane tipped because the outriggers on one side were not fully extended, causing it to tip. ...Read Full Story



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