May 27, 2009	Vol. 6, Issue 10

Crane Hot Line will again recognize the industry’s top trainers in an awards program to be featured in the November 2009 issue. The objective of the award is to publicly recognize both corporate and professional trainers who have excelled in their profession. Find complete nomination criteria online or email Tracy Bennett at tbennett@cranehotline.com. Nominations are due Aug. 1, 2009. Questions? Call (816) 536-7903.

Playing to Niche Strengths: Part 1
Man and Material Lift Engineering enters the realm of spider-type lifts.
By Guy Ramsey

MLE A70 TD

May 27, 2009 – When Milwaukee, Wis.-based Man and Material Lift Engineering’s founder and president, Jeff Bailey, decided to expand his company’s product offerings, he elected to launch his “specialized crawler” series, otherwise known in the industry as atrium lifts or compact track-mounted aerials. And he did so with the full understanding that this is a very small niche market. If you are not familiar with MLE, it has carved out a nice business producing niche products, including but not limited to self-propelled, explosion-proof lifts of all shapes and sizes, clean room machines, high-capacity aerials, and a variety of other custom lifts.

Read Full Story–View Product Video

Lift and Access Now Accepting 2009 LLEAP Award Entries

Big Telehandlers Take on the Wind Power Industry

New Programs in the Works for NCCCO

Trailer Manufacturers Introduce Crane Transport Products

IMT Expands Knuckleboom Crane Product Line

IMT has made significant upgrades to its line of knuckleboom cranes.

May 26, 2009 – With an emphasis on the middle range of its product line, Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT), Garner, Iowa, has made significant upgrades to its knuckleboom cranes. All but five of the company’s 22 models are new or improved. The product line now ranges from model 2.5/18, which has a maximum lift capacity of 1,740 pounds, to model 72/516, with a 35,405-pound maximum rating at a radius of 14'5".

Read Full Story

Southern Crane Donates Services for Habitat Home Construction Project

Merlo Enlarges Telehandler Range

West Virginia Makes Certification Changes to Reflect Industry Best Practices

Winners Named in AEM Construction Challenge

Morrow, Ga., May 2009 – Police may file charges against a worker who waited five hours to report that he killed another man with a forklift. The 51-year-old man who was killed was impaled by a forklift at a warehouse, according to a county police report.

Read the rest of this accident here.







We'd like to hear from you. Please click here for contact information.