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| August 26, 2009 |
Vol. 6, Issue 16 |
Pre-Order Your 2010 Crane Guide
The new 2010 Hot Line Crane Guide will take on a new appearance with several additional categories of lifting equipment. To better serve the needs of the construction industry, Maximum Capacity Media has added aerial lifts, telehandlers, and straight-mast forklifts to the 2010 Guide.
The 2010 Hot Line Crane Guide also will include a limited number of newer tower and self-erecting cranes in the updated edition. Additionally, the guide has separated boom trucks into two sections. Telescoping and straight boom cranes will be listed under the Boom Truck section, and articulating, knuckleboom, and folding boom cranes will be in the Articulating Cranes section.
Pre-order your 2010 Hot Line Crane Guide today by calling 800-231-8953.
Altec to Unveil New Boom Truck at ICUE
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Altec will introduce its new AC23-95B boom truck at ICUEE. |
August 25, 2009 – Altec, Birmingham, Ala., will be unveiling the AC23-95B boom truck at the 2009 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE). The new crane will have a 23.5-ton maximum capacity, 95-foot boom, and an optional 44-foot two-piece jib, which measures 26 feet when retracted. The maximum working radius is 90 feet and the maximum tip height is 148 when equipped with the optional two-piece jib.
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Crane Hot Line Announces New Spanish-Language Magazine
Linamar Industrial Segment Sales Fall More than 60 Percent
FMI’s Construction Index Unchanged for the Third Quarter 2009
Crane Trash Skip Handles Bulk Materials
Sizing Up Fall Protection
By Terri Piasecki
August 25, 2009 – Should fall protection harnesses be different for women? After all, fall hazards are certainly not gender specific. Whether an aerial work platform operator is a man or woman, working at heights exposes all operators to fall hazards, and protection is needed when the hazard cannot be avoided. On the surface, it appears to be a simple question, but the solution to gender-specific equipment is not as simple.
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AEM Construction Challenge Goes Worldwide
Product Spotlight: Critical Care for Wire Rope
Largest Potain MDT Features Folding Jib and Counterjib
New Terex Program Aims to Support Rental Companies
Nashville, Tenn., August 2009 – A 24-year-old worker was electrocuted when the telehandler he was operating came into contact with an energized power line. He was lifting debris into a dumpster when the accident occurred. More than 1,000 people were affected by power outages.
Read the rest of this accident here.
 
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