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Etchart Appointed Manitowoc Crane Group’s President →

Manitowoc Crane Group (MCG) has named Eric Etchart president and general manager. The new role is effective immediately and follows the promotion of Glen Tellock (previously president and general manager of MCG) to president and CEO of the parent organization, The Manitowoc Company Inc. Etchart has been with Manitowoc Crane Group since 1995, serving first as a general manager for Potain in Italy before moving to the Asia-Pacific region in 1997. Click for more...

Link-Belt ATC-3250 Auto-Adjusts for Boom Deflection →

Link-Belt’s 250-ton (220 t) ATC-3250 is equipped with a 43.3 to 223.1-ft. (13.2 to 68 m), full power, seven-section, latching boom. The sections extend independently by means of one double acting, single stage hydraulic cylinder. Four pinned positions of 0, 46, 92, and 100 percent on each section provide thirty-eight extend combinations for increased capacities when varying the extensions of the telescoping sections. Click for more...

Building Boom Creates Shortage of Cranes →

DALLAS (AP) It’s daybreak when Michael Machovsky climbs nearly 200 ft. (60 m) to the cab of his tower crane for a 10-hour day of hoisting equipment and supplies across a downtown construction site. As morning joggers shuffle by and commuter traffic backs up, Machovsky methodically swings the crane’s jib and drops the hook for the morning’s first lift. His counterparts across the Dallas skyline repeat the drill as the construction day rumbles to a start. Click for more...

Caterpillar-Based Crane Features 60-Ton Capacity →

The new Favelle Favco Model 60T telescopic boom, crawler crane with 60-ton (54 t) capacity and a 4-section, 105-ft. (32 m) boom tip is built on a Caterpillar Model 325 excavator power module. The crane is powered by a quad turbocharged 168-hp (125 kW) Cat diesel engine with automatic engine control and an electronic power unit control with backup system. For operator convenience, the quiet Caterpillar cab has ergonomic control placement using a joystick for swing, boom elevation, telescopic main hoist and auxiliary hoists. Click for more...

Link-Belt 298 HSL Fills Gap in Lattice Boom Crane Line →

Link-Belt’s 298 HSL, a 230-ton (208.6 t) hydraulic lattice boom crawler crane fills out Link-Belt’s crawler crane line providing Link-Belt quality between 200 and 300 tons. It also provides a replacement for all the aging 230-ton crawlers in fleets around the world. Grace Under Power Continuing the HYLAB tradition, the 298 HSL brings pin-point controls and reliability to the table. With a 230-ton capacity, it has 55,000 lbs. Click for more...

Miss. Towns Reconnected by Bay St. Louis Bridge →

Mississippi Gulf Coast residents celebrated a milestone May 17 when two lanes were opened on the newly reconstructed Bay St. Louis bridge destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The new U.S. 90 bridge links the communities of Bay St. Louis and Henderson Point for the first time since 2005. The six-lane bridge, which spans 1.6 mi. (2.6 km), will be totally completed in November. Southern District Transportation Commissioner Wayne Brown called the opening of the two lanes “symbolic of the recovery of the coast.”MDOT officials, along with federal, state and local dignitaries, began the ceremony followed by two busloads of participants taking a short ride to the top of the bridge, where they tied together a huge ribbon signifying the communities are once again connected. Click for more...

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Inc. Changes Facility →

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Inc. has moved to a new 12-acre facility off Interstate 94 at Highway 29 in Eau Claire, Wis., from its former location in Chippewa Falls. Since 1993, Dawes has been based in the Chippewa Valley but, with rental and sales operations growing, Dawes decided to expand to the new location because it allows room for future growth. Additionally, the new, larger facility and optimal location will fill customers’ rental needs, from cranes — rough terrain, crawler, operated hydraulic truck, boom truck, hi-reach, carrydeck, and static and self-erecting towers — to aerials and material handlers such as scissor lifts, telescopic booms, articulating booms, and rough terrain forklifts. Click for more...

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Adds Manitowoc 14000 Crawler Cranes →

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. added a substantial number of the first Manitowoc Model 14000 crawler cranes, Manitowoc’s latest offering in the 220 ton (200 t) class. The purchase of the Model 14000s means that, once again, ALL Erection has placed the initial order on one of Manitowoc’s new cranes. ALL also took the first order for the Model 18000, a 440 ton (400 t) crane, and the first order for the Model 16000. Click for more...

Marco Crane Takes Delivery of Grove GMK7550 in Arizona →

Marco Crane received a new Grove GMK7550 mobile crane, the largest all-terrain available from Manitowoc Crane Group. Dan Mardian, president of Marco Crane and sister company Mardian Equipment, both based in Phoenix, Ariz., said the GMK7550’s 550-ton (450 t) capacity and transportability were important features for his business. “Because we have offices in several states, we need a crane that meets the exacting road requirements of each state. Click for more...

GM Demolishes Plant in Lansing, Mich. →

Due to the prohibitive cost of operating safely and in an environmentally friendly manner in two existing plants in Lansing, Mich., General Motors Corporation constructed two new facilities (the Grand River Assembly and Delta Township plants) to replace them. The new facilities are capable of producing vehicles more efficiently, economically and safely. Now comes the job of demolishing, recycling and removing the two old plants — the Fisher Body Plant (Plant Six) and the Oldsmobile Plant (Plant One), located approximately 1.5 mi. Click for more...

AmQuip Acquires Shaughnessy Crane Services From NES Rentals →

AmQuip Corporation has acquired Shaughnessy Crane Services, a leading crane rental provider in the New England region, from NES Rentals Holdings Inc. Shaughnessy / AmQuip will offer rough terrain, all terrain, crawler and tower cranes, ranging from 6 to 600 ton (5.4 to 544 t) capacity. The Shaughnessy / AmQuip division will remain headquartered in its current Boston location. “Shaughnessy Crane is one of the most established and respected names in the crane rental industry,” said Frank G. Click for more...

Acoustics Abate Noise in Gehl’s New E-Series Skid Loaders →

Gehl Company’s new E-Series skid loader line consists of six new skid loaders ranging from the compact Model 3640E with a rated operating load of 1,175 lbs. (533 kg) to the Model 6640E with a rated operating load of 2,900 lbs. (1,315 kg) when equipped with the optional counterweights. These new units are are built with acoustical materials and specially designed engine compartment components to lower sound levels, both inside and out. Click for more...

Tracey Road Equipment Adds Ingersoll Rand Milling Machines →

Ingersoll Rand dealer Tracey Road Equipment has added the new Ingersoll Rand milling machines to the line of products available to customers. Ingersoll Rand offers two milling machines, the MW-500 and the MT-2000. The MW-500 is a four-wheel, rear-loading, utility-class milling machine with a standard cutting width of 19.69-in. (50 cm). Features on the MT-2000 include three cutting speeds and a walk-in engine compartment. Click for more...

IMT Enhances Dominator IV, Adds 8025 Telescopic Crane →

Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT) has made some new enhancements to the Dominator IV mechanics truck to give operators more comfort and mobility around the vehicle. IMT also has announced a new telescopic crane — the 8025 — designed to accompany the redesigned truck body. The new Dominator IV mechanics truck can accommodate an 80,000 ft./lb. crane. The new 8025 crane offers more lifting capacity than any other IMT telescopic crane. Click for more...

Crews Ensure Traffic Keeps on Rollin’ Over Blackwater →

The Blackwater River Bridge on Route 40 in Waverly, Va., is showing its age. The 50-year-old bridge needs to be replaced, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has awarded the $3 million contract to Bryant Contracting Inc., of Toano, Va., to get the job done. Bryant started work on the project, which includes the bridge replacement and roadway approach work, in early December. The anticipated completion date is May 2008. Click for more...

Reservoir to Include State’s Highest Non-Federal Dam →

Two government agencies have teamed up in the Atlanta area to build a $36 million, 411-acre (166 ha) reservoir that will help bolster water supplies needed for two booming metro counties already approaching a combined population of 1 million residents. The Hickory Log Creek Reservoir near Canton, Ga., will feature a huge roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam towering 180 ft. (55 m) high and stretching 980 ft. Click for more...

Budrovich Appoints Waltz as New Senior Estimator for Cranes →

Budrovich Contracting recently hired Ron Waltz as senior estimator in the Crane Rental Division. Waltz brings approximately 20 years of crane estimating and customer relationship management experience to Budrovich. He worked previously with Bollmeier Crane in southern Illinois. Waltz will be responsible for estimating and bidding projects in the metro east and southern Illinois. “Ron’s experience and customer relationships gives Budrovich entree into geographic and industrial markets that had been difficult to penetrate previously” A.J. Click for more...

Manitowoc Crane Group Names New V.P. of Worldwide Marketing →

Manitowoc Crane Group has announced Robert M. Hund is joining its executive team as vice president, Worldwide Marketing. Hund brings more than 18 years experience to the post and will be responsible for strategic planning, direction, and execution of marketing functions. He succeeds and will report to Larry Bryce, who was promoted in October to the new role of vice president, Business Development of the Crane Group. Click for more...

Tower Crane Disassembled in a Day →

Even in a cramped urban setting, an experienced crane operator should have no problem helping erect a tower crane for a new skyscraper. However, removing it from the top of the completed building tends to be a different story. Salesman Marty Paulsen of ALL Crane of Georgia said he’s especially proud of the job the company did removing the tower crane from 55 Allen Plaza in Atlanta in December. Click for more...

Crane Assists in Dam Repair →

For two days, a Grove 20-ton crane sat atop the Bull Shoals Dam in northern Arkansas to help get its generators running at full capacity. It was called in to lift two new 5,000 lb. 80-ft. chains into place that control a headgate — a door that slides closed, thus shutting off the water, when crews need to access the dam’s generators. The 55-year-old chain, which looks like it should be on a giant bicycle, fell off Feb. Click for more...

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