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New Boom Inserts Expand Manitowoc MLC300 Reach for Wind Turbine Work →

Manitowoc is expanding its boom insert offering with the new wide boom plus kit for its MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane. The new inserts will give crane operators extra reach by lengthening their booms up to 429.8 ft. (131 m) when used in combination with the VPC-MAX and extended upper boom points. They will be particularly useful for assembling wind turbines, according to the manufacturer. The height of utility-scale, land-based wind turbines has increased nearly 60 percent in the last two decades, reaching an average of 295 ft. Click for more...

Crane That Helped Avert Mining Disaster 20 Years Ago →

Twenty years ago, all eyes were on a farm in Somerset County, Pa., as a daring rescue took place for nine coal miners trapped 250 feet underground. On July 24, 2002, the miners had accidentally tapped into a poorly documented abandoned mine, flooding their own mine with water and blocking their exit. Cold, wet and running out of air, for 77 hours spread across parts of five days, the nation was transfixed by the attempt to reach them, an event that came to be known as the Quecreek mine rescue. Click for more...

J&B Heavy Haul Picks 175|AT for Transformer Work →

J&B Heavy Haul of Oklahoma City, Okla., purchased a Link-Belt Cranes 175-ton (150-t) 175|AT all terrain crane for its trucking and heavy haul business. Primarily, J&B Heavy Haul services the civil, power, petrochemical and manufacturing markets. The company already has well over 1,000 hours on its new 175|AT, utilizing it for its taxi rental fleet that services a 250-mi. range from Oklahoma City. Click for more...

More Than Two-Dozen Manitowoc/Grove Cranes Headed to ALL →

Seven Manitowoc lattice boom crawlers highlight a package of more than two-dozen Manitowoc and Grove cranes being added to the fleet of the ALL Family of Companies. New equipment includes four from the MLC300 line (including MLC300 wide boom and MLC300VPC), and one each Manitowoc 14000, MLC650 and MLC650 rebuild. MLC300 and MLC650 cranes, offering base capacities of 330 tons and 717 tons respectively, are known for their ability to go where other lattice boom crawlers cannot, while offering excellent reach and capacity, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Empire Crane Welcomes Newest Salesmen: Joe Baron, Josh Stack →

Empire Crane has welcomed Joseph Baron and Josh Stack to the sales team in New England. Baron and Stack will be responsible for serving customers' crane needs in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Baron previously worked trucking world, managing drivers and fulfilling customers' needs. "Cranes are an essential sector to the ever-growing infrastructure industry. Click for more...

Thomas Cantwell Selected to Head NCCCO Foundation →

Thomas (T.J.) Cantwell has been named executive director of the NCCCO Foundation. He will take over from current chief executive, Graham Brent, on Aug. 1. As previously announced, Brent will retire from the Foundation at the end of July. Cantwell is currently administrator (executive director) of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission headquartered in Alexandria, Va. He brings to the Foundation more than 20 years of non-profit management experience. Click for more...

Extending Reach: Local Contacts, National Footprint Make Crane Rental Easy →

Much of business is about cultivating strategic partnerships based on trust, like-mindedness and similar goals. When you find a supplier you click with, you don't want to give them up. But sometimes, these relationships are challenged when one entity grows and the other can't keep up. Contractors, construction companies, steel erectors, plant owners, and, really, any entity that relies on rental lift equipment might wonder how they can find a crane rental company that grows with them. Click for more...

Hiab Launches Next Generation Loglift Forestry Cranes →

Hiab, part of Cargotec, launches the next generation of LOGLIFT forestry cranes with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The first crane available to order is the Z boom crane LOGLIFT 18Z with a max outreach of 34 ft. and a max lifting capacity of 19.8 tons. "Our next generation of LOGLIFT forestry cranes are created for the new generation of operators. Easy to operate and service, and designed for comfortable and safe operation, the next generation forestry cranes are also the first with digital solutions that can further increase productivity and uptime," said Davide Pernice, director, Global Product Management, Forestry, Hiab. Click for more...

CCO Announces 'CCO Cares' Initiative →

CCO wants candidates and certificants to know that they are more than just a certification number. CCO understands that behind each participant in the program is a hard-working, safety-minded professional who cares deeply about the work they do. At the core, CCO knows that each certificant wants to be sure that everyone on the job site gets home safely to their families at the end of the day. CCO, and everyone on its team, understands that certification is just a small portion of a certificant's life, an interaction that takes place once every five years. Click for more...

Manitowoc Introduces CONNECT Digital Solution →

Manitowoc continues its expansion and investment in support services with the launch of CONNECT, a new digital platform that will launch at bauma 2022. CONNECT enables remote monitoring through an app-based system that gives owners and operators the ability to view real-time crane information, receive alerts, exchange data and more with further functionality to be added in the future. The versatile CONNECT platform, with its wide-ranging capabilities, will advance fleet management, boost sustainability, streamline service and maintenance for users, and improve connectivity to cranes with the easy-to-use platform working across smartphones, tablets and laptops. Click for more...

CCO to Move Written Exam Delivery into Digital Age →

Although CCO candidates began taking exams utilizing computers nearly 15 years ago, CCO recently announced its technology initiative to move all written exams to the computer. This initiative not only uses the latest and greatest testing and security technology, but it has several key benefits for candidates and employers. Benefits include: Immediate score reporting once exams are complete* (*A preliminary score will be available immediately. Click for more...

VIDEO: BKB Maximizes Efficiency With Potain T80 Crane From RMS Rentals →

Brittney Yares is a fast learner and an extremely ambitious person. Those two traits are why her company Brittney Kate Builds (BKB) has grown from a weekend project with a friend to a booming and respected company. BKB completes large housing complexes throughout the Minneapolis suburbs. "Six years ago, I framed a basement with a friend and thought it was a great accomplishment and super fun," recalled Yares. Click for more...

Four Cranes, Four ALL Branches, One Perfectly Executed Quad Lift →

Four southern branches of the ALL Family of Companies banded together to accomplish a massive lift for construction of a new hangar at an international airport in northern Florida. Steel box beams formed large trusses, the heaviest of which weighed in at 610,000 lbs. This truss, which measured 20 ft. high and 400 ft. long, needed to be lifted and set as a single piece. And, by the way, the massive framework would need to be raised to a height of 80 ft. Click for more...

H.A. Leo Crane Purchases First New Tadano AC4.110-1 in North America →

Harry Leo III of H.A. Leo Crane LLC in Webster, Mass., recently took delivery of a new 2022 Tadano AC 4.110-1, 120-ton all terrain crane from Empire Crane Company. This is the first Tadano AC 4.110-1 to be delivered in North America. Leo Crane is a third generation company that offers rigging, lifting and hauling throughout New England. The 100 to 120 ton class is the ideal size for the category of work and customers H.A. Click for more...

Understanding OSHA's Compliance Directive →

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a new compliance directive, CPL 02-01-063 for cranes and derricks. This directive replaces the 2014 compliance directive CPL 02-01-057 and addresses the changes in the crane rule that OSHA made in 2018. The new compliance directive only revises the existing section on operator training, certification and evaluation and leaves the other sections of the 2014 directive unchanged. Click for more...

Mammoet's Innovative Bridge Installation Solution Saves Time in Saudi Arabia →

Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Project is the world's most ambitious and exciting tourism and hospitality project — a luxury destination created around one of the world's last hidden natural treasures. Led by the Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the project is located on Saudi Arabia's west coast, between the cities of Umluj and Al-Wajh, and sits over pristine lands and waters, including a vast archipelago of more than 90 islands. Click for more...

ALL Takes Delivery of Fleet's Largest Crane →

A package of 25 new Liebherr cranes is coming to the ALL Family of Companies throughout 2022. Perhaps the most highly anticipated is the Liebherr LR 11000 lattice boom crawler crane, which becomes the largest crane in the ALL fleet. Slated for delivery this month, the 11000 features a 1,200-ton capacity and 551 ft. of main boom. As wind towers have gotten taller and plants have become more sprawling, the need for a big crane with high capacities and extended reach has become clear. Click for more...

NCCCO Foundation Announces Officers for 2022-2024 →

The NCCCO Foundation board of directors has announced the officers who will serve the organization for the next two years. Elected to serve as president is Garry Higdem, CEO of Mario Sinacola & Sons, Frisco, Texas. Higdem joined the board in 2020 and has just completed the remainder of the term of J. Chris Ryan who stepped down in February to take up the newly created position of immediate past president. Click for more...

New Chair of Crane Type Advisory Group Appointed →

The NCCCO Foundation board of directors has named Fred Simmons chair of the crane type advisory group (CTAG) following the retirement of Dave Ritchie. Simmons takes up his new position immediately, according to NCCCO Foundation President Garry Higdem, who made the announcement. "Dave leaves behind an outstanding legacy for which we are all enormously grateful," said Higdem. "And we are equally confident that Fred will continue that legacy for the betterment of industry and all those whose work brings them into contact with cranes and rigging." Simmons is inspection and training manager of Foley Material Handling Co., Ashland, Va. Click for more...

Three Easy Ways Your Crane Telematics System Can Boost Fuel Savings →

The goal of telematics is to make life easier for the crane owner, said Marco Busconi, Terex rough-terrain crane engineering director. With the technology, equipment owners and managers can make more effective business decisions as they maintain a safe work environment for employees and site owners. One of the biggest areas in which telematics can impact your crane operations is in fuel conservation. Click for more...

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