by admin | Sep 13, 2017 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A 10-ton Kato KR-10H crane has fallen onto a house under construction at Papamoa in New Zealand McLeod Cranes director Scott McLeod says the crane was setting up when an outrigger went into a sink hole. The driver is uninjured. “We are really grateful no one’s...
by admin | Sep 12, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
Workers with Rhodes Crane & Rigging, Inc. moved in a Link-Belt HC-268 Lattice Boom Truck Crane to the banks of the Spokane River near the Monroe Street Dam to move gravel and cobble that has clogged the dam’s intake structure. “During high flows, during spring...
by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Manitowoc has strengthened its operations in Southeast Asia with the appointment of Multicrane Perkasa as its new dealer for Potain cranes in Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, the crane and construction equipment distributor has invested in comprehensive Manitowoc Crane...
by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News
Poland’s Crane Rental is adding three new Demag CC 3800-1 lattice boom crawler cranes, two Demag AC 220-5 all terrain cranes and a Demag AC 300-6 all terrain crane. This large order will help Crane Rental continue to provide outstanding service and support to its...
by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A Tadano All Terrain Crane was involved in a deadly crash on its way to remove the Robert E. Lee statue at Lee Park in Dallas was involved in a crash that killed one person. According to officials, a semi-truck collided with the crane at SM Wright Freeway and Linfield...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Southway Crane & Rigging All Terrain cranes we called in to upright a Liebherr crane that tipped over when tree service crews were removing a giant oak tree from a backyard. Clean up efforts were successful after the 3-axle crane tipped over and came crashing down...
by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
The Great Lakes Construction Co., based in Hinckley, Ohio, is building 8,000 linear feet of highway traffic noise barriers between Tiedeman Road and Ridge Road in Brooklyn, Ohio. In order to place 329 precast concrete posts and 660 concrete sound barrier panels, The...
by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Cranes help to build three storage tanks with a capacity of 200 million liters each South Korean construction equipment rental company Sunheung Corporate has supplied three Potain MC 310 K12 cranes to work on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank at the Boryeong LNG...
by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
On the Rhine river, Toggenburger helps reassemble an old harbor crane that was moved to the other side to begin a new life as a restaurant. What is the first thing you need to build a crane? N / A? A second crane, of course. (Photo: Alexander Preobrajenski)Very...
by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
In Baravia, Germany Thomas Holzl used a Liebherr LTM 1200-5.1 to set an 8,42-meter long and 7,50-meter wide railway bridge. The crane operator Hubert Ertl carefully lowered the load and said this about his job, “You have to make sure that the ground...
