Tadano America, Houston, Texas, has promoted Bryan Turner to North American manager of its boom trucks product line. He previously served as the assistant manager. The company has also made some changes to the product line. The 5-ton TM-ZR500XL has been replaced by the next generation TM-ZE505XL. While still rated at 5 tons, the load […]

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company [NYSE:OSK] and a leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, today announced that Popular Science magazine included the 1500SJ boom lift among the top 100 innovations in its Best of What’s New 2011 list, in the engineering category. “We are honored to be named to […]

The Journeyman Rigger Training course at ITI produces students from every industry imaginable.  Though they may all differ quite a bit in background, their foundational knowledge about rigging should include very similar things.  These 5 "Old Rigging Sayings" should be on the lips of every Journeyman Rigger: 1.  "Always rig to the Center of Gravity":  The CG is the […]

Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), Milwaukee, Wis., responded to President Obama’s State of the Union address by urging Congress and the Administration to take measures to rebuild and modernize America’s infrastructure, including passing a fully-funded highway bill. Slater issued this statement: Last night President Obama spoke about the urgent need for […]

Two men were saved by their harnesses yesterday after a suspended platform collapsed in Cleveland, Ohio. The two men were working on the construction of a six story building when the incident occurred. Local reports are conflicting, although an eye witness confirms our understanding that both men were saved by their harnesses and lanyards. Initial news […]

The Hendry Corporation, based out of the Port of Tampa, completed a first of its kind lift last week with the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The USCG brings their ships into dry dock every two years for inspection and repairs. Hendry already had one large ship in dry dock, but came up with a […]

Michele Pugh has been with Sims Crane & Equipment for almost six years. Prior to joining Sims Crane & Equipment, Michele worked at a feed and hardware store near her home in Plant City. She wanted to go somewhere that she could grow with and move up in the company and a friend told her about […]

CraneBlogger.com has announced its Great Crane Photo Contest. The deadline for entering the contest is June 8, 2012. Photos will selected in the following categories: Coolest Tower Crane Photo Coolest Mobile Crane Photo Wildest Crane Project Photo To enter, send your photo to [email protected] with a two-sentence description. Rules: 1) All photos must be submitted […]

Industrial Training International announces it will open a subsidiary in Edmonton, Alberta. ITI Canada will include local management, trainers, and supporting administration that will work in the Edmonton office and conduct business throughout Canada. ITT will continue to handle sales, marketing, design, and logistics functions out of its corporate headquarters in Woodland, Washington.  “We are excited […]

Sims Crane and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. provided a fast motion video of the work at the SouthCom Project from 2009 in Doral (Miami), Florida.