22.05.2011

Lube A-Boom moves into Europe

US Based boom lubrication specialist Lube-A-Boom has appointed UK based Crowland Cranes as its first European dealer.

Crowland has built up a major crane repair, refurbishment and service operation in the UK and has in recent month been adding products to its after sales range. The company was recently confirmed as a major LSI distributor and stockist of its crane safety products for Europe.

Lube-A-Boom is based in Indianapolis, Indiana and was founded in 2002 by Harley and Marilyn Wilson to market a range of specially developed greases and lubricants for telescopic booms.
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Lube-A-Boom products are available in bulk and aerosol

The idea though goes back to the mid 1970’s when Harley Wilson was a service representative for Grove Manufacturing. As with many dedicated service engineers he experimented with various lubricants and additives such as STP and Teflon over the years in a quest to try and stop and prevent telescopic boom chatter.

After 25 years he realised that there was a business opportunity to properly develop a specialised lubricant, as the mainstream oil companies were not interested in the volumes that the crane business offered.

Recognising that a solution would require a dedicated ‘white paper’ approach he found a specialist laboratory that worked with him to design and test a product. The first production run occurred in July, 2003 and the final product went on the market in 2004 in both bulk grease and aerosol versions.
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Harley and Marilyn Wilson at their big launch - Conexpo 2005

Since then the product use has grown steadily as more users discover its benefits and also put it to other uses. The company has also expanded the range over the years.
Cranes & Access innovations article 2005 – Smooth and Slippery
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