Grant Woodward, a previous owner of The Platform Company has ended his day to day involvement with the Lavendon group.
12.03.2009
Skyjack has appointed R-Quip Equipment Rental as a distributor for its Zoom Boom telehandler (Carelift) line. .
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company has reversed its previous decision to pay a dividend for 2008, and is implementing further cuts following a poor start to the year.
The crane that fell into an excavation last week crushing a 26 year old man, was a mini crane.
A reader has sent us an absolutely classic although almost certainly ‘staged’ death wish from the land where doing things correctly is a way of life.
DK Rentals sales operation has been re-launched as Lavendon Sales, based in Belgium and responsible for the group’s used equipment sales efforts.
Dutch trailer manufacturer Boshuis has issued a trading statement saying that 2008 was a strong year and that it is in good shape to weather the current economic downturn.
AJ Access has agreed terms to purchase the SGB UK fleet of self propelled scissor and boom lifts.
11.03.2009
Bob Francis, founder of UK based Bob Francis Crane Hire, suffered a stroke at the end of February, but is out of hospital and on the mend.
New York City shut down crane operations yesterday at the World Trade Centre site after at least one lifting violation.
Telehandler and access manufacturer Manitou is predicting a fall in revenues this year of 40% and is in negotiations with its lenders as Gehl breaches its loan covenants.
Genie has appointed Jeff Weido as the product manager for its scissor lift line.
UK aerial lift rental company AFI has appointed Daryll Pearce as account manager for South West England.
Oshkosh, owner of JLG has reached an agreement with its lenders for an amendment to its credit agreement.
Terex Aerial Work Platforms/Genie has appointed Greg Braukus has been appointed director of global customer care,
10.03.2009
Aerial lift replacement parts distributor EPW, is to open its first European operation in the UK later this month.
Spotted earlier today in Taunton, UK a gutter walker six metres up
The two aerial lifts stranded on a roundabout in Hemel Hempstead, UK, were liberated in the early hours of this morning.
A suspended platform collapsed today in Sydney dumping its two young occupants. One, wearing a harness escaped injury, the other with no harness died.
A crane operator escaped injury yesterday after his crane boom came into contact with high tension power lines thanks to knowing to stay put.
We have the first photograph of Grove’s new 55 tonne trailer mounted GSK55 crane.
09.03.2009
A Genie TZ34-20 trailer lift has been stolen from a site in Melton Mowbray, UK, please keep an eye out for it.
The Skylift division of Nationwide Platforms’ has taken delivery of the first of two 58 metre Ruthmann truck mounted lifts with TV/Film attachments.
Our email and message service was running overtime this weekend with at least four crane accidents reported.
08.03.2009
