A group of teenagers in Teignmouth, Devon have adopted a new sport, climbing dockside cranes in order to jump or dive into the water below.
19.07.2005
Genie has launched a stretched version of the popular Z45/25JRT articulated boom. Designated the Z-51/30J RT, the new model offers an extra 1.8m of height and 1.5m of outreach.
18.07.2005
Facelift, the Hickstead based hire company has purchased 10 further Haulotte HA16SPX self-propelled booms.
17.07.2005
United Rentals, Inc. the worlds largest rental company and operator of the largest aerial lift fleet, has issued a statement saying that president and CFO, John Milne has failed to perform his duties and threatened him with termination.
15.07.2005
A Genie GR15 Runabout Serial no 5130, only one week old, was stolen from a building in Blantyre, Glasgow on the night of Friday July first.
A transport company based in Brisbane Australia has been fined A$40,000 for the death of a motorist, killed when a crane fell off the back of one of its trucks.
AFI has moved its East midlands depot from West Hallam to larger premises in Breaston, close to the M1.
14.07.2005
Matermaco, the Belgian distribution company that handles, Haulotte, Komatsu and Kubota, has been sold by its parent, the Atenor Group to the Dutch based Mechan Group,
A.M.P Access, the south west based access rental company, has separated its growing non powered access business into a new company called AMP Access Solutions
Palfinger has won an order from a Romanian DIY supermarket chain for 40 PK18500 Performance cranes, complete with crane forks
13.07.2005
Kestrel Powered Access Ltd of Bristol, believes it is now the largest access hire business working out of a single UK depot, following the addition of 10 new Niftylift booms.
A funeral director was recently faced with the challenge of burying Britain’s heaviest man. A JCB Telehandler played a key role in the burial.
Panther Platform Rentals has spent £1 million with Skyjack to equip its new Haydock depot in the North West of the UK.
The first consignment of Snorkel scissors and booms arrived last week at Omniconstruct-Europe, its new distributor in Holland.
12.07.2005
The USA’S National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work have launched today a new joint OSH website.
11.07.2005
Ashtead, parent of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK, has reported strong improvements in all three of its divisions for the year ended 30th April 2005
Wayne A Nicarry, the last remaining founder member of Grove manufacturing Company, died on May 29th aged 85.
08.07.2005
It seems that the charlatans from the fair guide are at it again, this time for APEX.
Union Square in New York, was flooded with strawberry and Kiwi flavoured juice at the end of June, from a rapidly melting 17.5 tonne ice lolly during a tilt up lift by a crane.
A 15 year old sleepwalker was rescued with a truck mounted platform, after being found asleep 40 metres up, on the counterweight of a top slewing tower crane.
06.07.2005
Brandon, the Bristol based general rental company, announced “steady” trading in its first half and announced the acquisition of three new companies with four locations for £900,000.
05.07.2005
David Price, chairman of Lavendon, Europe’s largest aerial lift rental company has announced that he will retire and leave the company later this year.
Following the retirement of Gary Lorenz, 4 point Lift Systems has been sold to a group of long time associates.
The Lavendon group, parent of Nationwide, Zooom and Rapid access, Europe’s largest aerial lift rental fleet, has reported first half 2005 revenues down four percent on the same period in 2004.
04.07.2005
