A reader of Verikal.Net spotted a highly creative new access system in use on a private home. Whether it meets any regulations is another issue.
03.07.2009
Lift Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has acquired the local Bobcat dealer, Bobcat of Lancaster for an undisclosed sum.
Three people have died as a result of a rough terrain scissor falling over in Kraków, Poland.
02.07.2009
A construction crew in Iowa managed to rescue a woman from the river with help of their crane..
A raised loader crane demolished a footbridge in Scotland yesterday.
01.07.2009
A man was crushed between a crane and an aerial work platform yesterday at a United Rentals yard in West Virgina.
Eric Pommier has been promoted to vice president of Manitowoc Crane Care for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Aerial lift manufacturer Leader SRL has closed for two days following the death of Rosanna Borghi, the Ferrarini family matriarch.
If you live in the UK or can tune in via the web, watch out for Mean Machines this evening on the UK’s Channel 5
Manitowoc UK is formally launching its new premises today as well as showing off its latest new products.
This is a surprising one and goes to show that even in the most developed markets there is still potential to spread the powered access message.
Terex AWP/Genie has announced two new service training locations at its facilities in Oklahoma City and Southaven, Mississippi.
30.06.2009
The CPA’s Powered Access Interest Group is drawing up a best practice guide for the use of aerial lifts in confined overhead areas.
Abnormal Load Engineering has pointed out some very valid flaws in our preview of the new 100,000 t/m Mammoet PTC120DS.
Another All Terrain crane has caught fire while travelling, causing substantial damage, this one is in Australia.
Several visitors to Vertikal Days last week were extolling the virtues of Thermoil, which claims to extend battery life with less maintenance.
29.06.2009
The third Vertikal Days attracted record numbers of visitors and good weather. Here is an extensive pictorial coverage of the event.
Norwegian based aerial lift specialist, Hamar Liftsenter, has purchased two Matilsa Parma 21D auto leveling self propelled boom lifts.
A charity auction at Vertikal Days, which included a pink Eazzilift scissor lift, raised almost £7,000 for charity.
Gehl, the US affiliate of Manitou, has agreed an amendment to its bank credit lines.
Maxim Crane Works has acquired a third of Barnhart Crane and Rigging’s crawler crane fleet.
28.06.2009
RSC, one of the largest rental companies in the USA, will issue $400 million of senior secured notes, maturing in 2017 and reports a fall in rental rates.
RSC, one of the largest rental companies in the USA has promoted Phil Hobson to senior vice president western operations.
The Access Link, the UK association of independent aerial lift rental companies has reached a partnering agreement with Partner Lift a similar organisation in Germany
27.06.2009
