Category: Industry News

Load ’em up; versatility and productivity are key when considering material handling equipment Published in: Recycling Today Date: 11/1/2003 By: Toto, Deanne Material handling is essential to recycling applications handling post-consumer materials from municipal recycling programs, scrap metals or C&D materials. Whether moving material within the yard, loading processing equipment or packing trucks and railcars […]

Chain-drive innovations: boost trencher reliability: makers of chain trenchers under 100 horsepower battle for market share with trencher-drive innovations and rising horsepower.( Published in: Construction Equipment Date: 11/1/2003 By: Stewart, Larry Over the past 10 years, the utility industry has been so distracted by the rap idly developing directional-boring business that it may have been […]

New construction, utility equipment unveiled at ICUEE Published in: Trailer/Body Builders Date: 11/1/2003 MORE than 14,000 industry professionals attended the 2003 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) during its run September 23-25, 2003, at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. ICUEE 2003 featured more than 790 exhibitors using more than 1.1 […]

Utility vehicles handle unexpected obstacles Published in: California Fairways Date: 11/1/2003 Golf course superintendents are required to have a lot of specialized equipment, including multiple types of mowers, sprayers, aerators and fertilizers. There are times, however, when a superintendent needs just the opposite. Whether to move people or equipment from place to place or for […]

Aerial lift certification; properly documented training improves safety and production Published in: Arbor Age Date: 10/1/2003 By: Dubish, Peter AERIAL LIFT OPERATORS HAVE TO BE PROPERLY TRAINED. THE EMPHASIS ON this requirement seems to be on the rise among OSHA’s inspectors, and they want to see proof. The only real way to prove anyone has […]

Would you rather have it empty for one day, or forever? Play it safe with your people and your business. Get aerial lift and aerial rescue training from ACRT Published in: Arbor Age Date: 10/1/2003 An empty aerial lift truck can be a scary thing for your business. So can an untrained operator. That’s why […]

Define the climb: aerial-work platforms place workers where they’re needed, but deciding which will do the job best requires answering some key questions Published in: Construction Equipment Date: 10/1/2003 By: Sutton, Rod Aerial-work platforms (AWPs) perform a simple task: They enable workers to reach their job safely when it’s not at ground level. Beyond that, […]

Aerial devices and Backyard Unit Published in: Arbor Age Date: 10/1/2003 Terex Telelect announced its new XM series overcenter and RM series non-overcenter material handling aerial devices as well as the new TL series Backyard Unit. The XM series offers three models with working heights of 55, 60, and 65 feet. The units have material […]

Maintaining workplace safety in your team. Published in: New Zealand Forest Industries Magazine Date: 10/1/2003 Extracts from a paper presented by Richard Parker, COHFE, to last month’s FICA conference. Forestry is one of the most dangerous occupations in New Zealand. This is reflected in the very high ACC levies that forest contractors must pay. and […]

Biotechnology in forestry: the promise and the economic reality Published in: Solutions – for People, Processes and Paper Date: 10/1/2003 By: Weyerhaeuser, George H., Jr. “We will hereby be launching on a program of growing trees.” With those words in 1936, executive vice president, Phil Weyerhaeuser, completed decades of work toward sustainable forestry and prepared […]

STORM CHASERS: CAVALRY ARRIVES IN BUCKET TRUCKS Published in: The News & Record Date: 9/19/2003 By: Lorraine Ahearn By the time his 18-ton Ford bucket truck hissed to a noisy halt Thursday in the staging area behind Koury Convention Center, Steve Ezernack had been driving for two days and 1,350 miles. All to stand in […]

Texas Crane Safety Mandate Little-Known, Less Enforced Published in: Houston Chronicle Date: 9/12/2003 Sep. 12–Texas has had a law on the books since 1989 requiring cranes to have insulators that prevent deaths from contact with power lines. But those who should know about the device, which could have prevented some of the state’s 30 construction-related […]

A different kind of Ditch Witch: New line of mini-excavators allow company to offer “one-stop shop” approach to contractors Published in: Diesel Progress North American Edition Date: 9/1/2003 By: Mercer, Mike The Charles Machine Works (CMW) has been renowned for decades as the manufacturer of the Ditch Witch line of trenchers. In the 1980s, the […]

Personnel and aerial work platforms.(the mason’s toolbag) Published in: Masonry Construction Date: 9/1/2003 The Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) includes separate working councils devoted specifically to aerial platforms and mast climbing equipment activities. The overall objectives of SIA are to promote safety, work with governmental agencies to develop more effective safety standards, reduce accidents, and assist […]

Enhancing crane safety: digitally compensated tilt sensors: crane safety systems using high performance tilt sensors help avert serious accidents, enhance production, and control cost for a highly competitive industry Published in: Sensors Magazine Date: 9/1/2003 By: Puccio, Michael R. Crane safety systems using high-performance tilt sensors help avert serious accidents, enhance production, and control costs […]

Two new forestry machines from Cat Published in: Diesel Progress North American Edition Date: 9/1/2003 By: Mercer, Mike Caterpillar has introduced two new tracked machines for forestry applications, the 325C FM and 330C FM. The new machines are designed to be versatile, efficient and durable in delimbing, log loading and road building applications. “These new […]

Training program for tree care aerial devices Published in: Arbor Age Date: 8/1/2003 Altec’s Prevention & Product Safety department is pleased to announce the Altec SENTRY Program–professional operator safety training for tree care aerial devices. This program is an interactive, computer-based training aid designed to assist Altec’s customers in training their operators on Altec equipment. […]

OSHA Names 23 to Cranes and Derricks Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee; First Public Meeting Scheduled for July 30-Aug.1 in DC. Published in: US Newswire Date: 7/2/2003 Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health John Henshaw today announced the appointment of 23 members to the Cranes and Derricks Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (C-DAC), who will be […]

Buy, lease or rent? Contractors must weigh their options when acquiring jobsite equipment. Published in: Contractor Date: 7/1/2003 By: Atkinson, William WHEN IT COMES to paying for the use of equipment on a job, you can consider outright purchase, lease or rent. The decision is rarely a simple one. Many people in the industry believe […]

Acquiring an articulating crane: what should a contractor consider as the options are investigated? Published in: Concrete Construction Date: 7/1/2003 By: Jim Darr Selecting an articulating crane is not as complicated as one might think. Many times, a contractor will stew over different applications that might be faced, or various materials that could be handled. […]

Alabama Firm Offers to Buy Bankrupt Fort Wayne, Ind., Utility-Product Company Published in: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Date: 6/2/2003 By: Doug LeDuc Jun. 2–FORT WAYNE, Ind.–A Birmingham, Ala.-based rival to Mobile Tool International wants to buy it out of bankruptcy for $20.5 million. Mobile Tool has its headquarters in Westminster, Colo., and owns Fort Wayne-based […]

Insulated articulated aerial lift Published in: Arbor Age Date: 6/1/2003 TIME Manufacturing Co. recently introduced the new Versalift VO-43-I insulated articulated aerial lift. This compact, articulated aerial lift has 47 feet 10 inches of working height while mounting on an 84-inch cab to axle chassis, which allows for easy maneuvering in tight places. The relatively […]

Boom! Terex continues consolidation Published in: Trailer/Body Builders Date: 6/1/2003 By: Rick Weber TWO years ago, National Truck Equipment Association executive director Jim Carney wrote an article in which he dissected the issue of consolidation. He wrote that while many people in the industry view consolidation in a negative fashion, Webster’s Dictionary actually defines it […]

Crane safety. Published in: Concrete Construction Date: 4/1/2003 By: Warning, Michael A loaded concrete bucket struck and killed a 50-year-old male carpenter at a municipal construction site during a crane tipover. The victim was removing forms from a newly constructed concrete wall while a concrete finishing crew was filling empty forms about 20 feet away. […]