cranes

On August 24, two crane operators placed in the Lindale, Alberta, crane operator skills championship, securing their spot in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Crane Operator Skills Championship in Las Vegas.The finals will take place during ConExpo in March 2014.

Hiab unveiled four new mid-sized loader crane models, the X-CLX 178, the X-DUO 178, the X-HIDUO 188 and the X-HIPRO 192, at a launch in Berlin yesterday.

Dayton, Ohio-based Composite Advantage’s newest LargeLOAD fiberglass reinforced crane outrigger pad has been engineered for work sites operating medium and large cranes on ground with lower soil pressures.

The end of August marks the deadline to submit your 2013 nominations for Crane & Rigging Hot Line’s Top Trainer awards program!

A 50 tonne capacity articulated crane overturned last week while making a lift in Switzerland.

A boom truck overturned onto a house in Tequesta, Florida, (north of Palm Beach) yesterday, while lifting an air conditioning unit. Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident.

A crawler crane working from a barge on a marina expansion project at South Whidbey Harbour, Langley, Washington state, was dumped in the water last wednesday, while working on sheet piles.

The boom of a crawler crane dropped across a road onto a parked car on Saturday in the town of Subang Jaya, Malaysia- a suburb of Kuala Lumpur.

The two crane operators who placed first and second at last Friday’s Regional Qualifying Rodeo in Bridgeview, Ill., have earned berths in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Crane Operator Skills Championship that will be held in the spotlight of ConExpo in Las Vegas, Nev., next March. The top two finishers also reportedly posted the best scores seen in any regional competition to date.

The hook of an improperly stowed telescopic loader crane seriously injured a man in Russia who had been pulled over by the police.