Cranes Articles

AmQuip Corporation Makes Offer for Maxim Crane Works Assets →

Albert C. Bove, president of Anthony Crane Rental LP dba Maxim Crane Works, which is operating under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, together with AmQuip Corporation, “The Crane People,” filed a motion to allow them to file a competing plan of reorganization. The proposed Bove/ AmQuip Plan contemplates a sale of substantially all of Maxim Crane Works’ assets to AmQuip Corporation. Click for more...

Memorial Bridge Soars High Above Clearwater Harbor →

Despite numerous challenges that have recently included hurricanes, a $48-million bridge project near Clearwater, FL, is steadily moving toward its December 2005 completion date under the direction of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). According to FDOT’s Bruce Trott, the job contract calls for twin cast-in-place segmental bridges on S.R. 60, spanning the Clearwater Harbor between the city of Clearwater and Clearwater Beach. Click for more...

Four Bears Steadily Crosses Sakakawea in ND →

A unique project with roots stretching back to the late 1920s is steadily working its way across Lake Sakakawea near New Town, ND. Located in the heart of the Fort Berthold Reservation, the Four Bears Bridge on Highway 23 serves as a critical connection between the two sides of the state. A bridge replacement is currently underway, sponsored by the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. Click for more...

Action Crane’s Business Jump-Started With Equipment From Empire Crane →

If Jerry Moshier, salesman for a roofing company, went to a fortuneteller and was told that he would become the owner of a crane rental business, he probably would scoff at the prediction. However, that’s exactly what happened. Today, Moshier is out of the roofing business and is the owner of Action Crane Inc., in Brewertown, NY. In the early to mid 1980s Moshier worked for a roofing company and his venture into the crane business came about in an unusual way. Click for more...

All Erection & Crane Names Gleckler GM →

All Erection & Crane Rental has named Gary Gleckler as the new general manager at the All Crane Rental Corporation facility located in Columbus, OH. Although Gleckler was just recently hired by the company, he is no stranger to All Erection & Crane Rental. Over his 32 years in construction equipment sales, Gleckler has built a long and respected relationship with All Erection & Crane, having sold cranes and other equipment to the company. Click for more...

Woods CRW Moves Into Spacious New Facility Near Syracuse →

Woods CRW, headquartered in Williston, VT, well known in the northeast for its sales and service of cranes, has opened a new facility in Central Square, NY. The new branch, which covers 9,000 sq. ft. with four service bays, is located at 751 County Route 37, a few miles north of Syracuse just off Route 81. From here, Woods CRW will provide parts, service and sales for Link-Belt, Terex, National and Shuttlelift cranes to all of upstate New York. Click for more...

Kraft Continues to Revitalize Sarasota With High-Rises →

Kraft Construction Company Inc. has been awarded contracts to build two of downtown Sarasota, FL’s, largest projects: Plaza at Five Points and One Hundred Central/Whole Foods Market Centre. Both projects are mixed-use developments that will include condominiums, retail and office space. Kraft is sharing cranes between the two projects because of the logistics and constraints of the job sites. Click for more...

Blackford Joins ALL Crane’s Aerial Equipment Division →

ALL Crane Rental of Georgia Inc., based in Austell, GA, recently announced the addition of Brian Blackford to the company’s sales staff. ALL Crane added Blackford to ALL Aerials, a division of ALL Crane Rental of Georgia Inc. He will be based in Austell. Blackford’s initial responsibility will be to grow the company’s aerial equipment sales and rentals in the Atlanta metro area. “ALL Crane has traditionally been known as a crane rental, sales and service company and has established a very solid reputation in the industry,” Blackford said. Click for more...

Crews Rebuild Spires One Block at a Time →

If Hercules were alive today, there is no doubt that the Chapel Towers project at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME, would be one of his 12 labors. What on the surface may look like just another rebuild project is nothing of the sort. The careful dismantling, numbering, cataloging and meticulously rebuilding of the 150-year-old Bowdoin Chapel towers are being done — heavy-granite block by heavy-granite block. Click for more...

Duneland Sand Raises Pit Production With Roland, Komatsu →

Duneland Sand Inc. in Valparaiso, IN, recently purchased two Komatsu WA500-3 wheel loaders from Roland Machinery’s Portage, IN, location to help increase production at its plant. “[They] have dramatically cut our time on loading trucks, going from two and a half buckets with our old machine,” said Josh Lambert, manager of Duneland Sand Inc. “We purchased the WA500s and they cut a minute-and-a-half off our time. Click for more...

Southeastern Crane Opens Charleston Branch, Announces Personnel Changes →

Southeastern Crane recently expanded into the Charleston, SC, area with the opening of a branch office in Ladson, approximately 12 miles west of the city. As the Grove distributor for the state, Southeastern Crane established the store to fulfill a requirement for the South Carolina dealership. Vice President and General Manager Dallas Johnson noted that Southeastern Crane will lease the facility until a permanent location is determined. Click for more...

Bryson Crane Helps Speed Raceway Job Toward Finish Line →

In the late 1800s, the area now known as Daytona Beach, FL, caught the attention of mogul Mathias Day, who built the town’s first hotel, the Palmetto House, in 1874. The area has since drawn entrepreneurs and vacationers alike –– and like so much of Florida, Daytona Beach has expanded with the demand. In 1980, taking note of the business potential, Jimmy and Mike Bryson uprooted their 25-year-old Nashville, TN-based business, Bryson Crane Service, and moved it south. Click for more...

Atlantic Coast Cranes Prospers in Both Good, Bad Economies →

T.S. Elliot once wrote: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” For Wally Jones, founder and current president of Ashland, VA-based Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery Inc. (ACC), this philosophy could not resonate more true. In 1991, Jones, along with long-time colleague Dennis Samuel, rented a small office and started the fledgling crane dealership with two lines –– American Crane products and JLG boom trucks. Click for more...

Jersey’s Hoffman Equipment Earns Manitowoc Crane CARE ’Elite’ Status →

One of Hoffman Equipment’s major achievements during its first year of representing Grove and Manitowoc was earning special recognition from Manitowoc as a Crane CARE “Elite” dealer. “Elite” status means that Hoffman has satisfied a detailed set of Manitowoc specifications relevant to total support of the manufacturer’s products. Specifics include:• technicians continuing advanced training (10 Hoffman technicians participated in 17 factory schools during 2004), • replacement parts inventory levels and customer order fill rates, • modern tooling, and• ability to perform complicated repairs in the field and communications capacity and utilization (field technicians are required to have Internet access to the factory via laptops and cell phones). Click for more...

ALL Crane Celebrates 40 Years of Growth, Achievement →

Our nation was founded on the idea that it is every man and woman’s right to live freely, prospering in a fair and open society. It was in this belief that as a free nation we could work hard and use our freedom to achieve our dreams and improve our lives, as well as improve our country. And it is because of this belief that many business startups in this country turn into tales of success. Such is the case with ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp., which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Click for more...

Grove Provides Muscle for Lee Hi’s VA Crane Business →

Robert Berkstresser is in the crane business. He’s also in the towing business ... and the excavating business ... and the equipment rental business. Berkstresser’s office sits on the property of his trucking operation and travel plaza, which is attached to his restaurant, appropriately named Berky’s Restaurant, which offers dinner specials every evening. Behind Berky’s and beyond the machine shop, Berkstresser’s campground climbs the side of a hill. Click for more...

Crane, Boring Rig Combo Drop Shafts in Tight Quarters →

To sink a pair of 6.5-ft-diameter open shafts 250 ft., mostly through rock, a specialty contractor is using a compact dry boring rig originally designed for cast-in-place piles. Raito Inc., Geosystems Construction Specialists, the American arm of a Japan-based construction firm, is installing two concrete-lined vent and drop shafts for the new Combined Sewer Overflow tunnel in Providence, RI. Raito’s U.S. Click for more...

Manitowoc, Shuttlelift Sign Industrial Crane Supply Agreement →

Manitowoc Crane Group signed an agreement with Shuttlelift Inc., a subsidiary of Marine Travelift Inc., under which Shuttlelift will supply a line of industrial cranes to Manitowoc. The cranes will be sold under the Grove brand name. Manitowoc and Shuttlelift expect to introduce seven models of industrial cranes, ranging in capacity from 8.5 to 20 tons (18 t) beginning in the third quarter of 2004. Click for more...

Testa Utilizes Grove GMK7550 Crane for Specialized Demolition on Big Dig →

Elevated highways in Boston, MA, are being torn down and replaced with tree-lined avenues and parks. One of Grove’s flagship units is helping make this idea become a reality months earlier than expected. A 550-ton (450 t) heavy-lift GMK7550 all-terrain crane from Grove is allowing contractor Testa Corp. to use its combined skills in demolition and craneage to demolish 1.5 mi. (2.4 km) of elevated highway in the heart of Boston. Click for more...

North Atlantic Machinery Teams With Powerscreen in Maine →

Gary Harmon, president of North Atlantic Machinery Inc., recently announced that his company has added the Powerscreen line of aggregate equipment to its list of product offerings. Harmon has been serving New England aggregate producers for the past 13 years and he has owned North Atlantic Machinery since 1997. He will be making the Powerscreen products available to all municipalities, contractors and producers in Maine. Click for more...

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