OSHA holds a voluntary event, May 3 -7, that encourages a break in production to spread the importance of fall prevention — an important event for the crane industry.

Manitex Valla, a world leader in mobile industrial cranes, has launched its brand new V36R radio controlled ultra-compact electric mobile crane.

In their 200 hours of training, class instructors set about “getting students comfortable with heights, with firmly attaching themselves, with moving about, and with rescues of other workers,” said William Burley, the lead trainer and an employee of Mowbray’s Tree Service in San Bernardino, one of the employers for the new graduates.

UK aerial lift distributor Cumberland Platforms (CPL) - part of the Klubb group - has partnered with Heineken to develop the Wind0.0w Service - a drinks bar mounted on the platform of a truck mounted lift to serve pints through people’s second floor windows during lockdown.

The spring snowstorm brought down trees and limbs across the Denver metro area knocking out power, damaging vehicles and creating a weight of work for arborists.

Located at the foot of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, which is only accessible by small cars, a helicopter with a maximum one tonne payload was used to install the crane.

A sugar maple tree that has watched over a New Hampshire home for more than 200 years and was the largest of its kind in the United States is coming down because of safety concerns.

The International Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA) held a virtual meeting in February to continue their work on crane safety guidance documents last discussed at the assembly’s meeting at Conexpo last March.

Using Intelli-Connect, crane and hoist users can access detailed system information on their tablet or smartphone through the Intelli-Connect Mobile App.

Construction hoist design is being influenced by the wider construction industry, while manufacturers of hoists are looking into the future as they create products that are suitable for modern building shapes and specifications.

Wang Shasha begins her day in the wee hours of the morning, as she climbs up a 50-meter-tall tower crane and starts operating the big machine to move building materials at a construction site in Xiong’an New Area, north China’s Hebei Province.

A large oak tree fell through the roof of a Huntsville, AL home Sunday morning leaving major damage. Thankfully, nobody was harmed but a local arborist says the situation probably could have been avoided altogether.

Liebherr has unveiled its new MK 73-3.1 mobile construction crane, the smallest in its mobile construction crane family.

Ropes and pulleys offer a ton of resources for building and using mechanical advantage systems in tree care. Tree Stuff shows just some of the arborist uses for mechanical advantage and how to set them up.

After 25 years of credentialing, NCCER is launching a new era of credentials via digital badges.

Last weekend, the largest mobile crane in the UK – a Gottwald AK680 with 1,200-ton lift capacity – was used to install steel beams for the remaining viaduct spans.

Climbing up to dizzying heights, working through typhoons and using a chainsaw to cut down dangerous branches are all in a day’s work for Hong Kong’s “tree guardian” Jason Ma.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) reminds people that there are steps to take to ensure you are finding reputable tree trimming companies you can trust.

McLaren Engineering Group has used a 500-ton Liebherr LTM 1500 crane to lift a smaller LTM 1130 mobile unit onto the roof of Tiffany & Co’s flagship 1940 art moderne shop on Fifth Avenue.

'Heartbreaking” is the word arborist Virginia Hayes-Miller uses to describe the tree damage the Aug. 10 derecho left behind in Cedar Rapids and much of Iowa. 'It will take 30 years or more of consistent work to rebuild the tree cover that was lost in one storm,” she said.