Mobile equipment working platforms (MEWPs) already have productivity gains compared to ladders and scaffolding, however, there are even greater productivity gains when it comes to MEWP type, machine features, and how you accessorize the machine.

Equipment used to elevate workers into position on tall buildings, trees or other structures varies slightly in their capabilities but all work similarly. Learn about a few options for work requiring an employee lift below.

What Is a Boom Lift?

The boom lift has several nicknames, including cherry picker. This is a small vehicle with an attached lift that raises and lowers employees. Boom lifts carry lighter loads or a single worker carries few tools. If you want to use a boom lift, make sure that your job will only require lifting lightweight equipment.

Hiab, part of Cargotec, announces the introduction of the next generation forestry crane, LOGLIFT 18S, with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The company will also show a prototype of the PANORAMA cabin in Pavilion P35 from 20 to 25 September at IAA TRANSPORTATION in Hannover, Germany. The PANORAMA cabin and the LOGLIFT 18S will be available to order in Q1 2023.

A new report out this week warns that at least 1 in 9 tree species in the U.S. are at risk of extinction. Trees face a host of threats including invasive species, deadly disease and climate change. The data comes as part of the most comprehensive threat assessment ever collected on U.S. forests

A new, three-mile-long Howard Frankland Bridge is being constructed over Tampa Bay in Florida, alongside the famous-yet-flawed original span. A mega fleet of over 20 Manitowoc crawler cranes is being used to drive sheet and concrete piles, adapted for use in the marine environment in partnership with dealer Walter Payton Power Equipment.

It certainly takes talent and ingenuity to customize equipment solutions that promote safer, better ways of performing tree care industry service work, but by investing in better technology that produces better results, tree service businesses can scale to a whole new level

Mobile cranes are also responsible for the most accidents and fatal injuries of all crane types. Due to its power, size, and capabilities, it’s vital that this type of heavy equipment is used safely.

In the tree care industry, we speak a lot about safe work practices, safety first and working safely. Yet if we truly stop to think about it, what is safe?

It’s a rather hard thing to define without using the word safe somehow which then brings us back to attempting to define it as well as each derivative of the word

TOKYO, Sept. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DeepX, Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Kaoru Nasuno, hereinafter DeepX) and Tadano Ltd. (Headquarters: Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, President: Toshiaki Ujiie, hereinafter Tadano) have released the progress of a joint research project of crane automation utilizing AI technology.

If you’re hungry about scaling your tree service business – bidding on and winning more contracts, taking on more work, eliminating the challenge of finding skilled, competent workers, and feeling assured your team has the capabilities and resources to complete any job on time and efficiently – then you’re in the right place.

LEARN MORE: Dan Mayer shares how the SENNEBOGEN 718 eliminated his challenge of finding more skilled workers.

San Diego Gas & Electric has awarded a $1.2 million, three-year grant to the San Diego College of Continuing Education to train arborists to clear utility wires.

The five-week, tuition-free program provides training to become a skilled arborist who can support California’s efforts to prevent wildfires by clearing trees away from utility equipment and power lines.

SINGAPORE: In the travel ecosystem, hotels initially served as places to rest after a long day of sightseeing. But they have become bona fide destinations themselves - case in point, an upcoming resort in Singapore's sleepy Changi Village enclave that will be made up of buses.

Falcon’s new fleet of Punch Flybrid machines boost generator power whilst reducing fuel use and increasing sustainability.

UK company Falcon has invested in a fleet of Punch Flybrid machines and Stage V generators. The generators come under Falcon’s Power division and will predominantly be used to power the company’s tower cranes.

A1A Software has released the first two lift planning tools in its new application-based A1A Product Suite. Rigging Designer enables users to create custom rigging plans and Sketch Pad provides a convenient way to sketch preliminary job site data for bids and estimates.

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) urged OSHA to modernize crane and derrick safety standards earlier this month. In a letter signed by five other members of Congress including Rep. Nydia Velázquez (NY-7), the representative argued the Department of Labor’s recent, updated standards on the issue didn’t reflect the age of advanced technology available.

Low-cost technologies could help researchers and city managers pinpoint the precise timing of key tree activities, like blooming or changing leaves. This could offer important information about tree health, which in turn could help us offer some much-needed protection to these trees.

Often, taking a closer look at how a given crew works and operates according to safety best practices and procedures is prompted by an accidental injury or even death. Beyond the human cost, the tree crew and the organization that has contracted them for work are both suddenly under significant pressure. Accidents may result in OSHA penalties, higher insurance rates, workers’ compensation claims, and more.

Longer and longer travels, higher dynamics, short load cycles, zero failures: the new P4HD.56R fulfills these requirements - and offers maximum economic efficiency. (Source: igus GmbH)

P4HD.56.R: suitable for long travels, high speeds, heavy cable loads, and Industry 4.0

UNITED STATES, August 16, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- igus®, the world leader in motion plastics and moving cable management systems, has introduced the rol e-chain® P4HD.56.R – a new heavy-duty energy chain cable carrier designed for long travels, high speeds, heavy cable loads, and Industry 4.0.

cott Southerland, of AJ’s Concrete Pumping in Vancouver, BC and creator of the Canadian Concrete Pumper YouTube channel, uses his platform to provide a visual representation of best practices for concrete pump operators. In a recent video, Sutherland explains what the 1:1 rule is in proper outrigger set up from the base edge of an excavation using DICA’s ProStack Slot Lock Cribbing Blocks and SafetyTech Outrigger Pads.

A tiny worm is attacking beech trees across Massachusetts, and arborists say they're worried the long-term impact could devastate a species that's critical to the state's forests.

The worm causes beech leaf disease, which was first identified in Ohio in 2012 and appeared in Plymouth, Massachusetts, two years ago.