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Renting a crane has considerable advantages over buying one. There’s less capital investment, more flexibility for your project, and no maintenance or storage costs. Still, if you need to rent a crane or other heavy machinery for your proje...
Finding the right crane for your worksite is challenging, given the various types of cranes available. Fortunately, there are four of the best mobile and industrial cranes to know for your worksite. All-Terrain Cranes All-terrain cranes a...
Lifting heavy objects is hard work, but preparing for the lift can take significantly more time than the lift itself. In addition to the lift plan that we create for every job, big lifts require travel permits and detailed route planning ju...
Understanding how to read a crane load chart allows you to calculate the crane’s load capacity as it relates to the boom angle and length. Most lifts are planned using computer simulations these days. And load indicators in the cabs signify...
Without cranes, much of our modern world simply wouldn’t exist. Last month we gave you a quick history lesson on when cranes were invented. Now that we’ve covered their origins, it only makes sense to get into the mechanics of how cranes wo...
The Earliest Cranes Cranes have been a part of human history for thousands of years. In ancient Mesopotamia, shadoofs were used as an irrigation tool as early as 3000 BCE. By 2000 BCE, these innovative tools had found their way into the ...
