The man, who was a carpenter's helper, was killed on Jan. 30, 2006, while assisting the crane operator in removing pins that secured the lattice boom's 40-foot center section to the base boom section.

To reach the required hub height of 538 feet the contractor used a Terex Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane equipped with a full Boom Booster configuration, including a Flex Frame and Split ...

National Crane’s NBT45 truck-mounted crane can reach up to 142 feet with its five-section boom. When equipped with a 55-foot boom extension, the combination provides a lifting tip height of 204 feet ...

The new Link-Belt RTC-80130 Series II 130-ton rough-terrain crane is the largest rough-terrain Link-Belt has ever produced, it says. The new crane uses a five-section, 162-foot formed boom that is ...

Side view shows the three interconnected boom sections of the fully assembled and operational “proof-of-concept” CompoTech/RTI carbon fiber composite telescopic crane. Photo Credit, all images: ...

The Tadano Group launches the all-new 160 US-ton tele-boom crawler crane: the Tadano GTC-1600. The GTC-1600 brings a 160 US-ton capacity solution to the lifting industry with over 200 feet of main ...

New tower crane concepts for wind turbine installation. Part one of an epic series written by ICST special correspondent and global tower crane authority Heinz-Gert Kessel At the beginning of tower ...

The market for lattice-boom crawler cranes is divided into to sections, according one industry expert. The market for lattice-boom crawler cranes is divided into two sections, according to Keith ...