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Two large raccoons climbed almost 50 metres up a large tower crane in Seattle, Washington, in order to make a nest behind the crane’s cab.
An M2480D Favco tower crane from Marr Contracting in Australia has been used to lift what is likely to be the highest and heaviest load into a fully functional CBD site, writes Brent Stacey.
A 50 tonne mobile crane has overturned while lifting a garbage disposal truck in Hörgertshausen, Germany, on Monday.
Australia’s federal government has proposed scrapping the landmark hammerhead crane in Sydney. A report by the department of defence report proposes scrapping the 250 tonne crane which has been in…
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION FOR UNIC MINI CRANES
by Crane Blogger
February 5, 2013
UNIC mini cranes played a starring role on the set of Hollywood blockbuster “Noah” recently as they assisted with filming inside a 5000 year old lava stream cave near Reykjavik in Iceland.
A 90 tonne All Terrain crane overturned into canal in Bradford, UK, on Friday while travelling to a lift.
R&B Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, will soon introduce its second crawler-mounted mini-crane into the U.S. market.
A New York crane operator and contractor each face at least $64,000 in fines for a crawler collapse last month. See Overload blamed for NY crane collapse See crane collapses in New York.
Demand for rough-terrain cranes of all sizes remains high, If the U.S. construction market turns a page in 2013, rough terrain cranes will lead the way.