NEWS
10
ACT
FEBRUARY 2014
ALL Erection & Crane
Rental Corp. announced the
purchase of a Terex crane
package that will add 10 of the
new Terex RT 231, a 30-ton
rough-terrain crane,
to its sales and rental
fleet. The new cranes
are earmarked
for branches in
Ohio, Michigan,
Pennsylvania,
West Virginia,
Mammoet carries
dragline across desert
ship on dry land, is designed
to ‘walk’ by using shoes that
lift and advance the machine,
at a speed of one-tenth of
a mile per hour. However,
using this method would have
required generators, and road
and power line construction
support 24 hours a day for at
least a month.
Mammoet crews reduced
that travel time by two-thirds,
despite factors like steep
inclines, exceptional rainfall
CIC forges alliance
with AZ Institute
The Crane Institute Certification (CIC) and Arizona’s Institute for
Safety and Health Management (ISHM) have entered into a joint
marketing agreement with the aim of improving the safety and health
of workers, and thereby reducing accidents.
CIC offers NCCA-accredited certifications for mobile crane
operators, riggers and signalpersons. ISHM offers certifications for
safety management professionals. CIC’s certifications are designed
for in-the-field workers while ISHM’s target safety managers.
“A joint marketing agreement between CIC and ISHM offers
customers a holistic approach to safety credentialing. When the
work environment is safe, companies are more productive and
profitable,” said Debbie Dickinson, executive director, CIC.
“By endorsing each other’s programs, CIC and ISHM are providing
additional resources to their respective customers to help them gain
employment, win job bids, reduce risk and become more competitive
and profitable,” said Larry Curtis, ISHM executive director.
Mammoet moved an 8-million
pound Peabody Energy dragline
across the New Mexico desert
to the El Segundo Mine.
ALL Erection
and Crane
Rental has
purchased 10 new
30-ton Terex RT
231 units for its
rental
fleet.
ALL purchases
Terex crane package
CRW Corp.
expands
Link-Belt
territory
Link-Belt Construction
Equipment announced that
New England-based Wood’s
CRW Corp. will expand
its coverage into eastern
Pennsylvania. Effective January
1, 2014, Wood’s CRW Corp.
purchased assets and retained
employees located at the
former Link-Belt Mid-Atlantic
Carlisle, PA branch. Wood’s
CRW Corp. is a perennial top
five sales volume distributor
for Link-Belt, with a territory
that covers New England and
most of New York state.
“CRW has a well-earned
reputation for sales expertise
and superior customer
support that they provide
to their customers on a
daily basis. We expect
the transition into eastern
Pennsylvania to be seamless,”
said Link-Belt North American
Sales Manager Skeeter
Collins.
Link-Belt Mid-Atlantic,
headquartered in Richmond,
VA., will focus on their original
core territory of Maryland,
Virginia, Delaware and
Washington, D.C.
Mammoet, a world leader
in solutions for lifting,
transportation, installation
and decommissioning of large
and heavy structures, carried
an 8 million-pound Peabody
Energy dragline over 22 miles
of New Mexico desert to the
El Segundo Mine. It took only
12 days to transport the 3,500-
ton dragline on a Mammoet
specialized self-propelled
transport vehicle.
The dragline, the size of a
and width restrictions due to
an archaeological site.
A total of 150 axle lines
of Self-Propelled Modular
Transporters (SPMT), five
trains wide by 30 long, were
used to move the dragline to
its destination.
“Transporting a machine of
this size required precision
and planning,” said Brad
Brown, Peabody Energy senior
vice president of Southwest
operations.
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and Wisconsin where ALL
Erection & Crane Rental has
exclusive dealer territory
responsibility. The units are
available for immediate sale,
but will be added to rental
equipment rosters based on
local and regional demand,
the company said.
Designed to be both
compact and rugged, yet with
a comfortable and ergonomic
cab and intuitive, single-lever
dual-axis controls, the RT 231
is versatile, easy to use and
comfortable to work for long
hours.
The RT 231 offers excellent
boom tip height (94 feet) and
features a side-stowed 26 to
43 foot lattice jib and an offset
of 0/15/30 degrees, ALL said.
The overhaul ball with hook
latch is 7 tons.
ALL Erection is a Tier-one
dealer of Terex equipment.
“We are very pleased to
offer Terex products,” said
Michael Liptak, president
of ALL Erection & Crane
Rental Corp. “This unit
is particularly well suited
for construction, drill rig
placement and refinery work,
including maintenance, steel
erection and bridge work.
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