New Zealand’s Pollock Cranes recently took delivery of a Sany SAC2500E, a 250-tonne all terrain featuring 75 metres of main boom. Sany has delivered smaller-capacity all terrains to the New Zealand market, but this is one of the first of this class to be delivered in the Oceania region. Pollock Cranes is owned and operated by siblings Thomas, Casandra, and Wayne Slater. Wayne provides insights into the purchase of the Sany. Read More
Strait Up Cranes and Rigging recently took delivery of a new Grove GMK6300L-1, 300t capacity all-terrain. It’s a significant step up in capacity for the Mudgee-based crane hire business. Grant Gjessing, Strait Up’s Managing Director explains more. Read More
The global wind energy industry is reaching new heights – literally. As the demand for renewable energy continues to grow, so too does the need for larger, more powerful wind turbines.Read More
SpanSet Axzion, a manufacturer of lifting equipment, has aligned its growth with the expansion of the wind energy sector. Founded over 50 years ago, SpanSet started as a modest operation. Sven Lehmann, Managing Director of SpanSet Axzion Germany, a SpanSet division, recalls how the company started in a shed.Read More
Pace Cranes recently introduced Maeda’s MK3053CB knuckle boom mini crawlers with crane hire businesses and industrial glaziers responding quickly and positively. One of the early adopters of the technology is Spider Crane Hire.Read More
Johnson & Young Cranes (JYC) has built its fleet with a clear focus on servicing both the renewable energy and the civil infrastructure sectors and given the substantial investment required to achieve this – whether a crawler crane or a wheeled carrier with outriggers – it is essential that each machine is capable of handling a diverse range of tasks.Read More
For more than 20 years Delphi Measurement has designed and manufactured a huge variety of tension loadcells for the Australian lifting industry. These simple yet rugged designs make them suitable for the harshest environments, said Mike Leonard, Delphi Measurement’s Managing Director.Read More
Membrey’s Transport and Crane Hire and Linfox Group recently completed a sensitive logistical project transferring a herd of elephants from Melbourne Zoo to their new residence at Werribee Open Range Zoo. Craig Membrey and his team are no strangers to managing this type of project. Having managed the transferring of animals to and from Melbourne Zoo for 56 years they were up to the ‘tusk’.Read More
BAB Engineering, a leading manufacturer of electro-hydraulically powered loading decks, recently announced a number of changes to the business as well as launching a brand new 4.2 metre deck designed to help builders with the boom in modular construction.Read More
As the lifting and rigging industry continues to evolve, having access to premium-quality, compliant, and readily available equipment is critical to ensuring safety and efficiency.Read More
