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Tired of Swimming
EDITORIAL & DESIGN
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not unlike what happens after a crane accident. Becky Wasko and Brooke Hendrickson
I was struck by that similarity last spring when I attended the Asso- AD DESIGNERS
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Contents
CRANE TALK 4
BY TRACY BENNETT
Tired of Swimming Upstream?
NEWS LINK 8
PRodUCT FoCUS 16 GUEST PERSPECTIvE 12
BY PHIl BISHoP
BY BRENDAN CASEY
Staffing Up for Tower Cranes Inspecting a Crane’s Hydraulic System
Tower cranes are a common sight on many
skylines across the country. Here, a Potain BUSINESS ISSUES 24
MD 485 B hammer head, owned by Central
Contractors Service, is used for the construc- BY lUCY A. PERRY
tion of a condo in Chicago, Ill. The explosion
Used Cranes Make Hot Ticket Items
of the tower crane population has stretched
Booming global economy depletes pre-owned inventories.
the industry’s human resources. operators,
technicians, and erection crews are all in
UPFRoNT & HoT LINE INdEX 32
short supply.
34 REGIoN REPoRT 34
Oil and Iron at Work in Canada
SPoTLIGHT: CRANES 48
Grove 40-ton RT is Handy for Pick-and-Carry on
New Construction Jobs
SPoTLIGHT: PRodUCTS & SERvICES 101
TuffTronix Lends an Ear to Operator-Signal Person
48
Communications
CLoCKING oUT 126
Hunting from a Ladder Stand
Upcoming Articles in Crane Hot Line
• ICUEE Preview • New Boom Trucks • How to respond
after an accident
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Construction Computers industry, the Magnum is engineered to with- uEAST LIvERPooL, oHIo, JUNE 2007
stand shock, vibration, dust, and moisture. - A crane operator was unharmed after his
Designed for Extreme It can be mounted inside equipment or out- 125-ton crane fell onto a barge, knocking
side in a fixed location. the cab off the crane with him still inside.
Conditions
The Magnum is an Intel-based PC tra- The operator had finished unloading a coal
Amherst, N.H.-based Glacier Computer, a ditionally configured with either XP Pro barge when the ground beneath the crane
designer, developer, and supplier of rugged or XP Embedded. An array of standard I/o gave way. “I just rode it down,” he said, af-
industrial PC-compatible devices, has intro- allows for attaching numerous peripherals, ter realizing what was happening. A second
duced its Magnum series of computers. Spe- including portable printers for producing crane was brought in to pick the crane up
cifically designed for use in the construction work orders and employee ID card read- off the barge. No one else was injured in
ers. Wide area network cards and GPS ac- the incident. – The Review
cessories provide easy data transfer from
the worksite and constant vehicle mapping uSTATEN ISLANd, N.y., JUNE 2007 - A
and location data. woman was struck by a utility pole after
Unlike traditional laptops, the Glacier a passing truck-mounted crane snapped
Magnum is a sealed unit with no fans or overhead lines and sent the pole sailing.
vents. It features touchscreen and high- The woman was hit by the 20-foot pole.
bright display. z She was then thrown into a fence. She was
www.glaciercomputer.com treated for head trauma and a broken arm.
– Staten Island Advance
NER Launches Service for Used Equipment Buyers
uBRINdLEy MoUNTAIN, ALA., JUNE
National Equipment Register (NER) now fee of $40, a search can be processed within 2007 – A crane operator was killed after
offers IronCheck, a service that allows one hour. If the machine turns out to be the 100,000-pound truck crane he was driv-
a prospective used-equipment buyer to re- stolen, IronCheck will refund the search ing overturned. “He hit the right guardrail,
quest a search of the NER database prior to fee. IronCheck expects users to help it then the left, then the right again and
purchase. work with law enforcement to resolve these flipped,” the crane owner said. State troop-
NER has more than 85,000 stolen ma- cases. ers said the operator’s driving speed may
chines registered in its database. An Iron- David Shillingford, president of NER, have been a factor in the accident.
Check search reduces the chances of buy- said that IronCheck will have three im-
ing stolen equipment. Prospective buyers portant effects. “The first is that it will help
submit machine information – such as protect good-faith buyers of used equip-
make, model, type of equipment and serial ment,” he said. “It will also increase recov-
number – and a search certificate is issued ery rates as more used equipment sales are
within one business day. checked against the NER database and, fi-
The basic cost is $25 with additional nally, it will make selling stolen equipment
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searches available at a reduced rate. For a riskier and less profitable for thieves.”
Thomas Lonergan Remembered
Photo by Jonathan Palmer, Decatur Daily
homas Lonergan, who most recently worked with his sons, The truck crane landed upside down next
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Luke and Paul Lonergan, owners of The Empire Crane Com- to the road. The cab then split from the
pany, Syracuse, N.Y., recently died of lung cancer. Lonergan, who crane and rolled about 20 feet down an
never played golf or powered up a computer, preferred to sell embankment. “We had to stabilize the cab,
cranes by talking face-to-face, discussing specs, and going over or it would have rolled and killed about 10
load charts. rescuers,” the volunteer fire department
He began his career at LB Smith then became a dealer for Pet- captain said. “We tried to lift it but finally
tibone before he founded CranExon. Later, he worked in sales for had to cut [the operator] out.”
Stewart Equipment, and in 1982 founded Syracuse Equipment. It took rescuers 1-1/2 hours to cut the
According to family, he had a great vision and in 1994 introduced Compact Truck’s CT-2, the man from the cab. “He was conscious until
first city class all-terrain crane, to the North American market. In 1999 he was the first Ameri- they lifted him out, and then he went into
can crane distributor to be invited to China; eight years later, the crane industry in China took shock,” the crane owner said. “He died as
off. Involvement in the Big Dig in Boston was among the highlights of his career, for which he they were getting him on the helicopter.”
provided the Mantis telescopic boom crawler crane. Workers from the crane company worked
During the last five years, Lonergan worked with his sons at The Empire Crane Company. for six hours removing the damaged truck
Successful despite his reluctance to take advantage of modern technology, Lonergan preferred crane. Two additional cranes and a wrecker
to head off in his car rather than fax a load chart to a customer or email an update to a client. were needed to lift and move the over-
Reportedly, that personal touch is what he will be remembered for by his customers, associates, turned machine. – Decatur Daily z
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and family.
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NEWS BRIEFS • IronPlanet, Pleasanton, Calif., has as senior sales engineer. Loeffler will work
named Gregory Owens chairman and with field sales managers and manufacturer’s
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Manufacturing of Raydan’s Air Link™ CEO. Previously, he was managing director representatives to provide timely responses
suspension has begun at ArvinMeritor’s fac- of Red Zone Capital, a Washington, D.C., to users, dealers, distributors and prospects.
tory in Monterrey, Mexico. Alberta-based private equity group. Prior to that, he was • Lift-It® Manufacturing Co., Inc., Los
Raydan’s licensing agreement with Arvin- chairman and CEO of Manugistics Group Angeles, Calif., has launched a new website
Meritor authorizes it to market, engineer Inc., a leading public supply chain manage- which delivers product information and im-
and manufacture the Air Link rear sus- ment software company. proved navigation. www.lift-it.com
pension product line, up to and including • ACRA Enterprises, Inc., Stevensville, • Haverhill, Mass.-based APEM Com-
52,000-pound gross axle tandem weight. Mich., has released the third edition of the ponents, Inc., has released switch based,
Raydan will continue to manufacture and “Rigging Handbook: The Complete Il- rugged joysticks. The 8000 Series uses
market Air Link for gross vehicle weights lustrated Field Reference.” The handbook snap-acting switch technology offering one
greater than 52,000 pounds. The agreement is an illustrated reference or two axis control with single step or pro-
also grants Raydan access to ArvinMeritor’s source for rigging profes- gressive switching. Appropriate for wireless
product lines. sionals, crane operators, crane controls, the 8000
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Hiab, a business segment of Cargotec, and others who perform Series features micro
Helsinki, Finland, has signed an agreement rigging and hoisting opera- switches with nor-
to acquire Bay Equipment Repairs Inc., tions. The handbook fits mally open and closed
Tampa, Fla. The service company is a long- easily in a back pocket. The contacts in single and
term partner of Hiab, and it offers shop and new version includes up- double-pole configura-
mobile services in Florida. Bay Equipment dates for rigging standards, tions. The product is
Repairs will be integrated into Hiab’s U.S. including the most recent ASME B30.9 and offered with gold plated
service organization. B30.26 standards and current OSHA re- contacts for high reli-
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The Manitowoc Company has acquired quirements. Numerous tables, charts and ability switching at low
Shirke Construction Equip- illustrations contain valuable information. current levels. The joy-
ments Pvt. Ltd. Headquar- www.acratech.com sticks are sealed and can be drop-in mount-
tered in Pune, India, Shirke • Sharpsville, Pa.-based Cattron Group ed or assembled from behind the panel.
manufactures Potain tower International (CGI), names Chris Loeffler www.apem.com z
cranes under license, and is
the Potain distributor for In- New Keyless Ignition anti-theft version, which includes a wireless
TR Badarinarayan
dia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ban- relay hidden in the ignition, starter, or fuel
Product
gladesh, and Bhutan. The newly acquired pump circuit. When a driver enters his code,
business will operate as Potain India Pvt. Keytroller, Inc., Tampa, Fla., introduces it enables the wireless relay, where he or
Ltd. TR Badarinarayan, former chief execu- the Start-Smart keyless ignition for she can then start the engine by
tive of Shirke, has been named president of construction equipment, includ- pressing the start button. With-
the new Potain India. Additionally, a Mani- ing cranes. Start-Smart replaces out first enabling the hidden
towoc Crane CARE facility will be opened in the ignition key with a metal wireless relay, a thief cannot
the region. piezo keypad. operators input a hot wire the vehicle from the
• Stafford has promoted code, and the device illuminates ignition key.
Wally Jones, based in Ash- green if the code is accepted. Rather than The metal piezo keypad is sealed and
land, Va., to senior vice presi- turning a key, the engine starts and stops by designed for extreme weather conditions.
dent, crane sales. He joined pressing button. An ignition sequence can Unlike plastic membrane keypads, the metal
the company in 2005 with the be set for diesel engines that prevent the keypad has no moving parts, and the elec-
Wally Jones
purchase of Atlantic Coast use of a start button until the glow plugs tronics feel the press through the metal so
Crane. Among the crane brands the company have warmed. gloves can be worn. z
represents are Terex, Kobelco, Tadano, Shut- The Start-Smart system is available in an www.keytroller.com
tlelift, Broderson and Manitex.
Hirschmann Unveils New LMI System other controls and displays. The LMI can be
new load moment indicator (LMI) called formation on the cranes utilization. It has a used as a CANopen master or CANopen
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iVISOR mentor QVGA (graphic) has resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and includes slave, able to communicate with other CAN-
been introduced by Hirschmann Automation BestVIEW technology, designed to automati- bus capable devices via the CANbus inter-
and Control, Chambersburg, Pa. Designed cally adjust the contrast depending on the faces which support the CANopen protocol
for mobile cranes, iVISOR provides a graphic temperature and lighting conditions. and J1939.
display of the crane, its load and geometry. The system’s central processing unit and The iVISOR mentor QVGA also works
Presenting the actual and allowable load, console are integrated into one compact, with optional Working Area Definition
boom length, boom angle, and load radius, easy-to-install unit. In addition to the freely (WADS), event recorders, and wireless sen-
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the display also includes an integrated bar programmable control functionality, two sors, according to product literature.
graph which provides the operator with in- CANopen interfaces enable networking with www.hirschmann-usa.co
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Scholarship Winners Announced
Cranes in Action
tudents from California, Illinois and Tennessee have won 2007
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Two Sun tower cranes are lathering up construction of Dial’s cor- ConstructMyFuture.com scholarships. The program awards
porate headquarters. The 9-ton STT-293A-18s, rented by Sundt Inc. three $1,000 scholarships for construction education.
of Tempe, Ariz., from lewis Equipment, based in Grand Prairie, Texas, This year’s winners are: Michelle Avant from Salinas High School
are on the construction site in Scottsdale, Ariz., moving building in Salinas, Calif., who will attend Cal Poly to study construction
materials around the management; Zachary Dennis from Pawnee High School in Paw-
jobsite during the nee, Ill., who will attend Iowa State University to study construction
year-long project. engineering; and William Simmons from Obion County Central
Paula Cartie, na- High School in Troy, Tenn., who will attend Tennessee Technology
tional director of mar- Center to study welding technology.
keting for lewis, says The program is a joint effort of the Associated Equipment Dis-
the cranes are favored tributors Foundation, Association of Equipment Manufacturers,
for projects like this and Associated General Contractors of America. z
because they are a
Editor’s Note: An astute reader
“consistent piece of
noticed that some numbers didn’t
machinery.” She says
jive in the August 2007 cover story.
customers like Sundt appreciate the ease with which the Sun tower
After checking the load charts for
cranes go up, as well as their capacity and high capabilities. “They’re
a 40-ton Terex T340Xl mentioned
[considered] one of the smoothest operating cranes on the market.”
on page 14, Joe Myerjack, vice
Straight-up tower cranes, the Sun models have 145 feet and 185 feet
president of Empire Erectors and
of hook height respectively. They’ll be coming down next spring or early
Electrical Co. Inc., Bronx, N.Y.,
summer, once the soap maker’s 340,000-square-foot multi-story build-
realized the crane couldn’t have
ing is near completion. Four stories of office space and three stories of
picked the 5,000-pound load at a
underground parking for several hundred employees are planned for the
100-foot radius. The correct radius
large-footprint facility. z
was 70 feet.
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