
HSC LAUNCHES NEW CRAWLER CRANES
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co. (HSC) has announced the launch of two new crawler cranes: the SCX1000HD-3, with a maximum lifting capacity of 100 tonnes, and the SCX1800A-3, with a maximum lifting capacity of 175 tonnes.

Selecting Cut-Resistant Leg Protection
et’s take a look at cut-resistant leg protection. I’ll talk about the two different types of products available – a tech fiber versus a bulk fiber – and I’ll also address the theory that electric saws will cut through chain-saw protection.

Early Career Team Making NASA’s Space Crane Autonomous
New software under development will enable autonomous operations of NASA’s space crane, the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System (LSMS), making surface operations on the Moon and Mars safer and more efficient. The project is an early career initiative, giving relatively new engineers a chance to take the lead on an exciting project.

Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback
IN A SWISS valley, an unusual multi-armed crane lifts two 35-ton concrete blocks high into the air. The blocks delicately inch their way up the blue steel frame of the crane, where they hang suspended from either side of a 66-meter-wide horizontal arm. There are three arms in total, each one housing the cables, winches, and grabbing hooks needed to hoist another pair of blocks into the sky, giving the apparatus the appearance of a giant metallic insect lifting and stacking bricks with steel webs.


Webb telescope mounted on top of Ariane 5 rocket in French Guiana
The nearly $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, suspended under a crane with four cables, was raised atop an Ariane 5 launcher Saturday inside a vertical hangar in French Guiana, one of the final steps to prep the mission for liftoff this month after a quarter-century of design and development.
Telematics: Tracking Your Fleet Pays in Many Ways
The pandemic of 2020-21 created another trend for tree care companies, Tony Nicoletti observes. At a time when schedules are full and supply-chain delays have slowed manufacturing, there’s been an increase in stolen equipment.

Crane Operators Have Mobile Simulation Training Options
In response to worsening labor shortages, NJ Crane Expert has announced simulation training for mobile crane operators and those who aspire to have a career as a certified crane operator. NJ Crane Expert, a provider of mobile crane training and certification, now adds two mobile crane simulators to its hands-on training.

How to handle emergency tree service
When storms roll in, damage trees and drop heavy branches in your lawn, you need to address the problem as quickly as possible.

Plate clamp basics for fab shop crane operators
When fab shop clients call Peter Cooke about why a plate clamp rigging setup under an overhead crane supposedly overloaded and failed, he can pretty much guess what happened right away.

Yanmar CE Unveils Its First Electric Mini Excavator Prototype: SV17E: CEG
Yanmar Compact Equipment is bringing its engine and mini excavator expertise into the field of electrification with its first electric mini excavator prototype: the new SV17e.

Staying busy in the offseason: Tips to market your business
One of the best ways for a tree care business to stay busy in the “offseason” is to ensure there isn’t an offseason.

New law caps amount of money NYC can charge some homeowners for tree removal
A bill introduced by Councilman Joe Borelli (R-south Shore) will lower the hefty restitution price tag that often gets passed down to homeowner for removal of a city-owned tree.

The supply chain is a mess. Consumers are paying the price.
Storage and transportation issues are causing very costly backups.

Liebherr Launches 400 Tonne Crawler Crane
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing extends the maximum capacity of Liebherr’s crawler crane range by 100 tonnes

The "ABC"s of Moving Large Trees
If you’re thinking of getting into the business of moving large trees, there are three things to know

Getting the word out about quality tree care
There is still work to be done in letting our clients, elected officials and the general citizenry understand the benefits of trees and of professional tree care. Too many people still think an arborist is someone who just cuts trees down.

Worried your Christmas Tree will die? This simple tip will keep it fresh through the holidays
Christmas is just around the corner and a lot of families are already picking out their Christmas trees, but just like everything else this holiday season, there could be some supply issues

NJ Crane Expert's Mobile Crane Simulators Ready Construction Crews for Work
In response to worsening labor shortages, NJ Crane Expert announced simulation training for mobile crane operators — and those who aspire to have a career as a certified crane operator.

Helicopter with saw makes short work of EWEB tree project along McKenzie River
The Eugene Water & Electric Board completed aerial tree trimming along the Carmen-Smith transmission line using a helicopter with saw attachments before high winds arrived this week.