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Do You Have a MEWP-Specific Safe-Use Plan?
Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) users vary greatly from the one-time user to the daily user. The one thing in common is the need for the MEWP user to have a safe-use program in place to ensure the operation is safe for everyone.
Rental
2023 Rental Editor's Choice Awards: Top 35 Rise to the Prize
Lifting Equipment
IPAF Guidance: Keeping Holiday Decoration Install Safe
Rental
Rental Editor Sarah Webb Passes the Torch to Incoming Editor Jonathan Kozlowski
Rental
Insight into the 2023 Rental Editor's Choice Awards
Industrial Forklift
Toyota Material Handling Launches New Electric Pneumatic Forklifts
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Rental
The 10 Basic Principles of Ergonomics
The field of ergonomics looks at how workers do their jobs and provides guidance on how they can accomplish tasks with more efficiency, safety and comfort.
Rental Business Services
Simplify Your Rental Business for Optimal Efficiency
Today's rental management software is changing the rental process, greatly improving efficiency as well as the business owner's experience and the customer's as well. Here are five ways to get the most impact.
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Hyundai Material Handling Launches Rebrand
Hyundai Material Handling is introducing new branding that reflects its growing presence and evolving mission in North America.
Boom Lift
Sinoboom Unveils TB14J Plus Telescopic Boom Lift
The TB14J Plus features a three-section boom design, resulting in a short stowed length.
Lifting Equipment
IPAF to Host Webinars Focusing on Women in Powered Access
IPAF is holding a series of webinars as part of its Women in Powered Access initiative, the first one of which was held on Sept. 20 and focused on women in leadership.
Lifting Equipment
Manitou Rolls Out MTA Construction Telehandlers
The all-new Manitou MTA Construction Telehandlers were introduced in March 2023 to specifically answer the needs of the North America Rental Market.
Lifting Equipment
Magni Unveils TH 5,5.24
The TH 5,5.24 features a robust Deutz 136 hp (75 kW) Tier V engine, a maximum lifting height of 78 feet, 5 inches and a lifting capacity of 12,100 pounds.
Boom Truck
Elliott Equipment Launches D47 Digger Derrick
Standard features including 46 kV insulation, independent boom operation, transferable pole guide, line body and rear mounted hydraulic tool circuit.
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PALFINGER Offers HT 160 SLD 3 Telescopic Hooklift
The HT 160 SLD 3 Hooklift highlights performance with a 10% reduction in dead weight while maintaining a consistent lifting and tipping capacity of 16,000 lbs. at 36-in. hook height and 18,000 lbs. at 54-in. hook height.
Construction
The Benefits of Preventive Fleet Maintenance and Equipment Inspections
How consistent equipment maintenance and inspections yield safety, productivity and financial benefits for rental companies.
Sustainability
What’s Driving Commercial Vehicle Electrification?
While the government's promotion of electric vehicles on the premise of combating climate change supports EV sales and battery manufacturing, the true reasons behind the switch are more complex.
Lifting Equipment
Closing the Gender Gap in Powered Access
Since 2022, and the inauguration of Finland’s Karin Nars as IPAF’s first female president, IPAF has been celebrating the contributions of women and highlighting the rewarding career paths that are open to all through its Women in Powered Access.
Lifting Equipment
IPAF Celebrates 40 Years of Raising Safety Standards
2023 marks the 40-year anniversary since the foundation of the International Powered Access Federation. Here's a rundown of its history.
Lifting Equipment
Compact Lift Safety: Guidance and Best Practices
An overview of compact lifts, their intended applications and best safety practices to operate them.
Lifting Equipment
Mast Climbing Work Platforms: Anatomy of a Safety Alert
How a U.K. Safety Alert grounded a huge percentage of the MCWP rental fleet and how the industry response to the alert highlighted the value of collaboration.
Equipment
Aerial Lifts: Elevating Safely With Stability
New ANSI regulations and technology make scissor lifts and boom lifts even safer.
Lifting Equipment
MEWP Accidents: Why can’t we eliminate them?
Professionals who work with mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) offer their take on why the industry still experiences accidents.
Equipment
IPAF Regional Manager Talks Lift Equipment Safety & Certifications
Learn some scissor lift and boom lift safety basics from this Q&A.
Scissor Lift
LiuGong S1930DE Mobile Elevated Work Platform
Powered by a 1-hp drive motor, this scissor lift can reach a maximum working height of 26 feet with a working load of 220 lbs. in an extended position.
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Mastering Electric Power: Demolition Manufacturers Draw from Decades of Experience Engineering Electric Models
As many manufacturers have proven, it’s not difficult to come up with an electric model. Virtually all the large and midsize heavy equipment brands have at least one. The real challenge is optimizing performance, especially in heavy duty applications.
Industrial Forklift
Hyundai Material Handling Launches New Forklifts
Powered by diesel fuel and lithium-ion batteries depending on the selected model, the new forklifts support lifting and transporting operations in busy jobsites.
Lifting Equipment
MEWP Rental Markets Rocket, Uncertainty Clouds Outlook
In 2022, the U.S. MEWP rental market boomed, though rental and utilization rates have yet to return to levels seen in 2019 amid uncertainty around inflation, supply chain issues and ongoing conflict in Ukraine, according to the latest IPAF/Ducker report.
Lifting Equipment
DICA Founder Dick Koberg Passes
DICA and the Koberg family announce the loss of company founder Dick Koberg, who died on June 27, 2023. Known affectionately as DK, Richard “Dick” Koberg, 82, and his wife Carolyn founded DICA using the first two letters of their first names.
Telescopic Handler
Pettibone Adds Extendo 1544X Telehandler with 15,000-lb. Capacity
The added load capacity supports material handling tasks in highway construction, pipe yard applications and for extended load requirements on traditional building sites.
Rental
Telehandler Maintenance Guide
By downloading the Telehandler Maintenance Guide, rental business owners will discover why maintenance on machinery is so important and what items need to be checked off while servicing a telehandler.
Lifting Equipment
Aerial Equipment Fatality Rate Falls
Despite reports increasing over the past year, the fatality rates of the leading types of accidents have declined: an encouraging sign that action across the powered access industry to tackle key underlying causes of accidents is starting to taka effect.
Industrial Forklift
Mitsubishi Launches Quad Mast Options for UniCarriers Forklifts
This new offering will replace current third-party supplied 2-ton Quad Masts with masts that will be designed, fabricated and assembled in-house.
Telescopic Handler
JLG Redesigns SkyTrak 6034 and 6042 Telehandlers
The brand-new 6034 telehandler replaces the previous 6036 model, while the 6042 telehandler has been updated with new features.
Lifting Equipment
Stellar Unveils Cable Hoist Hooklift Adapter Kit
The Stellar Cable Hoist Container Hooklift Adapter Kit is a solution for business owners interested in introducing hooklifts to their fleet without replacing their current light duty cable hoist containers.
Boom Lift
JLG Introduces X660SJ Compact Crawler Boom Lift
The X660SJ has 65 ft., 7 in. of platform height, 500 lbs. of capacity for up to two workers, 39 ft. of horizontal reach and indoor or outdoor versatility.