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THE FIRST HIAB CRANE – THE FIRST OF MANY
With over half a million HIAB truck cranes delivered to customers in more than 120 countries, it’s easy to forget that number started 79 years ago with just one – the HIAB 190. So we were excited to come across these HIAB images and promotional graphics from the 1940s. HIAB founder Eric Sundin began work […]
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90,000 MOFFETT FORKLIFTS AND COUNTING
Moffett marked this past year with a big, round number under its hood as they celebrated over 90,000 Moffett truck-mounted forklifts rolling off the assembly line. The number one selling truck-mounted forklift globally and in Canada, it’s a number that further cements that position – a magnificent achievement and an industry landmark. Then again, it […]
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MULTILIFT ULTIMA 21Z UPS INDUSTRIAL LEADER’S SAFETY
HIAB is teeming with fantastic customer stories. Their staff puts a lot of work into conducting interviews, compiling them and making HIAB Global’s distributors aware of them. We can’t share all of them, but we like to flesh out the most relevant stories for our Canadian dealers and customers. This story is one of those. […]
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NEW LMI5 CONTROLS FOR HIABS ENHANCE CRANE SAFETY
HIAB is the recognized leader in design and safety systems and the Canadian Industry Standard (CIS). Atlas Polar now offers Canadian HIAB truck-mounted crane operators a clever add-on accessory that can enhance that renowned crane productivity and safety even more. CRANESMART’s new LMI5 Load Management system for HIAB cranes comprises a wireless touchscreen receiver and […]
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3 EQUIPMENT INNOVATIONS MAKE A SUSTAINABLE COMBINATION
Our customers are often looking for more sustainable load-handling solutions. They are also ever-conscious of the competitive nature of their industries and the need to do more, perform better, be more precise, lift more, load more and deliver more. We drive to make our deliveries faster, safer, and more accurate. To be onsite more and […]
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iQ.958 HiPRO: SPACE-AGE CRANE DOES IT ALL – AND MORE
The HIAB iQ.958 HiPRO is the first of HIAB’s future-forward intelligent truck-mounted articulating cranes. One of the most impressive and novel things about its iQ series, and evident in this model, is the shape of the boom. Extensions (eight plus a super-powered jib we’ll talk more about) are 12-sided, bullet-shaped dodecahedrons. This V12-Power Boom is […]
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GET READY FOR ZERO-EMISSION STEEL IN HIAB EQUIPMENT
Steel is the most widely distributed product in the world for use in products and infrastructure, and the equipment that transports it, like trucks, trains, ships, freight containers and load-handling equipment. Those demands are increasing. Steel manufacturing has a big footprint. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that one tonne of steel produces 1.4 times […]
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IQ.1188: HIGH-SPEED CRANE, MEET SPACE-AGE CONTROL
“Beam me up, Scotty,” and lift the heaviest load possible in its weight class from a 4-axle truck and deliver it precisely with great speed. “Impossible!” you say. Not with the new HIAB iQ.1188 HiPRO truck crane. It’s a next-generation, next-level, space-age marvel. Let’s get down to the detail. For the HIAB iQ.1188 HiPRO articulating […]
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DEALER BLOG: WINDSOR TRUCK MAINTENANCE
Our dealers are some of the most interesting people. We respect, admire and genuinely like all our Atlas Polar dealers, many of whom have relationships with us you can count in decades, not just years. But no matter how long we have been talking and working together, sharing lunches or getting together for corporate events, […]
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GET THE JOB DONE DAY-1 WITH WORK-READY PACKAGES
As a business owner, you’ve always kept an eye on the age of your equipment, business growth and direction, current and future needs, and fleet management. You make projections and plan and budget your investment in trucks, trailers, and the cranes, forklifts and hooklifts that mount to them. It’s a good process – and it […]
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