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A Great HIAB Crane for Concrete Forming
Concrete forming is an integral segment of the concrete construction industry, the other two being concrete finishing and material handling. It is aided by cranes that lift and place concrete forms that are required in the construction process. Now, builders have a safe, fuel-efficient and high-performance crane from HIAB that...
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HIAB Crane Makes Slurry Spreading No Longer a Chore
A custom pumping unit comprising a HIAB truck crane has come to rescue of a spreading contractor in East Riding. Neil Buckton found what he was looking for when he turned to Wox Agri Services to make available a customized pumping unit that could manage to spread over 200cu.m of...
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HIAB Crane Used to Rescue Horse from Cesspit
While HIAB cranes are known for their high performance in a number of industries, they are also increasingly being used for animal rescue operations. Just this week, a HIAB crane came to the aid of a hapless horse stuck in an out-of-use cesspit in the village of Wendens Ambo, Essex....
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Moffett Forklift Helps Build the Unique Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Headquarters
The headquarters of the Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Championship can be best described as unique. The structure is a testimony to modern engineering and architecture that enable the construction of state-of-the-art facilities in just a few days. There are many components, equipment and technicalities that went into the construction...
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HIAB Cranes with VSL and Analog Sensors – Delivering the Right Balance Between Capacity and Stability
Stability is a crucial feature of any crane, and crane manufacturers must provide stability regardless of the application(s) . Unfortunately, in their attempt to ensure stability, they end up restraining capacity. The resultant is a crane that stops because it thinks that the stability is not good enough. HIAB has...
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HIAB Sea Crane – Versatility and High Performance in Marine Environments
HIAB has been a popular name among businesses with varying lifting requirements for over 60 years. The company, which invented the first hydraulic crane the world had ever seen, is today known for the reliability, quality, and sheer precision of its products. One of the best line of cranes from...
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HIAB and Rally Racing in Comfort
Ford Motorsport has inaugurated a new kind of hospitality facility for use at racing events, and they relied on a HIAB crane to assemble this unique building. At racing events, factory teams need places to sleep. Teams also play host to media and other guests, and have staff to house....
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HIAB XS 622 Featured in HIAB Method Magazine
The HIAB XS 622 truck crane is front and centre in the latest issue of HIAB Method magazine. The cover story on the crane focuses on the great features that we outlined last month in a blog post about the XS 622: improved, smoother movement thanks to redesigned full sequence...
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The Best Crane HIAB Has Ever Invented?
The product brochure for the new HIAB XS 622 truck mounted crane says that this crane is “probably the best crane” ever invented by the company. We think that all of HIAB’s cranes could be given that lofty designation, but it’s true that the XS 622 is a pretty impressive...
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Introducing the New HIAB XS 622 Truck Crane
Even though HIAB cranes are the best in the industry, the company has found a way to make improvements. The new 58 tm HIAB XS 622 truck mounted crane incorporates the latest in HIAB technology and boasts many innovations: The design of the full sequence cylinders has been refined to...
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Peel Region Waste Management Adds a Hooklift and HIAB Crane to Its Fleet
When the team at Peel Region’s Waste Management Division began looking for equipment to transport and place mobile signage, they chose a Multilift hooklift and HIAB truck crane. The job requires workers to move and place signs in all kinds of weather. To carry out this task, the Region chose...
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Moffett Truck-Mounted Forklift Facilitates Paper Recycling
The paper recycling industry requires heavy bales of scrap paper and cardboard to be moved, the more efficiently the better. Moffett truck mounted forklifts have proven to be just the right tool for this job. An article in the most recent edition of HIAB Method magazine notes that conventional collection...