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Another Look Back at HIAB – Introduction of Hydraulically Foldable Truck Cranes
Get a Quote on a HIAB Crane The headline on the article says it all: “Hydraulically foldable”. This innovation in truck cranes was announced in HIAB Method No. 3, published in 1966. The article was introducing the new 16-ton-foot model of the HIAB Speedloader 174, which was the lightest in its class and “without any […]
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Looking Back with HIAB Method – A Woman Blazes a Trail as A Truck Driver and Crane Operator
Get a Quote on a HIAB Crane Given the way we live these days, it is hard to imagine a time when a woman driving a truck would be news, but back in 1966, it was. The idea of a female haulage contractor with four trucks got a lot of attention back then, as an […]
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HIAB is the “Ace” Up the Sleeve for Ace Tyres Services
Get a Quote on a HIAB XS 211 How do you change tires that weigh up to 2.5 tonnes? You use a HIAB truck-mounted crane, of course. (Take a look at the attached pictures to see this happen.) Ace Tyres Services is a UK-based firm that services heavy equipment, like earthmovers that carry […]
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HIAB Helps the RNLI Save Lives
Get a Quote on a HIAB Truck Crane It’s always interesting to me to discover the many ways HIAB cranes are used. One such use is the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). RLNI is known in Great Britain as the “charity that saves lives at sea”. They provide a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue […]
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Atlas Polar, HIAB and the Canadian Forestry Industry
Back in 1966, HIAB product manager and timber transportation expert, Erik Forsgren, visited Canada to study the methods used to transport timber from logging operations around Canada. He was “given the opportunity through the good offices of [HIAB’s] representative in Canada, Atlas Polar of Toronto.” At the time, trucks were often loaded by hand—not the […]
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Looking Back at HIAB – Making Short Work of Long Beams
Get a Quote on a HIAB Crane Today we take another look back at some of the innovations made by HIAB. This time, we are looking at the second edition of HIAB Method magazine, published in 1966, to see how the long concrete beams that were “increasingly coming into use in present-day building” were transported. […]
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Variable Stability Limit: An Intelligent Way to Optimize HIAB Crane Capacity
Get a Quote on a HIAB Crane We’ve talked a lot in this blog about the emphasis on safety in HIAB products. Here is a new feature that enhances safety and, in true HIAB fashion, responds directly to the needs of the company’s customers. Variable Stability Limit (VSL) is an electronic system that automatically senses […]
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HIAB and the Space Program
Get a Quote on a HIAB Crane In a previous post I mentioned that I would be highlighting some of HIAB’s colourful history in this blog, sourced from our collection of HIAB Method magazines from decades past Looking through edition 1-65, from 1965, one picture really caught my eye. You can see it too on […]
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Looking Back with HIAB Method Magazine
Get a Quote on a HIAB Boom Truck HIAB and Atlas Polar have been partners for a very long time—since 1953 in fact. We are the oldest independent HIAB truck crane dealer in the world! This long history was brought home to me when I stumbled upon some old issues of HIAB Method magazine. I […]
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HIAB Supports Firefighters in Zwickau
Get a Quote on a Moffett M8 50.3 Forklift When most of us think about firefighting equipment, large ladder trucks are usually the first thing that comes to mind. But firefighting also requires support vehicles that can manage additional equipment. When assisting at a fire, speed is essential. That is why the Fire Brigade in […]