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VIRTUAL REALITY IS NOT JUST FOR GAMING ANYMORE
Virtual Reality (VR) puts you intensely, right 'in the moment' in any situation. It makes you hyper-aware of everything around you. So it only makes sense that this exciting technology has been brought to bear for heavy equipment cranes in highly sensitive operations like forestry, railway and recycling. And it...
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HIGH-STAKES HIABS & MULTILIFTS: MISSION-READY
We’re all familiar with purpose-built HIAB truck cranes and Multilift truck-mounted hooklifts as the go-to equipment on job sites across the country. We know their powerful performance and reliability in construction, mining, oil fields, agriculture, landscape trades, logistics, forestry, railway and transportation. We know how important they are for sod,...
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HIAB VSL+: NEVER BE CAUGHT OFF-BALANCE
At Atlas Polar, safety is a key priority – it's one of the key reasons we're so happy to be HIAB's sole Canadian distributor. Once again, HIAB has delivered a significant new safety and performance feature that makes operating a heavy-duty crane safer and more stable than ever before. And...
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$6.9 M REASONS CONSTRUCTION AND CONCRETE LOVE HIAB
We get so wrapped up servicing our customers across Canada and distributing HIAB, Moffett and Multilift equipment across the country that we sometimes forget about the brands’ popularity worldwide. Our distribution family around the globe is equally busy, and we want to shout out for their successes. We all appreciate...
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HIAB AS POP ART? IT IS WHEN IT’S FOR CHARITY
We thought we knew pretty much everything cool that’s associated with HIAB history, but clearly not. We ran across an article about a HIAB 102 truck crane that became an iconic piece of pop art and was auctioned for charity. In 2002, HIAB’s parent company, Cargotec, invited Herman Brood, a...
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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...
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LONDON HAS ITS EYE ON HIAB
For years, the London Eye was the world’s tallest Ferris wheel. It’s still the world’s most iconic—and it set its sights on HIAB. The London Eye is a feat of engineering and so much more than just an entertainment form. It’s the ultimate photo op, with jaw-dropping city views extending...
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WHAT MAKES A COMPANY ORDER 400 NEW iX.162 CRANES?
When a company buys 400 of the same truck-crane model in a single contract purchase, you have to sit up and take notice. It's a multi-million-pound (multiply that times about 1.5 in Canadian dollars) commitment that begs the question, "Why?" Travis-Perkins plc is the largest distributor of building materials in...
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X HI-PRO 548 TAKES THE WORRY OFF MAXIMUM PAYLOADS
Cranes are used for complex and dangerous tasks, in often difficult and hazardous situations, all around the world. That particularly holds in Canada, where wild weather and rugged terrain are the norms. And when dealing with particularly heavy, bulky loads in those conditions, safety and stability are front-of-mind. The HIAB...
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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...
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HIAB CRANES ARE “TURBINE-CHARGING” CLEAN ENERGY
Offshore wind power is a growing force in meeting global clean energy needs. HIAB is right there with it. Servicing offshore wind farms is a hazardous and unpredictable task—think sea swells, extreme temperatures, winds, and weather conditions, as well as remote locations that can be as far as 100 km...
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HOLD YOUR HORSES! IS THAT A HIAB?
When your logo is a polar bear, odds are you have an affinity for animals. So we were pretty tickled to see this article in the Shropshire Star showing firefighters using a HIAB crane to rescue a horse in Shifnal. The horse had collapsed near Bonemill Lane, and an Amber...