Stellar Industries has launched a new hydraulic service crane utilizing the CDTpro Control System with Range Finder Technology to the marketplace. The new 14530 crane is a redesigned 14,000-lb. class ...

The PK 4200, new in the small knuckle boom class, includes a new extension system that allows up to 32 feet, 2 inches of hydraulic reach. In today’s cost-conscious market, fleets are finding new ways ...

An early H-5 Hydrocrane working with a magnet. In the early 1940s, Roy O. Billings, president of the Milwaukee Hydraulics Corp., saw the need for a small mobile crane that would be safer, easier to ...

During World War II, the Austin-Western Road Machinery Co. developed the first hydraulic crane, the tractor-mounted Anteater, in response to the U.S. Navy’s need for a munitions-handling machine ...

Crane technology started to evolve substantially during the rough-and-ready post-war buildup in 1945-1955, when need for speed forced the development of hydraulic power transmission. New controls made ...

With the high demand for cranes today, manufacturers are coming out with a number of new models designed to accommodate even the heaviest loads. Yet, confined jobsites may dictate a unique alternative ...

A series of loader cranes for international markets has been announced by manufacturer Tadano in Japan. Three models comprise the new TM-ZX1200 Series. They are 22 tonne-metre rated straight boom ...

Sixty years ago, the rigging world was introduced to a new type of lifting equipment: the hydraulic gantry system. Originally developed to facilitate the lifting of heavy equipment inside plant ...

This is the story of the Armstrong Mitchell 160-ton fixed hydraulic crane built for the Malta Dockyard. The crane was works no. 2983, built in 1883. The crane is first shown in images of the launching ...