Knuckle Boom Crane Training Program

HIAB Picker Operator Training In our industry, most knuckle boom cranes get called “HIAB” cranes or pickers.  If you want to get technical, they are actually called: Truck Mounted Articulated Loader Cranes, but whatever you want to call them is fine with us. HIAB is a well known brand and all the other manufactures in Alberta have been fighting for market share against HIAB for a long time.  Palfinger is likely the second most recognized brand in our provinces as over the past few years the dealers have done a fantastic job of growing their market share accordingly.  HIAB picker trucks are most commonly cranes installed either behind the cab (BOC), or mid-mount behind a vertical tool box, usually called

Knuckle Picker Crane & Rigging Safety Program for Western Canada

We are pleased to announce an agreement has been reached between 2 of Alberta’s Best Training Companies, and you, our customers will see BIG changes. Cranemasters Overhead Crane & Rigging Training along with The Crane Safety Group (AB) out of Calgary have teamed up to provide your company with a brand new, 2-day training program that will bring over 50-years of combined knowledge to your facility. The Crane Safety Group (AB) has been instructing on all brands of truck mounted, knuckle boom cranes with a lift capacity of LESS THAN 8-tons in AB (5.5 Tons, SK), as well as MB, NWT & YT.  The program provides a foundation that will give your operators a complete and thorough understanding of how

9 New Sigalarm Units on Sidebooms

 Posted by Sigalarm on Friday, August 21, 2015   Sigalarm install on 9-sidebooms as posted in Facebook.  The sideboom/pipeline industry has had it’s fair share of “incidences” regarding power-line strikes and such. As wired or wireless system will provide your project with piece of mind in terms of operator and equipment safety that you simply can’t get anywhere else.

When Operating a Knuckle Boom Crane Goes Horribly Wrong

Lumber Delivery Crane Operator Dies Using The Knuckle Boom Crane We recently posted an article as we do weekly, on LinkedIN and while we don’t like writing about someone dying on the job it seems to be one of a handful of ways left now to get anyone’s attention in the game. This particular one while completely avoidable, took the life of a 40-year old Yonkers, NY man.  He had a family, he had some of the best equipment in the industry insofar as knuckle boom cranes are concerned (HIAB is one of the top tier brands), and yet this incident reminds us of the need for a big push on tighter regulations in the crane industry in North America.

Improper Use of Knuckle Boom Crane Stabilizers

This is one of sadly many instances we see make it to youtube but have had dire consequences for the operator and innocent folks standing in a place the operator should have removed them from. It boggles my mind on the inherent dangers people place themselves in just for a front row seat. ALL operators need to be more aware of what is going on and have much better control of that same thing.  When a knuckle boom crane stabilizer system is largely ignored by the operator, it’s really inviting an accident to happen.  It’s not a matter of “IF”, it’s just a matter of “when”. This video is a bit long to watch but the point is yes it

Truck Mounted ForkliftTraining – Good or Bad?

I’m a big proponent of truck mounted equipment for obvious reasons.   But there are only a handful of companies around the world that manufacture them. Palfinger Crayler, Moffett Mounty, Princeton, Donkey (yep that is the name), and others to name but a few.  They provide an alternative to using a crane, which is limted to reach/capacity, whereby a truck carried forklift can move loads pretty much anywhere you want them to be, with operators that do not require any for of specific training (although we do provide TMF training), and can be a massive productivity increase machine. If you have a TMF and are considering training, this is not the same as conventional forklift training we do, these as you