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Cranes And Concrete Floors

It’s a hard decision, but it comes up a lot. Industrial concrete floors, Can they handle your lifting requirements? How’s the concrete in your floor? What is your concrete depth? Customers argue this point with me somewhat frequently when they want us to install a jib crane or an automotive hoist. It’s understandable. Who wants […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Today’s Hot Topic

We live in a constantly changing world where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is today’s hot topic. Some of us remember the days of DOS (Disk Operating Systems) from the early ’80s to the ’90s. Then came Microsoft Windows 95 with its iconic “Start me up” slogan. But how does this relate to cranes, inspections, and repairs? Evolving technologies positively impact our business models. If we don’t embrace them, we fall behind. Initially, the idea of AI scared me, I couldn’t get around the feeling of robots taking over. But then our team attended a seminar led by an expert […]

History of Horizontal Plate Clamps

A little bit of perspective and history of Horizontal Plate Clamps Before the invention of the horizontal plate clamp, so many welding shops made their own types of clamps. The problem was that once the shop foreman or owner wasn’t there, usually the young apprentice would use this home-built device improperly and accidents would happen, […]

Plate Clamps Seem Like An Unsafe Lifting Attachment

To the average person, vertical plate clamps seem like an unsafe lifting attachment. How do they work? And how are they safe? A vertical plate clamp consists of a jaw with sharp serrated edges and a sharp button that bites into the plate. Due to the thickness and limitations of the cams and jaws, manufacturers […]

We Are Here To Support You

We wish to reach out to all of you out there previously using any crane inspection & repair company that is no longer around – We are here to support you. A customer from Mississauga recently came to us after ALL Canada closed up shop, feeling disappointed. They called us, got set up in no […]

We Inspect And Repair Service Truck Cranes

We inspect and repair Service Truck Cranes. For those of you who don’t know, a service truck is a mechanics truck with a largely squared looking body. It is surrounded by doors for tool storage and has hydraulic and air power for those tough repairs. They also have cranes. These cranes come in a variety […]