Unexpected cold weather brings on challenges for the batteries of the Scissor Lift or Zoom Boom that you rely on each day, which brings the importance of battery maintenance to the forefront. Scissor lifts and Zoom Booms use lead acid due to cost and good performance. It also weighs more and helps balance the machine. […]
Cranes have upper limit switches to protect the worker and the workers in the environment. A limit switch prevents the chain from breaking due to the motor overcoming the strength of the chain and the load falling to the ground. This is a safety feature for your team and equipment. For some reason, and it’s […]
Did you know we offer rigging inspection services? Our rigging inspection service is very popular with all kinds of customers around Barrie, Ontario and the surrounding areas. As a category, rigging includes nylon straps, chains, wire rope slings. It also includes shackles, load hooks, lifting hardware and sets of chains. Sets of chains are considered […]
When Crane Tech Services works on your equipment, we ensure we are matching the paint perfectly to make it look fresh and new! Did you know that paint is a very important part of the inspection process? Short of the body shop, there are few inspection services that work so hard at paint […]
This week let’s discuss forklifts! Did you know that we inspect forklifts!? However, we need to remember that forklifts are NOT snow plows. Unfortunately, we need to remind people that forklifts are not to be used to plow snow! In a recent situation, we took on a 16,000lbs Forklift Mast Repair, more […]
This blog will discuss the safety importance of crane wheels, more specifically the issue of mismatched wheels. Mismatched wheels: the wheel must match the profile of the rail. I Beams require angled wheels, and W Beams require flat wheels. This is part two of crane wheels as discussed in the previous blog. Clearly mismatched wheels […]
This week let’s chat about the importance of Crane Wheels. The slip of an engineers pen. The specification made in error. And finally the error is transposed onto a drawing. These are all very easy mistakes to make, and it has happened in the past and continues to happen in todays’ crane installations. […]
Let’s talk about our company and what can be expected from the Crane Tech Services team! At Crane Tech Services, our service and inspection teams are excellent! Our office team have already set the work into motion by filling in all of the insurance forms and compliance forms conforming to your companies standards. And since […]
Let’s do a quick overview on the Genie Z45 Boom Lift! A recent post to our Instagram discussed the Genie Z45-25J… which is one tough and versatile machine! If you are going to be responsible for the safety of the worker, you better ensure you have a reliable machine… just like the Genie Z45! While […]
Here at Crane Tech Services, we care about our customers! Our owner Dave goes above and beyond for his customers, which eventually develops a friendship rather than a business relationship. Here’s a story from Dave: “It was an easy decision.” That was a comment from my customer Rob, from Walker Drilling. “I’ll call Crane Tech.” […]
