All Telescopic Boom Articles

Bobcat has launched advanced versions of two of its largest rigid frame telehandlers.

Away from the construction sites, Shane Barnette, owner of Southern Mud, a fluid disposal company that serves the oil and gas fields, has found a new use for the telehandler.

A 26-year-old man died on Aug. 20 in Holliston, MA when the boom lift he was working from accidentally touched a live power line while he trimmed trees. The unidentified worker had been taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with burns covering his body, but died later that evening.

Boom truck rental company Runnion Equipment has added Elliott Equipment Company’s line of HiReach aerial work platforms to their fleet in Caledonia, WI.

New truck mounted bridge inspection unit can be used on road or rail and will be delivered to Australia.

German rental major Beyer Mietservice placed an order for 20 Snorkel booms on the last day of Bauma

Chinese access platform manufacturer Dingli is at bauma for the first time

Collé Rental & Sales also appointed as the Magni importer for the Benelux, Germany and Austria.

Niftylift has received an order for 23 units of its V130T telescopic boom sets, mounted on free-issue Land Rover 110 chassis

UK independent housebuilder Sunnybanks Homes has purchased a new Bobcat T35100L 10m telehandler from Bridgwater-based Kellands (Plant Sales) Ltd, the authorised dealer for the Bobcat range in southwest England.

Haulotte Group has nearly completed testing on its HT23 RTJ telescopic boom, in readiness for the first deliveries at the beginning of 2013. Over the last four months customers in North America and Europe have been putting the machine through its paces

JLG Industries has extended its contract with the United States Army by US$10.2 million to help restore military equipment deployed in Afghanistan

TNT Stack Equipment, Inc. and NES Rentals recently painted a boom lift pink to promote Breast Cancer Awareness month in October.

Merlo is to start production of its MPR ‘rapid access’ platform in June this year and the machine will get its UK launch first at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh on 21-24 June and then at Vertikal Days on 27 – 28 June.

Haulotte has revealed that it will be showing the prototype of a new rough-terrain telescopic boom, at Intermat. The HT23RTJ is a 23m working height machine designed through Haulotte's policy of close customer collaboration.

German rental company Mateco was called in to provide workers with platform access to the Memory City of Hamburg

Terex Aerial Work Platforms has been on the set for the Discovery Channel series "Gold Rush," which airs Friday nights at 9PM ET/PT.

An Indian shipyard is to take delivery of 23 new Haulotte telescopic booms in what is thought to be one of the largest ever powered access orders in the country.

Manitou's new telescopic booms have combined a range of innovative features to create a machine which responds to market requirements and engine regulations

Sinoboom unveils 30 m telescopic boom for ship yard applications