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Construction Lifting & Concrete Placement

Stability Triangle Determines if Telehandlers Tip

April 1, 2024
This article has been updated. JLG uses an all-encompassing four-step approach to teaching accident avoidance on telehandlers. Here are the steps and the important questions to...
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A Lanyard, a Harness and an Anchor: 3 Items That Could Save Your Life

Sept. 28, 2010
Andrew Baltazar, Associate EditorRemember those pictures of workers constructing the Empire State Building back in the early 1930s? On beams suspended a thousand feet up, they...
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Compact Track Loaders

How to Keep Your Rubber Tracks Rolling

Sept. 28, 2010
Andrew Baltazar, Associate EditorDriving a steel-tracked loader over asphalt is sure to create some ground damage. Add in the high noise levels and vibrations produced by the ...
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How to Profit by Using Excavation Protection

Sept. 28, 2010
Larry Stewart, Executive EditorThe key to safe excavations between 5 and 20 feet deep is that the work be supervised closely by a trained, competent person. (Trenches 20 feet ...
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How to Keep an RT Crane on Its Wheels

Sept. 28, 2010
First introduced in 1959 by Grove, the rough-terrain crane was designed as a multi-purpose construction tool. Equipped with industrial-strength tires, these mobile machines can...