Service Minute: Serviceability, Parts Commonality and Uptime
“Uptime” is a frequently used industry buzzword that simply refers to the time equipment is on the job and in use.
Continue Reading
Approved Material Handling Attachments for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
At Genie, we receive calls on a regular basis from jobsite supervisors and contractors regarding operators wanting to use homemade attachments on mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) and/or using MEWPs to lift materials in a manner that is not consistent with the designed purpose of these type of machines.
Continue Reading
Updated Training Requirements
One of the biggest challenges facing our industry today is how to increase awareness about why safety training is so important.
Continue Reading
Make Your Website Work Harder for Your Rental Company
Take a fresh look at your rental business’s website. Is it doing everything it can for you in the year ahead?
Continue Reading
Genie Safety Minute: Certified vs. Qualified
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue Reading
Routine Maintenance Overview for Genie® Telehandlers
Reminding your customers about the importance of checking fluid levels and greasing the machine daily should be something your employees do whenever a telehandler goes out on rent.
Continue Reading
What’s New with Electric Drive (E-Drive) in Access Equipment
Worldwide, and in Europe in particular, regulations regarding CO2 emissions and noise are becoming much stricter.
Continue Reading
Ramping Up: Handling Equipment Spikes in Small Markets
Contractor supply and rental house, Stan Houston Equipment Company, Inc. of Sioux Falls, S.D., has thrived in a small market area many large rental companies would not consider.
Continue Reading
A92 Minute: Maintenance and Repair Training
Check out this Genie A92 Minute on conducting Maintenance and Repair Training in accordance with the updated ANSI A92 and CSA B354 Standards.
Continue Reading
Aerial Pros Minute: Genie® Lift Connect™ Telematics - Actionable Information
Learn more about Genie® Lift Connect™ actionability in this Aerial Pros Minute.
Continue Reading
What Is Range of Motion?
Telescopic and articulating boom lifts rotate, elevate and extend multiple boom sections to help operators access difficult to reach worksites.
Continue Reading
Service Minute: Check Your MEWPs Quarterly for Open Bulletins and Owner Registration
Quality and safety are built into all Genie® mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). We use safety and product notices to communicate vital information that may impact the well-being of the operator or the long-term performance of the machines we make.
Continue Reading
Familiarization: What Is It and Why Is It Important
An important aspect of the new ANSI A92.22-2018 and CSA B354.7:17 standards is the requirement that the user (which is most commonly the employer) develop a safe use plan specific to Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs).
Continue Reading
Genie Safety Minute: Genie Lift Guard Fall Arrest Bar
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue Reading
Genie® Accessories | Ask Me Anything August 19th-23rd, 2019
Welcome to Ask Me Anything with Marie Engstrom and Michael Flanagan on Genie® Accessories!
Continue Reading
Clearing Up the Confusion: Fall Protection Requirements on Group B MEWPs
When it comes to using fall protection equipment for on mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), many still do not fully understand, or comprehend, the requirements in the ANSI A92 and CSA B354 standards, as well as the OSHA and OHS requirements, for fall protection on MEWPs in the United States and Canada.
Continue Reading
Micro-Sized Applications
Low-level access is a growing segment in the aerial access industry, with increasing pressure to replace ladders with safe, productive, compact, low-level access solution alternatives adapted to space and weight-restricted applications.
Continue Reading
A92 Minute: Occupant and Emergency Training
Check out this Genie A92 Minute on conducting Occupant and Emergency Training in accordance with the updated ANSI A92 and CSA B354 Standards.
Continue Reading
Aerial Pros Minute: Genie® Lift Connect™ Telematics - Flexibility
Learn more about Genie® Lift Connect™ Flexibility in this month’s Aerial Pros Minute.
Continue Reading
BIM Provides a Digital, Dynamic Representation of Jobsites
Technology is changing the way business the world does business.
Continue Reading
Service Minute: Interpreting Display Information on Deutz Engines
On Genie® mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) equipped with Deutz engines, it is important to know and understand the machine’s display information in order to control maintenance repair time because controlling maintenance repair time is critical to lowering fleet costs.
Continue Reading