Aerial Equipment 101: What Is an Aerial Work Platform?
Aerial work platforms — or AWPs, as they are more commonly known — are economical, portable models that lift one or two workers.
Continue ReadingRobust Hybrid Technology: A “Must Have” in Today’s Rental Fleets
Responding to worldwide demand for high-performance yet environment friendly aerial access equipment, and to increasingly stringent emissions and noise regulations, particularly in European markets, hybrid technology today, especially in rental equipment fleets, must be able to perform a wide range of indoor and outdoor applications, increasing utilization rate for rental businesses and decreasing cost of operation for end users.
Continue ReadingDesigning in 3-D
As more firms are designing in 3-D, we are receiving an increase in demand from architects and our customers for Genie® BIM files.
Continue ReadingAerial Pros Minute: Exiting a Boom Platform at Height
Learn more about exiting a boom platform at height in this Aerial Pros Minute.
Continue ReadingChanges to Genie® Scissor Lifts and Vertical Mast Lifts You Need to Know About
When the new ANSI A92 (United States) and CSA B354 (Canada) standards go into effect, it will drive alignment with ISO standards, which impacts the way aerial access equipment is designed, manufactured, maintained and operated globally.
Continue ReadingAerial Equipment 101: What Is a Telehandler?
Telehandlers are multi-purpose machines that lift, move and place material.
Continue ReadingIt’s Time to Embrace Telematics — Here’s Why
From reading about it in countless articles within trade magazines to conversations with peers, it’s easy to understand that telematics can bring a lot of benefits to rental businesses.
Continue ReadingAdvantages of Dual-Zone Operation on Genie® Scissor Lifts
As aerial industry standards continue to become more closely aligned worldwide, manufacturers like Genie, who produce scissor lifts (a classification of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPS) named for their lifting mechanism design — a stack of crossed tubes that work in a scissor-like fashion when the platform is raised and lowered) for global markets are taking a closer look at how requirements in these standards impact machine design and safe use.
Continue ReadingAerial Pros Minute: How to Choose the Right Material Lift
Learn more about how to choose the right material lift in this Aerial Pros Minute.
Continue ReadingTelematics and the Data Sharing Economy
As the construction industry continues to modernize its business operation, telematics technology is now being widely adopted and more commonly used in the aerial rental market.
Continue ReadingAerial Equipment 101: What Is a Scissor Lift?
Scissor lifts are a classification of manlift often found in construction and facility maintenance applications designed to elevate workers and their tools to working heights ranging from 19 ft (5.9 m) to 59 ft (17.9 m).
Continue ReadingIncorporate Customers in Your Rental Store's Marketing Efforts
When business owners think about marketing, they usually think about attracting new customers.
Continue ReadingGreen Access Solutions: Rising to Meet Today’s Environmental Challenges
Around the globe, capital cities and large provincial towns are going greener.
Continue ReadingWhat Is a MEWP (Mobile Elevated Work Platform)?
Learn about MEWPs, the differences in the type of MEWPs available on the market, and more to help you select the right machine for your job.
Continue ReadingHow Machine Data Influences MEWP Maintenance and Service
When looking at a machine’s service and repair from that perspective, downtime costs a rental business big time.
Continue ReadingAerial Pros Minute: Dual Zone Controls
Learn more about dual zone control for scissor lifts in this Aerial Pros Minute.
Continue ReadingA Glossary of Common Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) Terms
Safety is always job one on aerial worksites.
Continue ReadingWhy BIM?
“We think of BIM as a beginning-to-end concept,” says Josh Lyons, architect for The Thrasher Group, an architecture, engineering and field services company, headquartered in Bridgeport, W.Va.
Continue ReadingPreventative Maintenance | Ask Me Anything Dec. 9th-13th, 2019
Welcome to Ask Me Anything with Bob Bartley on Preventative Maintenance!
Continue ReadingRecommending the Right MEWP
In today’s competitive market, we, at Genie, know that it is more important than ever for you to establish and earn your rental customers’ respect as a trusted advisor.
Continue ReadingAerial Pros Minute: Micro Scissor Lifts
Learn more about micro scissor lifts in this Aerial Pros Minute.
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