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Stepping up on Safety in challenging Netting Application in Scotland
For scale, no show in Scotland can rival the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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Advantages 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.
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Telematics 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.
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Green Access Solutions: Rising to Meet Today’s Environmental Challenges
Around the globe, capital cities and large provincial towns are going greener.
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Manually Propelled vs. Self-Propelled MEWPs
Mobile elevating work platforms, or MEWPs, come in a variety of sizes and options.
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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.
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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.
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Aerial Pros Minute: Genie® Lift Connect™ Telematics - Actionable Information
Learn more about Genie® Lift Connect™ actionability in this Aerial Pros Minute.
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Genie® Accessories | Ask Me Anything August 19th-23rd, 2019
Welcome to Ask Me Anything with Marie Engstrom and Michael Flanagan on Genie® Accessories!
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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.
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Aerial Pros Minute: Genie® Lift Connect™ Telematics - Flexibility
Learn more about Genie® Lift Connect™ Flexibility in this month’s Aerial Pros Minute.
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HBV, Spelle Germany Adds 105 Meters of Working Height to Its Fleet
This January, family-owned rental company HBV Hydraulikbühnen-Verleih GmbH (HBV), based in Spelle, northwestern Germany, received delivery of three Genie® Xtra Capacity™ (XC™) telescopic boom lifts.
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What Type of Harness Do I Need to Operate a Genie® Aerial Lift?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in 1970 to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
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Is Boom Lift Range of Motion Becoming Like a Telehandler’s?
Due to upcoming industry-wide changes and more high-capacity machine choices on the market, operator knowledge of the total platform load requirements, as well as how the sloped terrain of the jobsite will impact operation, will now be equally as important to know as the required working height and maximum working outreach.
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Aerial Pros Minute: Material Lift Attachments
Learn more about material lift attachments in this month’s Aerial Pros Minute:
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Questions to Help Select the Right Mobile Elevating Work Platform for the Job
If you are new to renting mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), it is important to look for an equipment vendor you can use as a trusted advisor.
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Aerial Pros Minute: Telehandler Carriage Options
Learn more about telehandler carriage options in this month’s Aerial Pros Minute.
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Evaluating the Right Mix New, Used and Reconditioned MEWPs for Your Rental Fleet
The 1990s saw an explosion in the popularity of self-propelled mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) on construction and facilities jobsites. Since that time, MEWPs have shown a much longer lifespan in the secondary market, which has led to an increase in the confidence of used equipment — positively affecting demand.
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Aerial Pros Minute: Loading and Unloading MEWPs
Learn more about loading and unloading a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) in this month’s Aerial Pros Minute.
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Genie Goes the Extra Mile for Polar Research Station, Greenland
In 2018, CH2M Hill Polar Services (CPS) consulted several aerial access equipment manufacturers for an access solution to assist in construction and maintenance tasks as part of its activity at Summit Station, a polar research platform in Greenland.
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Aerial Pros Minute: Telehandler Auxiliary Hydraulics
Learn more about telehandler auxiliary hydraulics in this month’s Aerial Pros Minute:
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