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3/10/2010Compact Profile, Maneuverablility, and Greater Capacity Ideal for Power and Refinery Work

Cleveland, Ohio-March 10, 2010-To meet the high demand for a versatile, productive alternative to a rough terrain crane for jobs requiring compact size, mobility, and greater capacity than typical industrial cranes, ALL has added five Shuttlelift 22-ton Modfel 7755 Carrydeck cranes to its Fleet.

2/11/2010February 11, 2010 - ALL Sunshine Crane Rental of Apopka, Fla., a memeber of the ALL Family of Companies, was presented with two awards from the Florida division of the United Safety Council at their awards banquet on January 22.

1/29/2010January 29, 2010 - ALL Aerials, a member of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies, annunces the launch of its completely revampe Web site at www.allaerials.com/.

12/24/2009

See the bottle-capping video on youtube.com

November 18, 2009—Atlanta—It was literally a refreshing day in July as cranes from ALL Crane Rental of Georgia, Inc. hoisted the entire top, complete with red cap, onto the new, interactive, 49-foot-tall Coca-Cola bottle above left field at the Atlanta Braves’ Turner Field.


12/23/2009December 23, 2009 - ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. introduces the newest in its arsenal of lift-planning tools, increasing safety and improving productivity at the same time.

12/23/2009

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. introduces the newest in its arsenal of lift-planning tools, increasing safety and improving productivity at the same time.


11/19/2009November 19, 2009 - To expand their services to the burgeoning Canadian market, the ALL Family of Companies announces the expansion of ALL Canada Cranes & Aerials with the addition of two new facilities - one in Newfoundland and Labrador and a second location in Ontario.

11/19/2009

November 19, 2009 - ALL Crane & Equipment Rental Corp. of St. Albans, West Virginia, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, helped erect a huge steel and bronze abstract sculpture in front of the CLay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia.


11/19/2009

November 19, 2009—To expand their services to the burgeoning Canadian market, the ALL Family of Companies announces the expansion of ALL Canada Cranes & Aerials with the addition of two new facilities—one in Newfoundland and Labrador and a second location in Ontario.


11/19/2009

November 19, 2009-ALL Crane & Equipment Rental Corp. of St. Albans, West Virginia, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, helped erect a huge steel and bronze abstract sculpture in front of the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia.


ALL Crane & Equipment Rental Provides Jumping Platform for BASE Jumpers at Bridge Day 2009, New River Gorge Bridge
10/21/2009

Watch the video on YouTube

October 21, 2009—For the third time since 2003, ALL Crane & Equipment Rental Corp. of New Albans, West Virginia, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, was chosen to provide a boom truck for the BASE jumping event at the annual Bridge Day celebration at the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia.


10/13/2009

October 13, 2009—The ALL Family of Companies announces the appointment of Mike Kraguljac as General Manager of ALL Carolina Crane & Equipment of Raleigh, North Carolina. He brings 21 years’ experience in the crane and construction industries, most recently as Operations Manager for a Manitowoc distributorship where he worked closely with ALL for most of those years.


10/13/2009

October 13, 2009—Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, held its 17th Annual Golf Outing on August 10, 2009. More than 125 people participated, including Dawes customers, equipment manufacturers, and Dawes and ALL management.


9/29/2009

Ideal for applications with poor ground conditions and long distances between lift sites.

September 29, 2009—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the acquisition of 10 new Link-Belt TCC-750 75-ton (US) capacity telescopic crawler cranes.


9/15/2009

September 15, 2009—Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Steve Challoner to its management staff as Equipment Sales Manager. Steve, with 20 years’ sales experience in the lift equipment and related industries,


9/15/2009

September 15, 2009—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the acquisition of three (3) new Link-Belt RTC–80130 Series II 130-ton cranes, the newest and largest rough terrain (RT) model made by Link–Belt. It is touted as one of the strongest, most easily transported, and easy–to–maneuver RT cranes in the industry.


9/13/2009

New Build–A–Boom and Model Search Features Make Getting the Right Equipment Easy

September 13, 2009—ALT Sales Corp., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, announces the launch of its completely revamped Web site at www.altsales.com. The new site is easy to navigate and deep with features, including a new Build-A-Boom service that helps buyers find the exact boom truck to serve their needs. Helpful and detailed search functions help customers find new or used boom trucks by make, model, and year, or they can simply search the complete equipment database. A Fast Quote form can be submitted online to request immediate help from an ALT Sales representative.


8/19/2009

August 19, 2009—The ALL Family of Companies, headquartered in Cleveland Ohio, received two awards for transportation safety performance at the 2009 Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) Annual Conference, held April 21 - 25, 2009.


6/30/2009

ALL Web site increases visitors, expands other features

June 30, 2009—Now crane enthusiasts and ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. fans can buy ALL logo caps, jackets, sweatshirts, shirts, and work gloves on the company’s Web site at www.allcrane.com.


5/28/2009

May 28, 2009—Columbus, OH—ALL Crane Rental Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, received two awards for outstanding safety performance at the 2008-2009 Awards Banquet held by the Safety Council of Greater Columbus.


4/23/2009

Increasing Truck Fleet Beefs Up Customer Service Capability

April 23, 2009—To ensure that customer service is a number one priority, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has added 11 new Peterbilt tractors and service trucks to its already extensive fleet.


4/8/2009

Focus on customer support, inventory management, and warranty issues

April 8, 2009—Cleveland, OH—Concentrating on key issues of a challenging marketplace, the service managers from all 30 ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. branches gathered February 20, 2009, at ALL headquarters for their annual meeting.


3/19/2009

ALL Web Site is the Complete Resource for Lift Equipment Load Charts

March 19, 2009—If a load chart exists for a crane or lift equipment, chances are it can be found in the online Load Chart library at www.allcrane.com/LoadCharts.aspx. As North America’s largest buyer of new cranes, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. offers the largest, most modern fleet of lift equipment for rent.


2/19/2009

Grove GMK7550, Largest Mobile Hydraulic All Terrain Crane, and Liebherr LTM 1300-6.1 Bring Added Capability to the ALL Family of Companies

February 19, 2009—The southern U.S. construction markets gain big capability with the addition of two new all terrain cranes, including the first GMK7550 in the Carolinas at ALL Carolina Crane & Equipment in Raleigh, NC, a member of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies.


1/29/2009

January 29, 2009—In two of the largest moves made in 2008 by DST Inc. (Dawes Specialized Transport) of Dawes Crane and Rigging Inc., they helped Vision Logistics move 10 giant kiln shells, three riding rings, and a massive P & H mining shovel to the Port of Milwaukee.


12/16/2008

December 16, 2008—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the move of its corporate headquarters offices to a new building at 4700 Acorn Drive in Independence (Cleveland), Ohio, just a few miles up the road from its former headquarters at 7809 Old Rockside Road.


11/28/2008

November 28, 2008—It turns out that Zero the polar bear is not smarter than the average bear. After he fell from his habitat at the Milwaukee County Zoo and ended up in a moat on October 13, it took a crane from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. to lift the 1,500–lb. male polar bear out of his predicament.


11/14/2008

November 14, 2008—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp., with the largest, most modern fleet of lift equipment and cranes in the country, now offers a wide inventory of new and used name brand parts in stock for quick delivery from strategic locations throughout the U.S. and Canada


10/14/2008

October 14, 2008—For the second consecutive year, qualified welders and technicians from the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Family of Companies were chosen to attend exclusive Manitowoc Crane CARE program training courses in Manitowoc Boom Inspection and Repair


9/25/2008

View the demonstration video on YouTube

September 25, 2008—Sandusky, Ohio—On June 27, 2008, a live tilt-up construction demonstration was hosted by Star Inc., an award-winning designer and builder, with the help of a crane from ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp.


8/13/2008

The mission: set a 275-foot prefabricated steel bridge in three pieces over a busy highway in one day—before 6:00 p.m. Mission accomplished with a double pick


Building a Connection to Art
7/22/2008

Cranes from Central Contractors Service Do Heavy Lifting for New Nichols Bridgeway Pedestrian Bridge Will Link New Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing to Millennium Park

Chicago—July 22, 2008—Like a runway from the heart of Chicago’s Millennium Park, spanning 620 feet A 550-ton Grove GMK 7550 hydraulic all terrain crane from Central


6/17/2008

June 17, 2008—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. adds to its extensive fleet with the purchase of five Grove GMK7550 all terrain mobile hydraulic cranes. The first of the five was delivered in April 2008 and was headed for ALL’s branch location in Mobile, Alabama. The other four are scheduled for delivery to other ALL yards in late 2008 and into 2009.


6/3/2008

June 3, 2008—Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental of Milwaukee, Wis., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, was presented with three Transportation Safety Awards during the annual conference of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) April 15-19 in Bonita Springs, Fla.


5/22/2008

May 22, 2008—As part of their strong commitment to service, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. announces the addition of a new branch in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the expansion of its existing facility in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.


5/6/2008

May 6, 2008—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has fortified its fleet in the 200-ton to 250-ton range with the purchase of Manitowoc’s new Grove GMK5225 225-ton all terrain model, right off the display floor at ConExpo 2008


Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Earns 60-Year Longevity Award As Founding Member of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association
4/8/2008

April 8, 2008—Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc., a member of the ALL Family of Companies, will be awarded the 60-Year Longevity Award by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) at the association’s annual conference, April 15-19, 2008, in Bonita Springs, Florida.


3/11/2008

March 11, 2008—How do you carefully lift a 13-foot-tall, 6,500-lb. piece of history, safeguard an irreplaceable work of art, and still ”Keep off the grass”? When Todd Pitsenburger, rigging superintendent of Duncan Machinery Movers, was asked to move the 38-year-old Marshall Memorial Fountain


2/6/2008

February 6, 2008—The right crane can do the lifting, even in a difficult spot. But it takes people—seasoned crane experts—to figure out the ”how.” That’s why the general contractor for a power plant with an outage called ALL Crane Rental of Pennsylvania


6/15/2007

Lift-Planning Software Helps Plan Job That ”Couldn’t Be Done”

June 15, 2007—Erie, Pa.—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. easily set a 184-foot walk bridge across a Lake Erie bay at the new Bayfront Convention Center in a complex but well-orchestrated two-crane pick.


6/12/2007

June 12, 2007—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has taken possession of three new Tadano 130-ton all-terrain hydraulic cranes, ready now for rental.


5/23/2007

Industry Crane Leader Adds New Manitowoc Model 14000 Crawler Cranes

May 23, 2007—As one of the largest privately held crane and equipment rental companies in North America, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. commits to maintaining the industry’s largest and most modern, technologically advanced fleet.


3/21/2007

Now Renting Largest Aerial Lifts with 150-foot Platform Height

March 21, 2007—ALL Aerials, part of the ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. family of companies, announces a major acquisition of approximately 250 new aerial lifts from JLG.


12/12/2006

December 12, 2006—As part of an ongoing commitment to maintaining the industry’s most modern and technologically advanced fleet, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has contracted for 150 new hydraulic cranes, with scheduled deliveries starting in late 2006 and running through 2007.


7/7/2006

Cleveland, Ohio—July 7, 2006—ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corporation announces the latest version of its Compu-Crane lift simulation software, version 3. Lift simulation software recreates the environment of your lift to help you properly plan your lift day, increasing safety and reducing cost.


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