ALL Crane News
A Day in the Life: Coming Home - Jimmy Hill
Jimmy Hill was a long distance truck driver, but his talent and experience on the road made him the perfect candidate for ALL's logistics team.
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Equipment Profile: Tallest Platform In Its Class: JLG 1850SJ Ultra Series
“Short of turning off gravity and letting men float to the job, there hasn’t been an ideal or easy way to get guys up over 180 feet in the air to do work — until now,” said Scott Jerome, senior branch manager at Dawes, a member of the ALL Family in Kaukauna, WI. Jerome is talking about the new JLG 1850SJ telescopic boom lift that boasts an industry-topping platform height of 185 feet 7 inches — that’s more than 18 stories high.
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Branch Focus: Hoosier Pride - Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne is Indiana’s second-largest city. While the state is a key part of the Grain Belt and Corn Belt, Indiana boasts a wide variety of thriving industries. In 2015, Chief Executive magazine ranked Indiana sixth in the country and the only Midwest state in the top 10 in a list of “Best States for Business.”
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Winterize to Maximize Your Investment What ALL does to prepare North America's largest privately owned fleet for winter
Fall is beautiful. Leaves change colors, and summer heat changes to crisp, cool air. Nobody wants to think about the coming snow, ice and freezing winds that can come on fast. But denial and avoidance leave you unprepared for what’s sure to come.
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A Day in the Life: Brian Meek Operator-Turned-Sales Specialist
Brian Meek has always been fascinated with heavy machinery. He seemed destined for a career in the lifting industry. “When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike to construction sites. This business — it’s been a passion for me since I was little.
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Beyond the Hard Hat More Jobs in the Construction Industry
When people think of the construction industry, they generally think of hard hats, illuminated vests and work boots — maybe flaggers on the highway or folks who operate heavy machinery.
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The Mighty Manitowoc A Look at the Colossal 21000 - Bigger than Godzilla
A huge red arm across the blue sky, the boom of the 1,000-ton Manitowoc 21000 crawler crane, with its elaborate interlaced lattice pattern and jaw-dropping dimensions, inspires awe in people who know little about cranes.
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More Than Rental: An Authorized Distributor Dawes: A Trusted Source for Link-Belt Since 1995
Although the ALL Family of Companies has been known as a crane rental leader since 1964, it has also made a name in the industry as an authorized distributor for many of the top brands of lift equipment: Link-Belt Cranes, Broderson carry deck cranes, Genie and Skyjack aerial lifts, JLG and SkyTrak aerials and telehandlers, Terex Cranes, and three crane brands manufactured by Manitowoc (National boom trucks, Shuttlelift carry deck cranes, and Potain self erecting tower cranes).
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