GREENSBORO, NC – Mack Trucks is complementing its recently updated brand expression with an intuitive new www.MackTrucks.com website. Designed for easy use by customers and optimized for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, the new site serves as a straightforward source of information about Mack’s products and services and helps customers connect with local Mack dealers.
This bulletin shares the reasons why you can't use your boom as a crane; such as: it is prohibited by all manufacturers; unseen damages can occur; there is no crane-style load chart and many more.
Hose-whipping incidents are a well-known and well-documented phenomenon within the concrete pumping industry. The purpose of this bulletin is to shed light on the one aspect of hose whipping that presents the greatest risk of occurrence - Startup.
Forty years ago this past March, a group of Southern California concrete pumpers led by Bill Drake, had the idea to form a national association that would represent the interests of the concrete pumping industry. They rallied together concrete pumpers, manufacturers and distributors from all areas of the country and officially met aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on March 01, 1974.
Click here for discounted exhibits-only registration to World of Concrete 2015 (Feb. 3-6, 2015). World of Concrete is the industry’s only annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries. Save money on exhibits-only registration by using code A23 when registering online. (some restrictions may apply)
