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HELLO, HIABS & ELECTRIC TRUCKS FOR WASTE & RECYCLING
Electric and hybrid trucks are fast taking hold in Europe, and manufacturers are partnering with HIAB to mount HIAB truck-mounted cranes and Multilift truck-mounted hooklifts. The Dutch are doing it in a big way with eco-work-ready crane and hooklift truck packages aimed at the waste and recycling industry and couldn’t be more in demand there. […]
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WHAT MAKES A COMPANY ORDER 400 NEW iX.162 CRANES?
When a company buys 400 of the same truck-crane model in a single contract purchase, you have to sit up and take notice. It’s a multi-million-pound (multiply that times about 1.5 in Canadian dollars) commitment that begs the question, “Why?” Travis-Perkins plc is the largest distributor of building materials in the UK. They were looking […]
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THE FIRST HIAB CRANE – THE FIRST OF MANY
With over half a million HIAB truck cranes delivered to customers in more than 120 countries, it’s easy to forget that number started 79 years ago with just one – the HIAB 190. So we were excited to come across these HIAB images and promotional graphics from the 1940s. HIAB founder Eric Sundin began work […]
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NEW LMI5 CONTROLS FOR HIABS ENHANCE CRANE SAFETY
HIAB is the recognized leader in design and safety systems and the Canadian Industry Standard (CIS). Atlas Polar now offers Canadian HIAB truck-mounted crane operators a clever add-on accessory that can enhance that renowned crane productivity and safety even more. CRANESMART’s new LMI5 Load Management system for HIAB cranes comprises a wireless touchscreen receiver and […]
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3 EQUIPMENT INNOVATIONS MAKE A SUSTAINABLE COMBINATION
Our customers are often looking for more sustainable load-handling solutions. They are also ever-conscious of the competitive nature of their industries and the need to do more, perform better, be more precise, lift more, load more and deliver more. We drive to make our deliveries faster, safer, and more accurate. To be onsite more and […]
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iQ.958 HiPRO: SPACE-AGE CRANE DOES IT ALL – AND MORE
The HIAB iQ.958 HiPRO is the first of HIAB’s future-forward intelligent truck-mounted articulating cranes. One of the most impressive and novel things about its iQ series, and evident in this model, is the shape of the boom. Extensions (eight plus a super-powered jib we’ll talk more about) are 12-sided, bullet-shaped dodecahedrons. This V12-Power Boom is […]
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GET READY FOR ZERO-EMISSION STEEL IN HIAB EQUIPMENT
Steel is the most widely distributed product in the world for use in products and infrastructure, and the equipment that transports it, like trucks, trains, ships, freight containers and load-handling equipment. Those demands are increasing. Steel manufacturing has a big footprint. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that one tonne of steel produces 1.4 times […]
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IQ.1188: HIGH-SPEED CRANE, MEET SPACE-AGE CONTROL
“Beam me up, Scotty,” and lift the heaviest load possible in its weight class from a 4-axle truck and deliver it precisely with great speed. “Impossible!” you say. Not with the new HIAB iQ.1188 HiPRO truck crane. It’s a next-generation, next-level, space-age marvel. Let’s get down to the detail. For the HIAB iQ.1188 HiPRO articulating […]
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GET THE JOB DONE DAY-1 WITH WORK-READY PACKAGES
As a business owner, you’ve always kept an eye on the age of your equipment, business growth and direction, current and future needs, and fleet management. You make projections and plan and budget your investment in trucks, trailers, and the cranes, forklifts and hooklifts that mount to them. It’s a good process – and it […]
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MULTILIFT, HIAB & MERCEDES – A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
MULTILIFT and HIAB are going out in force to support Finnish Defence. Veho Oy Ab, a Finnish Mercedes/Daimler retailer and distributor, has partnered with HIAB Finland to provide seven X-HiDUO 188 articulating cranes plus an initial order of 135 Multilift ULTIMA 21Z truck-mounted hooklifts (and an option for a further 127). HIAB will add accessories, […]