WHECO President Dave Wood stands in front of a 1940s-era Badger crane that was used in a rock quarry near WHECO’s headquarters in Richland, WA. WHECO has five U.S.-based facilities and one in the Marshall Islands. WHECO has been a major player in the product support realm of cranes for many years, and yet the … Read more
Thad Pirtle, Vice President of Traylor Bros. talks about the repairs that WHECO Worldwide Services did on his Manitowoc 4100 Butt Sections.
While repairing booms by welding in a new section was relatively easy on older cranes, on the modern generation of machines things are less straightforward. Gone are the old mild steel box section telescopic booms and in their place are half-round…
If you are keeping up with our blog, you will see that this is the fourth in a series of blog posts about service life extension/restoration projects for cranes. We have written about crawler, RT, and cab down cranes, and it was time to do one for conventional truck cranes. So, it is not a coincidence … Read more
By Jay Shiffler If from the start, you never think of a damaged crane part or component as being reparable, then you are likely never to consider a repair option. Historically, it has been ingrained into our thinking that structurally damaged cranes and crane components are not safe to repair. For decades, the manufacturers have … Read more
The cab-down crane has long been used as an application specific crane. However, with the market being relatively small most of the manufacturers have ceased production of these cab-down units. Despite this, there has remained a pretty steady demand for good used or restored cab-down machines.
One common problem that manifests itself when the hydraulic boom is fully extended is that the top plate on the base section sometimes separates from the sides. And, while Grove has been very proactive in providing repair procedures it can be challenging to communicate with all of the owners that are out there in the market.
It would stand to reason that an authorized distributor for a crane manufacturer, who has almost proprietary access to a manufacturer’s technical staff and information, and receives preferred parts pricing and availability, could not be beat in providing better product support and customer service. So why do third-party crane repair services exist, and how is … Read more
One of the truly great injustices done to crane owners and insurance companies by the manufacturers, that is costing millions of dollars annually in unnecessary crane component replacement, is spreading the misconception that unless a repair or repair process to a crane is approved by an OEM it is to be considered a “modification”.
Companies that manufacture, sell, repair and use construction cranes complain that qualified workers, such as welders, machinist maintenance technicians and operators, remain extremely difficult to locate even as U.S. construction and manufacturing joblessness remains high.
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