One of WHECO’s national customers contacted our Santa Fe Springs (“SFS”) facility about performing some site work on its 400-ton barge-mounted crane and fabricating a new fifty-foot section of boom which was no longer available. This was so they could equip the crane with 260 feet of boom. To help expedite the project, WHECO … Read more

This Manitex boom tip section was repaired at our Richland, WA crane repair facility. The wire rope was reeved over the plate when it should have been under.  By reeving over, the wire ripe came in contact with the plate causing damage to both the plate and rope.