The cable-operated Quick-Way handled a ½-cubic-yard bucket, and it could crane 5.5 tons at a 10-foot radius. Its mechanical clutches were operated hydraulically. In 1919, a young engineer named Luke E ...
Designed to save and simplify, Genie announces a revised protocol for cable replacement on its cable-operated telescopic booms — the Genie S-60/S-65, S-80/S-85, S-100/S-125, SX-135 XC, SX-150 and ...
Prior to the 1960s, much of construction equipment still relied on winches and cables. “Dozer blades were moved with winches and wire ropes,” recalls Keith Haddock, national director of the Historical ...