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Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.
Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology (ALTEC), founded in part by Omidyar Network; Altec Industries, Inc., Alabama Truck & Equipment Company. Altec is a provider of equipment and services to the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, lights and signs, and contractor markets.
In 1953, General Motors purchased Euclid, expanding the business to include more than half of all U.S. off-highway dump truck sales. Due to a 1968 Justice Department ruling, GM was required to stop manufacturing and selling off-highway trucks in the United States for four years and divest the Euclid brand. GM coined the "Terex" name in 1968 ...
In 1983, Styslinger started his career at Altec, Inc.—a company his grandfather founded in 1929. [3] [10] He became president in 1994 and was named CEO in 1997, [8] [11] and now serves as co-chairman of Altec, Inc., the Holding Company for Altec Industries, Capital Services, National Equipment Company, Altec Worldwide, Global Rental, and Altec Ventures.
The E-ONE Vector is an all-electric fire truck. [27] REV Fire Group's Vector fire truck is the first full-electric North American fire truck. [27] It has been ordered in Charlotte, North Carolina, [28] Varennes, Quebec, [27] and Mesa, Arizona, [29] and Toronto, Canada, [30] and was used in the 2023 Daytona 500. [31]
American LaFrance ladder truck of Gainesville FD. AEERSA (ambulances, rescue vehicles, fire trucks, 2000–present) Ace (1918–1927; also Busses) Alden Sampson; Alexis Fire Equipment Company (fire trucks, 1947–present) Alkane; Allianz; AM General; American (1911–1913) American Austin (1929–1934) American Bantam (1935–1941) American Coleman
The section of the arm closest to the vehicle is known as the boom, while the section that carries the bucket is known as the dipper (or dipper-stick), both terms derived from steam shovels. The boom, which is the long piece of the backhoe arm attached to the tractor through a pivot called the king-post, is located closest to the cab.
Crane Carrier Company (CCC) is a manufacturer that specializes in construction truck and garbage truck chassis. Located in New Philadelphia, Ohio, it was established by Robert Zeligson in 1946, along with the affiliated Zeligson Trucks. Since 2021, CCC has been owned by electric vehicle developer Battle Motors.