August 22, 2022
In the early 1900s, cherry pickers, or bucket trucks as we know them today, were based off of Roman applications that allowed the creation of modernized lifts to reach higher…
August 19, 2022
The chassis is what determines the size of a commercial vehicle. Operating a large vehicle comes with a lot of responsibility and a classification designating how it should be safely…
August 15, 2022
Recently, there has been a lot of activity in the railing industry. Last year, Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific announced a 30-billion-dollar deal that would combine the United States,…
August 9, 2022
According to The New York Times, the Biden administration is tightening pollution standards for all vehicles on the road. But one group of vehicles is having tailpipe standards tightened for the first…
August 1, 2022
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the annual consumption of fossil fuels in 2020 reached 72.9 quadrillion British thermal units. The most well-known disadvantage of the use of non-renewable…
July 27, 2022
Without the existence of cranes, most of our world as we know it would not be the way that it is. Cranes can be used on any construction site and…
July 22, 2022
Just like any job, there are multiple options to assist in achieving OSHA and regulatory compliance for hoisting and lifting professionals requiring training, evaluation, and qualification and/or national certification in…
July 18, 2022
A lot of industries have been hit hard by the pandemic for various reasons. A shortage of both semiconductor chips and drivers has hit the transportation and heavy equipment industries….
July 12, 2022
In 2021, mining in the United States took a jump over the previous year and produced just over 90 billion dollars in non-fuel mineral assets. That’s a hefty sum and…
July 11, 2022
We know a thing or two about stringing block maintenance at Custom Truck One Source. Not only do we rent the equipment, but we’re also a producer of stringing blocks…
