What is the 1-10-100 Rule you ask? Think of it as Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The 1-10-100 Rule means that one dollar spent on prevention, e.g. boom Lift Maintenance, will save 10 on correction and 100 dollars on failure costs. Failure costs … [Read more...]
Screw Anchor Wrench Accessories
Screw anchor accessories create a complete setup for adding screw anchors to power digging equipment. They are needed so the wrench can properly transmit the torque from the Kelly bar to the hub so that loads are properly supported. When used properly, torques of 10,000 ft.-lbs can handled depending … [Read more...]
Have you seen these 10 interesting, bucket truck-related items?
UEP addresses some pretty important and serious topics in our blogs but sometimes you just want to have fun. We decided to take a month off from the usual topics and came up with the top ten interesting things about bucket trucks you can find on the net. We used google to search for fun, weird, … [Read more...]
Not their First Rodeo
While running a bucket truck is serious business, it can also be serious fun. Did you know there are over 20 events, scattered across the county every year that highlight the skills associated with serving as a lineman? The first Lineman’s rodeo was in 1983. Dale Warman, a supervisor at Kansas … [Read more...]
The Inventors of Aerial Lifts
The Cherry Picker Like most inventions, the articulated boom lift, commonly known as the cherry picker, was invented due to frustration. In 1944 Jay Eitel was picking cherries at his summer job in sunny California. He became annoyed with the inefficient process of having to climb up and down the … [Read more...]
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