Aerial Pros

Tips for Transporting a Boom Lift

Booms lifts are common equipment on a variety of different jobsites. But before you can start working with a boom, you have to get it to the jobsite. To do this safely and efficiently, there are some important considerations.

Load Sense on Scissor Lifts

Genie® GS™ slab scissor lifts are designed to deliver reliability and performance on the jobsite, and for your rental business.

How to Properly Maintain Your Genie® Telehandler

Genie was excited to introduce the updated Genie® GTH™-1056 telehandler to its line-up earlier this year. But even new equipment needs regular maintenance to ensure that it's running at peak-performance levels.

Genie Safety Minute: Overhead Obstructions

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Why Outsourcing Maintenance Can Be the Right Choice for Your Fleet

For equipment owners, a fully and properly maintained mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) can mean reduced downtime, increased utilization, better rental rates and higher residual values. But, performing maintenance to a high standard requires the right knowledge and training.

Load Calibration for Load Sense

“Load sense” is likely a term you’ve been hearing more of lately. But, what is the primary purpose of load sense, and why does it matter when you’re operating a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP)?

Genie Safety Minute: Exiting a MEWP Platform at Height

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Guidelines for Returning a Damaged MEWP to Service

Although not a common occurrence, aerial equipment — like all machinery — can be involved in an incident that causes damage to the unit.

Transporting Genie® Booms Equipped with Load Sense Systems

Transporting a large piece of aerial equipment can be a challenge, and safety is the key ingredient.

Genie Safety Minute: Level Surface Usage

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

When Work Is Done for the Day — Guidelines for Daily Maintenance on Scissor Lifts

Sticking to a regular maintenance routine, including the important daily tasks as outlined in the operator’s manual, helps to ensure that scissor lifts are ready to work when they are needed.

Daily To Do’s: Perform Pre-Operation Inspections on Genie® MEWPs

A pre-operation inspection is a visual inspection of a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) performed by the operator prior to each work shift.

Genie Safety Minute: Wind Speed Safety on a MEWP

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Before Work Begins — Guidelines for Daily Maintenance on Scissor Lifts

Slab and rough terrain scissors lifts can be crucial to jobsite productivity, and by adhering to a few daily maintenance and inspection requirements, operators can ensure maximum uptime on jobsites.

Guidelines for Maintaining Your Genie® MEWP Fleet

Performing periodic inspections and proper maintenance is essential for safety, as well as for getting optimal performance from a Genie® mobile elevating work platform (MEWP).

Guidance for Using MEWPs in Cold Weather Conditions

Just because it’s cold outside, doesn’t mean all construction work stops for the winter.

Daily To Do’s: Function Tests on Genie® Telehandlers

Performing function tests is a crucial part of safe work practices before operating any telehandler because function tests are designed to discover any malfunctions before the machine is put into service.

Genie Safety Minute: Dual Zone Height Restrictions on Scissor Lifts

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Daily To Do’s: Pre-Operation Inspections for Genie® Telehandlers

A pre-operation inspection is a visual inspection of a telehandler performed by the operator prior to each work shift.

Tips for Using the Genie Smart Link™ Dual Zone Controls

Soon, all Genie® GS™ scissor lifts and GR™, QS™ & GRC vertical mast lifts will be manufactured in compliance with applicable national standards adopted by each country

Benefits of Preventive Maintenance for MEWP Rental Fleets

As is the case with all equipment, mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) require regular, preventive maintenance to maintain peak performance. Ensuring a MEWP gets the maintenance it needs is not only important to safety, but to performance as well.