Genie Safety Minute: Tire Care on MEWPs
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Steel Platform Repair Guidelines
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingThe Value of a Qualified Aerial Equipment Service Technician
Your aerial equipment fleet is a huge investment for your rental company, so it’s important that your service technicians are properly trained to perform the necessary maintenance and repair work needed to keep your investment up and running.
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Hydraulic Oil Maintenance
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingService Minute: Serviceability, Parts Commonality and Uptime
“Uptime” is a frequently used industry buzzword that simply refers to the time equipment is on the job and in use.
Continue ReadingService Minute: Check Your MEWPs Quarterly for Open Bulletins and Owner Registration
Quality and safety are built into all Genie® mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). We use safety and product notices to communicate vital information that may impact the well-being of the operator or the long-term performance of the machines we make.
Continue ReadingService Minute: Interpreting Display Information on Deutz Engines
On Genie® mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) equipped with Deutz engines, it is important to know and understand the machine’s display information in order to control maintenance repair time because controlling maintenance repair time is critical to lowering fleet costs.
Continue ReadingUtilizing Telematics to Maintain a MEWP Fleet
Controlling the cost of a MEWP rental fleet is important to be a profitable rental company, but where to begin?
Continue ReadingService Minute: Check the Turntable Rotation Bearing Bolts
Good operating condition and extended life expectancy of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) are largely influenced by regular care and maintenance.
Continue ReadingThe Brand Matters When Purchasing Used MEWP Equipment
There are reasons some aerial work platforms (AWP) is considered a top-tier brand, maintains its value and garners a fairly premium price in the used market.
Continue ReadingService Minute: Repairing Steel Platform Guard Rails on Genie® MEWPs
Rental applications often include demanding tasks that increase the risk of damage for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) on jobsites.
Continue ReadingWater Damage Repair Checklists Available for Genie® MEWPs
To aid customers recovering from the damage done during the flooding...
Continue ReadingService Minute: “Certified” vs. “Qualified” to Work on Genie® MEWPs
In the mobile elevating work platform (MEWPs) industry the terms “certified” and “qualified” are often used interchangeably in connection with employees who maintain this type of equipment.
Continue ReadingAerial Equipment Reliability Tips: Best Practices to Care for Your MEWP Fleet
Having worked in the Genie® field and phone support for over 20 years, I’ve noticed a couple of things about machine reliability.
Continue ReadingKnow Your Grade Limits to Avoid MEWP Downtime
For mobile elevating working platforms (MEWPs), ground slope is a major contributor to machine stability and, ultimately, the operator’s safety.
Continue ReadingService Minute: The Value of a Certified Aerial Equipment Service Technician
Your aerial equipment fleet is a huge investment for your rental company, so it’s important that your service technicians are properly trained to perform the necessary maintenance and repair work needed to keep your investment up and running.
Continue ReadingService Minute: The Importance of Technician Training Programs
Training in the aerial industry is very important — a life is at stake each and every time someone gets into a piece of aerial equipment.
Continue ReadingMaintaining Your Boom’s Cables
All preventive maintenance is important, but the manner in which your boom’s extend/retract cables are maintained is vitally important.
Continue ReadingLet Customers Be Your Best Spokespeople
You have some satisfied, even delighted, customers.
Continue ReadingService Minute: Aerial Equipment Reliability Tips
Having worked in the Genie® field and phone support for over 20 years, I’ve noticed a couple of things about machine reliability
Continue ReadingIt’s All About the People
As we celebrated Genie turning 50 in 2016, a lot of people asked what our secret was; how have we succeeded in the aerial industry for over 50 years?
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