Aerial Pros

Tire and Steering Options for MEWPs

In order for your customers to get the maximum performance out of a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), it is important that you consider what type of tire or track is best suited for their worksite environment and needs.

Genie Safety Minute: Steel Platform Repair Guidelines

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

The 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.

Making Way for Genoa's New Morandi Bridge, Italy

Two Genie® SX™-180 boom lifts involved in a high-precision demolition process.

A92 Minute: Know Your Limits

Check out this Genie® A92 Minute about slope limits in mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in accordance with the updated ANSI A92 and CSA B354 Standards.

Aerial Pros Minute: Capacity and Load Sense on Genie® Xtra Capacity™ Booms

Learn more about Load Sense on Genie® Xtra Capacity™ Booms in this Aerial Pros Minute.

Tips for Using Video in Your Marketing Effort

Videos are great for adding the “wow” factor to your rental store’s marketing efforts.

The Importance of Good Product Photography

When investigating a new product, what is the first thing that you notice?

Tips on How to Make a Great Internal Company Newsletter

Your boss has just tasked you with making a new quarterly newsletter for your rental company… Where do you start?

Genie Safety Minute: Hydraulic Oil Maintenance

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

Utilize Telematics to Maintain a MEWP Fleet

Increased market competition and competitive rental rates are significant challenges for rental companies.

More Changes to the ANSI and CSA Standards You Need to Know About

ANSI and CSA standards for safe use and training were not updated for many years (prior to now, ANSI boom, scissor lift and manually propelled standards were last updated in 2006, and CSA standards go back even further).

Manually Propelled vs. Self-Propelled MEWPs

Mobile elevating work platforms, or MEWPs, come in a variety of sizes and options.

A92 Minute: Watch Your Weight

Check out this Genie A92 Minute about monitoring the weight inside a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) in accordance with the updated ANSI A92 and CSA B354 Standards:

Aerial Pros Minute: Genie® Lift Connect™ Telematics - Transparency

Learn more about Genie® Lift Connect™ Telematics transparency in this Aerial Pros Minute.

Service 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.

Approved Material Handling Attachments for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms

At Genie, we receive calls on a regular basis from jobsite supervisors and contractors regarding operators wanting to use homemade attachments on mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) and/or using MEWPs to lift materials in a manner that is not consistent with the designed purpose of these type of machines.

Make Your Website Work Harder for Your Rental Company

Take a fresh look at your rental business’s website. Is it doing everything it can for you in the year ahead?

Genie Safety Minute: Certified vs. Qualified

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

What’s New with Electric Drive (E-Drive) in Access Equipment

Worldwide, and in Europe in particular, regulations regarding CO2 emissions and noise are becoming much stricter.

Ramping Up: Handling Equipment Spikes in Small Markets

Contractor supply and rental house, Stan Houston Equipment Company, Inc. of Sioux Falls, S.D., has thrived in a small market area many large rental companies would not consider.