IDEAL CRANE NEWS AND INFO
Learn about Ideal Crane’s community involvement or read about our equipment in action all around the state.
Ideal Crane Part of Modular Component Construction
Apr 13, 2018
Ideal Crane provided our 240T Liebherr Hydraulic Boom Crawler Crane on-site at a new four-story Marriott hotel in Kenosha county. It's going up fast and will only take two weeks to be erected using modular component construction. It is the first of it's kind in the...
read moreIdeal Crane Featured in Middleton Review
Apr 11, 2018
Middleton, Wis. is buzzing with construction and the Middleton Review featured a photo with our crane on the cover of their issue dated April 9. The photo is of Middleton Center. Middleton Center is being built in three phases in downtown Middleton and it will offer a...
read moreIdeal Crane’s 60 Minutes Debut
Mar 28, 2018
We caught a quick glimpse of one of our cranes in the great feature 60 Minutes recently did on Giannis Antetokounmpo. Giannis is one of the best players in the NBA and as they state, he has quite the story about how he got there. Can you find us? 60 Minutes Video...
read moreIdeal Crane Featured in Rental Magazine for use of Manitou MRT Series
Mar 10, 2018
Ideal Crane Rental and customer Iconica was featured in the January/February edition of Rental magazine. The MRT rotating telehander series offers a three-in-one solution: telehandler, crane-like winch and mobile elevating work platform. Read the article to learn more...
read moreBucks Training Center Complete
Jul 26, 2017
Ideal Crane Rental has had a variety of equipment at the Bucks training facility and arena, from cranes to forklifts and scissors lifts. Check out the article from the Business Journal covering the new two-story training center (and a great view from second floor of...
read moreIdeal Crane Trains on New Liebherr 81 K.1 Self-Erecting Crane
Apr 5, 2017
Ideal Crane took delivery of the first units of the new Liebherr 81 K.1 self-erecting crane in North America recently. We're seeing an upward trend in construction of four to five story wood-framed buildings and are excited to share this rental opportunity with our...
read moreIdeal Crane Meets Customer Demand with Manitou MRT Rotating Forklifts
Mar 10, 2018
Ideal Crane owner and President talks with Rental magazine about the benefits of Manitou's MRT rotating telehandler series. In North America rotating telehandlers are best represented by Manitou and Ideal has a wide variety of options to fit...
read moreIdeal Customer uses Manitou MRT 2150 as a Game Changer in Pick and Place Applications
Mar 10, 2018
Ideal Crane customer Iconica talks with Rental magazine about the game changing MRT 2150 which allows for them to stay in one position and reach everything. In this video he explains the benefits of this machine versus a conventional telehandler. WATCH...
read moreDreaming of Summer(fest) During Winter
Feb 14, 2018
Ideal Crane's LinkBelt 80 RT has been on-site at Henry Maier Festival Park for an exciting Summerfest project. We are always proud to be part of the great new developments taking place on Milwaukee's lakefront. (Photo by IUOE 139)
read moreIdeal Crane Sponsors AGC of Greater Milwaukee CLC Event at Harley-Davidson Museum
Jan 26, 2018
Ideal Crane was proud to be a sponsor of the Associated General Contractor of Greater Milwaukee's Construction Leadership Council Annual Kick-Off Event held at the Harley-Davidson Museum on January 25. The CLC events provide networking opportunities to cultivate the...
read moreWisconsin Herd’s New Arena in the Works
Jul 18, 2017
Ideal Crane has had multiple pieces of equipment on-site for the construction of the Milwaukee Bucks' minor league team arena in Oshkosh. The Wisconsin Herd arena is set to start their inaugural season in Fall of 2017. Check out several of our JLG boom lifts in this...
read moreEmployees Updated on Latest in Equipment and Technology at ConExpo 2017, Las Vegas
Mar 10, 2017
Ideal Crane sent several of it's crane operators and employees to be educated in latest updates in equipment and technology at ConExpo 2017. The event is held every three years in Las Vegas, Nevada and allows our company to invest in and stay up-to-date on the latest...
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