Under the new alliance, namely the partnership of Ronnie Clifton and Norman Chmielewski, the company known as Carson Crane is relatively new to the industry. This does not mean inexperienced by any means. The two principals of this company have an accumulated total of eighty-five years of hoist and lift equipment experience. Their expertise includes actual hands-on operating, inspection, repair, maintenance, and teaching others of the very units they accept for certification. Both partners are former and/or retired crane operators.

In addition to mobile hydraulic and conventional boom cranes, the company will inspect and certify all types of overhead cranes, overhead hoists, jib and Chicago boom cranes. We will also inspect articulated boom and straight boom, commercial boom trucks.

Load tests are an important part of our duties, and we will furnish load test weights as required by our clients. We load test to accepted ANSI/OSHA standards and mandates.

Our area of expertise includes electric, gasoline and propane forklifts, and we will inspect and certify all types of telescopic boom and rough terrain forklifts as well. We remain in touch with manufacturers for updates and changes.

Scissor-lift and all manlift equipment, including articulated models are part of our responsibilities as well.

Training and training documentation have become a very important part of the day-to-day responsibilities of all persons responsible for heavy equipment, and we have the capabilities to provide for you this very necessary commodity.

Classes to document training for your operators are available, as well as refresher courses to add to your operator's training file as mandated by new OSHA requirements. Agendas are flexible, and we will accomodate inexperienced as well as experienced operators in our training programs, although not necessarily within the same classes.

Most classes can be conducted at your site; all that is required is a meeting/conference room, and a suitable TV/VCR for presentations.

We prefer to do practical testing with your equipment, and students will be required to negotiate an obstacle test as part of our testing program.