TARUC WINS GENIE ASIA PHOTOGRAPH CONTEST-Guam-based Photographer beats out regional competition with a photo featuring GET,LLC's TZ-50

GET,LLC Managing Partner Tricia Gumataotao received word today from Genie Industries Asia that a photo taken by Guam-based Photographer Norman Taruc won its 2016 Jobsite Photo Contest. 

"We are so honored that our friend and colleague won the Genie Asia Jobsite Photo Contest," said Gumataotao.  "Norman has been instrumental in the growth of our company and has documented some of the most important moments that has shaped our business since its founding."

Entered into the Regional Genie Contest back on May 17, 2016, the photo shows a worker completing typhoon preparations on a Commercial Building in Tamuning using GET,LLC's Genie Trailer Mounted Boom-TZ-50. The Taruc photo beat out scores of photos submitted from across Genie Asia including two exceptional photos taken on jobsites in Vietnam that were named the consolation winners.

"This photo shows the versatility of the TZ-50," said Gumataotao. "The strength of this important Genie Aerial Work Platform is that it is battery powered-a sustainable alternative to the gas powered units in the marketplace to work effectively and efficiently at height."

GET, LLC has been appointed by the Terex Corporation as its authorized distributor for Terex and Genie aerial work platforms, cranes, construction and materials processing equipment and parts in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. Working directly with the best name in the aerial lift business, GET, LLC utilized the global sales, service and support network of Terex to provide the Guam market with Genie Industry's TZ-50 Trailer-Mounted Articulating Boom-named in 2004 as an Innovative Product Award Winner by Rental Equipment Register (RER). 

If you have any aerial lift needs and would like to discuss potential solutions, including the TZ-50, please drop GET, LLC a line via our website at www.get-guam.com or give us a call at 671-797-0789.

Fall Protection Equipment-Technology that Could Save Your Life

Aerial lifts are a necessary part of a contractor's proverbial "tool kit".  An aerial lift can make or break a project.  What can impact it further, is ensuring that contractors and their workers are safe when using lifts in and around job sites.

I heard a recent story of a contracting team which was asked by a installation supervisor if anyone had any experience working a lift.  The group of 10 workers all exclaimed to the super that they knew how to operate the piece of machinery.  One steps forward and jumps into the bucket.  No PPE.  No fall protection.  Fires up the machine with no regard to his co-workers nearby.  Without hesitation, the installation supervisor took action and rightly turned off the machine and counseled the laborer and immediately advised the respective workers boss of the lack of knowledge of basic aerial lift safety. 

This is a story heard on job sites all over the world.  It is very important that as a community, the construction trades should take just an extra moment to review their operations plans, workers certifications and at the minimum-check their people's basic knowledge of the lift by simply asking if they looked at the manual that came delivered with the lift.  Such basic inquires and requirements on the job protects that employee and the health and welfare of the others around them.

Back to fall protection.  

There are literally dozens of great solutions to ensure safety on an aerial lift and ways to keep workers or lineman out of harms way.

Did you know that the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued more than 8,500 citations in the last three years associated with improper use, or lack of use of fall protection equipment? 

To bring that number down, there is a product on the streets that would do much to improve operator safety and OSHA compliance and is a great innovation in fall protection. 

The Hi-Line Utility Supply’s Vert-Alert is the world's only aerial lift lanyard safety attachment warning system.  It does a couple of thing good.  First, if the safety harness is not attached to the provided anchorage, a high decibel verbal message states, "Warning, attach safety harness lanyard!" whenever the "UP" control is activated.  When the "DOWN" control is activated, a high decibel verbal message alerts, "Warning, lift descending!"  The system is also a "smart device". It analyzes safety performance which the system records when the alarm activates, as well as the date and time of connect and disconnects of the lanyard, and the number of up and down motions.  The Vert-Alert is easily installed on new and existing equipment.

 It is a pretty cool device that when coupled with the safety features of that your respective lift can protect the operator when doing work on your job site. 

GET,LLC is very conscious of lift safety and encourages you to do the same.  Our Genie TZ-50 is available for rent and ready to hit your job site. This "sustainable" unit is battery powered and is ideal for your interior and exterior aerial lift needs.  And yes-we can provide fall protection gear too.Give us a call at 671-797-0789 or check out our website at www.get-guam.com for more detailed information on the lift (the spec sheet is in our gallery!!!) and the services we provide.

Need to get to 180 Feet? Genie Rolls Out SX-180-the World's Biggest Boom

GET, LLC is so very proud to be a part of the Terex/Genie Family.  While our TZ-50 has been pretty busy as of late, the news of a product almost three-and-a-half times that of ours has us pretty excited for the future of the aerial lift industry and our place in it.

The latest announcement on the world's largest boom seem to show that business is growing and if your job requires to get to a certain height, then Terex can get you there.

In Munich, Germany Terex unveiled the SX-180. The Genie SX-180 is a self-propelled telescopic boom for use in the oil and gas industries, commercial construction, industrial construction and maintenance, and general maintenance.

“Customers are always looking for new and innovative ways to carry out their work more efficiently and more effectively," said Terex AWP Senior Product Manager Scott Krieger.  "In concert with customer input, our engineers have been able to reach new heights for this next generation of Genie telescopic boom lifts."

With its 54.9 m (180 ft) vertical reach and 24.4 m (80 ft) horizontal reach, the Genie SX-180 provides a 2.44 m (8 ft) x 0.91 m (3 ft) platform and has an unrestricted capacity of 340 kg (750 lb).

Take it one step furhter, the SX-180 is designed to be driven at full height. The speeds range from .4 mph open at 125 feet to fully stowed at 2.5 mph-I say be safer that sorry!

More importantly, why GET LLC like it is the newly designed X-chassis that extends and retracts to provide stability on the job and a narrow profile for transport. The boom lift’s stowed dimensions are 3.05m (10 ft) height and 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide. With a stowed length of 12.98 m (42 ft, 7 in).  It is a machine that weighs 54,000 lbs and requires no over width or over height permits allowing it to be easily transported on a truck.

Worldwide availability will begin in the second half of 2013.  

If this is something you need on your next jobsite, give GET, LLC a call or drop us a line to discuss further.

Emission-Free Powered Aerial Lifts Gaining Popularity

GET LLC has acquired a Genie TZ-50, a trailer-mounted and battery powered articulating boom lift.  This 4400 pound solution to your aerial lift needs is on Guam and ready for use on your respective job site.  As our competitors offer a similar solution with diesel, our emission-free lift helps bring a different and more environmentally friendly alternative to building owners and conscious contractors.  

And this effort is growing. 

A great article on this trend can be found at theconstructionindex.co.uk, one of the United Kingdom's leading construction based search engines.  Yes-Terex, the parent company of Genie, is based in Europe.  The article showcases the Genie-line of emissions-free lifts among others.  It appears that our friends across the pond are embracing this trend.  Will it catch here?

Yes. 

GET, LLC can address your sustainable lift needs, so please drop us a line or call us for more information and lift availability.

Some great news from Terex to add: Terex’s net profit for 2012 was up +134% on the previous year to US$ 106 million., while the company’s revenues climbed +13% to US$ 7.35 billion. “We made significant progress in 2012," said Terex chairman and CEO Ron DeFeo. "We are optimistic about our business as we begin 2013."  

Good job Terex from the newest member of your Terex Family in the Western Pacific.

A Great Partnership-Terex and ESPN

This is a great piece of news out of Nevada.  It speaks to the versatility of the Terex Brand-specifically Genie Lifts.  

Terex signed a long term relationship with ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to be the official lift equipment of the Complex. 

Genie lift equipment provides solutions to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex for a variety of application needs on a daily basis. Genie scissor and boomlifts are regularly used as elevated platforms for cameras and camera operators to tape and broadcast sporting events at the sports complex. 

The lifts are also used to perform ongoing maintenance at the 255-acre site. Additionally, Terex-branded light towers will light popular runDisney races that take place throughout the theme parks each year.

“ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex already uses Genie lift equipment,” said Matt Fearon, president, Terex Aerial Work Platforms. “By being the official lift equipment provider to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, it allows us to highlight the various applications and capabilities of our quality equipment at a variety of events across the complex.”

All we can say is "awesome". For more on bringing a Genie Solution to your workplace, please let us know-GET's TZ-50 is available for your aerial lift needs.

Genie Safety Notice 120016-Z80

The timing of this Genie Safety Notice came at an interesting time for us.  On the day that our Genie Trailer-Mounted TZ-50 came into the Port of Guam after a long journey direct from the factory in North Carolina, the Guam Contractors Association (GCA) sent this message out to all of its members regarding the Genie Z-80 Articulating Boom Lift.  

We applaud the GCA for being an advocate for safety in the construction industry.  It was the first Safety Notice we had received since becoming an Associate Member.  For small businesses, it is commendable that such guidance is given from responsible trade associations like the GCA. Our hats off to James Martinez and the team at the GCA.

Not soon after the notice was issued, our friends from Terex/Genie were on island to commission our trailer mounted boom lift. We discussed in detail the Safety Notice and the policies from Terex/Genie that guide such actions.  

For the manufacturer, they believe that such notices not only bring attention to operational issues with their machines, but also to reassure the end users that safety notices are as important a part of the services Terex/Genie provides like their extensive equipment training and worldwide parts support.

This brings up a great point about the use of articulating boom lifts like the one in the safety notice and the one GET, LLC recently purchased: they can be of great benefit on the job site.  They can help a contractor reach places the traditional ladder cant or transport project materials.  Also the lift helps electrical and utility workers gain access to places they need to when scaffolding is cost and time prohibitive.  

But articulating lifts can be dangerous.  All operators need to take proper precautions when using them. 

There is nothing more important that ensuring that these types of lifts are operated safely.