A Big Welcome to Local Ironworkers 433

It’s not every day you can add the strength and experience of 5,000 skilled workers to your corporate roster. But that’s exactly what Hill Crane is doing as we expand our service offering to include the best rigging services available in the market. Hill Crane is proud to announce the companyhas become signatory to Ironworkers […]

Hill Crane Wins Insurance Award for Safety

How serious is Hill Crane about safety? Just ask Zurich Insurance Group, the global insurance powerhouse that Forbes tells us is one of the largest public companies in the world. The company recently awarded Hill Crane top honors in for our dedication to safety and worker’s compensation. The award celebrated a monumental achievement for the […]

Here we Grow Again

A lot has happened since we first opened our doors 67 years ago. What started out as a mom & pop operation with a single crane has now emerged as one of the largest and most advanced fleets this side of the country. We owe our success to our great customers, unmatched capacity and a […]

All-Terrain Hydro Crane

If there’s one thing we love at Hill Crane, it’s having the right tool for the job. In September, we’re adding a brand new Liebherr LTM 1220-5.2—complete with Tier 4 engines, Liccon 2, all Terrain Crane—to our expanding fleet of machinery. The LTM 1220-5.2 is engineered for maximum lifting performance. The total weight of the […]

Windmill Maintenance Repair

[ezcol_1third] Sharing the new safety addition we just installed on our 500 ton crane. I believe we are the first in Southern California to outfit our crane with a 2 anchor point fall protection system designed and installed by the manufacturer (Liebherr). In years past the operation of running a main line and/or aux line […]

New Liebherr 1300-6.2

Hill Crane Service, Inc. Adds LIEBHERRLTM 1300-6.2 -350 Ton: The LTM 1300-6.2 is the successor to the time-tested LTM 1250-6.1. The new LTM 1300-6.2 features a longer telescopic boom of 256 ft and an increased lifting capacity. The new LTM 1300-6.2 from Liebherr is the most powerful 300-tonner available on the mobile crane market. On […]

Righting a Forklift

Righting a forklift with Hill Crane

As a crane guy I get to see some interesting incidents and projects every day, but some “situations” are more interesting than a typical “lift of an AC unit on a roof”. The below pictured project presented lots of challenges. We were asked to right this forklift that tipped over holding a container with 70,000 […]

Welcome!

Welcome to the new Hill Crane website where you’ll find crane industry news, videos, photos, Tweets, Instagram—you name it! It’s all here for reference and for requesting a project quote. Thanks to the good people at InterSeller.com for their efforts in lifting us to new heights.

Moving Endeavour

Space Shuttle Endeavour

Supporting orbiterEndeavouron it’s journey across Los Angeles.