Lifts have evolved from being a luxury to an essential component of modern living. As buildings grow taller and more complex, vertical transportation has become a vital part of everyday life. However, ...

Laying down on the job is frowned upon on most workplaces, but many fleet maintenance shops routinely expect their best people to do their best work while flat on their backs. While creepers can be a ...

Servicing undercarriage components can sometimes require getting the truck off the ground, but having a nearly 10 ton vehicle hanging over a technician can be unnerving. Proper lift maintenance is not ...

Rotary Lift has an important message for technicians and maintenance managers: Remember to inspect your lifts. "Maintaining a safe and efficient repair shop is everyone's responsibility," says John ...

Training ski lift mechanics took a boot-sized step backward last spring when the pandemic shut down in-person, hands-on education at conferences and seminars. But lifts still need to be maintained to ...

Rotary Lift offers three frame-only certified lift retrofit options for older heavy-duty inground lifts. For repair shops with heavy-duty inground lifts that are 20 to 40 years old, escalating ...

In Part I of this three-part series on shop lifts, Equipment Editor Jim Park looked at how these time-saving systems can save improve both shop productivity and employee satisfaction on the job. In ...

The footage has also sparked significant debate regarding lift maintenance and the failure of obstruction detection systems ...