10/9/2023 0 Comments Cranes in the sky karaokeThe motor crane operators from Local 819 in Fort Worth came out to operate the tower crane but they didn’t stay very long because they were used to a machine with a seat and cab, Alexander recalled. “This was the pre-cab days for tower cranes,” Alexander said. At that time, tower cranes were operated with belly boxes. ![]() On weekends Alexander would go out to the jobsite to look at the machine and get familiar with its operation. “No one had ever seen a tower crane,” remembered Alexander, founder of CraneTex Services and a long-time crane safety industry leader. When a Linden tower crane was erected at the job site, the entire community was in awe. The year was 1967 and John Alexander’s father was superintendent of a construction project in West Texas. ![]() ![]() John Alexander, a CCO-certified crane inspector since 2011, is a pioneer in the certification of crane operators and crane inspectors.
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