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Cold Mornings and Hydraulic Cranes: Winter Inspection Notes
Cold moves several failure modes closer to the surface. Hydraulic warm-up tells, ice as unaccounted load, and the pre-winter closure list from…
By Jo MartinOct 7, 202611 min read - Field Notes
Port and Marine Cranes: Salt, Cycles, and Corrosion
Nothing ages lifting equipment like a working waterfront. Inside-out corrosion, fatigue on top of chemistry, and the inspection tempo marine duty demands.
By Patrick SalazarSep 30, 202624 min read - Field Notes
Drones on Crane Inspections: Where They Help and Where Hands Still Win
UAVs earned a permanent place in the toolkit without replacing a single qualified hand. Which half of the inspection the drone owns,…
By Patrick SalazarSep 16, 2026Updated Oct 16, 202621 min read - Field Notes
Reading a Crane Inspection Report: Priorities, Codes, and What to Fix First
Forty pages arrive and three questions matter: what stops work, what gets fixed by when, and what gets watched. How to read…
By Patrick SalazarSep 2, 2026Updated Oct 16, 20269 min read - Field Notes
Five Deficiencies We Find on Almost Every First-Time Inspection
The first independent inspection finds the same five things everywhere. Unmeasured rope, dead latches, bypassed devices, unidentified rigging, and records that stop.
By Patrick SalazarAug 31, 2026Updated Oct 16, 202610 min read
