Case Study: Efficient Gate Valve Replacement with Skidding System
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When it comes to handling heavy, cumbersome equipment in challenging conditions, precision and expertise are paramount. Founded in 1923, J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc. serves a wide range of clients, including governmental …
What Are Jacking Load Shoes?
In technical terms, Jacking Load Shoes are load-compensating skid shoes, designed for use with a hydraulic skidding system to increase the system's load capacity, versatility, and load support.
In practical terms, they may just be the best idea in heavy load moving that you've never heard of. Read on to learn mo…
Spanning Gaps with a Hydraulic Skidding System
Heavy track skidding systems, as well as low-profile skidding systems with support beams, are capable of carrying load over unsupported spans. Using the weight of your load, this article will show you how to calculate the maximum unsupported distance that each of Hydra-Slide's systems is able to span.Below is the engineered trac…
Myshak Crane & Rigging Uses Hydra-Slide Equipment at Nitrogen Site
Myshak Crane & Rigging utilized its entire fleet of Hydra-Slide hydraulic skidding equipment in addition to various other heavy rigging tools to changeout a horizontal converter at a fertilizer production plant in Alberta, Canada recently. The old and new converters weighed 514 tonnes and 520 tonnes respectively.
The faci…
Hydra-Slide Empowers Customers Through Training
In an age of technology-driven communication and internet-based learning, Hydra-Slide Ltd. is taking training back to first principles, offering hands-on instruction on every piece of equipment they design and manufacture. At the forefront of Hydra-Slide’s training program are their Low Profile and Heavy Track skidding systems a…