Hurricane Sandy

Rent-A-Crane, Inc. will be closed Monday afternoon at 3:00 pm due to Hurricane Sandy, and we will not reopen until Wednesday morning at 5:00 am. Please call Wednesday to schedule any lifting needs. The NCCCO Rigger I and Signal Person exams that were scheduled for October 30th have been rescheduled for Wednesday November 7th. 

NCCCO Rigger I and Signal Person Exams

Rent-A-Crane Training will be hosting NCCCO Rigger I and Signal Person training classes and exams in October. The deadline to submit applications is Monday October 15, 2012. For more information, contact Heather at (703) 550-7097.

2012 RAC Picnic

The annual Rent-A-Crane, Inc. picnic was held on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in September. In addition to current Rent-A-Crane, Inc. employees, we had many retired crane operators and managers come back to visit. Grill masters Joe (left), crane operator, and Tom (right), head dispatcher,   provided good food for the day. The water on the Potomac provided a beautiful backdrop for a great day.

Space Shuttle Discovery

For more than a month this spring, we had a crane posted at Dulles Airport near Chantilly, VA to prepare for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Discovery. We hoisted support equipment on site and helped to assemble the shuttle rigging device. Although this job required a lot of down time, being on site to watch this special lift was an exciting experience.

NASA uses a specially-designed rigging device to hoist the shuttle on to and off of the plane that transported it from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle arrived at Dulles Airport on April 17, 2012. From there, the space shuttle was transported to the Smithsonian Institute's Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA on April 19, 2012.