Manitowoc’s Potain Cranes From RMS Rentals Give Customers Total Access to Jobsites, Improve Workflow and Efficiency


Jobsites can be crowded and hectic places. Multiple contractors at one location can make operating conditions tricky. To alleviate those stressors, having an equipment fleet to maximize performance with the smallest footprint possible is essential. That is why customers like Link Construction, Inc., Fager Framing, Inc. and Frana Companies, Inc. turn to RMS Rentals for Manitowoc’s Potain self-erecting cranes.

“With this crane, we can avoid a lot of obstacles,” explained Fager Framing President Jeremy Fager. “We set up the crane in a location that gives us access to the whole site. We don’t have to worry about trying to fit a tracked machine or truck crane onto the site for a couple of hours and working the schedule around that. The crane is always there. Now if it’s wet or multiple crews are on-site and space is tight, we can still do our work.”

“If you place them right and cover the whole building, it maximizes your productivity,” added Kelly Anderson, Equipment Manager for Frana Companies. “The crane lets us use prefabricated walls in our residential construction,” added Patrick Link of Link Construction. “We set it between two housing pads and use it to work on both. That puts us three weeks ahead of schedule.”


Multiple Applications

While the most common use of the crane is to make heavy and high picks, each user has found several unexpected benefits of having a crane on-site at all times.

“A lot of our work is on multi-level buildings, so we’re lifting prefabricated walls into place with the crane,” said Fager. “However, that application is

done just a small percentage of our time. We use the crane for so much else during a job, like loading and unloading trucks, moving product and more. We seem to find more uses for it on every job.”

The ability of the crane to perform many tasks also has a positive impact on the companies’ bottom lines.

“We only have three full-time employees, so having the crane to set walls, roof trusses and floors maximizes our production,” stated Link.

“The crane literally cuts our production time in half, and we use about five fewer machines,” stated Fager Framing Project Manager Ben Mather.


Remote and Ready

One noticeable feature of the Potain cranes is remote operation. With an operator on the ground rather than in a cab, that team member can contribute in ways that traditional equipment would not allow.

“Our operators are busy all of the time,” noted Anderson. “They can be anywhere on the site contributing to the work. They run forklifts, unload trucks and do multiple other tasks besides run the crane. Often they are also securing the loads before they make the lift. If there was a cab, we would need an extra person to do all of that.”

In addition to efficiency, there is a safety bonus. “I can be at the exact location of the drop,” said Fager Framing Job Foreman Justin Scheff. “I don’t have to rely on information from someone on a walkie-talkie or watch for hand signals. I can be right there and see what’s going on for myself; I never lose sight. It makes my job safer and allows me to work with more confidence.”

“I never have to do a blind pick,” echoed Frana Companies Crane Operator Paul Neeley. “Not having to sit in one place is a big advantage. I can rig the load and then go right to where it needs to be delivered.”


RMS Rentals Delivers... and Removes

The time, material and labor savings Link Construction, Fager Framing and Frana Companies have realized with Potain cranes is enhanced by the service they receive from RMS Rentals, such as taking care of delivery and teardown of the equipment.

“RMS Rentals does it all for us,” noted Anderson. “They have great support behind their products, and we appreciate that. It’s one thing we don’t have to worry about.”

“They know what they’re doing,” added Mather. “We have a great relationship with them, and we trust them.”

Working with RMS Rentals also helps to alleviate potential downtime through reliable service.

“If we have an issue, they are here to fix it,” said Fager. “We want our cranes to be moving all of the time, and RMS Rentals knows that."


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