Up! Up! Lifting Blog
From Helene Storm Damage to Hardwood Floors: Hauling a Homeowner’s Salvaged Oak
A homeowner in Fairview North Carolina found us online while searching for a local Asheville-area company that could lift and transport hardwood flooring. The flooring was waiting at Bee Tree Hardwoods, a mill
Same-Day Rebar and Wire Mesh Delivery from Swannanoa to Fairview, NC
A customer called us needing building supplies picked up and delivered to their job site the same day. The material was waiting at Carolina Ready Mix in Swannanoa: 20-foot rebar, 5’
Crane Truck Building Materials Delivery in Brevard, NC for Gennett Lumber
A tight, steep Brevard job site with room for one truck. How we delivered plywood and 24′ LVL headers for Gennett Lumber using a crane truck and pallet fork.
Lifting and Placing Barrel Saunas by Crane Truck for Drip Sauna in Asheville
We offloaded four 1,400-lb cedar barrel saunas for Drip Sauna from one crane setup — warehouse, trailer, and home delivery. Here’s how we rigged and placed them.
Crane Truck Lifting Race Car At Nürburgring
Here’s a crane truck lift that I haven’t done yet – loading a car. This one comes from a recent video published by Misha Charoudin on his YouTube channel. See
The Week the Dumpster Bags Finally Clicked
A 5-bag pickup day finally proved out our dumpster bag service. Real numbers on pricing, packaging costs, and the flatbed bottleneck we haven’t solved yet.
What Is a Loader Crane? Knuckle Boom, Crane Truck & Loader Crane Explained
If you’ve spent any time researching crane equipment — reading a manufacturer’s spec sheet, browsing a used-equipment marketplace, or talking to an out-of-area contractor — you’ve probably run into the
There’s No Perfect Crane Truck
There is no perfect crane truck to rule them all. In this installment of the Crane Truck Startup series, I want to share a few things I’ve learned over the
Lifting 5 Steel Ceiling Beams with Crane Truck for Black Mountain, NC Mountaintop Home
Project snapshot: New residential construction, Black Mountain, NC · 5 steel I-beams, 22–27 ft each · ~1,500 lbs per beam · Two truck positions · One creative solution to a seemingly
Crane Truck Picks Up Six Dumpsters South of Atlanta and Delivers Them Across Western North Carolina — Same Day
When a garbage pickup company based in Clyde, NC called Up! Up! Lifting with an urgent crane truck request, the job description was anything but simple: pick up six 6-cubic-yard
Crane Truck Assists Freight Recovery and Installation of Naloxone Vending Machine for Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department
When a Washington state-based company ran into a serious freight problem on the other side of the country, they turned to Up! Up! Lifting — a crane truck service in
Crane Truck Lifts 1,000-Lb Steel Walkway Platform at Lincolnton, NC Industrial Facility
When a factory in Lincolnton, North Carolina received a freight shipment of a heavy steel walkway platform, they needed more than a standard delivery — they needed a crew that