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Mountain Crane Services Appoints Spencer McAllister as Chief Financial Officer  North America's premier crane, heavy lift, and heavy transport specialist also announces that Josh Chafin has been promoted from CFO to COO  SALT LAKE CITY, UT—July 6, 2026—Salt Lake City-based Mountain Crane Service, the 16th largest crane company in North America and a full-service heavy-lift, […]

A Milestone Worth Celebrating Recently, Mountain joined Apex Clean Energy, project partners, landowners, local officials, and members of the community for a blade-signing ceremony celebrating a major milestone in the Rocky Forge Wind project. The event recognized years of planning, collaboration, and hard work that have led to construction of the Commonwealth's first onshore wind […]

A Span Above the Rest For most people, a bridge is simply a way to get from one place to another. For the crews building new infrastructure at Wasatch Peaks Ranch in Morgan, Utah, it's the result of careful planning, teamwork, and a series of precisely executed heavy lifts. Recently, Mountain partnered with Dick Anderson […]

A Day of Partnership and Appreciation Mountain recently welcomed one of our premier partners, Sundt Construction, to our Phoenix, Arizona yard for a special field day event we called "Crane Games." The afternoon brought together a fantastic mix of Sundt team members, including field personnel, estimators, pre-construction specialists, project managers, and company leadership. More than […]

A Year in the Making After nearly a year of work, Mountain's rebuilt M1070 project is officially back in service — transformed into a fully refurbished, multi-purpose heavy haul unit ready for the demands of the industry. The project centered around rebuilding and redesigning the M1070 into a more versatile asset capable of supporting multiple […]

Supporting the Ocotillo Express Wind Farm Mountain recently partnered with Pattern Energy to complete a major blade replacement project at the Ocotillo Express Wind Farm in Southern California. The multi-phase project included full blade replacements across 105 towers, along with generator upgrades on select turbines to help extend the life and performance of the facility. […]

Mountain Crane Supports Yellowstone Bridge Replacement A major infrastructure milestone has been reached in Yellowstone National Park as the new Yellowstone River bridge now carries traffic across one of the park’s most critical corridors. With the new crossing officially open, crews have shifted focus to the final phase of the project: demolition of the original […]

Rooted in History: Temple Square's Honeysuckle Trees Return Home Temple Square is another step closer to reopening — and this time, some of its oldest residents are coming back with it. After years away from the landscape they've shaped for generations, three mature honeysuckle trees have been carefully transplanted back to their homes around the […]

Lei of the Land: How We Get Cranes to Hawaii's Wind Farms Few places test a heavy-lift team like Hawaii. Wind farms perched on volcanic ridgelines, narrow island roads that were never designed for 200-foot blades, and a Pacific Ocean sitting between your project and nearly every piece of equipment that could support it. It's […]

The Nuclear Microreactor Mission A historic nuclear microreactor mission reached Hill Air Force Base—marking the first time one has ever been transported by military aircraft. The reactor, built by Valar Atomics, was flown from March Air Reserve Base to Hill Air Force Base aboard three Boeing C‑17 Globemaster III cargo planes. The mission—part of a […]