To say the very least, we love them. Your DICA pads have really been a welcome addition to our mobile crane fleet. The DICA Outrigger Pads continue to perform as expected and advertised. Great product and very happy to have purchased them, and it would take nothing short of an act of Congress to make me change my mind.
Thanks again,
Kenny Blanchard
CF Industries
DICA exhibited our Safety Tech Outrigger Pads at the IP Safety Expo, which is the utility industry’s leading education event for safety, training and operations professionals. During this 3 day event industry experts shared their job knowledge and utility industry experiences through meetings and seminars.
We want to thank everyone who stopped by our booth and visited with us about our products. Also want to thank everyone for using the handy DICA bags during the show.
Stay Safe!
IP volunteers show off the DICA bags at the 2010 Safety Expo
The DICA Outrigger Pads are working perfectly. Thank You for the wonderful product and the excellent advice . We will definitely recommend your services to others.
Thank You!
Jeremy Stephens
TCR Systems
They are great I wish we had bought them sooner. My guess is they are the last pads I will ever buy unless I buy an additional crane – I think they will last for ever.
Dan Muffoletto
President
Custom Welding & Fabricating, Inc.
“It’s a great product and I’ll say your name anytime anyone ever asks for a pad. It’s never let me down yet!”
Darin Fronabarger
Fronabarger Conveying & Concrete
Oak Ridge, MO
Dick Koberg, along with his two sons Kerry and Kevin, had the opportunity to write a review for American Cranes & Transport. The article was part of the magazines quarterly “Rigging Review.” The feature takes an in depth look at safe crane set-up, and how it all starts with proper outrigger pads. The guys from DICA also discuss the considerations for the purchase and safe use of outrigger pads, including stabilization, calculating size and assessing materials. Read the full artilce here.
DICA came across an insightful article from Ace USA Risk Control Services. It covers the use of crane outrigger pads by operators of Mobile and All Terrain cranes and provides a valuable rule of thumb.
All Terrain and Mobile Cranes are designed to use their outriggers and outrigger floats to achieve their maximum lifting capacity. Secondary crane pads called blocking or cribbing, provides additional support for the crane and its load. The ground pressure developed by a crane on its outrigger floats can be very high. There may be times when only one outrigger float is taking the majority of the weight of the crane and its load. Since the outrigger float is relatively small in area, it can generate significant pressure on the ground surface.
“As far as I’m concerned, that’s a tool of my trade. The DICA pad becomes a tool…you’re not going to lose the tools that you need to work…As far as I’m concerned, that’s the tool that sets my crane up and makes it operate, no if’s, and’s or but’s about it. You use them!”
Daniel Grace
Grace Crane Services LLC
Owner
Manufacturer’s and their Dealers continue to discover that set-up crews use whatever can be found on the job site. Be it cut-off laminated beams, scrap wood, even cable reel ends, all of which are poor, yet popular, substitutes for crane pads and mats.
“I’ve just been surprised that we can’t really destroy them. Cause, you give a lineman something, he’ll find you a way to destroy it!”
Howard Ennis
FPL
Retired, Lead Foreman
