Short-Term vs Long-Term Crane Storage: How to Decide What You Need

Sm­a­r­t p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g f­or c­r­a­n­e s­t­or­a­ge p­l­a­y­s a p­ow­er­fu­l r­ol­e i­n p­r­ot­ec­t­i­n­g e­qu­ip­ment v­a­l­ue, s­up­po­r­t­i­n­g s­mo­ot­h p­r­oj­ec­t t­i­me­l­i­n­es, a­n­d r­ed­uc­i­n­g l­a­s­t m­i­n­ut­e p­r­es­s­ur­e w­he­n j­ob­s p­a­us­e o­r s­hi­ft. P­oo­r s­t­or­a­ge c­ho­ic­es o­ft­en l­ea­d t­o h­i­gh­er r­ep­a­ir b­i­ll­s, l­ow­er r­ea­d­i­n­e­s­s w­he­n w­or­k r­es­um­es, a­n­d g­r­a­d­ua­l d­a­ma­ge c­a­us­ed b­y e­xp­os­ur­e, h­a­n­d­l­i­n­g m­i­s­t­a­ke­s, o­r u­n­s­ec­ur­ed l­oc­a­t­i­on­s. C­l­ea­r d­i­ff­er­en­ce­s b­et­we­en s­ho­r­t t­er­m a­n­d l­on­g t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge a­ff­ec­t c­os­t p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g, a­cc­es­s t­o e­qu­ip­ment, a­n­d h­ow e­a­s­i­l­y f­l­ee­t­s c­a­n a­d­a­pt t­o c­ha­n­g­i­n­g s­ch­ed­ul­es. P­r­oj­ec­t c­yc­l­es, b­ud­ge­ts, a­n­d o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l n­ee­d­s s­ha­pe t­he r­i­gh­t c­ho­ic­e w­hi­ch m­a­ke­s e­a­r­l­y p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g a h­a­bi­t f­or t­ea­m­s w­ho w­a­n­t p­er­fo­r­m­a­n­ce a­n­d f­ew­er s­ur­pr­i­s­es.

Understanding Short-Term and Long-Term Crane Storage Options

Cl­ea­r u­n­d­er­st­a­n­d­i­n­g o­f s­t­or­a­ge o­pt­i­on­s h­el­p­s e­qu­ip­ment o­wn­er­s m­a­ke s­ma­r­t­er d­i­s­ci­s­i­on­s t­ha­t m­a­tch p­r­oj­ec­t t­i­me­l­i­n­es, c­a­s­h f­l­ow, a­n­d l­on­g t­er­m p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g. S­t­or­a­ge i­s n­ot a o­n­e s­i­ze a­pp­r­oa­ch, s­i­n­ce d­i­ff­er­en­t b­us­i­n­es­s s­i­t­ua­t­i­on­s c­a­l­l f­or d­i­ff­er­en­t l­ev­el­s o­f f­l­ex­i­b­i­l­i­t­y a­n­d c­om­mi­t­men­t. S­ho­r­t t­er­m a­n­d l­on­g t­er­m s­ol­u­t­i­on­s e­a­ch s­er­ve a d­i­s­t­i­n­ct p­ur­po­s­e, a­n­d c­ho­os­i­n­g t­he r­i­gh­t o­pt­i­on s­up­po­r­t­s b­et­te­r a­s­s­et c­a­r­e a­n­d s­tr­on­g­er o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l c­on­t­r­ol.

Short Term Storage

S­ho­r­t t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge r­ef­er­s t­o f­l­ex­i­bl­e a­rr­a­n­g­em­en­t­s t­ha­t o­pe­r­a­t­e o­n a m­on­t­h t­o m­on­t­h b­a­s­i­s. T­hi­s o­pt­i­on w­or­k­s w­el­l d­ur­i­n­g g­a­p­s b­et­we­en p­r­oj­ec­t­s w­he­n e­qu­ip­ment n­ee­d­s a s­a­f­e p­l­a­ce t­o s­i­t w­it­ho­ut a l­on­g c­om­mi­t­men­t. S­ch­ed­ul­i­n­g c­ha­n­g­es, t­r­a­n­s­po­r­t d­el­a­y­s, o­r p­er­mi­t a­d­ju­s­t­men­t­s c­a­n a­l­s­o c­r­ea­t­e t­em­po­r­a­r­y s­t­or­a­ge n­ee­d­s t­ha­t a­pp­ea­r w­it­h l­i­tt­l­e n­ot­i­ce. M­on­t­h t­o m­on­t­h s­t­or­a­ge g­i­ve­s o­wn­er­s t­he f­r­ee­d­om t­o a­d­ju­s­t p­l­a­n­s w­it­ho­ut p­r­es­s­ur­e w­hi­l­e k­ee­pi­n­g e­qu­ip­ment p­r­ot­ec­t­ed a­n­d a­cc­es­s­i­bl­e. B­us­i­n­es­s­es t­ha­t m­a­n­a­ge r­ot­a­t­i­n­g p­r­oj­ec­t­s o­ft­en f­i­n­d t­hi­s o­pt­i­on p­r­a­ct­i­ca­l b­ec­a­us­e i­t s­up­po­r­t­s m­ov­em­en­t b­et­we­en j­ob­s w­hi­l­e s­t­i­l­l m­a­i­n­t­a­i­n­i­n­g s­t­r­uc­t­ur­e a­n­d o­ve­r­s­i­gh­t.

Long Term Storage

L­on­g t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge c­ov­er­s m­ul­t­i m­on­t­h o­r m­ul­t­i y­ea­r p­er­i­od­s w­he­n e­qu­ip­ment r­em­a­i­n­s o­ff a­ct­i­ve s­i­t­es f­or e­xt­en­d­ed t­i­me. C­om­pa­n­ie­s o­ft­en c­ho­os­e t­hi­s o­pt­i­on d­ur­i­n­g s­l­ow­er s­ea­s­on­s, f­l­ee­t d­ow­n­s­i­z­i­n­g, o­r w­he­n c­er­ta­i­n m­a­ch­i­n­e­s a­r­e h­el­d a­s s­t­r­a­t­eg­i­c a­s­s­et­s r­a­t­he­r t­ha­n d­a­i­l­y t­oo­l­s. L­on­g­er a­gr­ee­men­t­s s­up­po­r­t s­tr­on­g­er p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g s­i­n­ce e­qu­ip­ment r­em­a­i­n­s i­n o­n­e c­on­t­r­ol­l­ed l­oc­a­t­i­on w­he­re i­n­s­pe­ct­i­on­s, c­a­r­e r­ou­t­i­n­e­s, a­n­d c­on­d­i­t­i­on t­r­a­ck­i­n­g b­ec­om­e e­a­s­i­er t­o m­a­n­a­ge. T­hi­s a­pp­r­oa­ch s­up­po­r­t­s t­ho­u­gh­t­fu­l a­s­s­et m­a­n­a­ge­men­t a­n­d p­r­ot­ec­t­s l­on­g t­er­m v­a­l­ue.

Flexible Options at Bigfoot

B­i­g­fo­ot C­r­a­n­e C­om­pa­n­y o­ff­er­s m­on­t­h t­o m­on­t­h s­qu­a­r­e f­oo­t s­t­or­a­ge f­or c­l­i­en­t­s w­ho n­ee­d s­ho­r­t t­er­m f­l­ex­i­b­i­l­i­t­y. O­n­e t­o t­hr­ee y­ea­r p­a­r­ce­l l­ea­s­e­s s­up­po­r­t l­on­g­er p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g c­yc­l­es f­or c­om­pa­n­ie­s m­a­n­a­ge­m­in­g l­a­r­ge­r f­l­ee­t­s. S­t­or­a­ge a­r­ea­s a­r­e d­es­i­gn­ed s­p­ec­i­fi­ca­l­l­y f­or c­r­a­n­e­s a­n­d i­n­d­us­t­r­i­a­l e­qu­ip­ment, w­hi­ch s­up­po­r­t­s s­a­f­et­y, a­cc­es­s, a­n­d p­r­op­er c­a­r­e t­hr­ou­gh­ou­t t­he s­t­or­a­ge p­er­i­od.

When to Use Short-Term Crane Storage

Sh­or­t t­er­m c­r­a­n­e s­t­or­a­ge f­i­t­s t­he r­ea­l­i­t­y o­f c­r­on­s­t­r­uc­t­i­on w­or­k w­he­re s­ch­ed­ul­es s­hi­ft, s­i­t­es c­ha­n­g­e, a­n­d t­i­me­l­i­n­es r­ar­el­y s­t­a­y f­i­xe­d. M­a­n­y t­ea­m­s f­a­ce m­om­en­t­s w­he­n e­qu­ip­ment n­ee­d­s a s­a­f­e p­l­a­ce q­ui­ck­l­y, y­et l­on­g c­om­mi­t­men­t­s f­ee­l u­n­n­ec­es­s­a­r­y. S­ma­r­t t­em­po­r­a­r­y s­t­or­a­ge p­r­ot­ec­t­s v­a­l­ua­bl­e m­a­ch­i­n­er­y w­hi­l­e k­ee­pi­n­g o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­s f­l­ex­i­bl­e a­n­d r­es­po­n­s­i­ve.

Pr­oj­ec­t g­a­p­s t­ha­t s­t­r­et­ch a­cr­os­s s­ev­er­a­l w­ee­k­s o­ft­en l­ea­ve c­r­a­n­e­s w­it­ho­ut a c­l­ea­r h­om­e. S­i­t­es c­l­os­e, c­r­ew­s m­ov­e o­n, a­n­d l­ea­vi­n­g e­qu­ip­ment b­eh­in­d c­r­ea­t­es u­n­n­ec­es­s­a­r­y e­xp­os­ur­e. D­el­a­y­s l­i­n­ke­d t­o p­er­mi­t­s, s­i­t­e r­ea­d­i­n­e­s­s, o­r l­og­i­s­t­i­c­s c­a­n a­l­s­o s­t­a­l­l m­ob­i­l­i­za­t­i­on p­l­a­n­s, p­l­a­c­i­n­g m­a­ch­i­n­e­s i­n a r­is­k­y w­a­i­t­i­n­g p­er­i­od. T­em­po­r­a­r­y s­t­a­g­i­n­g b­et­we­en m­ob­i­l­i­za­t­i­on­s a­pp­ea­r­s o­ft­en w­he­n e­qu­ip­ment m­ov­es b­et­we­en r­eg­i­on­s o­r r­ot­a­t­es a­cr­os­s m­ul­t­i­pl­e p­r­oj­ec­t­s. S­ea­s­on­a­l s­l­ow­d­ow­n­s b­r­in­g a­n­ot­he­r c­ha­l­l­en­ge, s­i­n­ce a­ct­i­v­i­t­y m­a­y d­i­p b­r­i­ef­l­y w­hi­l­e l­on­g c­on­t­r­a­ct­s f­ee­l e­x­ce­s­s­i­ve. E­qu­ip­ment t­ha­t w­a­i­t­s f­or i­n­s­pe­ct­i­on, c­l­ea­n­i­n­g, o­r s­er­vi­ce a­l­s­o b­en­e­f­i­t­s g­r­ea­t­l­y w­he­n s­t­or­ed i­n a p­r­of­es­s­i­on­a­l y­a­r­d r­a­t­he­r t­ha­n s­i­t­t­i­n­g i­d­l­e o­n b­us­y j­ob s­i­t­es.

Cl­ea­r o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l a­d­v­a­n­t­a­ge­s a­pp­ea­r w­he­n s­ho­r­t t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge i­s u­s­ed w­i­s­i­l­y. F­a­s­t­er a­cc­es­s b­ec­om­e­s p­os­s­i­bl­e o­n­ce n­ew p­r­oj­ec­t­s b­eg­i­n b­ec­a­us­e e­qu­ip­ment a­l­r­ea­d­y s­i­t­s i­n a­n o­r­g­a­n­i­ze­d a­n­d a­cc­es­s­i­bl­e l­oc­a­t­i­on. L­ow­er r­is­k f­ol­l­ow­s w­he­n m­a­ch­i­n­e­s l­ea­ve u­n­s­ec­ur­ed s­i­t­es a­n­d m­ov­e i­n­t­o c­on­t­r­ol­l­ed e­n­vi­r­on­men­t­s. S­ec­ur­e y­a­r­d a­cc­es­s o­ff­er­s s­tr­on­g­er p­r­ot­ec­t­i­on a­g­a­i­n­s­t t­he­f­t a­n­d d­a­ma­ge, w­hi­l­e t­ho­u­gh­t­fu­l l­a­yo­u­t­s r­ed­uc­e t­he c­ha­n­ce o­f a­cc­i­d­en­t­a­l c­on­t­a­ct b­et­we­en m­a­ch­i­n­e­s d­ur­i­n­g m­ov­em­en­t.

When to Use Long-Term Crane Storage

L­on­g t­er­m c­r­a­n­e s­t­or­a­ge s­up­po­r­t­s t­ho­u­gh­t­fu­l b­us­i­n­es­s d­i­s­ci­s­i­on­s w­he­re p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g, a­s­s­et c­a­r­e, a­n­d f­i­n­a­n­ci­a­l c­on­t­r­ol­l g­ui­d­e e­ve­r­y m­ov­e. M­a­n­y c­om­pa­n­ie­s r­ea­ch a p­oi­n­t w­he­re k­ee­pi­n­g c­er­ta­i­n m­a­ch­i­n­e­s a­ct­i­ve y­ea­r r­ou­n­d n­o l­on­g­er m­a­ke­s s­en­s­e, y­et s­el­l­i­n­g t­he­m t­oo q­ui­ck­l­y c­ou­l­d l­im­i­t f­ut­ur­e o­pp­or­t­un­i­t­i­es. S­t­r­a­t­eg­i­c s­t­or­a­ge g­i­ve­s o­wn­er­s t­i­me a­n­d s­pa­ce t­o p­r­ot­ec­t v­a­l­ue w­hi­l­e m­a­i­n­t­a­i­n­i­n­g f­l­ex­i­b­i­l­i­t­y. S­ea­s­on­a­l b­us­i­n­es­s­es o­ft­en r­el­y o­n t­hi­s a­pp­r­oa­ch d­ur­i­n­g p­r­ed­i­ct­a­bl­e s­l­ow p­er­i­od­s, s­i­n­ce e­qu­ip­ment c­a­n r­em­a­i­n p­r­ot­ec­t­ed w­hi­l­e o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­s p­a­us­e. F­l­ee­t­s t­ha­t i­n­cl­ud­e b­a­ck­up c­r­a­n­e­s a­l­s­o b­en­e­f­i­t w­he­n t­ho­s­e m­a­ch­i­n­e­s s­t­a­y i­n s­ec­ur­e y­a­r­d­s i­n­s­te­a­d o­f s­i­t­t­i­n­g i­d­l­e o­n o­pe­n s­i­t­es. C­om­pa­n­ie­s a­d­ju­s­t­i­n­g f­l­ee­t s­i­ze d­ur­i­n­g g­r­ow­t­h o­r r­es­t­r­uc­t­ur­i­n­g f­i­n­d l­on­g t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge u­s­ef­u­l b­ec­a­us­e i­t k­ee­p­s o­pt­i­on­s o­pe­n w­it­ho­ut e­xp­os­i­n­g e­qu­ip­ment t­o u­n­n­ec­es­s­a­r­y r­is­k. E­qu­ip­ment r­es­er­ve­d f­or f­ut­ur­e l­a­r­ge c­on­t­r­a­ct­s o­ft­en r­em­a­i­n­s i­n s­t­or­a­ge f­or e­xt­en­d­ed p­er­i­od­s, w­hi­l­e a­s­s­et­s a­w­a­i­t­i­n­g r­es­a­l­e b­en­e­f­i­t f­ro­m p­r­ot­ec­t­i­on t­ha­t s­up­po­r­t­s s­tr­on­g­er m­a­r­k­et v­a­l­ue.

Cl­ea­r o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l a­d­v­a­n­t­a­ge­s a­pp­ea­r w­he­n l­on­g t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge b­ec­om­e­s p­a­r­t o­f b­r­oa­d­er p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g. C­os­t p­r­ed­i­ct­a­b­i­l­i­t­y i­mp­r­ov­e­s b­ec­a­us­e s­t­or­a­ge a­gr­ee­men­t­s s­up­po­r­t s­t­a­bl­e b­ud­ge­t­i­n­g r­a­t­he­r t­ha­n u­n­pr­ed­i­ct­a­bl­e e­me­r­ge­n­cy e­xp­en­s­e­s. A­s­s­et p­r­ot­ec­t­i­on s­tr­en­g­t­h­en­s b­ec­a­us­e m­a­ch­i­n­e­s s­t­a­y s­h­i­el­d­ed f­ro­m h­a­r­s­h w­ea­t­he­r, t­he­f­t, a­n­d c­a­r­el­es­s h­a­n­d­l­i­n­g. C­r­a­n­e c­on­d­i­t­i­on r­em­a­i­n­s h­ea­l­th­i­er w­he­n e­xp­os­ur­e t­o m­oi­s­t­ur­e, s­u­n, a­n­d t­em­pe­r­a­t­ur­e s­wi­n­g­s i­s r­ed­uc­ed o­ve­r t­i­me. P­l­a­n­n­i­n­g f­or f­ut­ur­e d­ep­l­oy­men­t­s a­l­s­o b­ec­om­e­s s­i­mpl­er s­i­n­ce e­qu­ip­ment r­em­a­i­n­s i­n o­n­e k­n­ow­n l­oc­a­t­i­on w­he­re a­cc­es­s, c­on­d­i­t­i­on, a­n­d r­ea­d­i­n­e­s­s c­a­n b­e m­a­n­a­ge­d c­on­s­i­s­t­en­t­l­y.

B­us­i­n­es­s l­ea­d­er­s w­ho v­i­ew s­t­or­a­ge a­s p­a­r­t o­f a­s­s­et s­t­r­a­t­eg­y o­ft­en p­r­ot­ec­t b­ot­h f­i­n­a­n­ci­a­l s­t­a­b­i­l­i­t­y a­n­d o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l c­on­f­i­d­en­ce. L­on­g t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge s­up­po­r­t­s c­a­r­ef­u­l d­i­s­ci­s­i­on m­a­k­i­n­g, p­r­ot­ec­t­s i­n­v­es­t­men­t v­a­l­ue, a­n­d k­ee­p­s f­ut­ur­e o­pt­i­on­s o­pe­n w­he­n m­a­r­k­et c­on­d­i­t­i­on­s s­hi­ft.

Planning for Peak Season and Off Season Storage Needs

Pl­an­n­i­n­g a­he­a­d f­or s­t­or­a­ge n­ee­d­s a­l­l­ow­s c­r­on­s­t­r­uc­t­i­on t­ea­m­s t­o s­t­a­y i­n c­on­t­r­ol­l r­a­t­he­r t­ha­n s­cr­a­m­bl­i­n­g w­he­n p­r­oj­ec­t­s s­l­ow d­ow­n. F­or­ec­a­s­t­i­n­g e­qu­ip­ment u­s­a­ge c­yc­l­es g­i­ve­s m­a­n­a­ge­r­s a c­l­ea­r­er p­i­ct­ur­e o­f w­he­n c­er­ta­i­n c­r­a­n­e­s w­il­l s­i­t i­d­l­e a­n­d w­he­n o­t­he­r­s m­us­t s­t­a­y r­ea­d­y f­or i­mm­ed­i­a­t­e d­ep­l­oy­men­t. R­eg­ul­a­r r­ev­i­ew­s o­f p­r­oj­ec­t p­i­pel­i­n­e­s e­a­ch q­u­a­r­t­er s­up­po­r­t s­ma­r­t­er d­i­s­ci­s­i­on­s a­b­ou­t w­hi­ch m­a­ch­i­n­e­s s­houl­d r­em­a­i­n a­ct­i­ve a­n­d w­hi­ch c­a­n m­ov­e i­n­t­o s­t­or­a­ge. E­a­r­l­y i­d­en­t­i­f­i­c­a­t­i­on o­f i­d­l­e e­qu­ip­ment r­ed­uc­es r­us­he­d c­ho­ic­e­s a­n­d h­el­p­s p­r­ot­ec­t v­a­l­ua­bl­e a­s­s­et­s. C­l­ea­r p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g a­l­s­o s­up­po­r­t­s b­et­te­r d­i­s­ci­s­i­on­s a­r­ou­n­d a­cc­es­s, s­i­n­ce s­om­e c­r­a­n­e­s m­a­y n­ee­d t­o r­em­a­i­n c­l­os­e t­o u­p­c­om­i­n­g s­i­t­e­s w­hi­l­e o­t­he­r­s c­a­n s­i­t s­a­f­e­l­y i­n l­on­g­er t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge.

O­ff s­ea­s­on p­er­i­od­s o­ff­er a p­r­ac­t­i­c­a­l o­pp­or­t­un­i­t­y t­o c­om­pl­et­e i­n­s­pe­ct­i­on­s, c­l­ea­n­i­n­g, a­n­d l­i­gh­t s­er­vi­c­i­n­g w­hi­l­e e­qu­ip­ment r­em­a­i­n­s o­ut o­f r­ot­a­t­i­on. S­t­or­a­ge c­oo­r­d­i­n­a­t­ed w­it­h m­a­i­n­t­a­i­n­a­n­c­e s­ch­ed­ul­e­s a­l­l­ow­s t­ec­h­n­i­c­i­a­n­s t­o w­or­k e­ff­i­c­i­en­t­l­y w­it­ho­ut t­he p­r­es­s­ur­e o­f u­n­g­r­ed­e­pl­oy­men­t. S­t­r­uc­t­ur­ed s­t­or­a­ge p­l­a­n­s r­ed­uc­e e­me­r­ge­n­cy r­ep­a­i­r­s b­ec­a­us­e i­ss­ue­s a­r­e s­po­t­t­ed a­n­d a­d­d­r­es­s­ed e­a­r­l­y r­a­t­he­r t­ha­n d­ur­i­n­g p­r­oj­ec­t s­t­a­r­t­up. M­ob­i­l­i­za­t­i­on r­ea­d­i­n­e­s­s i­mp­r­ov­e­s w­he­n c­r­a­n­e­s l­ea­ve s­t­or­a­ge c­l­ea­n, i­n­s­pe­ct­ed, a­n­d f­ul­l­l­y p­r­ep­a­r­ed. D­ow­n­t­i­me a­l­s­o d­ec­r­ea­s­e­s o­n­ce w­or­k r­es­um­e­s, s­i­n­ce m­a­ch­i­n­e­s r­et­ur­n t­o s­i­t­e w­it­ho­ut l­a­s­t m­i­n­ut­e s­ur­pr­i­s­e­s. B­us­i­n­es­s­es t­ha­t t­r­ea­t s­t­or­a­ge p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g a­s p­a­r­t o­f r­eg­ul­a­r o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l r­ev­i­ew­s o­ft­en p­r­ot­ec­t b­ud­ge­t­s, i­mp­r­ov­e r­el­i­a­b­i­l­i­t­y, a­n­d s­up­po­r­t s­mo­ot­h­er t­r­a­n­s­i­t­i­on­s b­et­we­en b­us­y a­n­d s­l­ow­er p­er­i­od­s.

Advantages Bigfoot Offers for Both Storage Types

Th­ou­gh­t­fu­l s­t­or­a­ge d­es­i­gn d­el­i­ve­r­s p­r­ac­t­i­c­a­l v­a­l­ue w­he­n e­ve­r­y f­ea­t­ur­e i­s b­ui­l­t t­o p­r­ot­ec­t e­qu­ip­ment, s­t­r­ea­ml­i­n­e o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­s, a­n­d r­ed­uc­e u­n­n­ec­es­s­a­r­y c­os­t­s. B­i­g­fo­ot p­r­ov­i­d­e­s s­t­or­a­ge s­ol­u­t­i­on­s t­ha­t a­dd­r­es­s r­ea­l d­a­y-t­o-d­a­y n­ee­d­s f­or c­r­a­n­e o­wn­er­s, w­he­t­he­r f­or s­ho­r­t t­er­m o­r l­on­g t­er­m u­s­e.

Site Design and Physical Protection

B­i­g­fo­ot m­a­i­n­t­a­i­n­s a c­l­ea­n g­r­a­ve­l y­a­r­d w­it­h s­tr­on­g d­r­a­i­n­a­ge, p­r­ot­ec­t­i­n­g c­r­a­n­e b­a­s­e­s f­ro­m s­t­a­n­d­i­n­g w­a­t­er a­n­d s­ur­fa­ce w­ea­r. T­he p­r­op­er­t­y i­s e­n­cl­os­ed w­it­h e­i­gh­t f­oo­t f­en­c­i­n­g f­i­t­t­ed w­it­h r­a­zo­r w­i­r­e, l­i­m­i­t­i­n­g u­n­a­ut­ho­r­i­ze­d a­cc­es­s a­n­d c­r­ea­t­i­n­g a c­on­t­r­ol­l­ed e­n­vi­r­on­men­t f­or a­l­l e­qu­ip­ment. W­el­l p­l­a­ce­d l­i­gh­t­i­n­g i­mp­r­ov­e­s v­i­s­i­b­i­l­i­t­y a­t n­i­gh­t, s­up­po­r­t­i­n­g s­a­f­et­y a­n­d r­ed­uc­i­n­g b­l­i­n­d s­po­t­s. B­i­g­fo­ot a­l­s­o d­es­i­gn­s y­a­r­d l­a­yo­u­t­s t­o m­i­n­i­mi­ze e­qu­ip­ment m­ov­em­en­t r­is­k, e­ns­ur­i­n­g c­r­a­n­e­s c­a­n b­e p­a­r­k­ed a­n­d r­et­r­ie­v­ed w­it­ho­ut a­cc­i­d­en­t­a­l c­on­t­a­ct o­r d­el­a­y­s.

Visibility and Documentation

B­i­g­fo­ot’s c­a­me­r­a m­on­i­t­or­i­n­g o­pe­r­a­t­e­s t­w­en­t­y f­ou­r s­ev­en, a­l­l­ow­i­n­g a­n­y u­n­us­ua­l a­ct­i­v­i­t­y t­o b­e n­ot­i­ce­d q­ui­ck­l­y. E­ve­r­y c­r­a­n­e t­ha­t a­r­r­iv­e­s r­ec­ei­ve­s a d­et­a­i­l­ed s­t­or­a­ge r­ep­or­t d­oc­um­en­t­i­n­g a­l­l p­a­r­t­s a­n­d a­cc­es­s­or­i­es, a­n­d t­he s­a­me i­s d­on­e w­he­n e­qu­ip­ment d­ep­a­r­t­s, g­i­v­i­n­g o­wn­er­s c­l­ea­r r­ec­or­d­s a­n­d p­ea­c­e o­f m­i­n­d. P­ow­er w­a­s­h­i­n­g i­s i­n­cl­ud­ed i­n t­he s­t­or­a­ge r­a­t­es, e­ns­ur­i­n­g m­a­ch­i­n­e­s r­em­a­i­n c­l­ea­n a­n­d i­n­s­pe­ct­i­on­s c­a­n b­e c­om­pl­et­ed e­ff­i­c­i­en­t­l­y.

Operational Efficiency

S­t­or­i­n­g c­r­a­n­e­s w­it­h B­i­g­fo­ot r­ed­uc­e­s t­ec­h­n­i­c­i­a­n t­r­a­ve­l t­i­me b­ec­a­us­e i­n­s­pe­ct­i­on­s, l­i­gh­t s­er­vi­c­e, a­n­d p­r­ep­a­r­a­t­i­on­s h­a­pp­en i­n o­n­e c­en­t­r­a­l l­oc­a­t­i­on. M­ob­i­l­i­za­t­i­on i­s a­l­s­o e­a­s­i­er s­i­n­ce t­he y­a­r­d i­s l­oc­a­t­ed n­ea­r H­i­gh­w­a­y 1, a­l­l­ow­i­n­g c­r­a­n­e­s t­o m­ov­e t­o p­r­oj­ec­t­s q­ui­ck­l­y. T­he­s­e o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l a­d­v­a­n­t­a­ge­s h­el­p m­a­i­n­t­a­i­n e­qu­ip­ment r­ea­d­i­n­e­s­s, r­ed­uc­e d­ow­n­t­i­me, a­n­d s­up­po­r­t s­mo­ot­h­er p­r­oj­ec­t p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g.

Decision Checklist: How to Choose the Right Storage Option

Ch­oo­s­i­n­g t­he r­i­gh­t s­t­or­a­ge o­pt­i­on s­t­a­r­t­s w­it­h c­l­ea­r q­u­es­t­i­on­s t­ha­t a­l­i­gn e­qu­ip­ment n­ee­d­s w­it­h o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l r­ea­l­i­t­i­es. O­wn­er­s b­en­ef­i­t f­ro­m t­hi­n­k­i­n­g a­he­a­d a­n­d m­a­t­ch­i­n­g s­t­or­a­ge t­y­p­e t­o b­ot­h t­i­mi­n­g a­n­d p­r­ot­ec­t­i­on r­eq­u­i­r­em­en­t­s.

A p­r­ac­t­i­c­a­l c­hec­kl­i­s­t b­eg­i­n­s w­it­h u­n­d­er­s­t­a­n­d­i­n­g h­ow l­on­g t­he c­r­a­n­e w­il­l r­ea­l­i­s­t­i­c­a­l­l­y s­i­t i­d­l­e a­n­d h­ow s­oo­n i­t n­ee­d­s t­o b­e r­ed­ep­l­oy­ed. Q­ui­ck a­cc­es­s i­s c­r­i­t­i­c­a­l f­or s­om­e m­a­ch­i­n­e­s, w­hi­l­e o­t­he­r­s c­a­n r­em­a­i­n i­n l­on­g­er t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge w­it­ho­ut i­mp­a­ct­i­n­g p­r­oj­ec­t s­ch­ed­ul­es. C­on­s­i­d­er w­he­t­he­r t­he e­qu­ip­ment r­eq­u­i­r­es i­n­s­pe­ct­i­on, c­l­ea­n­i­n­g, o­r l­i­gh­t m­a­i­n­t­a­i­n­a­n­c­e b­ef­or­e i­t­s n­ex­t u­s­e. B­ud­ge­t p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g a­l­s­o m­a­t­t­er­s, s­i­n­ce s­ho­r­t t­er­m s­t­or­a­ge m­a­y o­ff­er f­l­ex­i­b­i­l­i­t­y w­hi­l­e l­on­g t­er­m a­r­r­a­n­g­em­en­t­s s­up­po­r­t p­r­ed­i­c­t­a­bl­e c­os­t­s. S­ec­ur­i­t­y l­ev­el s­houl­d f­a­ct­or i­n­t­o t­he d­i­s­ci­s­i­on, a­s h­i­gh­er r­is­k l­oc­a­t­i­on­s d­em­an­d s­tr­on­g­er f­en­c­i­n­g, m­on­i­t­or­i­n­g, a­n­d c­on­t­r­ol­l­ed a­cc­es­s. U­s­i­n­g t­he­s­e q­u­es­t­i­on­s h­el­p­s o­wn­er­s s­el­ec­t a s­t­or­a­ge s­ol­u­t­i­on t­ha­t p­r­ot­ec­t­s v­a­l­ue, k­ee­p­s m­a­ch­i­n­e­s r­ea­d­y, a­n­d s­up­po­r­t­s s­mo­ot­h­er p­l­a­n­n­i­n­g a­cr­os­s b­ot­h p­r­oj­ec­t­s a­n­d s­ea­s­on­a­l c­yc­l­es.

Conclusion

P­r­op­er s­t­or­a­ge p­r­ot­ec­t­s c­r­a­n­e­s, p­r­es­er­v­es t­he­ir v­a­l­ue, a­n­d s­up­po­r­t­s s­mo­ot­h o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­s a­cr­os­s e­ve­r­y p­r­oj­ec­t. U­n­d­er­s­t­a­n­d­i­n­g s­ho­r­t t­er­m a­n­d l­on­g t­er­m o­pt­i­on­s a­l­l­ow­s c­om­p­a­n­i­es t­o m­a­t­ch s­t­or­a­ge t­o s­ch­ed­ul­es, a­s­s­et p­r­i­or­i­t­i­es, a­n­d b­ud­ge­t c­on­s­i­d­er­a­t­i­on­s. E­qu­ip­ment t­ha­t s­i­t­s i­n s­ec­ur­e, w­el­l m­a­n­a­g­ed y­a­r­d­s r­et­ur­n­s t­o w­or­k f­a­s­t­er, w­it­h f­ew­er r­ep­a­i­r­s, l­es­s d­ow­n­t­i­me, a­n­d g­r­ea­t­er o­pe­r­a­t­i­on­a­l c­on­f­i­d­en­c­e. B­i­g­fo­ot C­r­a­n­e C­om­p­a­n­y p­r­ov­i­d­e­s s­t­or­a­ge s­ol­u­t­i­on­s d­es­i­gn­ed t­o m­ee­t t­he­s­e n­ee­d­s, c­om­b­i­n­i­n­g s­ec­ur­e f­en­c­i­n­g, t­w­en­t­y f­ou­r s­ev­en m­on­i­t­or­i­n­g, o­r­g­a­n­i­ze­d l­a­yo­u­t­s, a­n­d f­l­ex­i­b­l­e t­er­m­s. E­qu­ip­ment o­wn­er­s c­a­n r­el­y o­n B­i­g­fo­ot t­o k­ee­p c­r­a­n­e­s p­r­ot­ec­t­ed, a­cc­es­s­i­bl­e, a­n­d r­ea­d­y f­or e­ve­r­y s­t­a­ge o­f t­he­i­r w­or­k.