Boom Truck Lifts Drywall and Raises Diabetes Awareness

Dallwig Bros.' boom truck with Fassi wallboard crane is painted blue for Type 1 diabetes awareness. ENLARGE IMAGE

February 22, 2016 - Dallwig Bros. Building Supply, Salem, Ore., has added a new boom truck to its fleet that will not only help builders, but will also serve as a visible tool for public awareness campaign in the fight against Type I diabetes.

 

Dallwig Bros. unveiled the bright blue boom truck and presented a check for $50,000 to the Oregon/SW Washington Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) at a ceremony on February 17. The company has also pledged an annual donation of 25 cents for every mile the new truck is on the road.

 

Dallwig Bros. commissioned the truck, a 2016 Western Star 4700SB with a Fassi 360SE.24 FSC-LR wallboard crane,  because of a close family connection to the disease: Clayton Dallwig-Black, grandson of Susan Dallwig, the company’s owner, was diagnosed with T1D in 2009, and was on hand to present the check from Dallwig Brothers to the JDRF.

The boom truck was designed and constructed by Baltimore-based Fascan International, the U.S. distributor of Fassi articulating cranes, and Wisconsin-based V&H Inc.- Heavy Trucks. It is a 2016 Western Star 4700SB with a 450 HP DD13 engine, equipped with a Fassi 360SE.24 FSC-LR wallboard crane with a lifting capacity of 2500 lbs. at 59’2”.