Coastline Equipment Crane Division Takes on Shuttlelift Line

October 21, 2015 - Coastline Equipment Crane Division, Sacramento, Calif., has joined the Shuttlelift dealer network. The company, which has another branch in Santa Ana, Calif., will sell and support the Shuttlelift carry-deck industrial cranes.

Coastline has launched the partnership with the purchase of 10 Shuttlelift cranes: five 9-ton CD3339s and five 15-ton CD5515-2s. The cranes are now available for sale or rent at both of the company’s locations.

Jim Chavalas, sales manager for Coastline, said that many of his customers have requested carry-deck cranes for their operations in a wide range of applications, including those in the petrochemical, refinery, power plant, industrial, and marine sectors.

“We did extensive research into carry-deck industrial cranes and the Shuttlelift line stoodout in terms of both its quality and support from Manitowoc Crane Care service,”Chavalas said. “We have a lot of Grove YardBoss cranes in our inventory, which are similar cranes in the Manitowoc portfolio, and we’ve seen how well-made those are and how well they perform. It was a natural choice for us to go with Shuttlelift.”

Mike Heinrich, director of sales for industrial cranes and national accounts at Manitowoc, said the CD5515-2 and the CD3339 hit the “sweet spot” for rental companies such as Coastline Crane Division.

“Rental outlets are really finding the CD5515-2 and CD3339 to be dynamic tools in their fleets,” he said. “Customers are driving demand for rental cranes in the 9- to 25-ton range. These two carrydeck cranes fall squarely in the middle.”