HISTORY
Crane Service Incorporated first came into existence when Emmet Storks opened it's door in 1960.

The company began with two cranes servicing the Albuquerque area and the companies growth can been directly linked to the cities development.

We have been there for the construction of The Pit and Dukes Stadium (now the Isotopes Stadium) along with Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.

Since Rick Sigel's and Dick Dielman's purchase of the company we have drastically expanded our fleet and service region, and during a business boom in the mid nineties we opened a satellite office in Bloomfield New Mexico to primarily service the San Juan oilfield.

As Crane Service takes on the face as an industry leader, we maintain the pride instilled in the company.

Leroy Pulliam went to work for Emmet just after the company began in the early sixties. Leroy has operated cranes all over the southwest however one story about him will always be told.

An Uplifting Tale
On June 3'rd, 1971 Leroy was operating a ????? setting air conditioning units at the newly constructed Winrock Apartments.

Around noon Leroy noticed smoke coming from the building, a fire had started and because of the location of the crew they were unaware of the danger that surrounded them. Leroy knew he needed to alert the crew, however the only signal he could use was to hoist the line up and down attempting to get the crews attention. Hoping the men would notice the ball moving and look up to see smoke, Leroy remained in the crane until the right window had melted out, fortunately just at that point he saw the line wiggling without his control and he hoisted up to find four men holding on white knuckled. He safely took them to safety as the fire destroyed 14 of the 16 buildings Bradbury and Stam Construction Co. were erecting in the complex.

Today Leroy and two members of his family still work for Crane Service, the boy in the picture is his son Rob who just came out of the field as an operator to work in dispatch. And his grandson Jeremy who is an oiler for the company.