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Escalator Jack and Roll at WEM
Escalator Jack and Roll at WEM

On Monday, Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd. completed a jack and roll job over at West Edmonton Mall here in Edmonton. We used a 25T picker truck and a 40T picker truck to remove two escalators from the Zellers store. It envolved some tight setups to lift the escalators down, followed by tandem lifts by […]

50T Moving 45T
50T Moving 45T

Check out these pictures of Gary moving a 45 T National Crane with Encore’s 50 T knuckle boom!

Now Hiring
Now Hiring

Come work alongside the most experienced picker truck operators in the province! We are currently looking to fill positions for SWAMPERS and PICKER OPERATORS. Boom truck apprenticeships are available for the right candidates. Check out our job postings on our employment page and submit your resume if you think any of these positions are the right […]

Swamper – old
Swamper – old

As a Swamper/Rigger’s you are expected to be responsible for many of the shop hand tasks but expands into the crane and field operations. Riggers will learn to tie down loads, rigging lifts, crane setup and tear down and signalling crane movements. Swampers will be expected to complete a daily truck log and job related […]

16th Annual Dragon Boat Festival
16th Annual Dragon Boat Festival

This past weekend, Leduc played host to the 16th annual Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival. One of Encore’s own, Craig M., took part and brought home 3 Silver Medals with 3 different teams! In addition to being Steersman for several different teams, Craig volunteered his time to the Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival Association earlier this year […]

Scoreboard Installation at Kinsmen
Scoreboard Installation at Kinsmen

On Monday, Jeff and Riley unloaded and helped install a temporary scoreboard at Kinsmen Sports Center. They used the Track-O to move the pieces into place poolside and then broke out the gas/propane mini crane to lift and hold them for installation. This was our second project at Kinsman in the same amount of days, […]

56,000 Jack & Roll
56,000 Jack & Roll

On Friday, our jack & roll crew skated a 56,000 lbs Finning motor through a building to a waiting onsite crane. The motor was loaded to one of Encore Trucking’s trailers, tarped and delivered to a gas plant site near Stettler, AB. That is one big motor!

Server & Email Problems
Server & Email Problems

On Monday, June 25 2012, Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd. experienced a serious hiccup with our internet service provider as they had a security maintenance update to do. We realized that our email had essentially been offline since Friday, June 22 with only a few emails being able to trickle through. Please be aware that […]

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH

Big thanks to our friends over at OVERHAUL MEDIA for their hard work designing and launching our new website! If you’re thinking about a re-design yourself, contact Matt to discuss.

GLOBAL PETROLEUM SHOW
GLOBAL PETROLEUM SHOW

Hi everyone! We will be exhibitors at the Global Petroleum Show 2012 in Calgary this year. The show runs from June 12-14 (10am to 6pm). If you are attending, please stop by our booth (#3618) and say hi. We hope to see you there!

Boom/Picker Truck Operator – old
Boom/Picker Truck Operator – old

Become part of our team and work with the most experienced picker operators in the province. Encore Trucking is currently looking for PICKER/BOOM TRUCK OPERATORS. DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES Perform various lifts around the province In & out of town work as required Operate articulating and straight boom picker trucks up to 50T Picker only and picker w/trailer […]