crawler crane

Liebherr said UK firm Weldex successfully used its new PowerBoom parallel boom attachment on a LR 11350-P1800 crawler to install heavy turbine machine housing in a single lift.

Customers at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen in Germany on 13 June were treated to first sight of a new telescopic boom crawler crane. The 220 tonne capacity LTR 1220 has a 60 metre telescopic boom derived from the 220 tonne LTM 1220-5.2 wheeled mobile crane.

Space Shuttle Discovery, the most traveled shuttle in NASA’s fleet, ended its voyage at Washington Dulles International Airport this spring after more than 150 million miles of airtime.

The lattice boom and jib of a crawler crane came crasing down onto a jail in Grand Rapids, Michigan yesterday, three men were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

A telescopic crawler crane overturned yesterday while being loaded onto a transport trailer in Connecticut.

In Oklahoma, wind turbines are now about as prevalent as old oil derricks were in days gone by. Much easier on the eyes, the sleek, white turbines punctuate the horizon and provide clean electricity for thousands of homes and businesses. Wind farms have been or are being built throughout Oklahoma, especially on prairie land west and north of Oklahoma City.

A lattice crane boom came down across two or three parked cars in Fayetteville, North Carolina yesterday. The 110 ton crawler crane, owned by Buckner Heavylift Cranes of Graham, North Carolina, was rented to LeChase Construction Services and was working on the town’s multi storey car park, lifting steel beams, when the accident occurred.

Voting for all photo submissions of the 2nd Annual Great Crane Photo Contest begins today and ends June 24th! Vote for photos from all the three categories in the contest which are:…

Imperial Crane Services in the USA has taken delivery of its third Sany crawler crane after becoming the manufacturer’s Midwest distributor of crawlers earlier in 2009.

Manitowoc has announced a 100 tonne capacity crawler crane built in China for the Chinese market.