mobile cranes

A crane operator working for a roofing contractor is in hospital today with severe burns after the boom of his truck crane came into contact with power lines in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The accident, which happened on Monday night, also cut power to thousands of homes within a 30 block area.

The type LHM 500S has a lifting capacity of up to 140 tonnes and a maximum outreach of 51 m. Equipped with two 70 tonne winches the new LHM 500S will be used for handling fertilizers, salt, project cargo and heavy lift cargo. “The mobile harbour crane sector is an important strategic field of expansion for the Liebherr group.

As far as the construction sites are concerned, the availability of the mobile cranes ensures implementation of these types of heavy tasks to give the workers some relief. Whereas the counter balance lift truck is an equipment that is concerned with loading and unloading different goods and products from one place to another.

A truck crane that ran a red traffic light caused a six car collision last week in Tampa, Florida. The crane, reportedly ran through a red light and crashed into the patrol car of a Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy and a four by four. Police have said that the crane’s air brakes appear to have failed causing the crane to plough through the lights and crash into traffic, dragging vehicles with it until it came to rest against a large bus and several other vehicles.

Italy’s Imet has introduced the Zeus M1 HSC series for small manual 4-function hydraulic cranes. The series can be retrofitted to manual cranes and it has been designed to improve performance for minimal outlay. “Now, with this kit that represents a small investment, it is possible to give the old manual cranes a second life,

A crane at a construction site in Haverhill, Massachusetts collapsed this morning just before 8:00 a.m. The top part of the crane collapsed and landed on the cab of the crane on Moulton Way.

Ritchie Brothers auctioneers is selling around 75 mobile cranes next week in a large unrestricted auction at is Ocaña, location in Spain.

A number of train passengers were injured yesterday in Hong Kong when the 40 metre boom of a Rough Terrain crane struck the carriages of a light rail transit and brought down overhead power lines after it tipped over.

The Ruthmann Steiger TTS1000 sold by German rental company Gerken to Abilene High Lift of Texas, has now been shipped after a refit/refurbishment at the Ruthmann service centre in Gescher-Hochmoor, Germany

The 40-foot wall of sand and clay where a portion of Route 136 collapsed Thursday is so unstable that the motor of a crane that plunged from the road to the river is still running.