mobile cranes

A new attachment for Manitowoc’s Model 16000 crawler crane will boost the machine’s lifting capacity, enabling it to erect the latest wind turbines

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Based on the concept of the 71 K model, the new fast-erecting 81 K lifts loads more than 25% higher at the end of the jib, Liebherr said. The 6t capacity crane has a maximum hook height of 40.4m and 55m at a 30˚ jib angle.

Snow, ice and wintry conditions in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA have not hampered efforts to test the new machine

The GCK3045 has a maximum capacity of 45 t and a 34 m boom with optional twist jib. This 6.3 m/10.2 m jib can rig within the crane’s 2.55 m width as opposed to more conventional jibs which must “swing out” of the crane’s width to set up.

Even more, once on the jobsite they have the versatility to perform a wide range of work with only one operator needed.

For owning the tallest aerial work platforms the North American market has ever seen, it took a recent trip to Finland for Kevin Darby to actually get up in a 295-foot Bronto.

A new bridge has been lifted into place at the Eton College Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake near Windsor ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

German lifting and transport company Schmidbauer put its new 600 tonne capacity Liebherr crawler crane straight to work when it took delivery in November 2009.

Bigge says that its decision to open the new facility is based on demand from its existing customers