A three axle All Terrain crane overturned earlier this month on a remote road in Scotland. The crane, a 55 tonne Liebherr All Terrain crane owned by Ainscough Crane Hire, was travelling down the narrow track when it appears to have got to close to the edge of road, slipped into the verge/ditch and rolled into the brush. Fortunately no one was injured in the incident. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2014
The development of a cable stayed bridge
The development of a cable stayed bridge in India’s capital city of Delhi is underway. The construction of a major cable stayed bridge is underway to ease burgeoning interstate vehicular traffic movement between India’s capital city of Delhi and surrounding North Indian states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Named Signature Bridge, the landmark tourist icon, owing to its design aesthetics, will also improve road connectivity between North and East of Delhi over India’s historical river Yamuna. The bridge … [Read more...]
Liebherr to build on Indian tower crane success
A central attraction on Liebherr’s bC India stand is the company’s 85 EC-B 5i flat-top tower crane. The model is manufactured at the company’s factory in Pune, India and has been designed for the specific needs of the local market. The model is only available in India. The unit has a maximum capacity of 5 tonnes and can lift 1.3 tonnes at the end of a 50 m maximum length jib. However, it sits on a footprint of just 1.2 x 1.2 m, and the company says this combination of high capacity on a small cross-section makes it ideal for the confined … [Read more...]
UK rental companies in play
As 2014 draws to an end it looks as though ownership of at least three, if not four, of the UK’s largest rental may change as we go into 2015. Ever since October - when news broke that the investors in UK crane rental company Ainscough Crane Hire were looking to sell their stakes - there has been a significant rise in activity, as funds with money to invest look at getting in on what they see as the lucrative and growing UK rental market. With analyst activity picking up rapidly in November and the start of December, it looks as though … [Read more...]
Crawler crane loses its boom
The boom of crawler crane working on a new theatre in Blenheim on New Zealand’s South Island, collapsed over the back of the machine this morning. Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident. It looks as though either the boom luffing hoist did not stop while luffing in, or the operator managed to badly ‘two block’ the 100 tonne Hitachi crane. It was not lifting anything at the time the boom went over the back. WorkSafe has been informed of the incident That is all the information that we have at this time, but will update this report … [Read more...]
Marriage proposal goes wrong
A man proposing to his girlfriend from a man-basket in the town of IJsselstein, just south of Utrecht in the Netherlands, was lucky to escape with his life earlier today when the crane and man basket overturned as he approached her bedroom window. The man had rented a Manitex boom truck and platform from Lopik,Utrecht based Slootjes Kraanbedrijf in order to make his marriage proposal a really special event. However the crane was not able to fully extend its rear outrigger beam due to a parked car, but carried on the lift regardless, … [Read more...]
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