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Germany’s Reutlingen fire brigade rescue crane

Germany’s Reutlingen fire brigade has taken delivery of a 70 tonne Liebherr LTM 1070-4.2 fire and rescue crane designed for emergency operations.

The new crane has been fitted with a range of fire service and safety equipment such as emergency lights, sirens, electrically adjustable floodlights and a reversing camera. It has also been fitted with an eight tonne recovery winch on the rear of the crane as well as special storage boxes.

Similar to the standard LTM 1070-4.2 All Terrain crane in terms of performance, it offers 12 tonne axle loads, with 10.2 tonnes of counterweight on board as well as the bi-fold swingaway boom extension and hook blocks. As well as offering good off-road capability and manoeuvrability due to its all-wheel drive and active rear axle steering, the crane has also been supplied with Liebherr’s VarioBase outrigger set up system.

The crane will be used to cover road traffic accidents involving large vehicles, for rescuing people, for hoisting loads and for securing actions at after explosions or structure collapses.

Reutlingen Brigade Service commander, Harald Hermann, said: “The modern machine is needed by the fire brigade to meet the increased requirements for technical rescues. It replaces a 24 year old 30 tonne model which was no longer economical due to its high repair costs and frequent breakdowns. What is more, it no longer satisfied the increased requirements, particularly those relating to the higher weights of trucks.”

Liebherr has delivered more than 100 fire and rescue cranes throughout Europe over the past 40 years, with capacities of between 25 and 70 tonnes.

Link-Belt RTC-8050 for Expertise

Saudi Arabia based rental company Expertise Industrial Services has purchased a 50 tonne Link-Belt RTC-8050 Series II Rough Terrain crane for work at the Sadara Chemical company’s massive new chemical complex – the Jubail Industrial City.

The crane was purchased from local Link-Belt distributor Bakheet Company for Machinery, Expertise said that one of the main reasons for selecting the Link-Belt, was the support it receives from Bakheet.

Sadara Chemical is a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical.

Crane into the void in France

A self-erecting mobile tower crane overturned onto the roof of a famous hotel/restaurant in France on Monday, after one of its outriggers punched through the tarmac drive into an underground void.

Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident and the crane operator was well away from the crane at the time, operating it via the remote controls, which is just as well, as it looks as though the elevating operators cab took most of the impact and was buried in the roof.

We do not know if mats were used to spread the load on what are clearly uncertain ground conditions, with a strong likelihood of voids. The other photos we have seen suggest that some basic cribbing was employed.

The crane a Liebherr MK owned by local crane company S.E Levage, was working on the refurbishment of the historic Abbaye de Talloires on Lake Annency, in the Haute Savoie region of France. The establishment has been closed since November for a major refurbishment which included work on the roof which had only recently been completed.

When the crane’s fall was stopped suddenly, the tower buckled and crashed into the roof, while the jib came down into the car park. The crane company quickly arrived on the scene and using an integrated loader crane platform to reach the jib cut it free from the tower, before tackling the tower.

Schwing to offer tower cranes

In a bid to diversify its product base, concrete pump manufacturer Schwing Stetter (India) has decided to enter the tower crane market.

The company will start with two models, a 35 metre high five tonne model – the XGT63YD (5013-5) and the 50 metre six tonne XGT100YD. The cranes will be supplied by Chinese equipment manufacturer XCMG, which holds a 60 percent stake in Schwing Stetter’s German parent, the Schwing Group.

The cranes will be branded Schwing-XCMG and will initially be imported complete from China, but the intention is to manufacture an increasing proportion of them in India to a point within the year or so where around 80 percent of the crane will be built locally. The company will take a decision within the next six months regarding the need for an additional facility to build cranes.

Schwing Stetter (India) managing director Anand Sundaresan said: “the launch marks the diversification of the product base for the Indian subsidiary. In line with the anticipated growth in infrastructure development and construction industry here, the company had decided on launching two models of tower cranes. The five tonne capacity tower crane is the most in demand in the domestic market, followed by the six-tonne crane”.

The company has said that the five tonne unit, XGT63YD (5013-5), will be priced at about R6 million ($96,000) while the six tonne XGT100YD at R9 million ($145,000).

M-L Holdings purchases Terex All Terrain Cranes

M-L Holdings Crane Group announced thy purchased five Terex all-terrain cranes: three AC250-1 all-terrain cranes, one AC100-4L all-terrain crane and one of the new Terex Explorer 5600 all-terrain cranes.

The addition of the five Terex all-terrain cranes will help serve the West Texas markets. Marks Crane & Rigging in Lubbock, Texas will take one AC250-1 all-terrain crane, which is the longest boom crane in Lubbock, Texas. They will also add the Explorer 5600 all-terrain crane to their fleet.

Marks Crane & Rigging in Odessa, Texas will add an AC250-1 to their current fleet and the third Terex AC250-1 will head to Sweetwater, Texas to serve the Crane Service, Inc. branch there. Lastly, the AC100- 4L will be added to the Crane Service, Inc. branch in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Terex launches digital app for crane companies

This week Terex Cranes introduced Cranes Expert, the lifting industry’s first electronic application designed specifically for crane companies. This app delivers available equipment information in ways not possible with printed literature by giving customers unprecedented access to the company’s expansive range of media information.

Available for both iOS and Android operating systems, the new Cranes Expert app puts specific Terex crane model information at customer’s fingertips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It brings together all available crane model marketing information –equipment brochures, datasheets, photography, 3-D panoramic views and videos – into one convenient location, so lifting equipment companies can make more informed buying decisions.

“Using the Cranes Expert App, customers can now see the full Terex story for themselves,” says Sven Ebinger, Director of Global Communication and Brand Management for Terex Cranes. “Our app goes well beyond the printed piece of literature. In one user-friendly program, customers now have access to our entire media library.”

When new crane information is added to the media library, the application will automatically sync with Terex Cranes servers when opened, so the new items are quickly available for download. A “push” notification system will proactively alert customers when updates are available.

“Cranes Expert is just one more example of how we are making Terex Cranes easier to do business with for the customer,” said Ebinger.