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Delivery of Terex explorer 5800

UK crane rental company NMT has taken delivery of the very first 220 tonne Terex Explorer 5800 All Terrain crane.

Launched at Bauma last year, the five axle Explorer 5800 features a 70 metre, five section main boom with a bi-fold swingaway and a 12 metre straight insert, offering a maximum height of 103 metres.

Powered by a single Euromot IV/ Tier 4F Scania diesel engine, the crane can operate with axle loads from 9.1 to 16.5 tonnes. It also has a short 1.2 metre front overhang. The 13.2 metre long, three metre wide carrier has 10x8x10 all-wheel steering system. Additional features include stop/start technology, Terex’s latest IC-1 touch screen control system and radio remote controls. The operator’s cab tilts up to 20 degrees to help improve visibility up the boom.

NMT managing director Mark Ambridge said: “As a long standing Terex customer, we are delighted to be the first company to take advantage of this brand new Terex crane. For the benefit of our customers, it’s important that the NMT fleet reflects the latest and best in crane technology, and there is no doubt that the new Explorer is at the forefront of these developments. The feedback we’ve had so far suggests it’s smooth and easy to operate with impressive lifting capabilities. Its versatility is also starting to impress.”

NMT has also ordered two 40 tonne Terex AC 40/2L All Terrain cranes which will be delivered to the company’s new Heathrow depot that opened this month

All terrain crane slides off the road

An All Terrain crane slipped off a narrow country road near Saint Vallier (Charente) in South West France wednesday, recovering it is proving to be something of a challenge.

Amazingly the crane did not roll and is balanced precariously on the verge of a raised road that passes over a flood plain. We have not been able to confirm who owns the crane a mid-size Terex, but a crane owned by the French division of TransGruma came to the rescue.

The crane was working on the LGV high speed train line currently being built between Bordeaux and Tours and made a wrong turn as it exited the site and headed down the road that is officially barred to site traffic.

The challenge with recovery is that there is little space to set up the size of crane required and if that was not bad enough, over power lines are present. So a greater degree of planning and preparation are required, However a number of residences are apparently cut off by the blocked road.

The consortium building the line Cosea is working with the local community to alleviate problems, and blames the error on a subcontractor.

All terrain crane falls off truck

An All Terrain crane slipped off a low loader in Bootle, near Liverpool, UK, Yesterday. No one was hurt in the incident.

The crane, a Grove GMK, owned by Roadcraft Crane and Plant Hire was in the street outside of the crane company’s premises, where it looks as though it was in the process of being loaded or unloaded. The crane came to rest against the side of a building, stopping it from tipping all the way over.

Overload test for Zoomlion QAY2000

A 2,000 tonne capacity Zoomlion QAY2000 all terrain crane has completed overload testing on the testing ground at the Chinese manufacturer’s Quantang Industrial Park.

In late October a test was carried out giving a load moment of 6,000 tonne-metres, the manufacturer said. In November, another 750 tonnes was added to the test load, increasing the load moment to 7,500 tonne-metres, the manufacturer said.

The 9-axle all terrain crane, which has an additional three axle auxiliary drive unit, weighs 325 tonnes. It was first shown at the Bauma China exhibition at the end of 2012.

Two all terrain cranes overturned in Venezuela

The incident occurred at the site of the Tamanaco station on Line five of the Caracas Metro, miraculously no one was hurt or injured.

We understand that the cranes, reportedly two 100 tonne Liebherr LTM1100-5 owned by Grúas y Transporte Libertador, were working from opposite sides of a large access shaft, and tandem lifting a large truss beam onto the top of the shaft, when the outriggers on one crane sank into the ground causing it to overturn and then pulling the other crane over.

One crane simply turned onto its side, while the other tipped into the shaft and eventually slipped all the way in. It also punctured a diesel storage tank as it went in, which then leaked out in to the street resulting in a road closure.

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TYHI showcases 500t All Terrain crane

Chinese heavy engineering company Taiyuan Heavy Industry (TYHI) showcases its 500 tonne TZM500 All Terrain crane last month.

The new crane features a seven section 84 metre main boom with superlift guying system and is aimed at wind turbine erection, petrochemical, nuclear power and commercial construction work.

The company, part of the TZ group, is best known for its range of heavy industrial overhead cranes, although it has also built one or two large crawler cranes and recently launched a 6,400 tonne four tower gantry crane for lifting reactor vessels. It also produces large shovels for the mining industry.

The company has little to no experience with All Terrain cranes but showed off the prototype to employees on October 12th. It already has a 660 tonne crawler crane on test and claims to have begun manufacturing a 1,200 tonne telescopic crawler crane – the TZT1200 – and plans a wheeled version, the TXM1200.

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