Rieger & Moser has replaced two existing cranes in its fleet with new Liebherr mobile cranes, both with longer telescopic booms. The Ulm, Germany-based crane company purchased a 60t LTM 1060-3.1 with a 48m telescopic boom, replacing a 23-year-old Liebherr LTM 1040-1 with a 26m boom. This will enable many jobs to be completed without the installation of a folding jib, reducing crane erection time. Also added was a 95t LTM 1095-5.1 mobile crane with a 58m telescopic boom, hook height of 82m and working radii of up to 60m. This replaces … [Read more...]
Liebherr provides right chemistry for Karl Scholl
German crane company Karl Scholl has targeted the chemicals industry with the addition of a 300t Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane to its fleet. The LTM 1300-6.2, with a 78m telescopic boom, replaced the company's 250t LTM 1250-6.1, providing higher load capacity and an additional 6m in boom length. The crane, now the largest in the fleet of Heidelberg-based Karl Scholl, is said to be the smallest luffing jib crane on the market. It was supplied by Liebherr's Ehingen facility. The long telescopic boom and luffing jib make it … [Read more...]
Liebherr takes to the Autobahn
German crane company Autokranverleih Pengel has used its new 220t Liebherr LTM 1220-5.2 mobile crane at a motorway construction project. The LTM 1220-5.2 replaced Pengel's LTM 1160/2, previously the largest crane in the company's fleet. The greater load capacity of the LTM 1220-5.2 was one of the reasons for the acquisition, said the company. After being delivered in September, the crane was used at one of the largest construction sites on the A14 Autobahn in the north-east of Germany. … [Read more...]
Liebherr puts wind in the sails of power plant
A 1,200t Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 telescopic boom has been used to install a wind power plant in Germany. Crane company Karl Hartinger Kranbetrieb, based in Warburg-Rimbeck, used a nine-axis LTM 11200-9.1 to install a 3MW Enercon E-101 wind energy plant in Preussisch Oldendorf, in the north-west of Germany. The heaviest part of the plant was the machine housing, which had to be mounted to a hub height of 99m, with the total load including lifting gear and hook block at 66.5t. The telescopic boom with Y-pattern guying was extended to 82m, … [Read more...]
CRC in underwater crane rescue
A Manitowoc crane that slipped off a bank into 70ft of water has been successfully rescued by Florida-based Crane Rental Corporation (CRC) in a tandem lift. CRC used a Manitowoc 2250 crawler crane with MAX-ER attachment (500t capacity) and a 600t Terex AC 500-2 hydraulic truck crane to lift the submerged Manitowoc 4600 dragline. The total weight lifted was 484,000 pounds. CRC had to supply pre-lift plans and submit them to the Mining Safety and Health Administration for approval. It also supplied a lift director, skilled riggers and … [Read more...]
Crane Link opens new Zoomlion warehouse in Johannesburg
More than 300 customers and agents gathered for the grand opening of Crane Link Zoomlion Pty Ltd’s new Zoomlion warehouse in Johannesburg. The 5,000 sq m warehouse includes offices, maintenance facilities, spare parts, product demonstration spaces and machine operator training areas. Crane Link, South African agent for the Chinese crane manufacturer Zoomlion, claims the training simulator (for the QY110V mobile crane) at the facility is the first of its kind in South Africa. Mark Bates, Crane Link's managing director, said: "Crane … [Read more...]