ALL Crane - Mon January 15, 2024
ALL Crane Adding New Kobelco G-3 Series Hydraulic Crawlers
The ALL Family of Companies is adding a new package of Kobelco G-3 Series hydraulic crawler cranes to its fleet. Each unit is part of Kobelco's redesigned, "repowered" cranes unveiled at ConExpo last March....
Empire Crane Company - Tue January 02, 2024
Empire Crane Co. Takes in First Jekko JF990 in United States
Empire Crane Company recently took ownership of two new Jekko articulating crawler cranes at its Hanson, Mass., location, one of which is the first of its kind to make it to the United States. That unit being the Jekko JF990, which is the biggest transportable crawler crane in the brand's lineup....
Liebherr - Mon November 13, 2023
Liebherr Expands its Telescopic Crawler Crane Line-up With LTR 1150
With the launch of the LTR 1150, Liebherr is responding to the requirements of crane operators faced with lifting jobs that are beyond the LTR 1100, but for which the LTR 1220 is overkill. In terms of lifting capacity, the new 165 ton crane falls exactly between these two models....
ALL Crane - Wed October 18, 2023
Manitowoc 999 Handles Alabama Bridge Work On Its Own
In the world of heavy-lift equipment, capacities have grown exponentially over the past decade. With some lattice boom crawler cranes handling well over 1,000 tons, one that tops out at 275 tons might seem almost quaint....
Manitowoc - Wed October 11, 2023
Maxim Crane Works Launches Ambitious Project to Remanufacture 14 Manitowoc 2250 Crawler Cranes
Maxim Crane Works has launched a multi-year project to remanufacture 14 of its Manitowoc 2250 crawler cranes. The company is working with Manitowoc and its EnCore business to overhaul the cranes, which will then be redeployed to its rental fleet across the country....
ALL Crane - Wed September 20, 2023
Two Manitowoc MLC300s Aid Construction of Indiana Commuter Rail Bridges
The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) is in the midst of improvements to double track — two tracks that see traffic in both directions — its South Shore commuter rail line between Gary and Michigan City....
Manitowoc - Thu August 17, 2023
Additional MLC300 With VPC-MAX Boosts Wilkerson Crane Rental's Capacity for Largest Tasks
Kansas City, Kan.-based Wilkerson Crane Rental is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the purchase of another Manitowoc MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane equipped with VPC-MAX. Although the company has more than 40 years of experience in hoisting, lift planning, heavy hauling and equipment servicing, Wilkerson Crane Rental only officially came into existence in 2013....
Tadano - Wed June 21, 2023
VIDEO: Tadano CC 68.1250-1 Lattice Boom Crawler Crane Lifts Components Onto Pipelaying Ship
Large ships and heavy machinery might be a regular sight at the port of Marseille, but this project with a Tadano CC 68.1250-1 as its protagonist was anything but ordinary. "Not a single one of the employees at the site had ever seen such an enormous crane in the flesh before — which maybe isn't that surprising, given that our CC 68.1250-1 is the biggest crane currently in use in France and Italy," said Vernazza Autogru General Director Paolo Delfino....
ALL Crane - Wed June 14, 2023
ALL Uses Single Crawler to Assist Construction of Medical Building in Panama Beach City, Fla.
With the population booming in northwest Florida, a new medical campus is coming to Panama City Beach. First to be constructed is a four-story, 80,000-sq.-ft. office building that will include medical practices, outpatient care and operating rooms....
Liebherr - Mon April 03, 2023
VIDEO: Liebherr's Biggest Multipurpose Crawler Crane: LR 1400 SX
For ConExpo 2023, the Liebherr LR 1400 SX was fitted with a 134.5 ft. main boom and a 144.4 ft. luffing jib. Gerhard Frainer, managing director of sales at the Austrian site, described the machine as "a big step for the factory," and added, "The wish for a bigger crane came from the market."With the compact transport weight of 50.7 tons, the complete crane can be transported easily between job sites....
