Crawler Cranes News and New Products
Tue September 24, 2019
Superior Cranes Inc. , Rockingham, N.C., recently purchased the 1,375 ton (1,250 t) capacity class Demag CC 6800-1 crawler crane for its operations in the United States. With few crawler cranes in this class size operating in North America, the acquisition gives the company an advantage with lifting opportunities requiring specialized high-lift capacities....
Tue August 13, 2019
BAC Inc. Awarded Project Honors for Silver Sands Project
Blakeslee, Arpaia, Chapman Inc. (BAC Inc) of Branford, Conn., was hired as subcontractor to complete 300 ft. (91.4 m) of elevated boardwalk at Silver Sands State Park in Milford, Conn. In order to build a 10 ft....
Wed June 12, 2019
Demag CC 3800 Crawler Cranes Remove Rotor Blades From Enercon E-126 Wind Turbine Using Tandem Lifts
On behalf of Enercon, Belgian crane service provider Aertssen removed the 79 ton (72 t), 190 ft. (58 m) long rotor blades from an Enercon E-126 wind turbine at a height of approximately 446 ft. (136 m) for maintenance....
Tue May 28, 2019
Link-Belt 238 HSL Completes Bridge Work in Connecticut
Middlesex Corporation of Littleton, Mass., recently purchased a 150-ton (136.08-t) 238 HSL lattice crawler crane from Wood's CRW Corp. The crane has gone to work on Interstate 95 near the West River Bridge in New Haven, Conn., as part of an ongoing project to widen Interstate 95 by over 40 ft....
Mon May 20, 2019
Thirty two private oceanfront homes in Puerto Rico will have a firm foundation due to a Liebherr HS 8100 duty cycle crawler crane. Densification Inc., a Virginia-based company, chose the crane to help prepare residential building lots as part of a multimillion dollar project within a five diamond resort....
Mon May 13, 2019
Demag CC 3800-1 Crawler Crane Dismantles Viaduc De La Siagne Railroad Bridge Near Cannes
Crane service provider Vernazza Autogru only had 130 hours to dismantle an old railroad bridge, owned by French railway company SNCF, in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, west of Cannes. In order to tackle the job, in which time was of the essence, the company relied on its brand new Demag CC 3800-1 crawler crane, which was in turn assisted by a Demag AC 120 all-terrain crane....
Tue April 30, 2019
Link-Belt TCC-2500 Makes Big Impact at Chemical Plant in Illinois
The Kelly Group of Decatur, Illinois was founded in 1983 as a general contractor and sheet metal fabricator. Today it operates and employs five metal fabrication facilities and serves the agribusiness community and other industries including chemical plants, paper mills and manufacturing facilities in several states....
Tue April 09, 2019
Manitowoc Introduces Grove GHC140 Telescopic Crawler Crane
Manitowoc has officially launched its biggest Grove Hydraulic Crawler (GHC) crane for North America, the new GHC140. "The Grove GHC line has grown in popularity over the years due to its reliability on the job site and best-in-class features," said JJ Grace, Manitowoc's product manager of GHC cranes....
Thu March 07, 2019
Aertssen Receives Two New Demag Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes
Aertssen Machinery Services (AMS) continues to expand its heavy lifting and transport operations in the Middle East with the addition of Demag CC 2400-1 and CC 3800-1 lattice boom crawler cranes. The two cranes will help Aertssen execute challenging projects in the oil and gas and construction sectors....
Thu September 27, 2018
Sarens Imports Massive Demag CC 8800-1 Lattice Boom Crawler Crane
When Sarens was recruited to perform a series of challenging lifts at India's Ramagundam Fertilizer Plant, the team imported a Demag CC 8800-1 lattice boom crawler crane all the way from Greece to get the job done....
