Cranes

Started by mikest2, Jul 16 2008 04:51 PM

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#1 mikest2

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Posted 16 July 2008 - 04:51 PM

How about this for a crane ?

http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lor...u-ever-won.html

...Mike

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#2 Andoman

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Posted 19 July 2008 - 05:20 PM

mikest2, on Jul 16 2008, 08:51 PM, said:

How about this for a crane ?

http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lor...u-ever-won.html

With all of the problems with cranes lately I wouldn't want to be near one, I know it's mostly tower cranes that have been falling over but that thing is messed up looking.

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#3 Snoqualmie guy

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Posted 21 July 2008 - 06:53 AM

It takes a crane almost as big as its self to put the first crane together.

- Jeff

Why couldn't they of come up with "Global Cooling"?

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#4 mcjones55

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Posted 27 July 2008 - 08:21 PM

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It takes a crane almost as big as its self to put the first crane together.

Not exactly. This crane is all about height and big lifts, it was built specifically for erecting wind turbines. It just needs a crane to get started then it can self erect from there. When assembling the rotor and lifting it, you need a second smaller crane anyway. It can assemble an 80m tower then take a 70ton wind turbine nacelle and place it on top, All on a very small footprint. It travels on 5 trailers, a comparable lattice boom crane travels on 15 or more trailers. The GTK 1100 is also hook ready in 4-6 hours, the lattice boom takes at least 2 days, and some times more.

I can't wait to see one operating here in the US.

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#5 Carl

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Posted 04 November 2008 - 02:38 PM

Oops, expensive repair needed.

No, I have no idea when/where/why.

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#6 aug

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Posted 04 November 2008 - 04:37 PM

if you guys have not checked out this site about cranes ...take a look at craneaccidents.com

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