The ALL Erection family of crane-rental companies is expanding its fleet by buying a total of nine new all-terrain and rough-terrain cranes from Grove and Link-Belt. The purchases include four all-terrain cranes with capacities from 165 to 450 tons and five rough-terrain cranes with capacities from 65 to 150 tons. The company says it is buying the cranes to meet surging demands in the crane-rental market.
The nine new cranes include one Grove GMK6400 (450 USt/400 T), the industry’s most powerful six-axle all-terrain crane; two Grove GMK5165-2 (165 USt/130 T), a newer five-axle all-terrain crane; one Grove RT9150E (150 USt/136 T), Grove’s highest-capacity rough-terrain crane with the longest main boom (197 ft./60 m) on any current-production RT; two Grove RT770E (70 USt/65 T) rough-terrain cranes, newly launched at ConExpo 2014; one Link-Belt ATC-3275 all-terrain crane (275 USt/250 T); and two Link-Belt RTC-8065 Series II (65 USt/60 T), a rough-terrain crane with a fully rigged transport weight of less than 90,000 lbs (41,000 kg).
The GMK6400 is one of Grove’s newest offerings and the lifting industry’s most powerful six-axle crane. Its offers the best load chart in its class and a variety of cutting-edge features that crane users won’t find anywhere else. In addition to an innovative removable outrigger box and self-rigging auxiliary hoist, the self–rigging MegaWingLift attachment bumps up the capacity by nearly 70%. The GMK6400 will work from the ALL Crane Rental of Florida branch in Tampa.
Recently introduced at ConExpo 2014, Grove’s new RT770E (70 USt/65 T) rough-terrain crane offers the longest boom in its class at (138 ft./42 m) and is specially designed to give customers the benefits of a traditional Grove RT plus extra-long reach. The cutting-edge designs of the boom and chassis make the RT770E lighter and easier to transport while maximizing both structural capacity and stability.
With significantly longer reach and capacity than the original 5165, Grove’s GMK5165-2 has a 197-ft., six-section, full-power MEGAFORM boom featuring the TWIN-LOCK pinning system, a hydraulic luffing jib, and a maximum height of 312 ft.
The Link-Belt ATC-3275, equipped with a maximum 223-ft./68-m, seven-section, formed, full-power latching boom, offers excellent transportability and can be configured to meet some of the toughest transportation laws. The new ATC-3275 is headed for Central Rent-A-Crane in Elkhart, Ind., a member of the ALL family of companies.
“It has been a year marked by several landmark equipment deals,” said Michael Liptak, ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. president. “We are seeing surging demand in all of our geographies and need to stay on top of our customers’ local needs while still being able to react to regional and national crane contracts. This package helps us round out several of our local fleets,” he added.
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