Biggest heavy cranes (lattice lorry mounted)

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000 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 11:10 Uhr
Bernard Haste

It would seem then that over 500t we have

1 K10001 1971 1000t AKR GERMANY
2 K6000 1973 600t AKR GERMANY
3 TC 4000 1979 800T J D WHITE UK
4 AK 680 1979 850T HEWDEN STUART UK
5 AK 680 1980 850T SCOTTS UK
6 TC 4000 1980 800T SPARROWS UK
7 MK 1000 1980 1000T SPARROWS UK
8 TC 4000 1981? 800T NICHOLS USA
9 AK850 1982 ?? SCHMIDBAUER GERMANY
ETC.

Amazing how the UK got so many of the really heavy cranes so early. I always thought that the German market took most of the early cranes over 500t. And Gottwald were relatively late in getting a crane of this general capacity into the market.Anyone able to add anything or correct this list if it is wrong?
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001 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 12:56 Uhr
kerst

What about the Sparrows Gottwald MK 500? I am not sure if it was rated 400 or 500 ton? It must have been the biggest at its time in Britain.

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002 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 13:17 Uhr
Sebastian Suchanek
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Zitat:
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What about the Sparrows Gottwald MK 500?

To the best of my knowledge, there was no Gottwlad MK500. Sparrows bought a MK600 (rated at 400 metric tons) though.

For more information on large Gottwald cranes have a look at our FAQ.

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003 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 13:59 Uhr
kerst

Hi sebastian,

You are right, It was a MK 600, but the Sparrows brochure calls it a 500 ton crane. It was towed by a Scammel tractor. I do not know when Sparrows bought this crane, but it must have been in the 70's.
Sparrows also had a Demag CC4000, probably from 1981 and a Manitowoc 4600 Ringer with a 600 short ton capacity.

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004 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 15:18 Uhr
Bernard Haste

I was only talking about lorry mounted cranes over 500t rated capacity. That is the point at which I begin to find cranes of great interest!

The Sparrows MK600-89 was rated as a 500t crane and was delivered in 1971. I agree it would have been the biggest in the UK at the time. However on two counts I don`t include it as it is not over 500t and it was not a lorry mounted crane but mounted on a trailer pulled by a Scammel that itself went on to have an interesting history in heavy haulage in the UK. I believe it was disposed of at about the time the larger Gottwald was delivered but am not sure at what date the disposal happened.

I also have not yet started trying to sort out the chronology of lattice crawler cranes over 500t. Anyone want to attempt this?

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005 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 20:12 Uhr
kerst

Hi Bernard,

I think a better description of the MK 600 is "mobile crane" (MK). As you write the crane is towed like a trailer from job to job, but on the job it is self-propelled. The MK 600 can actually move fully rigged on the jobsite. 4 out of its 8 axles are driven through a 6-speed gearbox from the upperworks engine with a top speed of (I think) about 6 km/hour.
I know for sure that this crane worked in Texas for a while under the Sparrows name. There is an italian company, which owns a very similar crane, possibly the old Sparrows crane. It would be interesting to know if this is so!
As you probably know the MK1000 was upgraded later to the MK1500.

Kerst

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006 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 20:33 Uhr
Ralf Neumann

Zitat:
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There is an italian company, which owns a very similar crane, possibly the old Sparrows crane.
Kerst

Hi Kerst,

the name of the company is Tilli-Walter/Caserta.
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007 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 20:44 Uhr
Hendrik
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Below is a pic of the Sparrows unit. I think the right spelling was MK 600-88 but I'm not 100% sure.

(Whereas the Toense crane was a MK 600-68 because of its 2 x 3 axle Scheuerle units.)

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008 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 21:34 Uhr
Hendrik
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Zitat:
Bernard Haste postete Amazing how the UK got so many of the really heavy cranes so early. I always thought that the German market took most of the early cranes over 500t.

The main driver for UK's request for big cranes was - simply speaking - the North Sea oil. Look at the big refineries and petrochemical factories in the North of the UK which were all built as from end of the 70-ies.

(However....more important....the big cranes were all German built )
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009 — Direktlink
15.11.2005, 22:39 Uhr
kerst

Zitat:
Hendrik postete

Zitat:
Bernard Haste postete Amazing how the UK got so many of the really heavy cranes so early. I always thought that the German market took most of the early cranes over 500t.

The main driver for UK's request for big cranes was - simply speaking - the North Sea oil. Look at the big refineries and petrochemical factories in the North of the UK which were all built end of the 70-ies.

(However....more important....the big cranes were all German built )

Hi Hendrik,

You are right, there were a lot of German built cranes involved, but not only.
There were also Americans and Manitowocs. In the 1993 there were 2 American Series 1100 with Skyhorse working in Middlesborough, together with some Manitowocs.
Dieser Post wurde am 15.11.2005 um 22:41 Uhr von kerst editiert.

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010 — Direktlink
27.11.2005, 16:23 Uhr
kerst

Here are 2 pictures of a American 1100 Series with SkyHorse in Middlesborough. There is a Manitowoc 4100 in the background.

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011 — Direktlink
27.11.2005, 18:52 Uhr
BUZ

Zitat:
Bernard Haste postete
It would seem then that over 500t we have

1 K10001 1971 1000t AKR GERMANY
2 K6000 1973 600t AKR GERMANY
3 TC 4000 1979 800T J D WHITE UK
4 AK 680 1979 850T HEWDEN STUART UK
5 AK 680 1980 850T SCOTTS UK
6 TC 4000 1980 800T SPARROWS UK
7 MK 1000 1980 1000T SPARROWS UK
8 TC 4000 1981? 800T NICHOLS USA
9 AK850 1982 ?? SCHMIDBAUER GERMANY
ETC.

Amazing how the UK got so many of the really heavy cranes so early. I always thought that the German market took most of the early cranes over 500t. And Gottwald were relatively late in getting a crane of this general capacity into the market.Anyone able to add anything or correct this list if it is wrong?

2 pieces of AK 912 GT-ML (1.200 t):
Al Jaber > Interlift > Al Jaber
Walter Wright > Heavy Lift > Equipos del Centro

one AK 912-103 ML (1.200 t) with Al Jaber

a second unit of AK 850:
AK 850-104 with Toense > Bracht > Interlift (upgratet to AK 912) > Al Jaber > Baldwins > ALE

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