Crane Factory trip Germany

HBCraig · Nov 9, 2017

I am in Germany currently with some customers doing a factory trip. I can only logon every now and then. But here are a few pics. This is a crane I am selling - 825 ton capacity, roughly 300k lbs of counterweight

HBCraig · Nov 9, 2017

one more pic

This is a 3500 ton lifting capacity crawler. The top right is the operators cab. You can barely see each track, but you can see the top of them. Each pad on the track weighs 2200 lbs.

fmo24 · Nov 9, 2017

How does something like that get transported to a job sight?

Instigator · Nov 9, 2017

One large piece at a time.

lenmann · Nov 9, 2017

Damn thats cool!

18 wheels that steer, whats the turning radius on something like that?

Meaney77 · Nov 9, 2017

I have to ask, how much money does something like that sell for?

TPC · Nov 9, 2017

Bad Azz machines right there.

HBCraig · Nov 10, 2017

In the first crane, there are 6 steering modes. But, to answer, it is a pretty tight radius for a machine that big. With crab steer, you can damn near go parallel to a wall, building, etc. Front and back steer together gets you a good radius.

The big crawler, each track weighs 127 metric tons. Yep, 127. Transportation is the main limiting factor behind we don't sell as many as we like. That, and what you see here is about 36 million US dollars.

HBCraig · Nov 10, 2017

Ballsdeep said:
I have to ask, how much money does something like that sell for?

THe first one is used with about 8k KM on it. Very low mileage for a crane that size. It is a 2013 with about 6K hours on the upper engine. I am selling it for 4.3M.

HBCraig · Nov 10, 2017

This is our test pad. We have 3 separate ones, all about the same size.

Pull test weights, boom up/down, etc before we send you your crane.

HBCraig · Nov 10, 2017

Sorry if I don't get back right away, I have spotty computer time. It is 7:30AM now after a long night at the beer garden.

RandyH · Nov 10, 2017

Cool Stuff. thanks for sharing. Will we ever see big hydros made in the USA? or does Grove or Liehberr build them here yet?

jpf091959 · Nov 11, 2017

wow 850 ton, on rubber wheels. I have been out of big mobile cranes for quite a while, but that sounds pretty impressive.

Cray Paper · Nov 11, 2017

That 825 is a monster. About 5 years ago I was working on a job close to home and one night while driving home I saw what looked like a tower crane sticking up where one should not be. I saw it from a couple miles away in a residential area. One of our local crane outfits had purchased an old waste management site and was playing with their new toy, a Liebherr 650 ton mobile crane.It was shipped straight from Germany and took like 25 truckloads of containers and parts to put it together. They were trying to cut down the assembly time from 2 days to half a day. They wouldn't say what it costs, but said it was more than 4 million. That thing was huge, cant imagine what a 825 looks like in person.

jetboatperformance · Nov 11, 2017

what a fukin awesome piece of machinery .................

Icky · Nov 11, 2017

I've seen a 300 t set up inside a building, and a 500 t driving, I'd love to see one of those 825 or crawlers in person.

I wish I knew my grandfather better before he passed, he was an operator for owl crane back in the day

McRib · Nov 11, 2017

I'd love to tow that blue one!! Biggest crane I've ever towed was a libberer (sp) 7 axle 350 ton. Couldn't get going over 20 mph without it pushing me around. Santa Monica to Santa fe springs. Took 5 hours and a whole lot of $$$$$$

HBCraig · Nov 11, 2017

If I can get the 825 All Terrain (i.e., the one with wheels, not tracks) to stop in socal, I will give you guys the location.

There will be 2 825 ton crawlers on the new Rams stadium job for hanging steel. Lastly, when the put they top on, there will be a 2200-2300 ton capacity crane erected for that one lift. We are a long way out from that stage.