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decline throughout 2025. Barring any unforeseen domestic or international situations, we believe 2025 may be a good year for businesses and the capital markets.
Crane Manufacturer
Pat Collins, director of product marketing, Link-Belt Cranes
Fortunately, the market for cranes has been solid throughout 2024, and, at this point, it appears that strength will continue in 2025.
We expect some of the key drivers to be the infrastructure and CHIPS acts, waterworks projects, building of the country’ s industrial capacity, construction of data centers and wind-power work, along with others.
The expected volume of work will likely keep demand high for cranes of all kinds, from lattice-boom crawler, to telecrawler, rough-terrain, all-terrain and truck cranes.
Other factors we expect to contribute to demand include the ages of cranes in U. S. rental fleets, the lowering trend on interest rates, the upcoming schedules on engine emission regulations and the
Link-Belt will begin shipping the newest member of its family of all-terrain cranes, the 225-US-ton capacity 225 | AT, by the second quarter of 2025.( Photo courtesy of Link-Belt Cranes)
introduction of new models.
One of those new cranes is the 225 | AT, a 225-USt capacity all-terrain crane that we rolled out during CraneFest in September.
The 225 | AT joins the 175-USt 175 | AT and 300-USt 300 | AT in Link-Belt’ s new generation of single-engine, five-axle all-terrains that combine excellent lifting capacity and reach with easy roadability, operator comfort and single-engine efficiency.
The first 300 | AT will be delivered in January of 2025, and shipments of the new 225 | AT will start by the second quarter.
Based on our strong backlog of orders for truck cranes, particularly four-axle models with capacities from 75 to 100 USt, it seems likely that taxi-crane work
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