Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center
The first step in the shuttle stack process was to lift and set booster rockets and aft skirts.
The largest piece to maneuver was the Endeavour orbiter, which had to be lifted, upended and set inside the new building.
lattice boom crawler crane was on site full time while Liebherr LTM 1160 and LTM 1450 telescopic boom mobile cranes were brought in throughout the duration of the project to perform various tasks.
The Liebherr LR 1750 crawler, with a tip height of approximately 395 feet and maximum radius of 151 feet was fitted with 1,466,000 lbs. of counterweight for the heaviest of lifts. The LTM 1160 provided 190 U. S. short tons( USt) of load capacity and 325 feet of hoist height. With the LTM 1400, Bragg had 550 USt and 433 feet of hoist
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