Crawler Cranes longer work interruptions. For operations on slopes and inclines, the new crane is fitted with Gradient Travel Aid, a control system that automatically calculates the machine’ s center of gravity and warns the operator of any unsafe conditions.

A Wide Range of Choices

In the U. S. small crawler crane market, crane operators have a range of choices, including:

• Liebherr lattice boom models from 110 to 200 tons and telecrawlers from 50 to 170 tons.

• Manitowoc lattice boom models from 80 to 220 tons.

• Grove telecrawlers from 30 to 140 tons.

• Link-Belt lattice boom models from 80 to 200 tons and telecrawlers from 55 to 140 tons.

• Sany lattice boom crawlers from 90 to 160 tons.

• Tadano telecrawlers from 35 to 172 tons.

• Kobelco lattice boom crawlers from 80 to 200 tons.

Kobelco’ s most popular models in the small crawler crane market are the CK1100G-3( 110 tons), CK1600G-3( 160 tons) and the CK2000G-3( 200 tons).“ The primary applications for this size and class of cranes are road and bridge, power and commercial construction work,” Jimmy Hodges, general manager – cranes at Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, said.“ The CK1600G-3 and CK2000G-3 are mainly working on road and bridge jobs while the CK1100G-3 works mainly in the power sector as well as on foundation work.

“ We see the small crawler crane market as strong throughout the end of 2024 and into 2025,” Hodges added.“ This year we did see a decline in commercial work due to high interest rates, but we are forecasting a bounce back in 2025.”

Manitowoc crawler cranes are being used by Sprague Energy to move components from sea vessels to holding yards and then onto trucks that will take them to various wind energy farms across the state.

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