Crane Brands - Bridge Work

[fensoncont.]

Hey guys,

I wanted to contribute to the new section with a topic I could get educated off of. Well, let's see some opinions from guys on the board, who builds the best cranes? On bridge projects do you see All Terrain Cranes, Rough Terrain Cranes, or Crawler Cranes?

[Dozerboy]

We only use crawlers (bridge work) we have Manitowoc's and American's. Out of the guys I've asked none of them had a preference.

[Bluwenis]

I think Grove wins for a juice crane, as for AT, RT. Grove has a nice 60T, 90T and 130T RT. If you need more than that you have to go to a GMK up to 550T, which are very large. Dozerboy is right. You seen a lot of 4100 and 888 Manitowac, and American HC80 And HC110 on bridge projects. Manitowac does own Grove along with many others. And Terex owns American along with Demag now. There are also many excellent less know options from Japan and other parts of Asia, mostly hydralic lattice. Seems gone is the day of a new shiny friction rig. I hear Manitowac will make a new 4100 if you ask nicely. Hope that helps.

[JDMGrading]

All 16 of our cranes are Link-Belt that includes truck cranes and crawlers. We hav'nt done a bridge in a while now we've been trying to convert over to steel and precast and a lot of tiltwall jobs for our 348 Hylab.

[Dualie]

Anything by the manitowoc crane group! I wont own anything but national boom trucks PERIOD. I have operated Terex, Elliot, Tadano, Giuffre bro's, Altec and several other boom trucks and national is where I keep my money!

I'm currently playing lets make a deal on a new national 900H or possibly a 1300H.

The link belt all terrains are a pretty decent unit.

OH and them Germans Liebherr know a thing or two about a thing or two.

I leased a potain HDT 80 self erecting tower for 3 months and that was a damn impressive versatile unit. If I had the work for one year round I wouldn't hesitate to drop the hammer on purchasing one

[bear]

Most of the stuff we used were linkbelt or manitowoc crawlers mostly. occasionally we'd use rubber tired terex cranes for mobility and light type work. Never had a real preference as long as it was in good shape and everything checked out good.

[Andy]

Hello ,everyone. I am Andy from China. I am very glad coming here to know more friends.

[piledriving]

The company I worked for before had 4 Terex HC80's, 1 HC110, Link-Belt 218,518 and 30 ton RT and a 75 ton truck crane, 2 American 5299's, one 597 and a old whirley rig. the company I work for know has American 9310, Link-Belt 218 and a 248, Terex HC80 and a couple of smaller cranes in the yard (Dont know the make or numbers on them).

Justin

[Lugghead]

I've been working for a bridge company running a Terex 555 RT. Which is a 55t RT. There is a twin to my rig and then a BUNCH of 3900 crawler rigs, a couple of 2900 truck rigs and a 222, all Manitowocs.

[insleyboy]

Where I worked we used smaller Terex and Grove rigs. The Inner-city bridge work left you very little room to boom up in many cases. Setting barrier wall under decks or on a deck for demo or traffic shifts left you little wiggle room most of the time. We would use a 35 ton Terex or a 2900 Manitowoc if piling was involved, or in an area you could actually strech out so to speak.

[chero76]

Willing to sell any? I'm looking for 60 tonns and above.

[Crane Op]

At the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge project.. The cranes are..

1 Manitowoc 2250 (Bragg Crane)

1 Manitowoc M250 W/luffing Jib (Sheedy Crane)

1 Manitowoc 888 W/ Luffing Jib (Sheedy Crane)

2 Manitowoc 4100 Ringers (MCM Contracting, I believe)

and 1 Liebherr LR-1280 (Bragg Crane).

I see a lot of Manitowocs and older Link belts on bridge jobs around the SF bay area

[stretch]

Manitowoc and Link-Belt win the popularity contest around here for crawlers and truck-mounted units. B-E is still popular for pile-driving work. Occasionally an American, Kobelco, Lima, or Liebherr unit will pop up. RT cranes are between the Terex brands (Terex, American, Lorain) and Grove, and a few L-B's.

[chero76]

Thanks Crane Op, i'll follow up on these cranes t'mmrw.if you see any bucyrus 38b up to 88b's Please let me know.