Elliott boom trucks.

[classictruckman]

We've recently been looking at upgrading to a newer boom truck from our Manitex 38124S to an Elliott 40142 a 40 ton with 142' of main boom.

Does any body have any experience (good or bad) with this model or their 50 tonner? Or any other Elliott boom truck?

Thanks.

[classictruckman]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...#ht_1574wt_922

[Dualie]

A friend of mine that runs a bare rental crane company has 6 or 7 of them in his fleet. he says they do as well as any for day to day rental cranes.

which if they do well in rental service i think they would be OK for any other use. Personally i think the charts on the manitex are favorable compared to some of the Elliot's but you have to look chart for chart.

[classictruckman]

The chart on this one isn't bad compared to our current 38 tn manitex, mainly because it has a much wider o/r spread and a longer boom. Another advantage is that there is no (or very little) tailswing, being in the tree business this is a huge plus since you're usually setup very close to other trees.

[Dualie]

Thats the other thing that makes it hard to compare cranes, if the setup area is much larger than another unit it really cuts down on versatility.