ROUGH TERRAINS Ӏ SECTOR REPORT
j “A trend that we are seeing in the market is a demand for longer booms – but there is still the desire for the crane to remain as compact as possible. Of course, you can increase the length of the boom, but remaining compact while you do it is not easy. A longer boom will change the load charts, and need a wider chassis and makes more weight and so on; so this is challenge for the future – one that we will happily face. “The TRT range is our latest; they
have all the TAOS and T-link features we have mentioned and a new
ergonomic cab with wide visibility, new Stage Five engines, and a new boom with three extension modes. “Demand is constantly
increasing. 'Crazy' is a good word to describe it just now; and that is okay because the world is like that now and there are many things pushing it; so the main issue for us is to be able to fulfil that demand without interruption. We are working constantly on production; and we have a successful development strategy that we have put in place, appointing new worldwide distributors for long term
Tadano launches 16t RT for Japanese maRket
In February Tadano launched a new rough terrain crane with a maximum lifting capacity of 16 metric tons for Japanese domestic market. The GR-160N CREVO160 G5 retains the compact body size of its predecessor model while extending the maximum length of the boom by 50 cm to 28.0 m. In combination with the 6.9 m power tilt jib, this helps improve the efficiency of high lift work. New functions include what they are calling ‘automatic acceleration’ that controls engine
speed according to the amount of crane lever operation, and ‘automatic pump stop’ that stops the PTO pump when the crane is not being operated; both of these reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. A diesel engine which complies with EU Stage V emission standards has been adopted. Visibility while traveling and operating has also been improved. A new rear left view camera, slewing table rear view camera, and slewing table rear left view camera have been added, for a total of five cameras as standard equipment. Up to three patterns for the camera selections can be registered on the large-size display, providing support for checking safety in the surrounding area. The ‘human alert system’ that detects and warns the driver when people are present has also been improved for a better detection rate, again improving visibility and safety. Tadano is also focusing on the provision of digital data and digital services that include ‘Lift API’, ‘BIM models’, ‘Hello- Net’ telematics web information service, and the ‘Hello-Data Link’ smartphone app to provide support for safe, high-quality, and efficient lifting work.
partnerships; that is a fundamental of our strategy. We have just (February 2022) appointed Troost Machinehandel as our authorised RT distributor for the Netherlands. "Also for 2022 we have one of
our focuses is on South East Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines. We know that there is a market over there, and we have the product to do well. We are constantly developing our network and always looking for distributors for long term partnerships and cooperation.” Across the Atlantic, Brian Elkins
is product manager for rough terrain cranes at Kentucky-based Link-Belt. He too is finding large demand; and like Montanari at Terex, boom length is a key request of his customers. “We are seeing a big demand for our larger rough terrain cranes and our one hundred US ton and 160 US ton (145t metric) categories,” he says. “A lot of utility work is really picking up. Wind farm work is really taking off as well – that, of course, needs long boom lengths; infrastructure work has rebounded from the pandemic really quickly; and we are also seeing work on high quality entertainment-sector projects, building stadiums and arenas and civic centres. On those projects you are working from the inside out or the outside in, and either way again you are needing that long boom reach. On our RTC-80160, the 160 ton (US) model, has a six-section boom, and if you put on the extensions and offsettable fly that takes you to a tip height above ground of around 311 feet, which is just shy of 100 metres; think of the outside of a football stadium or something like that, and with that reach and height and capacity you have everything you need.” He is particularly pleased with
Link-Belt’s latest introduction, the 85 RT. “We introduced it back in October 2021 at our Crane fest here in Kentucky. Some other f
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