Knuckle boom truck

[Tommy]

I like my plant, but never seen the like of this.








Can lift two ton at full reach, and 10 ton at full height

[lutonlagerlout]

thats is some bit of kit,where is that? sweden?
LLL

[irishpaving]

Telehandler on the back of a wagon...few quids worth there i bet... ???

it danish

[Tommy]

I 'found' it on another forum, they seem to reckon its nowt more than a glorified hiab/concrete pump, that doesn't require full crane cards, just a HGV license, and formal training, summat to do with it not having a winch arrangement.


Another bloke has bought a similar, albeit smaller scale one for his tree surgery business in America. Can park it on the front drive, and reach over the house to the back yard. I'll try and get a picture (some time after I get back from the pub)

[irishpaving]

Will you be able to Tommy (after going to the pub)

[rab1]

most likely be cheaper hiring in a small crane than hiring this thing. its a great looking bit of kit though

[Dave_L]

That's a lovely bit of kit!!

[Tommy]

You underestimate me Irish.


Must take some engineering to have the curving boom sections like that.



Here's the picture I promised (albeit a bit big)

[GB_Groundworks]

must be great being a groundworker/paver/construction etc in america everything is so much bigger and theres more room so bigger toys to play with haha.

thats an awesome bit of kit, theres a telehandler firm called merlo that do a telehandler which rotoates through 360 and has a winch on it, lovely bit of kit.

i love plant pron haha.

[Tommy]

Interesting article on Merlo in earthmovers this month Giles.

[rab1]

There was one working in leith a few years ago, right on the water front. access was to tight for the regular telehandlers.
you need a crane ticket to operate it.

[Pablo]

Dieci do a bigger one than that there's a few on sites over here inc one serving us with sand and paving last week I have a tele ticket and was able to blag a few minutes in it. It's a lot higher off the ground and wider than I'm used to good fun though.

[Tommy]

Merlo have a whole series of them, including a new 24m reach, 6 ton payload. Manitou have a couple of Rotaries as well.


I Imagine they'd work well if you had the work for them

[Tommy]

Some more have come to light recently.

A Lowloader based Train wreck crane





Nifty side shifting outriggers for trackside lifting



18 ton lift capacity at full reach

[Tommy]

Largest capacity rated in the world.



Pretty handy if you've the work for it, and not signing the cheques to pay for it