Grove releases new 100t all terrain crane

Grove has launched two 100 tonne GMK4100 All Terrain cranes designed specifically for low headroom work to a German rental company Dornseiff, based in Burbach. The cranes have a shorter – 35.6 metre boom in place of the standard 52 metre boom with a retracted length of just 8.5 metres and the same number of boom sections each of which has been shortened. The crane also features a shortened telescope cylinder, taken from the 130 tonne GMK5130-2, which allows loads of up to 50 tonnes to be telescoped.

The crane can handle 32 tonnes at low boom angles at an eight metre radius with the retracted boom horizontal and up to 4.2 tonnes with the boom fully extended to 36 metres.  The crane also features a tilting boom nose with hydraulic pinning to improve under roof reach and a new compact hook block that further reduces the headroom required. The hook head can also be attached directly to the boom. The four axle crane is highly manoeuvrable and has a carrier length of 10.7 meters.  The crane lifted 82 tonne machinery press at a 6.5 metre radius, inside a manufacturing facility with just 10 metres of headroom.