Bigge orders 14 Kobelco crawlers

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14 March 2017

US crane rental company and distributor Bigge marking the addition of another 14 crawler cranes from

US crane rental company and distributor Bigge marking the addition of another 14 crawler cranes from manufacturer Kobelco

US crane rental company and distributor Bigge Crane & Rigging marked its latest order for new cranes, with Kobelco, at the ConExpo show in Las Vegas, USA.

On 9 March the Bigge team was out in force, celebrating the order for 14 new crawler cranes from the Japanese manufacturer. The order included 110 US ton capacity CK1100G-2, 160 ton CK1600G-2 and 275 ton CK2750G-2 lattice boom crawler cranes.

Bigge took on the Kobelco dealership in 2007 and, with this latest order, has taken a total of 111 new machines. The new cranes are destined for the rental fleet and are also available to buy, Bigge said. Deliveries had already started at the time of writing.

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