GTK dual lift in Germany
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23 September 2008
Two Grove GTK1100 craness, owned by Wiesbauer and Breuer & Wasel, lift chimney sections at a steel plant in Germany. The model was designed for wind turbine erection but has found new applications, inlcuding this one and others at refineries.
The GTK1100 uses a multi-axle wheeled carrier with a vertical telescopic mast, topped with a luffing telescopic boom, from a GMK7450 all terrain mobile crane. It stands on a four outrigger cross base. Maximum reach is 120 m.
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