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JULY 2013
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LIFTING
SITE REPORT
SPD360 Plus unit from us for the job,”
says Kazimar. “We have three Jekko mini-
cranes in our fleet, two of the SPD360
units and the smaller SPD265.”
Kazimar says that Jekkos have been
strong rental machines.
“They are popular with the glazing
industry for placing prefab curtain wall
panels,” he says.
At the Statue of Liberty the Jekko
SPD360 was moved to several locations.
“It did work on a couple of levels and in
different spots around the statue,” he says.
“It was moved with a large crane from the
first to the second level.”
The maximum lifting capacity for the
Jekko SPD360 is 3,968 pounds.
“The crane will give you a 32-foot reach
and with the jib will extend to 42 feet
and a 1,300-pound capacity,” says Rich
Caudill of Jekko USA, based in Baltimore,
MD. “The crane was on the job about six
months, lifting and holding the marble
pieces in place as the workers set them.”
Other work completed by Phillipsburg
Marble included the fabrication and
installation of three new staircases to allow
safe exit from the observation platforms
above the fort level of the statue and below
the base of the statue.
According to Bob Barron, owner of
Phillipsburg Marble, the Jekko minicrane
was chosen to do the lifting work because
it is compact, easily deployed and secured
on unstable footing.
Hurricane Sandy roared through just
after the job was complete, stranding the
Jekko mini-crane on the island for several
weeks until the docks could be repaired to
remove it, Kazimar says.
“We were finally able to go pick it up,”
says Kazimar.
“It’s always nice to be associated with a
patriotic project like this,” says Caudill.
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Liberty
Phillipsburg Marble used the
Jekko because it is compact,
easily deployed and secured
during work on unstable
footing.
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