NEWS
8
ACT
JULY 2013
Buckner Companies is
expanding its heavy lift crawler
crane division in a big way.
The company has purchased
two Liebherr LR 11000
crawlers, the newest crawler
in Liebherr’s 1,000-ton-plus
range.
Shown for the first time
at Bauma 2013, the crane
was designed to provide a
small footprint for work in
constricted areas such as
refineries and power plants,
as well as keeping component
weights and dimensions small
enough to allow for easy and
rapid transport, according
to Doug Williams, president
of the Graham, N.C.-based
company.
“When shown at Bauma,
the assembly crew proclaimed
the LR 11000 went together
as easily as a 600-ton class
machine, despite its massive
basic capacity rating of 1,102
tons,” Williams said. “In
addition to impressive lifting
capacities, the LR 11000 comes
with a wide array of boom
configurations including the
new PowerBoom, or P-boom
as it is known. The
P-boom allows for
a drastic increase
in lifting capacity up
to 1,432 tons, nearly
matching that of the
LR 11350.”
When combined
with a derrick and
tray or wagon, the
LR 11000/P1300 puts
Buckner Heavylift Cranes
in an entirely new class of
lifting capacity, Williams said.
Buckner also purchased two
additional LR 1600/2 crawlers
for delivery in late summer
2013. This purchase expands
Buckner’s fleet of 600-ton class
machines to 11 units.
Designed to fit in Liebherr’s
crawler range between the LR
1750 and the LR 11350, the
LR 11000 responds to growing
market demands for hoisting
work in the 1,000-plus ton
segment, such as handling
offshore wind turbines, power
plants, refineries, energy
applications and foundation
structures at ports.
The LR 11000 was
engineered with several boom
versions to cover a range
of applications. The crane
features several innovations
taken from other Liebherr
models, another plus for
Buckner Companies, which
owns the largest fleet of
Liebherr crawler cranes in the
Americas. The design of the
P-boom was taken from the
3,000 metric ton capacity LR
13000 crane. The new crane
also includes parts from the
luffing jib for the PowerBoom,
which means that the main
boom sections can be used to
ensure a strong luffing jib.
Several design elements
from the 1,350 metric ton
LR 11350 crawler crane were
incorporated into the LR
11000, including the fact that
the radius of the derrick ballast
is infinitely adjustable and can
be extended to larger radii
with fixed lattice guide.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Entrec Corporation, a
provider of heavy lift and heavy
haul services, has acquired
Alberta, Canada-based GT’s
Crane and Transportation
Services, Inc. The deal will
include the acquisition of all of
T’s operating subsidiaries.
GT’s has 180 employees and
operates a fleet of 45 cranes,
including all terrain, rough
terrain and picker trucks,
valued at approximately
$37 million. The purchase
price will involve Entrec
issuing 9,054,336 of its
common shares and paying
$37,223,380 in cash. The
company will also issue an
unsecured promissory note
of $7,293,770 bearing
interest at an annual rate of
7.25 percent and due July 2,
2016.
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A Terex Demag AC 700
all terrain crane sold at a
Ritchie Bros auction in Spain
for $3,320,500. The two-day
unreserved public auction was
held on June 6-7 in Moncofa
and Ocaña. The successful
bidder came from the
province of Alava in northern
Spain. In addition to the AC
700, more than 3,100 heavy
equipment items, including 30
all terrains were sold. More
than 1,690 people from 76
countries registered to bid at
the auction.
Buckner orders two
Liebherr LR 11000
crawlers
Buckner HeavyLift will
add two of the new
LR 11000 crawlers
to its fleet, plus
two new LR
14000s.
Bigge installs
power plant
components
Components for a power plant in Front Royal, VA
have been installed by Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
For the project, Bigge, working with Warren
County Energy Partners, used two 580-ton strand
jacks from an elevated girder system, to hoist the
pieces into place. The jacks were propelled by an
electric trolley.
The biggest piece to be lifted was a 544-ton
Mitsubishi steam generator. The units, including
parts of the steam turbine, were moved using 185
feet of girder runway, which was set 60 feet above
the ground.
