CONEXPO
RECAP
LEFT: Creativitywas on display at the Sany
boothwith this giant Transformer built from
many of the components of Sany construction
equipment.
ABOVE: Link-Belt’s Gary Rice presents
the key to the new RTC-80150 rough
terrain crane toMike andMarvine Liptak,
All Erection & Crane Rental Corp., while
surrounded bymembers of the All family.
ABOVE: The 80-ton capacity Crossover 8000
uses the upperworks of the Terex 780 truck
crane and has X-pattern outriggers. It is
mounted on a Freightliner chassis.
T
heprevailingmoodat last
month’s 2014ConExpo-Con/
Agg exhibitionwasoneof
optimismandapositive economic
outlook. The showattractednearly
130,000visitors, about 8percentmore
than in2011, according toorganizer
Associationof EquipmentManufacturers.
More than31,000of thosewere from
outside theUnitedStates, alsoa larger
number than in2011.
Thismonth,
ACT
presents the first
batchof highlights from the show.Wewill
providemore coverage in future issues.
The
MANITOWOC
boothwasbuzzing
about the launchof apairof 330and716
ton capacity crawler cranes, theMLC300
andMLC650, respectively. Bothof the
latticeboommodelshave theVariable
PositionCounterweight system.No
Bragg Crane Service showed upwith a cadre
of teammembers to celebrate the purchase
of two new Tadano cranes, a 160-ton capacity
GR-1600XL-2 rough terrain crane and a 250-
ton ATF 220G-5 all-terrain crane (pictured).
BELOW: TalbertManufacturing launched its
55SA-LD, a 55-ton capacity spread-axle, low
deck trailerwith an 18-inch deck height.
Pictured (left to right) are Talbert’s Jerry
Rothwell, Casey Haney of A. H. Cormell & Son
andMichael Schenk of G. A. Peak Excavating.
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ACT
APRIL 2014
ACT
presents the first
bunch of highpoints
fromConExpo 2014,
heldMarch 4-8 in
Las Vegas.
Highpoints
