RECAP
CONEXPO
BiggeCrane&Rigging, BraggCrane
Service, ImperialCrane andRiggingand
Southwest Industrial.Muchattentionwas
paid toTadano’snew three-axle160-ton
GR-1600XL-2, the company’s largestRT.
At the
KOBELCO
stand, BiggeCrane&
Riggingacceptedownershipof anew
KobelcoCK2750, oneof 25new crawlers
it purchased fromKobelco in the last
threemonths.Kobelcomade twoother
handovers and inked several deals.
Kobelcoalso exhibited itsnewKCross
telematics systemandGSeries service
training simulator.
New frommanufacturer
ELLIOTT
EQUIPMENT COMPANY
were a45-ton
capacityboom truckanda64-meter
aerialworkplatform. Bothproducts can
lift people andhandlematerials, said
Jim Lamb of TadanoMantis explains the
disassembly and transport features of the
new 130 ton GTC-1200 telescopic crawler
seen for the first time at the show.
PHOTO: ROBERT DIMMITT
The 45142 boom truck from Elliott
Equipment ismounted on a five-axle
commercial chassis. It has a 43meter,
five section telescopic boom.
New from Samson andManitowoc is the
KZ100 synthetic rope for application as a
hoist rope onmobile cranes. Sold exclusively
throughManitowoc, it will be available as an
option on all Grove rough terrain cranes.
Goldhofer’s team stayed busy demonstrating
the attributes of its new Heavy DutyModule
THP/DR 4, displayed for the first time in
North America.
YoKakinuma, TadanoAmerica president,
(right), congratulatesHarry Baker, Southwest
Industrial president, on his purchase of a 160-
ton capacity GR-1600XL-2 rough terrain crane
and a 400-ton capacity class ATF 400G-6AT.
Among themost creative booth offerings
at ConExpowasManitowoc’s full-service
cafeteria, whichwas outfittedwith the latest
Manitowoc Foodservice equipment. Pictured
wearingManitowoc chef hats are KHL Group
CEO James King, KHL Group Americas
President Trevor Pease andManitowoc Food
Services’ Bob Hund, who previouslywas
withManitowoc Cranes.
PHOTO: ROBERT DIMMITT
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ANDREW ROOKE
Manitex International
RobertaMoring, Mike Beres and Franken
Maarten reported strong interest at the
Enerpac boothwhere the new 1,200-ton
capacity SB1100 hydraulic telescopic
gantry systemwas demonstrated.
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JimGlazer, ElliottEquipmentCompany
president.
The first synthetichoist rope formobile
craneswas launchedat the showby
manufacturer
SAMSON
and cranemaker
MANITOWOC
. The synthetic fiberused
tomake the rope is suppliedbyDSM
Dyneema.
AUTEC
displayednew solutionsof the
Dynamic radio control series,which
includes four transmittingunitmodels:
FJS, FJL, FJMandFJR, distinguishing
fromone another for thenumber and
arrangement of commands.All of them
can sendbothproportional anddigital
commands and receiveDataFeedback
It was one of the
best attended ConExpos,
compared to prior
years, and therewas
amood of cautious,
yet positive optimism.
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