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ACT
FEBRUARY 2014
PRODUCT FOCUS
ALL TERRAIN CRANES
fleet. Most are sold to rental companies
that dispatch them on operate/maintain
contracts. And they are being used
primarily in the industrial, highway and
oil/gas and mining markets and not in
commercial construction.
“This is not a lifting tool that you would
purchase without a reasonable plan
on how it could generate revenue for
your business,” said Jay Barth, product
marketing manager for Terex. The
company will feature its latest three-axle
Challenger crane at ConExpo.
“We continually look for ways to provide
better lifting solutions to our customers
who use the all-terrain platform to solve
their most complex lifting challenges,”
said Barth. “The ability to mobilize to a
jobsite with a minimum of complexity and
the ability to perform complex, precise
lifts are key attributes that customers look
for in an all terrain crane. Terex focuses
on making the transition from work-to-
transport as seamless as possible. Many of
our smaller cranes are roadable with no
support vehicles and can be configured
with only one person. These attributes
help move the purchase decision in a
positive direction.”
Barth added that sales have been driven
by both fleet needs and project work.
“The project profiles showcased in the
pages of your magazine highlight the
wide spectrum of work that customers are
performing with ATs and how they are
an essential element of new construction
as well as infrastructure and machine
maintenance.”
On display at ConExpo, the Grove GMK6400
is being marketed as the lifting industry’s
most powerful six-axle crane. Its 450-ton
lifting capacity is the highest of any crane in
its class and it has a variety of cutting-edge
features that the company says can’t be
found elsewhere.
was designed with extensive customer
input and will satisfy the toughest North
American transport regulations while
also meeting Tier IV final and EPA 2013
on-highway requirements.
“The U.S. and Canada are one of the
most challenging environments because
every state and every province has its own
regulations for what you can road and
not road,” said Rick Curnutte, product
manager for Link-Belt’s AT line. He said
the company has had good success in
North American with its ATC-3275 crane
that has comparable reach, capacity and
costs as the foreign models but doesn’t
have to be modified for use in North
America.
Geared to North America
“Made in America means a lot,” he said
Link-Belt’s history with ATs began in the
1980s when it offered a 22-ton machine,
but the company set that aside to focus on
the rough terrain and truck crane markets.
In 2000 they re-entered the AT arena
through a marketing agreement with
Tadano until 2010 when they designed
and built the ATC-3275.
“Being a top dog in the truck crane
market gave us great background
on how to transport things in North
America,” Curnutte said. They combined
that knowledge with their experience
marketing the Tadano machines to
develop the 275-ton ATC-3275.
The ability to mobilize to a job
quickly and the ability to perform
complex, precise lifts are what
customers look for in an AT.
Lift Adjustor System
Tadano America will showcase its 450-
ton ATF 400G-6, a new crane that comes
standard with the manufacturer’s exclusive
Lift Adjustor System that provides
automatic radius correction for boom
deflection under load. The crane has a
five-section boom to 198.6 feet and can be
equipped with a fixed or a hydraulically
extending luffing jib with a maximum
length of 257.5 feet. The crane also
features an optional power system for
increased capacities.
“The ATF 400G-6 is another best-
of-class crane from Tadano,” said Ron
Dogotch, vice president of sales. “This
crane has the capacity, reach, safety
features and ease of operation not found
in most ATs on the market. This crane was
designed to beat the competition in every
arena and it lives up to our claim.”
Link-Belt will come to ConExpo with
the ATC-3210, the second of its U.S.-built
ATs. With a capacity of 210 tons, the crane
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