Noticed yesterday, 20 December 2013, adjacent Olympic Drive. It's big and it's green, but surely not capable of 750 t lift ? What's it all about?Come on. That is one humungous crane. It could lift anything. Saw it the weekend before. Must be going to replace bridges. There are some new concrete bridges over where Pippata was formerly located. Not sure what they are for. But would need a big crane.
They do exist, see link.That is not the one at Lidcombe. That one is mounted on massive caterpillar treads each the width of a car and the actual crane is painted green. The baby at Lidcombe would eat the yellow one for breakfast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBM78WdDMOg
More here:
http://www.liebherr-bauma.com/en-GB/140829.wfw
That is not the one at Lidcombe. That one is mounted on massive caterpillar treads each the width of a car and the actual crane is painted green. The baby at Lidcombe would eat the yellow one for breakfast.I did not say it was the one at Lidcombe. The OP made a comment about a 750 tonne lift capacity and my reply was to state that cranes do exist with that capacity. The description of a crane with crawler tracks was not then known.
Noticed yesterday, 20 December 2013, adjacent Olympic Drive. It's big and it's green, but surely not capable of 750 t lift ? What's it all about?A 750 tonne crawler crane is a gigantic crane. I don't think any of these are working in NSW (was one at Kooragang Island) but I think there might be something close to that size at Curtis Island. I would think mobilisation & demobilisation costs for a short duration hire would be cost prohibitive to use a 750 tonne crane, but seeing its taxpayer money being spent nothing would surprise me.
A 750 tonne crawler crane is a gigantic crane. I don't think any of these are working in NSW (was one at Kooragang Island) but I think there might be something close to that size at Curtis Island. I would think mobilisation & demobilisation costs for a short duration hire would be cost prohibitive to use a 750 tonne crane, but seeing its taxpayer money being spent nothing would surprise me.
Maybe you saw a Demag CC-2800?
A green crane would indicate it is owned by Boom Logistics?
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