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Redjack Ryan
Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:13:01 PM

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Does it still count as a crane if it swings a bucket instead of a hook block? Whistle

Lashlander
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:49:45 AM

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CraneInnovation wrote:
Nice pictures Lashlander! Is that 4600 the Lampson rig that was on the I-35W job?


I'm not sure. We got it out of their yard in Kennewick WA.
Cat345bl
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:30:45 AM
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Even though it does not call Pennsylvania home, the biggest crane that did a lift in PA was Lampsons LTL-2600 in 2007 at a Sunoco Refinery in Philadelphia.







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DeWoc19
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:01:39 PM

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those are some of my favorite pics of Lampson's LTL 2600
LiebherrDemag90
Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:01:06 AM
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While my small country does not have any states (probably the size of the smallest town in the United States? Its that small!), we do have a CC8800 owned by Tat Hong, sometimes stationed on an offshore island that we use for oil and gas production. It appeared on national news once as being the largest crane in Singapore(And still is now). Here's a picture of it taken by someone else (credits to him/her). Possibly taken when it's still at the manufacturing plant's storage yard. No idea.

LatticeCraneMan
Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013 7:54:43 PM

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Chesepeak 1000 was in my town awhile back unloading vessels for a Cogenerating plant !




The LTL 2600 was in the bayway refinery in Linden and can be glimpsed in the opening of "The Sopranos" Immortaliized forever !"

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Cat345bl
Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:45:05 PM
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DeWoc19 wrote:
those are some of my favorite pics of Lampson's LTL 2600


I found the pics online, I know a couple of people that where on that job, no cameras. So I do not know how they got pics of the crane in the refinery, must of been sunoco workers. Otherwise they probably would of made me up a CD with pics.

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MammoetMan
Posted: Friday, August 16, 2013 1:33:10 AM

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I'm gonna take a stab here. As joepipefitter said, there are a lot of operators in Alberta/Western Canada. I'll try and list the major Ones
Northern Crane Services has a LTM 11200 and a LTM1800/LG1550

They also have a 18000 with MAX-ER
Sterling Crane, another operator, has a AC700 and a CC8800
Sarens has a Canadian Office here in Nisku. I've seen a AC500 at the local mall lifting steel.


DC Craneman
Posted: Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:08:11 PM
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In Washington, DC the largest crane is Crane Rental Company, Inc.'s Grove GMK 6300.

Within the Virginia suburbs W. O. Grubb usually has a Grove GMK7550 (GMK7450 in Europe). The also have Manitowoc 16000s (440 tons) and several Liebherr LR 1400/2s. There is a rumor out that they have a Liebherr LT 1600/2 on order. The latter is unconfirmed. That is probably the biggest in Virginia.

The largest currently in Maryland is Digging and Rigging's Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1. This is followed by Crane Service Co.'s Grove GMK 7550. The largest in Baltimore is a 350 ton AT for W. O. Grubb though Maxim may be leaving an LTM 1400-7.1 in Baltimore. This machine was formerly Philadelphia based. I've heard that this may change next April. Watch the Conexpo Liebherr stand if my information is correct. L.R. Wilson and Sons has several Manitowoc M250 machines when it comes to crawlers.

I've stuck to machines owned by area companies as All has had a Manitowoc 18000 in the Virginia suburbs. Largest for Essex was a Manitowoc 4100 ringer at the Verizon Center. Buckner has also had a Liebherr LR LR 1350 or LR 1400/2 at the DC Convention Center.
Robert Heuston
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:44:42 AM

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Here in Australia, New South Wales where I am, we have Lampsons main yard which houses M18000 and 4600 ringers, and apparently a LTL of some size. Also Booms LR1750 is based here but will be sent around country as needed.
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Posted: Monday, August 19, 2013 9:08:02 AM

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Here in Aus we have

1 x CC8800 Owned by Tutt Bryant

3 x CC6800 - Mammoet & Sarens

1 x CC4800 - Mammoet

1 x Manitowoc 21000 - Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance

2 x LTR11200 - Bot McNally's

2 x LR1750 - Boom Logistics & Daniel Smith Industries

1 x LG1750 - M Joyce Cranes

1 x LTM1750 M Joyce Cranes

Regards
James Muldoon
From the Land Down Under
Paul R
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:08:00 AM

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This might be cheating a little bit but back in the day when I lived in Princeton, IN I thought all my dreams had come true when these 3 machines were all working at the same power plant:

CC 4800





It was being used to rig the worlds largest tower crane: Kroll 10000:



But also on site was the predecessor to the PTC - the Twin Ring Platform HD:







This was way back in 2002 so the record might have changed, though of course the tower crane record still exists as it can't be beaten! In 2003 the TR HD moved north to Pike County where it performed a record lift at that time, but I do not remember the stats now. Here it is in the Pike Co. power plant:







Paul R
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Posted: Monday, August 19, 2013 2:28:01 PM

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I have not seen many pics of the CC4800 - rather a rare bird I would think. Some super photos, Paul... Applause
CraneInnovation
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:12:56 PM

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Thanks for all the pictures, guys! Neat info.

DC Craneman:

The largest in Baltimore (if we include floating cranes) is probably McLean's Centennial and/or Cape Fear whirleys. Their capacities aren't "impressive", (250 Ton and 150 Ton, respectively) but they are rated at 50' with working boom lengths. I worked out the load moments and it puts them roughly equivalent to an 800 ton crawler. My dad used to work for Mclean and I had the privilege of sitting in the seat of a few of their whirleys as a very excited 10 year old....

Also, is that M-250T still around the Baltimore waterfront?

DC Craneman, when I was younger (maybe 12-15 years ago) I remember driving around near Woodbridge, VA and driving past a yard with two very large crawlers with luffing jibs. I think they were Liebherrs.... Does that ring a bell?

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DC Craneman
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:16:36 PM
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The big Liebherr crawlers in the area belong to W. O. Grubb and are headquartered in Richmond though both the LR1350 and various LR1400/2s have been up in the area. They have been used in Landover, Maryland and on the 95 corridor in Virginia as well as other northern Virginia locations including Tysons. They also used the 1350 at the Department of State in DC.

When thing of cranes, I did not think of the shipyard or barge mounted units. I haven't been around the Baltimore waterfront in a while to know whether the M250T is still around. I do remember Tidewater's 300 ton P&H truck crane that at one time worked the port.
CAT420
Posted: Sunday, March 02, 2014 5:23:38 PM

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Good Ole' South Dakota doesn't really have very large cranes the largest being a Manitowoc 11000.1
katoom250
Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:07:23 AM
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Rocky Mountain Crane Service has the biggest unit owned in Colorado, Liebherr LG1550/LTM1800. Currently its working on a project in Ontario, we are all hoping it will come back to the mountains soon.






craneman
Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2014 3:13:25 PM

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Right now where I am working we have a CC2800 and a CC8800 doing 4 tandem vessel lifts. Actually vessel removal. From vertical back to horizontal.
projunkracing
Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2014 4:18:32 PM
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CraneInnovation wrote:
Mike's thread gave me the idea of seeing if we can report (or debate!) the biggest crane in each state. If we get a report on all 50, maybe we can put together a final list.

Pics or it didn't happen!

MAINE: (440 Ton)

Manitowoc 16000 w/ Maxer

Cianbro has one, R&R have two. I suppose our walking Ringer would be second if assembled.






NEW HAMPSHIRE: (300 Ton)

Probably American Steel Erector's Manitowoc 2250




How about your state? Think


Any better of the makers I'm building a couple 16000 maxer models and looking for livery.
PileDriving
Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2014 7:07:38 PM

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Here in southern Va all W.O.Grubbs big crawlers (LR1400/2, LR1350/1, CC2200, CC1500)(Plus 2-3 200 ton plus Link-Belt crawlers and 20 or so RT's) are in Brunswick County building a power plant. Also Mammoet has there CC2400-1 and there CC2800-1. Mammoet has a lot of Heavy Haul equipment there as well. You cant get close really to get pics. I grabbed a few on my phone from the road at 60+ mph. Its on 58 about 6-7 miles west of 95.


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