Bridge replacement up in Forres, Scotland with the 1800







Another bridge job in Spalding with the 1750







Stripping the trial erection for installation







King Liftings 500 and 300 turning a 130 ton press for loading on SPMT's







and that same evening the LTM 1800 with a 30 ton tank





Y rigged to get the boom on due to the lack of space







LTM 1800 lifting a 170 ton trawler into the water









A huge deal/celebration for the crew and their families of the new vessle being launched





Quick bit of maintenance in another company's yard before doing a job for them





Another rail bridge job

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Heavy Cranes

Thanks again for the pictures Jack!

A few questions about the 1800/1550:

- On the ballast tray I only see the standard counterweights, not the special "rectangular" ones for the middle part of the tray. But you do have them, I suppose?

- Is there any advantage in using the derrick mast with the telescopic boom, when you also have the lattice boom?
I've heard about the German company Thömen, who also still has both the telescopic and the lattice boom for their good old LGD 1550, that they use the derrick only in combination with the lattice boom and never with the telescopic.
Which makes some sense to me since the lattice boom is lighter.

On the other hand, clever way of lifting the telescopic boom with the derrick bridle

Another fantastic set Jack!

I really think Alleys/Osprey need a full time photographer working for them

Paul R

Thank you all for the nice comments again

Victor, We only have the standard counterweights, I have never seen the special ones for the middle? Do you have a photo of a tray with them on? Also the derrick with tele boom is good for jobs with not alot of space; you only need 31.5m (The length of the derrick) to rig a 60m long boom Also, the tele boom is only one truck load, instead of maybe 4/5 truck of lattice boom. As you probably know, the 1800 is a very strong machine with the derrick. Without the derrick you might aswell send an LTM 1750-9.1!!!

Joe Ainscough still have theirs but for a few months last year it was on a dock yard in Scotland somewhere for a few months hence we covered a few of their jobs!


1550 on 63m of boom in Sizewell lifting a redundant gantry crane





Full 250te tray







Then up to Sutton Bridge to unload another 5 of those Generators












Transformer unload with NMT's AC 700 up at Fort William





Then up to a substation for a windfarm in the middle of no-where







Newtown in Wales doing bridge beams with the 1800







My favourite photo of last year





Beams being ferried to us by our own SPMTs









Some heavy snow brought the job to s standstill for a couple of days!







View from the cab








And to finish off 2017, a couple of weeks out in Denmark with the 1750




Very dark and very cold!




But stunning mornings






Off to the last pad







Lay down for Christmas, ready to be derigged and brought home in the new year





Cheers

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Heavy Cranes

@ Jack, about the counterweights: "ballast slap 2" from the Liebherr pdf data. Same weight, but different symmetrical shape with 4 lifting lugs.



Pictures I collected from the German forum:

Great pics.

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We rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells.....

Some photos from this year



LG 1750, LG 1550 and LTM 1800




Rigging the LTM 1800 for inspection




Then rigged as LG 1550






200 ton pile template for offshore wind turbines, needed jacking up, SPMTing down to the LG then lifted into position








Bit of snow before the lift






Even worse weather on nights lifting the pile clamps





LG 1750 rigged up for inspection





Helping hand from a familiar face!




Moving silos out a dock for transhipment onto a lower vessel deck trailer




A 1200 ton bridge launch with the SPMTs over the M1 at Castle Donnington



116 axles, 464 wheels




The new LG 1550 rigged up for test. My new crane




Back to the yard for some finishing touches before her first job




Then back to Donnington to launch the bridge



Restricted head height for the 100 as we were directly under the flight path for the very close, East Midlands Airport. Tele in and out all night!










Looking at some new kit at Vertikal Days

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Heavy Cranes

Epic!!

But you gotta get those CW’s painted 😉

Paul R