its rated at 1000 tons, but its actually way overbuilt, so easily in the size class of a CC12600. actually its even built more heavy so its capacity reserves would be considerable.

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thats the old official Demag brochure. i´ll have to look up at home when that was printed and i´d have to ask some expert to know the production year of the 12000 for sure.

the crane was delivered to Decalift in Italy, has worked in Norway assembling oil platfoorms (see pics above) and is now owned and operated by ABG group in Bombay, India

it still runs a a 1000 ton crane, but you can be sure of one thing: if you would recalculate its capacity with modern methods today it would give current 1000 tonners a good lesson and surely wouldn´t fear competition by a CC5800, 6800, 8800-1 or even 12600.

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Yes this Demag Crawler is indeed a challenge for most 1000 ton+ crawlers cranes.Got some data here just to give you a impression of what this crane is capable of compared to other demags.

Demag CC 12000 with 72 meter main boom, 42 meter fixed fly jib 1400 tons superlift counter weight also called "SFSL" in Demag code :Lifts 950 ton at a 43 meter radius.

Demag CC 12600 with 72 meter main boom, 42 meter fixed fly jib 1500 tons superlift counter weight also in SFSL configuration : Lifts 803 ton at a 42 meter radius.

Demag CC 8800 with 72 meter main boom, 36 meter fixed fly jib 640 tons superlift counterweight also in SFSL configuration : Lifts 444 ton at a 442 meter radius.

I think one of the reason to the enermous lifting power of this crane are size of the main boom sections.
The measures of the main boom sections are for example 4.80 meter in width & 3.650 meter in height.
Also mentioned in the Demag 50 years anniversary book are that under certain conditions with 60 meters main boom the Demag CC 12000 had a load capacity of 2000 ton.
Further more demag also had plans too upgrade the CC 12000 with stronger winches ,hookblock & heavy lift superlift gear so that it would have a load capacity of 3000 ton.

So the Demag CC 12000 is in my opinion the Father of all 1000 ton+ crawler cranes.

...And its still hard at work in India. I always thought that the CC 12000 was a 1600 tonner.Same as the 12600.?? I have lots of pics of it and that brouchre plus the brochure of the machine during testing at Zweibrucken "Monster of Zweibrucken" is the title. Here at work in the fab yard in India

That's a real Beauty the 12000 always did have some real nice lines and fluid design not boxy like some of the new Heavies ! Just can't pack it away in a suitcase so easy !

Thanks FS
Chet

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I live in my own little world it's ok they know me here

The CC12000 was the first big crane I read about while in college. I visited the Demag stand at a UK plant show about 16 years back and got a copy of the brochure that was scanned for the original post. Its my all time favorite heavy lifter.

Tony

It all about transport. The CC8800 and everything that came after it can be broken down into modular units that are within the maximum width restrictions for road transport in most countries. The 'side-pod' of the CC8800 contains all the engines and controls and is less than 3.5m wide, so it can be transported as a single unit. The CC12000 can still be broken up, but some of the sections are well oversize and are difficult and expensive to move.

The huge PTC is a great example of modular design - every part can be broken down into sections no larger than a typical international freight container.

Tony