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TimT
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:48:58 PM
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This beast has finished testing and certification and made its first huge lift at the new Haiyang nuclear power station in China. Westinghouse is suppying four new AP1000 Nuclear power packages for plants in China. The Lampson LTL 2600B is at work at another AP1000 site at the Sanmen station. The US also has at least two new AP1000 systems under construction also. The world is going to see lots of new and massive cranes in the next few years. Cranes in excess of 2000 ton will be coming more common.The first lift was a module building weighing over 900 metric tons just a couple weeks ago now.I know the Shaw Group from Baton Rouge, Louisiana is doing the Sanmen Project with Westinghouse "Toshiba owned" as far as setup and installation management.Lots of nukes will come to the US no matter how you slice it... and that includes huge cranes... one of the main reasons Mammoet, Sarens, Lampson and others are buying and building the big boys.
















TommiR8
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:52:26 PM
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Very nice..

But 900 tones?

Dosent seem much to me when compared to the LTM or am i missing the point here..

And also....

My dad wants to know how big it is....any pic of a worker standing next to the tracks or something?

Cheers..

Beautiful pics aswell!
TimT
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:08:54 PM
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Well if you look at the car right next to it you can tell. Right now this is one of the largest cranes in the world by far and THE largest on two tracks. The crane is rated for max lift of 3,200 metric tons. They don't get much bigger. And 900 tons doesn't seem like much??? Say what? At that radius? I think you miss the point about crane capacity.
TommiR8
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:13:06 PM
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I thought it might have something to do with the rad and lifting ability of the crane...

At the rad this Twin is lifting...what would the LTM1200 be able to lift?

And i see the car now...that pic dident show on my pc for some reason..

By the way i hope i dident seem arrogant or ignorant towards your pictures....
Bobm2004
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:18:49 PM

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Tomi-there is not a truck crane in the world that could even budge that load-period!

Tim-Wow oh wow oh wow!! That is just wicked!!!!!!!

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DeWoc19
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:38:59 PM

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incredible! those pics are amazing! if theres 2 models i would like made its a Twin and a LTL 2600. man China is doing a lot of heavy lifting!!! to bad they didnt have to utilize all the CW, would have been cool to see the hanging weights on the side being used
gbarnewall
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:42:48 PM

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about 86 tonnes Tommy,814tonnes shy

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Paul
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:47:30 PM

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Flaming heck!!. That looks awesome and it's fantastic to see a CC8800 Twin at work for real(if you know what I mean).

I think the lift side have just taken the lead again!. Well, maybe the lift side weren't behind Wink

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Formu1fan
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:48:46 PM

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Tommi, here is a picture of one of the CC8800-1 Twins at the Demag testing facility
and here is a picture of the same crane with two men standing next to it.

*Note: these are not my pictures.


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Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:51:45 PM
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Thats a big can of Brute force right there Smile

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ulf
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:54:41 PM

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Spectacular pics... Whistle
GusO
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 6:12:05 PM
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what a beast great pics, i was reading in the cranes magizine that this is the way foward for crane manafactures that big crawlers will be in even more demand hence a lot of hire companys are buying them over rough terrain cranes , where as lighter cranes have taken a bit of a nose dive the market for larger heavier cranes is stable and set to rise with all the big jobs going on in asia and the middle east.
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Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 6:18:25 PM

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The spec sheet is available on Terex web site as a pdf file CC8800 twin spec sheet
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TommiR8
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 6:20:48 PM
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I apologise for my ignorance people...

I dont know much about cranes and lifting....sorry.

And that crane is just massive ..... ridiculous even! but very cool!

I seem to remember some one doing a model of it tho......maybe that was another crane...
ulf
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 6:33:25 PM

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^^^ No apologies necessary. A model of the CC8800 is indeed available - same basic structure, but with a single boom. The Twin is a unique piece of equipment (as are the Lampsons) and we always look forward to new info and pics of the monster... Cool
Antho
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:34:58 PM

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Amazing, thanks for sharing Tim, this crane is outstanding!
JHart
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:44:24 PM
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Tim,

Thanks for the photos. I don't believe any of the AP1000 Rev 15 plants in the US are under construction as of yet.
Paul Crane
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 9:11:40 PM
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Tommi - A custom model has been made of the CC8800 twin

http://forums.dhsdiecast.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=122842

Tim - Excellent pics. TFS
ulf
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 9:19:58 PM

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The twin spec sheet makes for some amusing reading... Cool
DeWoc19
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 9:26:30 PM

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man if i had money to burn i would buy that Twin model from that guy... what a beast! i was gonna say how does he raise the boom with the double bridles. its hard enough to get the A-Frame lines to be equal and its just a short distance, let alone all that line trying to keep the tensions exactly the same has to be damn near impossible!!
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