Hello. Just returned from Ehingen and did a little with the new crane that Liebherr are going to lanch later in 2012. A very large machine with a single axle below the slew ring, star type outriggers, a unique way of installing its own boom, totally unlike the LTM11200. Also the superstructure engine will be disconnected from the superstructure along with the 2nd winch and the ballast tray to keep the travelling weights down. It will rig itself via a PTO system from the carrier engine then will connect up the engine with 5 quick release plugs and 5 quick hydraulic couplings. The cab is the same as the 11200 for the crane operation but only swings round, it won't reach the ground. At the moment there is one assembled without the boom, there is another being assembled and there is a carrier finished ready to take a superstructure.
I'm sure with the above information I'm not abusing anyones trust within the factory. Just have to wait and see how the testing goes and the final crane will look like. Liebherr will get it right before going on sale!!

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Ray

Thanks for the info Ray, interesting it's a boom off design! I wonder if with our high axle loads we can travel with the boom in the Uk. Liebherr have been great with there innovations so can't wait to see what they've come up with.

How's life in green fella?

Gaz

There is a second LR 13000 being built and tested just now. I had a wee shot of the original on Tuesday, its just an animal of a crane. The ballast blocks are 25ton each and they are cast into the frames that are used for containers for ease of handling at ports etc. Yup the guys at Liebherr certainly are on the ball when it comes to building cranes.

:d/

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Ray

Hi!

In the near future some interesting about Ltm 1750.
Also NEW
LTM 1300-6.1 (instead of Ltm 1250)
LR 1800/1 (instead of Lr 1750)
and also a new mast system for Lr 11350 and Lr13000 (parallel)

Yeah it does sound like the AC-1000/paper weight.... However the Liebherr will work not spend 2 years on the test pad with lots of problems and failures...

Do you know if this will be a 1200 ton rating or greater?

When the AC 1000 does come out, and sells fantastically, you are going to look a right tit.

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Heavy Cranes

A couple of pics upon aproaching Ehingen!!


The crane with the very long boom is an LG1750. The heavy crane on luffer is the 3000 tonner and the other heavy crane to the left of it is a 1350 crawler!!

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Ray

so what you're saying here Chris is Liebherr not only have better cranes than Terex but they now have a bigger paper weight too!

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Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"?

... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt

The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.

If there is a new LTM1300-6.1 coming, how are they going to differentiate this from the old LTM1300-6.1 which succeeded the LTM1300/2?

I've also heard a rumor that some of the major Liebherr owners already have tentative orders in on the LTM1750-9.1. This machine is supposed to be released in 2012.

With Liebherr doing this, I am surprised that Terex discontinued the AC700. Are we going to see a further update from Terex to compete once the AC1000 is released to customer?