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Nice shots there brandon. Yhats why i love my iphone. Definilly will be an awesome model by twh. But they are toooooooooo busy 
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nice pictures! man i just do not like the look of the new Groves with those rounded front ends, i think they are so ugly looking
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Nice find Brandon, thanks for posting  I really liked this crane and GMK6400 the but after seeing it set up with those counterweights its really after changing my opinion  They're absolutely horrible and really let the crane down, its like something you'd see on the back of 30 year old krupp 
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Thanks guys! I actually like the look of these new groves, I honestly thought being a 350 ton rig, the counterweights be bigger, kinda like the 550.
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The letter "L" makes a big difference as Grove builds both a US 6350 and a 6350L. The "L" has the longer main boom and a hydraulic luffing boom while the old 6350 has 197' of main and a cable luffing boom. Maxim is currently purchasing both Grove and Liebherr all-terrains. No Terex machines I've been told. Likewise crawlers and Link Belt or Manitowoc. RTs are Grove and Linkbelt. They are updating many of the larger machines that they inherited from the old Anthony. Great find.
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Not to offend anyone, but it seems like this crane has been made in Europe. One some of the pictures you can see the spot were the European licens plates go. (it is that black part in left side close to the head lights)
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Most Grove all terrain cranes are made in Wilmershaven, Germany. There were a few GMK5120s that were assembled in Shady Grove, PA (USA) and one GMK7550 that was apparently assembled there.
The RT series cranes were made in Shady Grove as well though some are now sourced in Italy and Brazil will also supply them. All TMS machines are made in Shady Grove. Shady Grove is also the source of the National products.
They cabs for the older GMKs were sourced from Mercedes and would guess were in part shared with one of their truck lines. As machines are redesigned the cabs are switching to the new style.
I likewise have mixed feelings regarding the new style but also do not like the new Terex AT cab. I prefer the previous generation. Liebherr has done the nicest job with their updates.
Just wish Liebheer would go to the LR1600/2 style cab on the LR1400/2 crawlers
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well guys, took my vacation time again, was told manitowoc is having an open house/equipment display, to help raise money for the relay for life charity on june 10th. so i took off and headed up there, met up with ben, and a few crane ops from indiana, and the infamous QBall showed up as well! funny guy! was a great weekend, perfect weather, just a bit windy, always nice to put faces to names from the internet. i took around 530 pics during the whole trip. i wont attempt to post them all but ill post a link to them so you can check them all out if you want, but heres probably the best ones out of the bunch. heres a link to the photos open hose photosshe was actually up this time!!!  999, 16000, 2250  the 2nd 31000 boom and jib sections       inside the 31000 engine bay! (2) 600HP cummins!      21000 boom butt  massive forklift!                   the JLG ruined this shot!     CHECK OUT ALL THE HOSES/LINES THAT HAVE TO BE KOOKED UP!     only 840 tons of CW floating above me!   now the good stuff!           manitowocs smallest crane (MLC100) and the largest, side by side!  
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Excellent photos Brandon. Looks like you had a great time.
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Thanks so much for the photos, it's great to get a real look at this beast.
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Super great pics of the beast, thanks for having to make the trip to take them for all of us LOL!
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man look at the size of that cab.... i remember it being that big but its amazing how you forget the proportions when not seeing something for a while.... was that a fridge in there? i would be more than willing to sit inside of a cab that big for 8-12 hours a day if it was that big and had a fridge and AC
it would have been pretty cool if they had all the boom in it and had it layed down so you could get a full grasp of the sheer size of that thing.
Great pictures man, sure looked like a great time
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AWESOME pictures Brandon!! These photos really show the size of the 31000
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thanks guys! the seat is so comfortable, could sit in it all day! has a back massager too! none of the cabinets were unlocked, i tried to see inside them but all locked up but im guessing the fridge is where the counter is. all its missing is a 62 inch flat screen, and a restroom! then you would never have to leave! hard to believe that with a couple joysticks and flip of a couple switches, you can operate something that big so easily! the pictures really dont do the crane justice, its just a massive machine!  can not wait for the model to actually get here!!!!
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Manitowoc Is not going to let Liebherr steal the show that's for sure!
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Amazing photos, what a beast!!
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I don't want to be that guy owner, but comparing Manitowoc to Liebherr is like comparing apples and laptops.
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Brandon great photos,you have to convince TWH to include the jib dolly with the model,thats a must have,whenever it comes out,Steve.
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Great photos Brandon, you look the part in that seat! The boys probably had to pry you out of it haha. Rowan.
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