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Nice pictures. Thanks. If they made a crane like that in 1/50th scale, I would buy it.
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That is a FMC Link Belt TG Series Diesel Gantry Crane. They made two models, a TG 1900 (115 Ton), and a TG 2300 (208 Tons). That particular one belongs to Cornell & Co. out of Woodbury NJ. It is a long way from home. They have a largest fleet of FMC Link Belt Gantry Cranes in the world. I always liked these cranes Here some More Pics of Some of their Cranes Pic Link 1
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Yep, that's one of Cornell's.
Maybe they are doing the steelwork there.
They have a much higher capacity than a regular tower.
If you notice under the house, the counterweight slides back and forth with the angle of the boom.
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Looking at that crane out of my hotel window....
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** has a TG1000 -2TG -1900s and 5 -760 Favcos I think Falcon has aTG-750 & 2 TG 1900s Cornell has the most they bought out Jakes 4 TG 2300 s and around 12-TG 1900 s
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I remember seeing those Tower Gantry cranes all over Las Vegas in Jakes Crane yellow and black colors. They have a pretty cool logo to. Look here on their homepage for the crane loading the "World" on a lowboy. http://jakescrane.com/
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there were indede 1/50 scale link belts built. 7 or 8 that i know of. Micth Gomez did the build in resen. not too bad of a model. i happen to be the owner of one in Jakes livery. Mike
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I happen to have a couple of these available - made by Mitch Gomez.
The problem is that they are not shippable. You would have to pick them up at DHS Diecast!
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That crane is a TG-2300 bare rental.
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craneman13 wrote:there were indede 1/50 scale link belts built. 7 or 8 that i know of. Micth Gomez did the build in resen. not too bad of a model. i happen to be the owner of one in Jakes livery. Mike Would you mind taking a few pictures for us? 
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Thanks for all the replies. If you need to find information on a machine or model, (instead of Google) this is the place from someone who knows.  Ken
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I found this to be helpful: TG 2300 charts These cranes are monsters! The Mitch Gomez models are actually 1:48, but still look great.
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Cat345bl wrote:That is a FMC Link Belt TG Series Diesel Gantry Crane. They made two models, a TG 1900 (190 Ton), and a TG 2300 (230 Tons). That particular one belongs to Cornell & Co. out of Woodbury NJ. It is a long way from home. They have a largest fleet of FMC Link Belt Gantry Cranes in the world. I always liked these cranes Here some More Pics of Some of their Cranes Pic Link 1 There is actually one in Saskatchewan Canada by the K+S potash mine doing steel work too. Then can run for a whole month on a single tank of diesel.
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Awesome pictures! That is quite the setup for that Kobelco, Nevada must be on of those strict states. In NH that would be fine on a 4 axle low boy and tri axle tractor. Lol
Can you imagine the work and equipment needed to get that crane from NJ to NV with every state having different road weight laws and the traffic and route planning. Wow
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Posting photograph for craneman13:   "/> As a side note, I have the "Link Belt" version in my collection.
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A wonderful find for the crane guys Ken and becoming less common too. Cornell now owns the original Link Belt designs besides being the largest owner. These at the time were built for heavy power plant work but the line speed and capacity on one or two parts made them favorites of the steel erectors and even concrete contractors in New York.
The newer big Favell Favco's are the only similar machines out and offered with both diesel and electric drive on all but the biggest. These were originally built with diesel engines and mechanical drives though most have been overhauled with hydraulic winches. The biggest of almost all other manufacturers stop at about 65 tons.
American Bridge had one of the smaller machines in their colors when the did the Woodrow Wilson bridge several years ago. I've also seen both the Jake's colors and Cornell's in Chicago as well.
These cranes were popular in Las Vegas as well and hence the ownership by Jake's as they could handle the height of some of the casino hotels as well as the weight of truss sections in the casinos themselves. They are most popular in heavy steel work as well as high high-rise work.
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KyleS wrote:Awesome pictures! That is quite the setup for that Kobelco, Nevada must be on of those strict states. In NH that would be fine on a 4 axle low boy and tri axle tractor. Lol
Can you imagine the work and equipment needed to get that crane from NJ to NV with every state having different road weight laws and the traffic and route planning. Wow
More than likely it's a backhaul...that's a lot of trailer for that machine. It would be hauled on a 7 axle not a 9 axle.
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Old post some more updates , new to the USA are Wolf electric luffing cranes one in LA and on World Trade Center Tower 3 is number 2 . No OD loads to transport loads cap same as a TG-1900 or 760 Favco the future of tower cranes . A TG crane is just wide not heavy around 4 od loads to transport plus tower sections . The Wolf tower are standard loads .
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To add to John's remarks, Favell Favco offers their machines in both an M series, diesel, and an MK series, electric. Their largest the M 2480 is available only as a diesel per their web site. Wolff has both the 700B and 1250B which I believe are 50 metric tons at closest radius and 60 metric tons respectively. Terex also offers a 60 metric ton luffer the CTL1660. These are relatively new and John has the better knowledge of who has what.
The smaller Potain electric luffing boom cranes have also gained popularity. There have been several in the Metro New York area of either the MR415 L24 or successor MR418 size. Amquip currently has an MR 615 on L Street, NW at about 23rd Street in Washington, DC.
In June, there were several luffing tower machines on Wacker Drive in Chicago along the east west portion. Both were visible out of my hotel room, but on the one I could only see the boom. The other was some distance away so I did not see enough detail to identify the make. The one that I could see was not a Link Belt.
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