All About Crawler Cranes

A crawler crane is a special type of truck-crane and it is mounted on caterpillar treads that are used on tracked military vehicles and tanks. The crawler cranes are most efficient on soft surfaces, because of the tracks. They are incredibly stable cranes and can lift heavier weights than the common wheeled cranes. In fact, crawler cranes are the most stable lifting equipment. So, the crawler cranes are most efficient in yards, forests, fields and similar places where the movement is over soft surfaces.

Crawler cranes consist a two parallel crawler belts with a series of tread links, an engine mounted on the top of the caterpillar, a boom, a cabin, a control area and the most basis of the crane – track propulsion system. The track propulsion was included in the old design of crawler crane for sale, but as it has proven to be very effective, it is still in use. The boom of crawler cranes is located above the cabin and can have a small extension at its end. That small extension is called a jib, and it allows each crawler crane for sale to lift & move objects away from the center.

As crawler cranes have steel tracks, they have an increased ground contact and operate with increased stability. They are also very maneuverable and versatile machines and can be efficient for many different applications. Because the crawler can maneuver in any direction, it is very flexible, increasing the already high efficiency. The capacity of crawler cranes can range from 10 to over 3000 tons and they all can maneuver the loads for fully 360 degrees. The length of the boom also varies and depends on the type of application. Most crawler cranes have a speed of about 10 km/h and can hoist a 4 ton load at about a 3m reach.

The main advantage of each crawler crane for sale is that they can perform each lift with easy & quick set-up and easily move around the job sites. Also, they can travel fully loaded, but unfortunately, as they are very huge, they are transported by additional vehicle from one job site to another for a significant cost.