Truck Crane
A truck crane is just a crane mounted on a truck. If that sounds extremely simple, well, it is! But there are hundreds of kinds of truck cranes to choose from, and dozens of great companies that manufacture and sell them. Plus, just because a crane is mounted on a truck doesn't tell you anything about what kind of crane it is. So listen to these descriptions of three different truck crane makers.
In 1947, the Grove truck crane company was founded in Pennsylvania . Grove now has over half a century's experience in making work platforms and mobile hydraulic cranes. In 1978, the Grove truck crane line expanded as Grove acquired the National Crane Corporation, then a major telescoping and hydraulic crane manufacturer. Another important development came in 2002 as Grove itself was bought by Manitowoc, one of the world's largest truck crane manufacturing companies. The original Pennsylvania plant remains the main manufacturing site for Grove truck cranes.
Grove truck cranes include all-terrain, truck-mounted, rough terrain, and industrial cranes. One of the many all-terrain Grove truck cranes, the GMK 2035, weighs in over 50,000 pounds and can carry 35 tons of material at once! Perhaps the best aspect of this truck crane is that it can travel up to 48 miles per hour. For more information about Grove truck cranes, visit the Grove Worldwide website. There you can find complete information on all of their Grove truck cranes and other new and used products.
National Crane started in 1945 as a small family-owned business. Amazingly, about 90% of the more than 30,000 National truck cranes sold since 1963 are still being used today! National currently makes 12 different series of boom trucks that range from eight to 40 tons in capacity. Besides boom trucks, National Crane also manufactures 14 series of articulating truck cranes, which range in capacity from about three to 15 tons. If you are especially interested in industrial applications, National Crane also offers pedestal-mounted truck cranes. Finally, you can find a wide range of accessories from National Crane such as pallet forks, clamshell buckets, and baskets that carry workers.
For more information about National Crane and its wide range of products and services, see the National Crane website. You can also see the customer support website for National Crane. It is called Crane CARE and offers complete support for each National Crane product, every second of the year.
Finally, Manitowoc offers several truck crane models for sale. These truck cranes vary in capacity from 50 to 1,000 tons and represent over 75 years of truck crane-making experience. We could say much more, but we'll just recommend that you visit Manitowoc 's site for more information on their truck cranes.
Thank you for visiting our website and learning about the truck crane. We hope that you will take a minute to look up information on other types of construction equipment besides truck cranes.
