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Heavy Lift Large Scissor Lifts Outrigger Mats and Ground Conditions www.vertikal.net www.vertikal.net www.vertikal.net www.vertikal.net October 2015 Vol.17 issue 7 Heavy lift Large scissor lifts Outrigger mats and ground conditions ..... New Jekko mini crane...12m ATN mast boom...New CEO for Terex ..... On the cover: Operatives from heavy lift company Riga Mainz preparing to lift the ‘Zero-G’ parabolic Airbus A-300 aircraft with a Liebherr LR1600/s to its permanent & position as a museum exhibit adjacent c a to Cologne-Bonn Airport. contents Comment 5 Ground conditions 17 Heavy lift News 6 and outrigger Death toll in Mecca crane overturn exceeds 110, mats 35 Secondary guarding for scissors, New Jekko mini In spite of the growing crane, Paylor joins Ahern, New Spierings mobile awareness there appears tower crane unveiled, Nationwide launches to be more overturning Intelligent guarding, All-new Skyjack telehandler, incidents due to poor Versalift launches big insulated platform, ATN outrigger set up than ever. For more than a 12m mast boom, Crawler booms from Omega, decade, Cranes & Access has highlighted this Fifth Terex Superlift 3800 issue and the need to use outrigger mats/pads 27 Large and RT scissor lifts for Steil, New Manitou which would almost eliminate the problem. telehandler, Gatwick Plant acquired, New 30m Cela Spyder, 13 big truck mounts for BMS, Mammoet and Show round-up 45 Sankyu JV, Dinolift confirms UK dealer, Regional shows this month included Platformers’ Major investment for City Lift. Days in Hohenroda, Germany. We bring you the highlights from the show. Heavy lift 17 Since we looked at the heavy lift market last year, Alimak Hek there have been some significant new cranes open day 49 launched in the 500 to 750 Outrigger mats Alimak Hek launched several new products at 35 tonne market sector. We its recent customer/dealer day held at its facility review these as well as in Neuilly-en-Thelle, just north of Paris, France. looking at a wide and varied Mark Darwin attended to find out more. range of applications. Large and Rental finance basics 51 Finance consultant Jeff Eisenberg takes a closer RT scissor lifts 27 look at the changing availability of funding and Given their infamously poor rental returns, few how it affects rental companies. access rental companies have SUBSCRIPTIONS: Cranes & Access is published nine times a year and is available on payment of an annual subscription of £40.00. been investing in big deck Rough If you wish to subscribe, please send a crossed cheque made Terrain scissor lifts. Mark Darwin payable to The Vertikal Press Ltd to: Subscriptions, The Vertikal regulars Press, PO Box 6998, Brackley, Northants NN13 5WY. Address visited UK-based newcomer changes should also be sent to this address. Please include the Quick Reach in Greater address label from a recent issue with all correspondence and Training 55 allow 3 months for changes to be effective. Manchester to chat with director SUBSCRIBE ONLINE AT: Dave Barton to find out why his IPAF Focus 57 www.vertikal.net/en/journal_subscription.php company has invested in big ALLMI Focus 59 BULK DISCOUNTS: These are available to companies wishing to scissors and we also round-up take out multiple subscriptions. Please contact the subscriptions PASMA Focus 61 manager for more details. the latest new models. Tel: +44 (0)8448 155900 Fax:+44 (0)1295 768223 CPA 63 E-mail: [email protected] Kran & Bühne: The Vertikal Press also publishes a German Innovations 64 magazine which deals with the same issues as Cranes & Access, In the next C&A but is written for German users and buyers. Details available on Books and Models 65 request. The next issue of Cranes & Access - scheduled While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information for late November - will feature Loader cranes, CISRS/NASC 67 published in Cranes & Access, the Editor and Publisher can accept no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. Views expressed in Alternative lifting/jacking, SAIE review and Diesel/ Letters 69 articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect RT boom lifts. If you have any contributions or those of the Editor or Publisher. Material published in Cranes & Access is protected under international copyright law and may not suggestions, or are interested in advertising in this What’s on 71 be reproduced without prior permission from the publishers. issue, please contact our editorial or sales teams. Online directory 78 By the time a man realises that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he’s wrong. Charles Wadsworth October 2015 cranes & access 3 cranes &access c&a For users & buyers of lifting equipment comment Editorial team Mark Darwin - Editor Edward Darwin - Deputy editor [email protected] Different but not necessarily better Associate editors It is human nature to want the best. Ask anyone to choose between Rüdiger Kopf (Freiburg) Alexander Ochs (Freiburg) two similar items and 99 times out of 100 they will chose the better Leigh Sparrow quality, better design or the one with the better brand awareness - Sales & customer support Pam Penny all other things being equal of course. It is a simple fact of life. Clare Engelke Contractors are no different. Whether it is materials, equipment Karlheinz Kopp or people, they will always specify the best product for the money, whether to improve their Production/Administration Nicole Engesser end-product reduce build time or improve safety. Subscriptions So when something comes along that might reduce the chance of an accident, it is not Lee Sparrow surprising that it is specified - as long as no extra cost is involved of course. Take secondary guarding Publisher Leigh Sparrow for example, after driving its development main contractors increasingly demand that all boom lifts on Advertising sales site are fitted with it. One wonders if the same will happen with secondary guarding for scissor lifts, UK-based following the launch of a system by Kimberly Rentals in the UK? If contractors are aware that a safety Pam Penny [email protected] Tel:+44 (0)7917 155657 system is available, they will tend to specify the ‘safer’ platform. Clare Engelke [email protected] Tel:+44 (0)7989 970862 However, trying to get the same contractors to pay a higher rate for the extra safety features or for Germany-based that matter a more safety conscious rental company, is another matter. Cutting costs often seems Karlheinz Kopp [email protected] Tel:+49 (0)761 89786615 more important than safety as long as the relevant paperwork is provided. Italy At the CPA Crane Interest Group meeting last month, one of the most debated topics was the Fabio Potestà, Mediapoint, proposed new European Crane Operators Licence, which will be introduced by January 2018. The Corte Lambruschini, licence aims to harmonise standards, so that every crane operator in Europe will eventually have the Corso Buenos Aires 8, V Piano-Interno 7, I-16129 Genova, Italy same transportable and recognised qualification. Initial discussions between countries indicate that Tel: 010 570 4948 Fax: 010 553 0088 the Dutch crane operator’s licence is the toughest to obtain, closely followed by Germany and the UK, email: mediapointsrl.it so it is anticipated that the European licence will fall somewhere between the three. The Vertikal Press PO box 6998 Brackley NN13 5WY, UK With the new licence likely to set a higher standard than most current national licences, concerns Tel:+44(0)8448 155900 Fax:+44(0)1295 768223 were expressed that main contractors would simply demand that only crane operators holding the email: [email protected] web: www.vertikal.net European licence be allowed to work on their sites. After all why wouldn’t a contractor ask for Vertikal Verlag what he sees as an extra qualification, especially if it costs him nothing extra? Sundgauallee 15, D-79114, Freiburg, Germany We all want well qualified crane operators and it will be useful for operators and owners alike to Tel: 0761 8978660 Fax: 0761 8866814 have a qualification that is internationally mobile. But if current UK and German licences are more email: [email protected] web: www.vertikal.net than adequate, then it needs to be stipulated early on in the process that both licenses are equally acceptable, or perhaps interchangeable? Otherwise crane operators and/or rental companies throughout Europe will have to spend time and money to obtain a European licence, even though it is unlikely to make much difference to an experienced operator. MEMBERS OF: Let’s hope that common sense prevails. Mark Darwin Comment and feedback is most welcome via post, email, fax or phone stating ISSN: 1467-0852 if we may publish them or not: [email protected] © Copyright The Vertikal Press Limited 2015 October 2015 cranes & access 5 news c&a Over 110 die in Mecca crane overturn A total of 111 people died and 331 were injured when a Liebherr LR 11350 overturned onto the Grand Mosque - the Masjid al-Haram - in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 11th, making it the worst crane The 1,350 tonne crane was blown over backwards onto the mosque incident in living memory. While the crane was out of service below, with the jib and its rigging face of strong winds. The report was left with boom and jib both at the time, it had been left with coming down on others. suggested negligence on the part fully elevated when operating 114 metres of boom, topped by 84 A report presented to the King by of construction company Saudi instructions clearly state that when metre luffing jib - 200 metres tip the Saudi Accident Investigation Binladin Group, but concluded that such conditions are expected the height - in the fully elevated position Committee indicated that the it found an absence of criminal jib, and ideally the boom should be in spite of an impending sand and incident was caused by a suspicion.
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