New Equipment Has Customer Appeal at ConExpo

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Southwest Industrial Rigging bought a second Tadano ATF400G-6
all-terrain crane ;(Left to Right) Jay Shiffler, Tadano; Mike Madge,
Southwest Industrial; Harry Baker, Southwest Industrial; Ingo Shiller,
Tadano; and Ken Butz, Tadano.


April 26, 2017 - Optimistic attitudes about a steadier economy fueled much of the activity at ConExpo-Con/Agg, and exhibitors reported record sales activity during the week in Las Vegas. According to AEM, U.S. buyer attendance jumped more than 16% from the 2014 show, and total buyer attendance improved by almost 8%. Contractor and producer attendance grew by 10%, and total attendance reached close to 128,000 for the week. Almost half of attendees served in executive positions at their companies, and three-in-five served in decision-making roles.

 

For manufacturers, the positivity was evident just by the sheer number of cranes and support equipment that was handed over during the week.

 


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Custom Truck & Equipment, a division of Utility 1 Source, added
75 National Crane boom trucks to its fleet.

 

In Manitowoc’s booth, the company announced several all-terrain crane purchases, including three Grove GMK5150L by W.O. Grubb and a Grove GMK5250L by R.H. Marlin Crane Rental. A Shuttlelift CD5520 carrydeck crane went home with Coastline Equipment’s Crane Division. Tower cranes were also popular machines, with Cropac Equipment purchasing of a Potain Igo T 85 self-erecting crane, Bigge Crane and Rigging taking home a Potain MDT 219 tower crane, and North American Crane & Rigging expanded its fleet with two Potain MDT 389 tower cranes. Bronson Crane also took home the first Hup 40-30 self-erector in North America. The first Grove TMS9000E-2 truck crane was handed over to by Davis Motor Crane Service, and Groves Equipment Rental purchased the Grove GRT655L, which was unveiled at the show. Custom Truck & Equipment, a division of Utility 1 Source, finalized a deal to add 75 National Crane boom trucks to its fleet, and the first five retail orders of the new National Crane NTC55 truck crane were announced by dealer Stephenson Equipment at the show. Buyers included Greiner Crane, Iron Stag Crane Service, Allison Crane & Rigging, H&K Group, and Bob’s Crane Service. 

 

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Bragg buys two AT cranes from Liebherr. (Left to right) Daniel Pitzer,
Liebherr; Reinhold Breitenmoser, Liebherr; Scott Bragg, Bragg Crane;
Mike Roy, Bragg; John Bray, Liebherr; and Christoph Kleiner, Liebherr.

 

Liebherr announced several handovers at ConExpo, including two LTM 1400-7.1 all-terrain cranes to Bragg Crane Service. The sale represented the first of the year for Liebherr USA’s mobile and crawler crane division and is the first Liebherr AT crane order for Bragg Crane. U.S. Crane & Rigging also ordered eight Liebherr ATs—two LTM 1055-3.1s, two LTM 1100-4.2, an LTM 1220-5.2, an LTM 1250-5.1, an LTM 1300-6.2, and an LTM 1350-6.1. The sale represents the largest order at ConExpo for the mobile and crawler crane division. Bigge Crane & Rigging was handed over a Liebherr LR 1130 crawler crane at the show, maintaining its position as the biggest LR 1300 customer in the world. NessCampbell also purchased a Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 AT crane, which was on display at the show and was paired with an ultra-lightweight, five-axle boom dolly from TransWorld Manufacturing to allow it to the crane to operate legally in Washington and Oregon.

 

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Scott-Macon buys a Tadano Mantis GTC-800 telecrawler. (Left to right) Brad Thompson, Scott‐Macon; Robert Dimmitt, Scott‐Macon; Alexander Scott, Scott-Macon; Allan Woodruff, Scott-Macon; Shiro Morita, Tadano Mantis; Al Scott, Scott-Macon; Karey Parfait, Scott-Macon; Anita Woodruff, Scott-Macon; Ed Hisrich, Tadano Mantis.

 

Tadano also reported purchases by several major players in North America, including six Tadano America GR1000XL RTs and a second ATF400G-6 all-terrain crane for Southwest Industrial Rigging; an ATF70G AT for Sims Crane, which has about 20 of this particular model working in Florida; a Tadano Mantis GTC-800 telecrawler by Scott-Macon Equipment; and two Tadano Mantis telecrawlers—a GTC-800 and a 15010—for Empire Crane Co. Exact Crane also reported it has purchased about a dozen Tadano America rough-terrain cranes for its inventory. Paired with Southwest Industrial’s Tadano ATF400G-6 was a four-axle boom dolly from TransWorld Manufacturing.  

 

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Terex receives 27-unit order from Bigge Crane & Rigging (Left to right)
Josh Bowman, Bigge; Brian Noga, Bigge; Reid Settlemier, Bigge;
Weston Settlemier, Bigge; John Garrison, Terex; Steve Filipov, Terex;
Joe Nelms, Bigge; Thom Bostrom, Bigge; and Dean Barley, Terex

 

Terex Cranes announced a major order from Bigge Crane & Rigging. The 27-unit purchase included eight rough-terrain cranes, two boom trucks, nine truck cranes, two all-terrain cranes, and six tower cranes. The new Terex and Demag models will be added to Bigge’s sales inventory and rental fleet over the next several months. TransWorld also supplied an ultra-lightweight, three-axle boom dolly for the Demag AC220-5 on display in Terex’s booth. Both were purchased by Bigge Crane and Rigging, which required the dolly to weigh less than 8,000 lbs. to be legal in California.

 

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BURT Crane & Rigging buys Nelson boom launch trailer. (Left to Right)
Bill Scheib, Kerri Scheib, Thomas Scheib, Jay Biondi, and Barbara Biondi
of BURT Crane & Rigging

 

Nelson Manufacturing’s boom launch trailer on display at ConExpo was built for BURT Crane & Rigging, which eliminates the need to have an assist crane on the job to install or remove the boom sections. BURT Crane reports the trailer will be used for two of its AT crane models—the Liebherr LTM 1250-6.1 and the LTM1400-7.1. 

 



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Coastline buys 24 Manitex cranes. (Left to Right) Steve Keifer, Manitex; Jim Chavalas, Coastline; John Shebl, Coastline; Butch Ortiz, Coastline; Neil Goodale, Coastline; Randy Robertson, Manitex.

Manitex International Inc. announced that it received a new order for 24 Manitex CM Series and TC Series truck-mounted cranes from Coastline Equipment Crane Division. 

 

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Heavy Iron takes three Kobelco crawler cranes at ConExpo. (Left to
RIght) Jack Fendrick, Kobelco; Stephen Scott, Heavy Iron; Levy Brack,
Heavy Iron; a Japanese Kobelco Construction Machinery
representative; Greg Ballweg, Kobelco; and Nate Suzuki, Kobelco.

Kobelco announced a package of 14 cranes for Bigge Crane & Rigging, signifying its 111th Kobelco crawlers. It also handed over three crawler cranes to its dealer in North and South Carolina, Heavy Iron.


Link-Belt also had four new cranes in its booth. Its newest rough-terrain crane, the 75RT, went to NessCampbell Crane + Rigging. Representatives from R.S. Audley Inc.and its New England distributor, Wood’s CRW, were also presented a key for its recently purchased Link-Belt 238 HSL lattice-boom crawler crane, which will be used for a bridge project in Newington, N.H. 




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