12.02.2021

First LTM 1120 in Germany

German crane rental and recovery company Schwientek & Sohn has taken delivery of the first 120 tonne Liebherr LTM 1120-4.1 All Terrain crane to be delivered in the country.

Launched at Conexpo last year, the new crane features a seven section 66 metre main boom, which the company claims is currently the longest on a four axle chassis. A 10.8 to 19 metre bi-fold swingaway extension, which offsets by up to 40 degrees, and a seven metre insert offers a maximum tip height of more than 94 metres and a maximum radius of 64 metres. Features include the company’s VarioBalast and VarioBase systems as well as its standardised crane control system.
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(L-R) Andy Waescher, Jörg Schwientek and Daniel Meyer of Schwientek & Sohn

Replacing one of two LTM 1090’s in the company’s fleet, the crane will be predominately used for industrial, petrochemical and prefabricated concrete installation work as well as for assisting its vehicle recovery division.
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Its first job was installing a 10 tonne refrigeration system at a large supermarket

Company owner Jörg Schwientek, said: “The LTM 1120-4.1 can tackle jobs which normally would require a five axle crane, with all the logistics work that involves. A four axle crane requires less work to obtain permits, which means it is much more flexible as far as we are concerned. Furthermore, the boom is the longest in this crane class and has extremely high lifting capacities when fully raised.”

Manager Tim Schwientek, added: “Its 66 metre boom makes the new crane ideal for jobs for industrial customers. In many of our jobs in petrochemical plants with corresponding lifting heights, we often had to work with lattice jibs in the past, which we will no longer need so often with the LTM 1120-4.1.”
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The LTM 1120 can self load up to 31 tonnes of its ballast

Based in Leverkusen, the family run company runs a fleet of five All Terrain cranes with capacities from 30 to 120 tonnes as well as a number of towing and recovery trucks and trailers.

To see how the LTM 1120 stacked up against other cranes in the 100-120 tonne segment, you can view our recent feature on All Terrain taxi cranes below: