30.09.2015

Boom Booster for Superlift 3800

Terex has developed a version of its Boom Booster kit for its 650 tonne Superlift 3800 crawler crane, increasing its lifting capacity by up to 30 percent.

The new attachment follows the launch of the Boom Booster kit on the CC 8800-1 crawler crane last year (see: Terex Boom Booster ready).

Available with all new crane orders or as a retrofit, the Superlift 3800 Boom Booster consists of seven, 12 metre long by 3.5 metre wide, boom sections which offer boom lengths of between 24 and 84 metres. When equipped with the kit the Superlift 3800 offers a maximum hook height of 174 metres at which it can lift loads of up to 80 tonnes, making it well suited for erecting large wind turbines. Walkways and fall protection systems are built into the boom sections as standard.
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The Superlift 3800's Boom Booster kit increases some lift capacities by 30 percent

Additional options include the company’s Superlift Split Tray, which can be used to raise a long main boom and then uncoupled without an assist crane, allowing it to move with its standard Superlift counterweight. A 3.5 metre derrick mast extension also allows an increased radius with full boom from 19 to 21 metres as well as enabling it to lift long boom systems from the ground without an assist crane. Finally, the Flex Frame system allows the Superlift counterweight radius to be adjusted from 13 to 21 metres with the full ballast on the tray.
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When equipped the Superlift 3800 offers a maximum hook height of 174 meters at which it can lift loads of up to 80 tonnes

The Boom Booster also allows the crane to travel with boom lengths of up to 94.5 meters, which Terex Cranes product marketing manager, Guntram Jakobs, claims: “Saves between four and five hours of disassembly and assembly time total, making another significant contribution to cost-effectiveness.”

The Superlift 3800 Boom Booster is currently undergoing its final testing at the manufacturer’s facility in Zweibrücken, Germany.