03.11.2016

Link Belt 227 tonne tele crawler

Link Belt is to launch its largest telescopic crawler crane so far - the 227 tonne TCC-2500 - at Conexpo next March.

The TCC-2500 will feature a seven section, 67.9 metre pinned main boom, which can be further extended with a three piece - 3.6, 12.1, and 20.4 metre - bi-fold extension with up to 45 degrees of offset, that can be further extended with two 7.62 metre inserts for a maximum tip height of 105.5 metres. Power for the new crane comes from a Tier 4 Final Cummins diesel. The matching main and auxiliary winches feature extra wide drums that allow it to handle its maximum permissible line pull through the fourth layer of rope and the rear mounted auxiliary winch can be quickly removed to reduce transport weight.
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The new 227 tonne Link Belt TCC-2500

The TCC-2500 can self-unload and self-install its tracks and counterweight, thanks to its standard jacking system with wireless remote controls . The working track width is 6.21 metres, while twin bar grouser track pads have standard nylatron pad inserts for use when operating on more sensitive ground surfaces. The new crane can pick & carry its entire load chart, and comes with load charts for slopes of one, two three and four degrees.

The operators cab tilts up to 20 degrees and features a new 10 inch full colour touch screen crane interface which incorporates both rated capacity limiter, telematics system , ground bearing calculator and engine data. The display has been carefully selected to be used with gloves and be seen in direct sunlight. Operator visibility is helped by four cameras: rear-view, blind-side swing-view, and two individual winch-view cameras.
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The new Link Belt TCC 2500 self-unloads with its standard jacks

For moving the crane between jobs, the main part of the crane, less counterweight and tracks has a transport weight of 48 tonnes, while the nine piece superstructure counterweight weighs 69.8 tonnes, this allows the entire crane to me transported in eight trailer loads with none of the seven component loads weight more than 20 tonnes.

Crawler crane product manager Scott Knight said: “The long term plan for our tele crawler line up brought us to this point in time, and the TCC-2500 is well positioned to lead the tele crawlers into a whole new arena of jobsite opportunities. We identified early on that our customers needed a tele crawler with higher capacities and greater reach. The TCC-2500’s job site flexibility is a huge benefit. The TCC-2500 can lift, reach, and travel like a large fixed boom lattice crawler, while also having the ability to retract the boom and reduce its overall profile as job site conditions and environment require. Our goal from the beginning was to supply a simplified design, quick and easy to assemble that is operator friendly.”