Dutch crane rental company Verschoor has taken delivery of a 1,000 tonne Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane - its new flagship, upstaging a recently acquired 750 tonne LG 1750 lattice truck crane.
The new crane on its first job
The crane will be used primarily in the wind turbine installation market, in fact it went straight to work installing two new wind turbines at the Vanikum wind farm near the Dutch border with North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The crane can be rigged with up to 168 metres of main boom and fixed offset jib of up to 24 metres for a hook height of 192 metres with a capacity of 110 tonnes. It also features the company's VarioTray and V-Frame ballast systems. The transport width is 3.5 metres with a transport height of 3.2 metres
The new crane lifts the nacelle
On this job the LR 11000 was rigged with 168 metres of main boom and 15 metre jib to lift components such as tower sections, nacelle and rotor blades at lift heights of up to 169 metres, while the heaviest load - the gearbox - weighed 117 tonnes.
Maarten Verschoor junior, who now manages the company said: “The lifting power of the LR 11000 is enormous. For us, Liebherr is and remains the world’s number one crane manufacturer. The developments and inventions that it offers are progressive and fulfil our expectations. We appreciate the German down to earth attitude and solidity.
Maarten Verschoor senior added: “I am very proud to have lived to see this special moment and would never have imagined what we would achieve with our initial small shop in Sassenheim.”
Founded in 1966 by Maarten Verschoor the company runs a fleet of 70 cranes in addition to a fleet of heavy haulage vehicles from its headquarters in Sassenheim - between Amsterdam, Den Haag and Almere - and employs more than 100. Its sister company UCM Holland buys and sells used cranes and spare parts.
(L-R) Han Rekers and Martijn Esveldt of Liebherr hand the key to the Maarten Verschoors Junior and senior, along with Peter Verschoor, and operators Robin and Donny Bogaers, Ralph de Rooij and Ricardo Kruit
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