German rental company Scholpp has taken delivery of its second 80 tonne Tadano AC 4.080-1 All Terrain crane.
The new crane is part of a four crane order with Tadano with the first unit delivered in September last year and the next two due to be delivered before the summer.
The four axle AC 4.080-1 features a seven section, 60 metre boom and is equipped with the 8.5 to 16 metre bi-fold swingaway extension for a maximum tip height of almost 79 metres and 40 degrees of offset. The crane can carry up to 9.3 tonnes of counterweight on board within 12 tonne axle loads.
The handover
The crane has a connection for Tadano's e-Pack electric power pack, allowing the crane to operate indoors or where noise and emissions are an issue. Other items include the ‘surround view system’ which uses cameras to generate a computer assisted display of the maximum outrigger extension lengths, making it easier for the operator to position the crane and be more aware of surroundings.
The crane will be based in the Heilbronn region for moving machinery and in steel erecting.
(L-R) Thomas Wimmer of Scholpp, with Michael Zieger of Tadano and Patrick Löffler of Schlopp
Scholpp branch manager Patrick Löffler said: “I’m sure we’ll find one or two jobs for this new crane in other areas as well because the AC 4.080-1 is a true all rounder.”
Based in Stuttgart, the company was established in 1956 by Alfred Scholpp after he came up with a concept for a lattice truck crane which he took to the recovery vehicle manufacturer Kässbohrer in Ulm, which used his sketch to developed Scholpp’s first mobile crane, the KS 36.
In 2014 Martin Scholpp purchased Scholpp Kran & Transport from the extended Scholpp crane, heavy transport and logistics business, one year after German private equity firm Odewald & Compagnie had acquired a 49 percent stake in the extended group.
The company currently operates from seven locations in the south west of Germany: Stuggart, Leonberg, Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, and Villingen-Schwenningen.
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