German rental and haulage company Kran Völkl has taken delivery of two new Liebherr All Terrain cranes, a 150 tonne LTM 1150-5.3 and a 50 tonne LTC 1050-3.1 city type All Terrain.
The five axle 1150-5.3 is equipped with a 66 metre, seven section main boom along with the 10.8 to 19 metre bi-fold swingaway extension that offsets hydraulically by up to 40 degrees. A seven metre insert can be added between the boom nose and extension to take the maximum tip height to almost 95 metres and maximum radius to 72 metres. It also features Liebherr’s VarioBase variable outrigger set up and monitoring system.
The LTC 1050-3.1 and the LTM 1150-5.3 side by side
The LTC 1050-3.1 is compact three axle single cab crane with a five section 36 metre main boom plus a 7.5 to 13 metre bi-fold swingaway extension. Other features include a 7.8 metre elevating cab and the RemoteDrive system which allows the operator to control the crane chassis from the remote controller.
(L-R) Daniel Völkl-Fischl with Sandra, Sonja and Rudolf Völkl and Florian Maier of Liebherr.
Owner, Rudolf Völkl said: “Based on our positive experience with our LTM 1130-5.1, we opted for almost the same configuration for the LTM 1150-5.3. It was important to us that with its maximum weight of 60 tonnes, the crane still had a reserve of around 400kg for crane accessories, even when travelling with nine tonnes of ballast, a second hoist winch and a three sheave hook block. To save more weight, we ordered the crane with alloy wheels."
"When it comes to LTC-1050, the elevating cab is very popular with our end customers and is often expressly requested, while the remote control with 'Remote Drive' and the seat cooling system are very popular with our drivers.”
Based in Straubing, Bavaria, to the north east of Munich, Kran Völkl was established by Hans Völkl in 1932 as a car repair workshop. In 1945 he relocated to Straubing and started a sideline recovering and towing stricken trucks.
A second gneration joined the business in 1952 in the form of Hans' sone Rudolf. The first truck crane arrived in 1960 and was initially used for the growing company's industrial work. Rudolf took over the crane and recovery business in 1976, and began replacing the lattice cranes with telescopics.
The family run business has evolved over the years with the third generation, with Rudolf Junior, now managing the company whci hnow runs a fleet of self-erecting tower cranes, along with truck mounted, All Terrain and city cranes between 40 and 500 tonnes.
Kran Völkl's first telescopic cranes arrived in 1976
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