22.03.2011

Manitowoc rebuild

The first fully remanufactured crane under the Manitowoc Encore Partners programme was handed over at Conexpo today by Manitowoc Crane Care, and dealer partner H&E Equipment Services.

The crane, a Model 888, owned by Turner Industries Group, was originally manufactured in 1996 and worked along the U.S. Gulf Coast region on general construction, as well as chemical and petrochemical projects, clocking up over 20,000 hours.

The remanufacturing process began in November 2010, and H&E was able to completely overhaul the crane for approximately half the cost of a new crane.
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(L-R) Scott Keckler of Manitowoc, Mike Morain and Dave Lauve of Turner Industries, Gilberto Ferreira of Manitowoc, Tom Fox and Frank Arthur of H&E at the hand over

The crane was stripped to its component parts, subjected to non-Destructive tests, blasted, repainted and rebuilt. All new parts were genuine Manitowoc parts, and the technicians and certified welders working on the crane underwent extensive factory-certified training.

Bob Hund, executive vice president of Manitowoc Crane Care said: “This programme offers Manitowoc and Grove crane owners extremely competitive remanufacture and repair options from several Manitowoc dealers, with highly qualified factory-trained technicians using repair procedures developed in collaboration with factory engineers.”

“When using one of our Encore Partners, the customer can rest assured that all work is performed to exact factory specifications and the original load chart remains valid.”

Mike Morain, vice president of equipment for Turner Industries said: “We own a full arsenal of lift enhancement attachments for this crane, including a fixed jib, luffing jib, and heavy-lift Ringer attachment. The investment in these attachments was one of the deciding factors when considering whether to remanufacture this crane.”

Tom Fox, service manager for H&E Birmingham added: “The crane was disassembled to its bare frames, weldments were inspected, new parts and components were installed and finally the entire crane received a ‘show quality’ paint finish. Every component and structure on this crane was thoroughly inspected and refurbished from front to back and boom top to crawler pad.”