26.07.2013

First Grove for BKL

German rental company BKL Baukran Logistik has add its first Grove crane – a GMK6300L – to its fleet. Its first lift was at Bauma erecting a 62 metre high Potain MDT 248 tower crane in one day without needing to rig a jib. BKL has a fleet of more than 300 cranes including tower cranes.
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(L to R) Dieter Popp from Manitowoc with Maxim Schamber, Sebastian Wimmer, Detleff Gamper, Stefan Stulberger and Volkmar Miesner from BKL.

“Grove has made considerable investments at its plant to improve every area of its operation – and the results are clear to see,” said Robert Popp, technical manager at BKL. “The GMK6300L is a unique machine that can perform lifts at a height of 80 metres, this saves us a lot of time, and our customer’s money, as we don’t need a jib, even if we lift a load of 12 tonnes at such a great height.”

The GMK6300L will be used on construction projects throughout Germany from BKL facilities in Frankfurt, Hannover and Munich.
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The Grove GMK6300L erected the Potain MDT 248 in one day