02.10.2014

City Lifting takes GMK6300L

UK crane rental company City Lifting has taken delivery of a 300 tonne Grove GMK6300L All Terrain crane.

The six-axle GMK6300L features a seven section 80 metre main boom and 29 metre bi-fold swingaway extension which provides a 120 metre maximum tip height.

The crane went directly to work lifting five air handling units, each weighing four tonnes, onto the roof of the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Due to the limited space on site each unit had to be lifted at a radius of 54 metres without the use of its bi-fold swingaway. A large hole had also been dug in the small access road directly outside the courtyard.
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(l-r) Jerry Welford of Manitowoc and Trevor Jepson of City Lifting

City Lifting managing director Trevor Jepson, said: “Cranes and holes do not mix but the GMK6300L is no ordinary crane – in this class, nothing comes close to it,” he says. “It has a relatively small footprint and excellent all-wheel steering, which allowed us to maneuver the crane into the smallest of spaces with the narrowest of margins. It then completed all of the lifts in a single day. This was the crane’s first job and I’m delighted with it already.”