18.04.2018

500t Liebherr for Regel

German crane and heavy transport company Albert Regel has taken delivery of a 500 tonne Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 All Terrain crane.

The eight axle LTM 1500-8.1 features a seven section 84 metre main boom plus Y-Guy superlift system, and can be equipped with a 91 metre luffing jib or a 56 metre fixed jib. It replaces an older LTM 1500-8.1 that the company has had in its fleet for several years.
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Albert Regel's new LTM 1500-8.1

Managing partner Alexander Teifke said: “We always had excellent experience with the LTM 1500-8.1 in the past. This is already the fifth crane of this class that we’re buying from Liebherr. We ordered the new 500 tonne crane with telescopic guying, in order to achieve the maximum lifting capacities for its future application field in wind energy – be this repair work, updates or repowering – as well as bridge building and in conventional industrial operations.”

“Owing to the load-bearing capacity of the bridges, the approved routes are sometimes twice as long as the direct route to the construction site. By disassembling the telescopic boom and reducing the total weight to below 60 tonnes, we’re hoping for shorter approval procedures and faster availability of the crane. We opted to buy the LTM 1500-8.1 from Liebherr, as the service is unrivalled. Spare parts or a service technician are available ‘just in time’.”
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(L-R) Florian Maier of Liebherr, Alexander Teifke and Carsten Hildebrandt of Albert Regel and Erich Schneider of Liebherr

Established in 1949 as a transport company, Albert Regel is headquartered in Baunatal, central Germany and has depots in Kassel, Göttingen, Bad Hersfeld and Fulda. The company provides a wide range of services including crane rental, heavy goods transport, industrial assembly and relocation work as well as the rental of aerial lifts and forklift trucks. The company employs around 150 and its fleet currently includes 40 mobile cranes with load capacities ranging from 30 to 500 tonnes.