17.10.2019

500t crawler for Avtokran-Tjumen

Russian heavy lifting company Avtokran-Tjumen has taken delivery of a 500 tonne Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane.

Ordered at Bauma, the LR 1500 has a maximum lift height of 165 metres, a maximum radius of 144 metres and an overall width of 9.1 metres. It went straight to work erecting wind turbines at the Adygeyskaya WES wind farm in the Republic of Adygea, south west Russia.
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Avtokran-Tjumen’s new Liebherr LR 1500

General director Aleksej Sergeevich Strogov said: “Liebherr is a reliable partner that provides us with competent support and advice. That enables us to complete even complex construction and hoisting work to a high technical level in the oil and gas industry. That is why our personnel receive basic and advanced training direct from Liebherr.”
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(L-R) Andrey Yumanov of Avtokran-Tjumen, Georg Huber, Kirill Romaschov, Roman Schevyakov and Martin Frankenhauser of Liebherr, Marina Strogova of Avtokran-Tjumen, Volker Ostenried, Christoph Kleiner and Bernhard Schenk of Liebherr, Alexey Strogov of Avtokran-Tjumen and Sophie Albrecht of Liebherr

Established in 2000, Avtokran-Tjumen is based in Tyumen, southern Russia. It runs a fleet of Liebherr All Terrain and crawler cranes with capacities between 100 and 500 tonnes.