15.11.2019

Sany appoints Ronco

Western Australian crane sales company Ronco has been appointed as regional dealer for Sany cranes.

The company is based in the Southern Perth suburb of Maddington, and also offers the Chinese manufacturer’s excavators along with Hyva loader cranes. It is probably best known for building its own crane, a ‘Franna type’ pick & carry crane, the six tonne Ronco R6000.

Ronco will focus on lattice crawler cranes from 55 to 650 tonnes, and telescopic crawler cranes from 55 and 80 tonnes. In additon to Sany's Rough Terrain cranes wich range from from 25 to 120 tonnes.
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The Ronco business was established by Ron Downie in 1994 as a crane sales and service business, building the Ronco 6000 in or around 2005. The company was acquired by current owner and managing director Rob Smith in 2011.

Smith said: “When we first purchased Ronco, it was a family business with a small facility in Midland that featured three maintenance bays and a wash bay. We quickly grew the business and moved to a 4,000 square metre site including a large workshop but it wasn’t big enough to receive large pieces of equipment such as full crawler cranes with booms for assembly, so four years ago we moved to the current facility in Maddington.”

“This is a much better facility in terms of its ability to service cranes. We have a 12,000 square metre facility with a 4,000 square metres of storage, while our equipment includes twin overhead cranes, a 100 tonne press, sand blasting facilities, EPA wash down and more equipment and appliances to ensure we meet customer’s needs.”