08.06.2022

Two more Liebherrs for Gräber

German crane and aerial lift rental company Gräber has taken delivery of two new Liebherr All Terrain cranes, a 70 tonne LTM 1070-4.2 and 150 tonne LTM 1150-5.3.

The new cranes follow the delivery of a 50 tonne LTC 1050-3.1 three axle city type AT a few weeks ago, while an MK 140 mobile self-erecting tower crane is due to arrive this summer, with a 90 tonne LTM 1090-4.2, scheduled for delivery in the autumn.
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The LTC 1050-3.1 delivered a few weeks ago now at work

The four axle LTM 1070-4.2 has a 50 metre main boom and a 9.5 to 16 metre bi-fold swingaway extension. Features include Liebherr’s VarioBase and ECOmode systems and its LICCON2 controller. It can carry its swingaway and 10.7 tonnes of counterweight within 12 tonne axle loads or 3.8 tonne of counterweight within 10 tonne axle loads.

The five axle LTM 1150-5.3 is equipped with a 66 metre, seven section main boom. plus, a bi-fold swingaway extension that offsets by up to 40 degrees. A seven metre insert can be added to take the maximum tip height to almost 95 metres and maximum radius to 72 metres. The crane can travel with nine tonnes of counterweight on board within 12 tonne axle loads and 60 tonnes GVW.
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The handover

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(L-R) Thomas Gebhardt and Alexander Gräber of Gräber, Joachim Sommer of Liebherr and Jörg Rössler from Gräber

Gräber currently runs an all Liebherr seven unit mobile crane fleet topped by a 230 tonne, along with a number of spider cranes, but its main business is aerial lift and telehandler rental. It operates from three locations around Lake Constance – Constance, Well am Rhein and Singen.

Owner Alexander Gräber said: “We founded our company in 1998 and started by renting out work platforms and forklift trucks. They are still our main source of business. Then, when we had established ourselves on the market, we started renting out mobile cranes in 2013 and since then we have been able to provide the complete package. We have relied on Liebherr cranes from the very beginning. We bought the LTM 1070-4.2 at the request of our dispatcher because we did not have a taxi crane which could drive on public roads carrying ballast”,

Finance director Thomas Gebhardt added: “This year we have already taken delivery of three new Liebherr cranes and we have placed orders for two more. Liebherr’s crane technology is innovative and the support the company provides after the crane purchase is outstanding. The two latest cranes will supplement the fleet in sectors in which the company previously did not have perfect machines.”

Jörg Rössler said: “We will mainly use the 150 tonne crane for assembling prefabricated concrete components. It delivers the performance for this job, and we ordered it with a second auxiliary hoist. That enables us to turn the components into the correct position with ease during the assembly process. The LTM 1150-5.3 fits perfectly in the gap between our 100 and 230 tonne crane, which is the largest model we have.”