20.01.2025

100 tonne Tadano for Gerken

German rental company Gerken has taken delivery of 100 tonne Tadano AC 4.100L-1 All Terrain crane.

The four axle AC 4.100L-1 features a six section, 60 metre main boom, topped by a 10 to 19 metre bi-fold swingaway with up to 40 degrees of offset. An 8.1 metre insert can be installed between the boom nose and swingaway to provide a maximum tip height of 85 metres. The maximum counterweight is 24.5 tonnes, of which up to 6.1 tonnes can be carried on-board within 12 tonne axle loads.

Gerken managing director - and previous Tadano sales manager - Manfred Drößer said: “I myself sold this crane tons of times, so I can tell you that it’s absolutely one of a kind in its class. Not to mention the perfect choice for our company.”

“Our new AC 4.100L-1 not only features exceptional lifting capacities but can also work where even the biggest aerial work platforms can’t reach. And on top of that, we can also use it for jobs in which we need to work behind buildings – in other words, over projecting edges that make the use of aerial work platforms impossible.”

The Gerken rental business was established in 1989, but the company can trace its roots back to 1963 when Manfred Gerken opened a painting business in Düsseldorf. Having become a significant user of aerial lifts on larger painting contracts, he found himself gradually moving into rental and set up the rental company Gerken Arbeitsbühnenvermietung in 1989.

Telehandlers were added in 2014 and more recently the company has purchased spider cranes. The Gerken fleet is now made up of more than 9,000 aerial work platforms and operates from 37 locations, including one in the Netherlands.