Scottish rental company Bernard Hunter Mobile Cranes has taken delivery of a 150 tonne Liebherr LTM 1150-5.3 All Terrain crane, while a 300 tonner is on order.
The handover
The five axle LTM 1150-5.3 is equipped with a 66 metre, seven section main boom along with the 10.8 to 19 metre bi-fold swingaway extension that offsets hydraulically by up to 40 degrees. A seven metre insert can be added between the boom nose and extension to take the maximum tip height to almost 95 metres and maximum radius to 72 metres.
Lyle Sibbald of Liebherr (L) with Mark Rafferty of Bernard Hunter
The crane's first job was the construction of the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo grandstand.
Managing director Mark Rafferty said: "We have supported the Edinburgh Military Tattoo for many years, so it was very fitting that the new crane's first job was on this high profile project."
Bernard Hunter confirms its order of the 300 tonner at Bauma (L-R) Jimmy Rafferty of Bernard Hunter, Richard Everist of Liebherr, Mark Rafferty of Bernard Hunter, Lyle Sibbald of Liebherr, Reinhold Breitenmoser of Liebherr and Michael Heckenberger of Liebherr
Established in 1946, Bernard Hunter took delivery of its first Liebherr - a 50 tonne LTM 1050-4 - in 1995. The company now operates a fleet ranging from 40 to 700 tonne mobile cranes alongside Maeda mini cranes, telehandlers, mobile tower cranes, spider cranes and truck mounted cranes. The company also provides in-house operator training.
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