Danish crane rental company Bas Kraner has taken delivery of a new 4.5 tonne Klaas K2500 truck mounted aluminium crane with a difference.
The new K2500 on a four axle chassis with 6.5 metre two axle trailer
The new K2500 - the largest in the Klaas range – was designed for a 26 tonne three axle truck chassis, but Bas has purchased it on an all new four axle 36 tonne Volvo chassis, the first time a Klaas crane has been mounted on a four axle carrier. The configuration provides numerous benefits, while three axle steering keeps it relatively manoeuvrable.
The new crane is also equipped with a hybrid package with an electric motor driving the superstructure and diesel driving the chassis, while also being capable of powering the upper.
Other options Bas has taken, include a fully integrated aerial work platform attachment with a roofer’s guardrail, which offers a maximum working height of 51 metres and a maximum outreach of 36 metres with 250kg in the platform or 33 metres with the maximum platform capacity of 400kg along with boom and jib tip camaras – feeding into the remote control screen.
The platform attachment can be installed in 5 minutes without tools and features a roofer's front guardrail
The K2500 has a four section 34 metre main boom topped by a five section 22 metre telescopic jib taking the maximum tip height to 59 metres. The 4.5 tonnes maximum capacity can be lifted to a height of 22 metres and a radius of a metre or taken out to a radius of six metres and a height of 20 metres. The crane can also handle 500kg at its maximum tip height or take it out to a 45.5 metres radius and a height of 20 metres.
On the job
The heavier truck allows for a narrower outrigger footprint just seven metres, with higher capacities on the reduced outrigger spreads, as well as a full 360 degree load chart with the maximum capacities. The crane is also able to travel on public roads permit free, while it has also added a two axle 6.5 metre Wecon trailer which it can tow behind the crane, with locks for a 20 ft container.
Bas Kraner was founded in 2004 by Bo Anker Schou as a traditional haulage company with a few mobile cranes and trucks. In 2006 the company acquired its first Spierings mobile self-erecting tower crane, apparently the first unit to arrive in Scandinavia. Today most of the cranes in its fleet are Spierings, and it operates from branches in all three regions of Denmark - Aarhus on Jutland, Odense on Funen and Copenhagen in Zealand.
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