UK builder KM Developments (South West) of Newton Abbot, Devon, in South West England, has taken delivery of its first tower crane - a 1.5 tonne MiDi LS15.17A-RD trailer mounted self erecting crane which it purchased through UK distributor Ladybird Crane/ The Trailer Crane Co.
The new crane can manage its 1,500kg maximum capacity at a six metre radius, while the jib tip capacity is 510kg at 17 metres with a hook height of 15 metres. The jib can luff from horizontal to 15 or 30 degrees for a maximum tip height of 23.7 metres and a radius of 15.3 metres. Several counterweight options are available from 800kg to 2,800kg.
The LS15.17A-RD has an overall width on the road of 2.2 metres, an overall length of 10 metres over the tow bar, and an overall height of 3.2 metres, total weight is 3,500kg, allowing it to be towed behind a 4x4 or pick up truck.
The hand over - Kris Mahon of KM Developments (L) with Lewis Major of Ladybird Crane Hire
The crane has a standard four metre square outrigger footprint, but this can be varied to three by 4.6 metres. The crane was ordered with LED floodlights, radio remote controls with screen, nylon outrigger mats and a few accessories such as lightweight aluminium brick forks, a block grab and skip all manufactured by Kranmeister.
The remote control display screen
The crane left the Euro Crane factory in Zaragoza, Spain last Wednesday and arrived at Spence Crane Hire’s yard in Newton Abbot, where it was unloaded, and following an inspection was towed to site for its first job, at Kingsbridge Rugby Football Club in South Devon where it was installed.
John Spence of Spence Crane Hire unloads the new crane at his nearby yard
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