German crane rental company Dornseiff Autokrane und Schwertransporte has taken a fourth 45 tonne AC 3.045-1 City type All Terrain crane, trading in an old Demag AC 40 City for the latest addition.
The three axle crane features a 31.2 metre main boom plus a 7.1 to 13 metre swingaway extension, taking the maximum tip height to more than 45 metres. The crane also comes with Tadano’s Flex Base variable outrigger set-up, with the crane control system monitoring actual beam extension and slew position to calculate the optimum load chart for the configuration.
It also includes a three sheave 1.2 metre runner, a 15 tonne boom nose block with shackle and hook, a 25 tonne hook, and a 32-3/16/D hook block – the same as the other three AC 3.045-1s in its fleet.
The Tadano AC 3.045-1 City is collected from Lauf
Anja Reger, manager of Dornseiff’s Olpe branch collected the new crane together from Tadano’s plant in Lauf along with its operator Marco Wöltering. She said: “We have had three units of this model in our fleet for quite a while now, and now we have traded in our old AC 40 City for another new AC 3.045-1 City.”
“We will use the AC 3.045-1 mostly inside on projects such as installing overhead cranes and shifting machinery. That’s something that it its unbeatably good at, its compact design certainly plays an important part in this. It is the kind of work that All Terrain cranes struggle to cope with due to their size. However, the city crane copes with such work in this demanding environment with flying colours!"
(L-R) Helge Prüfer of Tadano with Marco Wöltering and Anja Reger of Dornseiff
Established around 70 years ago Dornseiff operates from four locations to the north of Frankfurt, in Burbach, Olpe, Siegen, and Wetzlar, with 136 employees, four of which are apprentices, and runs a fleet of more than 40 cranes, including 37 wheeled mobiles up to 450 tonnes, and several telescopic crawlers and spider cranes, as well as big loader cranes, around 280 aerial work platforms and a number of telehandlers.
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