16.06.2026

Another 100 tonner for Weiland

German crane rental company Weiland Kran & Transport has taken delivery of its second 100 tonne Tadano AC 4.100L-1 All Terrain crane in 12 months.

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. The unit follows on from another AC 4.100L-1 ordered this time last year, as well as a 300 tonne AC 6.300-1.

Frank Brachtendorf, Tadano sales director said: “Weiland has long been a frequent and welcome guest at our factories - and now we even had the pleasure of welcoming the fourth generation of the family business.”

Weiland managing director, Sebastian Degenhardt added: “We put an AC 4.100L-1 into service last year, for which Tadano implemented custom load charts based on our specific wishes and requirements. These proved so successful in the very first year of operation that we have now ordered a second crane of this type featuring those exact same load charts.”

Founded in 1946 by Karl Weiland as an agricultural and forestry business, the company expanded into gardening, landscaping and sports field construction by 1957, growing to around 20 employees. It moved into cranes and transport projects with the formation of Weiland Autokran in 1972, added a dedicated transport division in 1980, and later established itself in Lampertheim, with Volker Degenhardt appointed managing director for the crane and transport division in 1990.

Renamed as Weiland Autokrane & Schwertransporte in 1993, the headquarters moved from Mannheim to Lampertheim, and the group continued to broaden its services, including work platform rental under the name of Weiland Hebetechnik in 2002 - which it then sold to its now managing director in Bernhard Schröckenschlager, in September 2022 - bridge demolition in 2003 and training from 2007, later renamed 1A Safe in 2021.

Recent years have seen ongoing investment in fleet and facilities, the introduction of electric pick & carry cranes up to 30 tonnes in 2022, growth of the assembly division in 2023, and a gradual generational transition with Sebastian Degenhardt becoming managing director in 2023 and Katharina Degenhardt taking over accounting in 2024.