26.06.2026

54m spider for Kunze

German sales and rental company Kunze has taken delivery of a 54 metre Platform Basket 54T spider lift.

The model features an eight section telescopic boom, topped by a four section telescopic jib, providing a maximum outreach of almost 21 metres with 136kg in the platform, or 19.5 metres with the maximum platform capacity of 400kg. The maximum up & over reach is 44 metres at which point it has 15 metres of outreach.

When stowed with the platform in place, the 54T has an overall length of 9.55 metres and overall width of 2.43 metres and a stowed height of 2.77 metres. Total weight is 23,000kg.

When working as a spider crane, it has a maximum capacity of 1,000kg, which it can handle at a radius of up to 15 metres and a height of 44 metres. Capacity at the maximum radius, while 500kg is possible at a 19 metre radius and the 53 metre maximum lift height.

Kunze said: “Picked up directly from Italy and freshly arrived, the powerful spider lift sets new standards in terms of height, reach and flexibility. With automatic levelling, adjustable chassis and a platform capacity of up to 400 kg, it is ideally equipped for the most demanding applications.”

Based in Bruckmühl, southeast of Munich, Kunze was founded in 1988 by Karl Kunze, who stepped down in 2022 when his son, Charly Kunze, took over. He founded the company as an aerial work platform dealer covering southern Germany, and particularly Bavaria, later adding a second company, Kunze Rental and Service, to handle a trailer lift he had acquired. The company now runs a rental fleet of more than 120 platforms, while also distributing and supporting spider cranes, aerial work platforms and glass handing equipment from three locations - with depots in Lüdinghausen - between Dortmund and Münster and one across the border in St. Johann, Austria - near Graz. It is also a dealer for Platform Basket, Jekko, Magni, Almac and Elma cranes.