12.11.2007

First two Sany crawler cranes now sold in UK

Watson and Hillhouse, UK agents for Sany cranes and drill rigs, has now sold two 50 tonne SCC500D units. York-based Anderson Crane Hire placed the first order and the machine is currently at Watson and Hillhouse’s head office in Ipswich being readied for delivery.

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The first Sany crawler in the UK - a 50 tonne SCC500D - has been sold to York-based Anderson Crane Hire

The second unit has been purchased by BSG Piling Ltd of Maghera County, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Watson and Hillhouse were appointed agents for the full range of Sany cranes and drilling rigs in May this year.
According to managing director Phil Bell, most enquiries to date have been mainly for the 50 tonne and 80 tonne cranes, and these will make up the vast majority of sales. There have also been a few enquiries for 100 tonne cranes.
Sany currently has crawler cranes with capacities from 50 to 400 tonnes although it is launching a 900 tonner in January 2008.

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Paul Lee (left) operations director of Watson and Hillhouse in charge of the Sany cranes with managing director Phil Bell.

The SCC500D has extendable tracks giving a working width of 4.40 metres and a 3.30 metre width for transport. Main boom has a maximum length of 52 metres with a maximum lift capacity of 55 tonnes at 3.7 metres. With maximum boom the unit can lift 0.7 tonnes at 34 metres.
Maximum length fly jib is 15.25 metres and when used with a 43 metre main boom, gives a maximum lift of 3.2 tonnes to a height of about 57 metres.

The Anderson crane was ready for delivery in the UK five months after placing the order. Short delivery times combined with a competitive price is obviously an attraction. Reliability remains to be seen, but the cranes use Cummins engines with either Rexroth or Kawasaki hydraulic systems.

Sany has also set up a parts centre in Belgium with an assembly plant scheduled to be built either in Germany or Belgium.

Watson and Hillhouse will also carry parts and combined with its in-house service engineers, will provide a full machine back-up in the UK and Northern Ireland.

The Sany drill rig range covers both rotary and CFA rigs. The first machine to obtain CE status is a 70 tonne rotary machine – the SR220C – which uses a Caterpillar 330C/325VH base machine. Other rotary and CFA models are currently going through CE approval.