Construction Crane Question

Apr 07, 2014 2 Replies

There's a construction project going on next to my office. They recently used a big yellow moveable crane to construct a fixed tower crane, picture at



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What's the advantage of the fixed tower crane over the moveable one? I suppose it's because it can lift and lower things anywhere in the site without needing wide open spaces to get close enough, but thought someone here may have a better answer.



Paul


Better power to weight ratio seems the chief benefit, and might mean lower operating costs as well.

The reach, load rating and the fact that most tower cranes can build themselves up much higher than a mobile crane.

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