of AT cranes as the main reason that the mobile cranes have become increasingly valuable on a broader range of projects than ever before.
Driving Growth
According to Josh Boyer, all-terrain application sales manager at Manitowoc, the most active applications for AT cranes today include commercial construction projects.“ These cranes are especially active building new manufacturing plants, data centers, on oil, gas, petrochemical and other energy projects, and on infrastructure sites performing road, rail and bridge work,” he said.
At Link-Belt, Product Manager for All Terrain Cranes Andrew Soper also sees expansion across general construction and technologyrelated projects.“ With the proliferation of data centers and the ever-increasing scope of general construction projects, AT cranes are used in a wider array of jobs than ever before,” he said.“ They are now common for setting panels, loading and unloading components in laydown yards and for swinging steel.”
Tadano reported similar trends.“ ATs work well when jobsites require ease of mobility and strong lifting capacities,” said Dan Melnyk,
The Grove GMK5250L-2 AT, expected to be available for delivery in 2027, is a five-axle model with a 250-ton capacity that features new cabs on the superstructure and the carrier.
vice president of mobile crane sales- North America.“ Demand has been strong across energy, civil, technology and new construction sectors because these cranes are ideally suited for tower crane and cell tower erection in urban construction, and general and heavy-lift applications.”
Flexibility With customers seeking cranes that can adapt to many different site conditions, manufacturers are responding with more modular designs and configuration flexibility that enable a single machine to serve as a taxi crane one day and a heavy industrial lift machine the next.
Manitowoc’ s Boyer explained that Grove AT cranes are designed for maximum adaptability.“ There’ s a range of fixed, telescopic and bi-fold extensions available, so customers can fit the right accessory to the boom to suit their particular needs,” he related.“ Similarly, a variety of counterweight options allow owners to scale up or scale down depending on site requirements or local roading restrictions.”
Link-Belt emphasized transportability as a key advantage.“ Maximizing uptime and machine availability are at the core of a successful crane business,” Andrew Soper said.“ To meet these needs, we engineer ATs to meet all North American on-highway transportation requirements, and with modular counterweight configurations to minimize setup time and the number of
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