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Top 10 Truck Crane Brand & Manufacturers

This section provides a list of the top 10 Truck Crane manufacturers, Website links, company profile, locations is provided for each company. Also provides a detailed product description of the Truck Crane, including product introduction, history, purpose, principle, characteristics, types, usage and purchase precautions, etc.

Manufacturers （Ranking in no particular order）

: Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 26 Tuolanshan Road, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Company website: http://www.xcmg.com/

Company Overview

Xugong Group Engineering Machinery Co., Ltd. (XCMG Machinery, stock code: 000425.SZ) is a core member of Xuzhou Engineering Machinery Group Co., Ltd. (XCMG Group). It is a 100 billion-level enterprise with a large scale, complete product varieties and series, high competitiveness, influence and national strategic position in my country's engineering machinery industry. The company's predecessor can be traced back to the Huaxing Iron and Steel Works established in 1943. It is the founder and pioneer of China's engineering machinery industry, leading the industry to open the precedent of internationalization and continuously contributing to major global engineering construction. The company's products cover five pillar industries of earthmoving machinery, lifting machinery, pile-driving machinery, concrete machinery, and road machinery, as well as strategic new industries such as mining machinery, aerial work platforms, environmental industry agricultural machinery, port machinery, and rescue and support equipment. It has more than 60 main engine, trade service and new business enterprises.

: Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 361, Yinpen South Road, Changsha City, Hunan Province (Zhonglian Science and Technology Park)

Company website: http://www.zoomlion.com

Company Overview

Founded in 1992, Zoomlion is mainly engaged in the research and development and manufacturing of high-tech equipment such as construction machinery and agricultural machinery, as well as new building materials. Its leading products cover 18 categories, 105 product series, and 636 models. It is an A+H-share listed company in the industry, with a registered capital of 8.678 billion yuan and total assets of 133 billion yuan. Zoomlion is an enterprise incubated from the National Research Institute and a setter of industry standards. It has 8 major national scientific research and innovation platforms, with an R&D investment intensity of over 8%; it has applied for a total of 16,120 patents, including 6,919 invention patents; the company has successively led and participated in the formulation and revision of 527 national, industry and group standards, and 27 international standards, standing at the commanding heights of global industry technology. Zoomlion's manufacturing bases are distributed all over the world. In China, it has formed 14 major parks, including Zoomlion Science and Technology Park, Zoomlion Lugu Industrial Park, Zoomlion Wangcheng Industrial Park, Zoomlion Quantang Industrial Park, Zoomlion Guanxi Industrial Park, Zoomlion Hanshou Industrial Park, Zoomlion Deshan Industrial Park, Zoomlion Jinshi Industrial Park, Zoomlion Yuanjiang Industrial Park, Zoomlion Weinan Industrial Park, Zoomlion Huayin (Huashan) Industrial Park, Zoomlion Shanghai (Songjiang) Industrial Park, Zoomlion Wuhu Industrial Park, and Zoomlion Kaifeng Industrial Park. Overseas, it has the Italian CIFA Industrial Park, the German M-TEC Industrial Park, the German WILBERT Industrial Park, the Indian Industrial Park, the Brazilian Industrial Park, and the China-Belarus Industrial Park. It will also build new factories in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Zoomlion has covered more than 100 countries and regions around the world, and has market layouts along the "Belt and Road". Its products are exported to high-end markets such as the Middle East, South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Russia, Europe, the United States, and Australia. The company has established branches and subsidiaries in nearly 20 countries around the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe. It has invested in industrial parks in Italy, Germany, Brazil, India, and Belarus, and plans to build new factories in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It has also established more than 50 permanent offices around the world. With the UAE and Brazil as the center, it is gradually establishing a global logistics network and spare parts supply system. As a scientific research institute-converted enterprise, Zoomlion has continuously promoted reforms, formed a benign system and mechanism in which scientific research supports industry and industry feeds back scientific research, and has become a model for the reform of state-owned scientific research institutes; as a listed company that has established a modern enterprise system, Zoomlion has participated in the reform, reorganization, and transformation of traditional state-owned enterprises through restructuring and mergers and acquisitions, implanted new mechanisms and new technologies in old enterprises, and achieved both economic and social benefits. In the new round of reforms after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, Zoomlion's institutional innovation was established as a "sample" of mixed ownership by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Zoomlion has pioneered the integration of overseas resources in China's construction machinery industry; using capital leverage, it has integrated high-quality assets worldwide, achieved rapid expansion, and built a global manufacturing, sales, and service network. So far, Zoomlion has successively acquired British company Prologis, Italian company CIFA, German company M-tec, Dutch company Raxtar and German company Wilbert, all of which have achieved good results. Among them, the acquisition of Italian company CIFA, a concrete machinery manufacturer, in 2008 made the company a pioneer and leader in the internationalization of Chinese construction machinery. This merger and integration has also entered Harvard University classroom as a classic case. Zoomlion's predecessor was the former Changsha Construction Machinery Research Institute of the Ministry of Construction. With more than 60 years of technological accumulation, it is the birthplace of Chinese construction machinery technology. Inheriting the technical heritage and industry mission of national scientific research institutes, Zoomlion has continuously launched products, technologies and overall solutions that help customers succeed through technological innovation. The leading position of construction machinery technology is stable; agricultural machinery has developed high-end agricultural machinery equipment such as large tractors and large high-efficiency combine harvesters, leading domestic agricultural machinery equipment to move towards high-end and develop in the direction of "smart agriculture and precision agriculture". The company is the secretariat of the ISO/TC96 Crane Technical Committee of the International Organization for Standardization, and the domestic counterpart of the Mobile Crane and Tower Crane Technical Committee. It participates in the formulation and revision of international standards on behalf of China. It has formulated and revised more than 300 national/industry standards to promote technological progress in the industry. In the process of internationalization, Zoomlion has continuously innovated and enriched the cultural connotation of "sincerity without rest, broad and profound". In the process of overseas resource integration, Zoomlion has won the recognition and welcome of the international community with the concept of "inclusiveness, rules, responsibility, co-creation and sharing", and refreshed the international image of Chinese enterprises going global. Since its listing, Zoomlion has ranked among the top in comprehensive performance among listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

: SANY Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 8 Beiqing Road, Huilongguan Town, Changping District, Beijing

Company website: https://www.sanygroup.com

Company Overview

Sany's main business is the equipment manufacturing industry with the theme of "engineering". Its leading products include a full range of products such as concrete machinery, excavators, lifting machinery, road construction machinery, pile-driving machinery, wind power equipment, port machinery, petroleum equipment, coal equipment, and prefabricated building PC machinery. In China, Sany has built three major industrial clusters in Changsha, Beijing, and the Yangtze River Delta, and three major industrial parks in Shenyang, Xinjiang, and Zhuhai. Overseas, Sany has built four major R&D and manufacturing bases in India, the United States, Germany, and Brazil, and its business covers more than 150 countries and regions around the world. Sany spends about 5% of its sales revenue on research and development each year. With its first-class product quality, Sany equipment is widely involved in global projects, including the construction of major projects such as the Dubai Tower, Beijing Olympic Stadium, London Olympic Stadium, Brazil World Cup Stadium, Shanghai Tower, Hong Kong World Financial Center, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Daxing International Airport, and Xiongan New Area. Based on its main business of equipment manufacturing, Sany Group is vigorously developing new businesses such as new energy, financial insurance, residential industrialization, industrial Internet, military industry, fire protection, and environmental protection. At present, Sany has become a provider of complete wind power solutions and renewable clean energy in China, as well as a mature complete PC assembly provider in China. In addition, the "Root Cloud" platform of Tree Root Interconnect has become one of the three major industrial Internet platforms in China.

: Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 1, Liutai Road, Liunan District, Liuzhou City, Guangxi

Company website: http://www.liugong.cn

Company Overview

Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd. is a core subsidiary of Guangxi Liugong Group Co., Ltd. In 1958, more than 500 entrepreneurs came to Liuzhou from Shanghai and other regions, and started their long journey of entrepreneurship in the wilderness of "Longtengbei" in the western suburbs of the city! After years of hard work and innovation. Starting from the launch of the first modern wheel loader in 1966, through continuous efforts and innovation, Liugong has now grown into an enterprise with excavators, earth-moving machinery, lifting machinery, industrial vehicles, compaction machinery, road construction and maintenance machinery, concrete machinery, pile-driving machinery, aerial work machinery, mining equipment, steel and prestressed machinery, compressors, cash crop mechanization equipment, pneumatic tools, engineering machinery accessories and other product varieties. Over the years, Liugong has always regarded every difficult challenge as an opportunity for development. Whether it is the hot Sahara Desert or the cold Antarctic, they have been conquered one by one by the powerful equipment built by Liugong. In addition, Liugong also knows that all advanced equipment exists only for the needs of customers. Therefore, while ensuring excellent performance, LiuGong's products also adhere to the humanistic and easy-to-use design concept, so that your engineering projects can be carried out quickly and smoothly. The unremitting pursuit of reliable quality is the foundation of LiuGong's credibility and the key to its development and growth. Today, LiuGong has more than 20 manufacturing bases, more than 17,000 employees, and 5 R&D bases around the world, and its products are sold in more than 170 countries and regions. To win customer satisfaction, trustworthy services are as indispensable as excellent products. As one of the companies with a complete global distribution network in the industry, LiuGong has more than 300 dealers in more than 130 countries, providing convenient and professional service support to global customers at any time. In the future, LiuGong will continue to work hard to build long-term partnerships with customers. No matter where you are, no matter what problems you face, LiuGong's advanced engineering machinery products and services will help you easily solve problems and create extraordinary value!

: Loxa Co., Ltd.

Address: Building B4, Wanjiang Hi-Tech Park, Incubation Park, Anqing Economic Development Zone, Anhui Province

Company website: https://www.loxa.com.cn/

Company Overview

Founded on June 30, 2020, Resa Co., Ltd. is a pilot unit for the mixed ownership reform actively promoted by the state. It is a high-end ecological industry alliance jointly created by the Resa management shareholding platform and the Anqing Municipal Government's industrial guidance funds. It mainly operates in business sectors such as construction machinery, sanitation equipment, special vehicles, smart logistics, financial services, industrial platform investment, industrial Internet, trade, and medical technology, serving global mid-to-high-end construction machinery and special vehicle users. Anqing is the global headquarters of Resa Co., Ltd. and is also the innovation center, business management and operation center of Resa Co., Ltd. In addition, Resa Co., Ltd. has high-end intelligent manufacturing vehicle and parts bases in many provinces and cities in China, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, and Henan, and has a complete marketing market and service network. It is the backbone of independent brands and independent innovation in China's construction machinery + special vehicle industry. At present, Resa Co., Ltd. owns business brands such as Resa Heavy Machinery, Resa Kunlun, Resa Furui, Proco, Anda Smart Logistics, TEDA Xin Finance, and Dai Anmei. Resa shares always adhere to the market-oriented and customer-centric business philosophy, always take product quality as the cornerstone of the company's development, and systematically build five core competitiveness of products, marketing, finance, order delivery, and operation drive with a development vision, innovative ideas, and lean methods to promote the steady development of Resa's business and strive to become a leading company in the global engineering machinery and special vehicle industry. In the future, under the guidance of the new strategy and the guidance of leaders at all levels of Anhui Province and Anqing City, Resa shares will deepen cooperation, link innovation, implement vigorously, operate steadily, actively promote the industrialization development of the Resa cluster, and actively practice corporate social responsibility, aiming to build a global listed company.

: Tadano (Beijing) Technology and Trade Co., Ltd.

Address: Room 1902, Huateng Building, No. 302, Jinsong 3rd District, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Company website: http://www.tadano.com.cn

Company Overview

It was founded by Masuo Tadano in 1919. In 1948, Tadano Iron Works Co., Ltd. was officially established. It was not until 1989 that it was renamed Tadano Co., Ltd. In 1955, it developed a hydraulic truck crane. In 1970, it developed an off-road tire crane. So far, Tadano is the company with the largest sales volume of wheeled cranes in the world. Tadano (Beijing) Science and Trade Co., Ltd. is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise established in 2012 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tadano Co., Ltd., a world-renowned crane manufacturer. The company's main business is to sell all products and parts produced overseas by Tadano Group companies to the Chinese market, and provide corresponding after-sales services. Since its establishment, the company has combined the actual situation of local Chinese customers to provide enterprises and individuals with multi-faceted solutions with advanced foreign products and maintenance technology experience. Help enterprises and individuals improve their understanding of Tadano products, make Tadano products more efficient in serving customers, and make products more valuable to users. The company has carried out multi-angle cooperation with customers in China's petroleum, petrochemical, power plant, power transmission and transformation, port machinery construction and other fields, and is willing to become a reliable long-term partner of customers.

: Liebherr (China) Co., Ltd.

Address: Sections 201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 2nd Floor, Building 8, No. 81, Meiyue Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai

Company website: http://www.liebherr.com/

Company Overview

The Liebherr family business was founded by Hans Liebherr in 1949. The company's first mobile, easy-to-assemble, affordable tower crane was a huge success and formed the basis for the company's rapid development. Today, Liebherr is not only one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery, it is also a supplier of technologically innovative products and services recognized by customers in many fields. Over the years, the family business has developed into the current group of companies with approximately 38,000 employees and more than 130 companies on all continents. The decentralized Liebherr Group is divided into clearly structured, autonomous corporate units. In this way, direct proximity to customers is ensured, thereby enabling the ability to respond flexibly and quickly to market signals in global competition.

: China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd.

Address: Sinotruk Technology Building, No. 777, Huaao Road, Licheng District, Jinan City, Shandong Province

Company website: http://www.cnhtc.com.cn

Company Overview

China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SINOTRUK") was formerly known as Jinan Automobile Manufacturing Plant, which was founded in 1930 and is the cradle of my country's heavy-duty automobile industry. In 1960, China's first heavy-duty automobile, the Yellow River brand JN150 eight-ton cargo truck, was manufactured, ending China's history of not being able to produce heavy-duty automobiles. In the early days of socialist construction, the "Yellow River" truck was well-known throughout the country, made significant contributions to the development of the national economy and national defense construction, and became one of the iconic achievements of the Chinese nation's self-reliance and hard work. In 1983, it successfully introduced the Austrian Steyr heavy-duty automobile project, becoming one of the earliest domestic companies to fully introduce foreign heavy-duty automobile complete vehicle manufacturing technology. "Steyr" once became synonymous with my country's heavy-duty trucks. In 2007, it successfully achieved a red chip listing on the main board in Hong Kong, initially building a platform for international development. In 2004, the self-developed new generation of heavy-duty trucks, the HOWO brand, was born and launched on the market in 2005, achieving a production and sales of more than 10,000 units that year, setting a new record in the history of China's heavy-duty trucks at the time. In 2013, the Shandeka series of products with independent intellectual property rights were officially launched on the market, leading the development of the domestic heavy-duty automobile industry. In 2020, a new generation of high-end national brand "Yellow River" heavy-duty trucks will be launched globally, leading China's heavy-duty trucks to become world-class. China National Heavy Duty Truck mainly develops, produces and sells various trucks, special vehicles, special-purpose vehicles, and assemblies and auto parts such as engines, gearboxes, and axles. It has a full range of commercial vehicle brands such as Yellow River, Shandeka, and Howo. It is one of the heavy-duty truck companies with full drive forms and power coverage in my country's heavy-duty truck industry. It has three listed companies, namely China National Heavy Duty Truck (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong red chip company), China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Jinan Truck Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen A-share listed company), and Zhongtong Bus Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen A-share listed company). Products are exported to more than 110 countries and regions, accounting for half of my country's heavy-duty truck exports. With the corporate vision of "building a world-class full-series commercial vehicle group", China National Heavy Duty Truck has accelerated the pace of independent innovation, continued to increase R&D investment, introduced high-end technical talents, created an entrepreneurial ecology, and built a high-end national independent brand. Sinotruk has the first batch of nationally recognized enterprise technology centers, the National Heavy Duty Automobile Engineering Technology Research Center, and the National Heavy Duty Automobile Quality Supervision and Inspection Center. It has comprehensive R&D and inspection capabilities for complete vehicles, engines, parts, and material processes, and has various high-precision equipment for processing, testing, and testing. The inspection and testing levels of vibration and strength tests of engines, complete vehicles, and parts have reached the world's advanced level. The full range of complete vehicles, key assembly systems, and key technologies have reached the domestic advanced level, filling many domestic gaps and leading the industry's technological progress.

: Liaoning Fuwajue Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 2 Shuangyang Road, Shuncheng District, Fushun City, Liaoning Province

Company website: http://www.cnfuwa.cn

Company Overview

Liaoning Fuwa Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Fuwa Heavy Industry) is a professional engineering machinery manufacturing enterprise integrating R&D, production and sales. The company was founded in 1904. Its predecessor was the Fushun Excavator Factory with a history of 100 years. It is a Chinese engineering machinery manufacturing enterprise with a long history of factory establishment and has made extraordinary contributions to the development of the national industry of New China. Over the past 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the market share of nearly 20,000 units has spread across construction sites at home and abroad, which is the pride of the century-old Fuwa. Fuwa Heavy Industry is a professional manufacturer of hydraulic crawler cranes with a long history, a complete range of products and strong comprehensive competitiveness in China. With nearly 30 years of dedication to the development of the engineering crane industry, it has accumulated rich research and development experience and a group of high-tech talents. As of 2010, the company has a new series of crawler cranes ranging from 25 tons to 1,250 tons, 18 tonnages and 25 models. In particular, the launch of QUY1250, the first ultra-large tonnage hydraulic crawler crane independently developed in Asia, reflects the company's strong R&D strength and marks the beginning of Fuwa Heavy Industry's entry into the ultra-large tonnage market! At present, Fuwa Heavy Industry is actively developing 3,200-ton hydraulic crawler cranes for the installation of new-generation nuclear power units. In June 2009, Fuwa Heavy Industry established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Liaoning Fuwa Jinzhong Machinery Co., Ltd., and acquired Jinzhou Heavy Industry, making full use of the production resources of truck cranes and combining Fuwa's high-starting international product R&D ideas to vigorously develop a new generation of new series of products that meet international standards. In the face of the market competition pattern under the new situation, in order to consolidate and strengthen the core advantages of the enterprise, Fuwa Heavy Industry has always implemented the business philosophy of winning by quality and seeking development through innovation, continuously strengthening management and improving service capabilities, so that the rights and interests of users are effectively protected. A sound organizational structure, scientific business processes, clear job responsibilities, and standard operating specifications have laid a solid foundation for achieving the sustainable development goals of Fuwa Heavy Industry.

: Kato (China) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 8, Huasheng South Road, Huayang Industrial Park, Zhoushi Town, Kunshan City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Company website: https://www.kato-works.co.jp/china/

Company Overview

Kato (China) Engineering Machinery Co., Ltd. was established in February 2004 as a wholly-owned Japanese company and started operations as a crane parts factory in 2006. Since the first 20-ton hydraulic excavator HD820III Special was put into production in June 2008, the factory has been able to produce excavators ranging from 8 tons to 48 tons through continuous improvement and expansion of the production system.

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What is Truck Crane

A truck crane, also known as a mobile crane, is a type of crane that is mounted on a truck chassis. It combines the mobility of a truck with the lifting capabilities of a crane. The crane structure is usually telescopic or lattice - type and is mounted on a rotating platform at the rear of the truck. Truck cranes are widely used in construction sites, for loading and unloading heavy cargo, and in other applications where on - site lifting and transportation are required.

History of Truck Crane

Early Mobile Lifting Devices: The concept of mobile cranes dates back to the early 20th century. Initially, simple cranes were mounted on trucks or other vehicles to provide basic lifting capabilities. These early models had limited lifting capacity and reach compared to modern truck cranes.
Technological Advancements: With the development of stronger materials, more powerful engines, and advanced hydraulic systems, truck cranes evolved. The introduction of telescopic booms in the mid - 20th century significantly increased their versatility. Telescopic booms allowed for easier adjustment of the crane's reach and lifting height, making them more efficient for a variety of jobs.
Modern Developments: In recent years, truck cranes have seen improvements in safety features, control systems, and overall performance. Computer - controlled systems enable more precise operation, and the integration of GPS and other technologies helps in better job site planning and positioning. Additionally, there has been a focus on making truck cranes more environmentally friendly and fuel - efficient.

Purpose of Truck Crane

Construction Work: Truck cranes play a vital role in construction projects. They are used to lift and position building materials such as steel beams, concrete panels, and pre - fabricated structures. Their mobility allows them to move around the construction site easily, providing lifting services wherever needed. They can also be used for tasks like erecting tower cranes and installing heavy machinery on rooftops.
Material Handling and Loading/Unloading: In industries such as logistics and warehousing, truck cranes are used to load and unload heavy cargo from trucks and trailers. They can handle a wide range of materials, including machinery, containers, and large - scale industrial equipment. Their ability to reach different heights and distances makes them efficient for loading and unloading in various configurations.
Emergency and Rescue Operations: Truck cranes are often used in emergency situations and rescue operations. They can be used to lift debris after a disaster, rescue people trapped in collapsed structures, or move heavy objects that pose a hazard. Their mobility and quick - setup capabilities make them valuable assets in such critical situations.

Principle of Truck Crane

Lifting Mechanism: The lifting mechanism of a truck crane is based on a combination of hydraulic systems and mechanical linkages. The hydraulic cylinders power the extension and retraction of the boom (telescopic or lattice - type). When the hydraulic fluid is pumped into the cylinders, it causes the boom segments to extend or retract, allowing for adjustment of the lifting height and reach. The cable - driven hoist system, usually powered by an electric or hydraulic motor, is used to raise and lower the load.
Rotation and Stability: The crane is mounted on a rotating platform, which allows it to swivel around the truck chassis. This rotation is also controlled by a hydraulic system. To ensure stability during lifting, truck cranes are equipped with outriggers. These outriggers can be extended and leveled to provide a wider base of support, distributing the load more evenly and preventing the truck from tipping over during lifting operations.
Control Systems: Modern truck cranes have advanced control systems. The operator uses a set of controls, often located in a cab, to manipulate the crane's movements. These controls can include joysticks for boom extension, retraction, rotation, and load lifting/lowering. The control systems also incorporate safety features such as limit switches to prevent over - extension of the boom and overload protection to ensure the crane does not lift beyond its rated capacity.

Features of Truck Crane

Lifting Capacity: Truck cranes come in a range of lifting capacities, from a few tons to over a hundred tons. The lifting capacity depends on factors such as the size and strength of the boom, the power of the hydraulic and hoisting systems, and the stability of the truck chassis and outriggers. Higher - capacity truck cranes are used for heavy - duty construction and industrial applications.
[!--empirenews.page--]Boom Configuration: The boom can be either telescopic or lattice - type. Telescopic booms offer the advantage of quick and easy adjustment of the lifting height and reach. They can be extended or retracted smoothly to the desired length. Lattice - type booms are more suitable for heavy - lifting applications and can provide greater stability and lifting height in some cases.
Mobility and Transportability: The mobility of truck cranes is one of their key features. They can be driven to different job sites, eliminating the need for separate transportation of the crane. Their ability to travel on roads allows for quick response times and efficient use in multiple locations. Some truck cranes are also designed to be compact enough to navigate through narrow streets and access restricted job sites.
Safety Features: Truck cranes are equipped with numerous safety features. These include anti - two - block systems to prevent the hoist cable from jamming or breaking due to over - winding, load moment indicators to warn the operator when the crane is approaching its maximum lifting capacity based on the load's position and weight, and emergency stop buttons to halt all operations in case of an emergency.
Operator Comfort and Visibility: The operator's cab is designed to provide a comfortable working environment. It usually has features such as air - conditioning, adjustable seating, and good noise - isolation. The cab is also designed to provide excellent visibility of the work area, including the boom, the load, and the surrounding environment. Some cranes may have additional cameras or sensors to enhance the operator's view.

Types of Truck Crane

All - Terrain Truck Crane: These cranes are designed to operate in a variety of terrains. They have powerful engines and advanced suspension systems that allow them to travel on rough roads and off - road conditions. All - terrain truck cranes are often used in construction projects in remote areas or in applications where the job site has uneven ground.
Rough - Terrain Truck Crane: As the name suggests, rough - terrain truck cranes are specifically built to handle rough and uneven terrains. They have large - diameter tires and a robust chassis to provide stability and traction. These cranes are commonly used in mining operations, oil and gas fields, and other heavy - industry applications where the terrain can be challenging.
City - Class Truck Crane: City - class truck cranes are designed to be more compact and maneuverable for use in urban environments. They have a smaller footprint and are often used for construction and maintenance work in cities, such as building renovations, streetlight installation, and small - scale infrastructure projects.

Precautions for using Truck Crane

Operator Training: The operator of a truck crane must be properly trained. Training should cover the operation of the crane's controls, understanding of the crane's capabilities and limitations, safety procedures, and how to handle different types of loads and terrains. Only trained and certified operators should be allowed to use the truck crane to ensure safe and efficient operation.
Pre - Operation Inspection: Before each use, a thorough inspection of the truck crane should be carried out. This includes checking the boom for any signs of damage, such as cracks or deformations. The hydraulic systems, outriggers, tires or tracks, and the control systems should also be inspected for proper functioning. Any issues found should be addressed before operating the crane.
Load Limitations: It is crucial to adhere to the rated lifting capacity of the truck crane. Overloading can lead to structural failure and accidents. The weight of the load should be accurately determined before lifting, and any load that exceeds the crane's capacity should not be attempted. Additionally, the position of the load relative to the crane's center of rotation and the outriggers should be carefully considered to ensure stable lifting.
Site Conditions: The operator must be aware of the site conditions, including the terrain, the presence of underground utilities, and any overhead obstacles. When setting up the crane, ensure that the ground is stable and capable of supporting the weight of the crane and the load. In case of soft or uneven ground, proper measures such as using additional support mats should be taken.
Maintenance and Cleaning: Regular maintenance is essential to keep the truck crane in good working condition. This includes routine checks of the mechanical components, lubrication of moving parts, inspection of hydraulic and electrical systems, and replacement of worn - out parts. After use, clean the crane to remove dirt, debris, and any corrosive substances that could affect its performance and lifespan.[!--empirenews.page--]

Things to consider when purchasing Truck Crane

Project Requirements: Consider the specific needs of your application. Determine the maximum weight of the loads you need to lift, the required lifting height and reach, and the type of terrains and job sites you will be working on. This will help you select the appropriate type of truck crane (e.g., all - terrain, rough - terrain, or city - class) with the correct lifting capacity and features.
Budget: Establish a budget for the truck crane purchase. The cost can vary significantly depending on the type, size, and features of the crane. Consider not only the initial purchase price but also the long - term costs such as maintenance, fuel consumption, and the cost of replacement parts. Look for a crane that offers good value for money within your budget.
Brand and Reputation: Choose a reputable brand with a good track record in the industry. A well - known brand is more likely to provide reliable and durable equipment. Read customer reviews and ask for recommendations from other users or industry professionals to assess the quality and performance of different truck cranes.
Technical Support and Spare Parts Availability: Ensure that the manufacturer provides good technical support and has a reliable supply of spare parts. Quick access to technical assistance and spare parts can minimize downtime in case of equipment failures and is crucial for the smooth operation of your lifting tasks.
Features and Safety: Look at the features and safety mechanisms of the truck crane. Consider whether it has the necessary speed control, limit switches, load moment indicators, and other safety features. Also, think about the boom configuration, mobility, and any additional accessories or attachments that may be useful for your specific work requirements.

Terms of Truck Crane

Lifting Capacity (Rated Load): The maximum weight that the truck crane is designed to lift safely. It is a critical specification and should be selected based on the heaviest loads you anticipate lifting. Exceeding the rated load can lead to equipment damage and safety hazards.
Lifting Height and Reach: The maximum height the crane can lift a load and the maximum horizontal distance the boom can extend (reach). These dimensions determine the area and height range within which the crane can operate and should be considered based on the requirements of your work area and lifting tasks.

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Boom Type and Specifications: The type of boom (telescopic or lattice - type) and its specifications such as length, diameter, and material. These details affect the crane's lifting capabilities, stability, and performance.
Warranty and Service Agreement: The warranty offered by the manufacturer and the terms of the service agreement, including what is covered, for how long, and the availability of technical support and spare parts. A comprehensive warranty and service agreement can protect your investment and provide peace of mind during the operation of the truck crane.