Locar adds four LTMs to its fleet

In addition to a hydraulic folding jib and VarioBase, all four LTM 1250-5.1 cranes feature an FMS fleet management system interface.

“This fleet management system interface can be used to read vehicle data which can then be evaluated using systems from various telemetry service providers. The benefits for the crane contractor include the visualisation of crane data, such as tracking, operating status, mileage, downtimes and much more,” said Liebherr.

The LTM 1250-5.1 features the new Liebherr single-engine concept, with the superstructure being powered by a mechanical shaft.

More than 150 units of the previous LTM 1220-5.1 and LTM 1220-5.2 models have been supplied to customers in Brazil in past years.

Locar first opened for business in 1988 and has specialised in crane rental, heavy haulage and aerial platforms. The company currently has a workforce of 1,200 people and has 250 mobile cranes in its fleet.

Terex now numbers approximately 100, with capacities ranging from 6 to 35USt.

“Tower crane rental rates continue to trend upward,” said Clay Thoreson, general manager of ALL’s Tower Crane division and 45-year veteran of the tower crane industry. “With the economic recovery in many markets, more buildings are going up on tight city sites that require tower cranes. We’ve been adding to our fleet in categories where we see growth; last year in luffing-boomed models, the year before in larger hammerheads. Now in 2017 we are filling some of our customers’ niche needs.”