Taking advantage of removable boom
29 October 2020German construction company Giersbach und Stoll took advantage of Tadano’s ATF-220-5.1 removable boom in order to drive the crane to a jobsite in Cologne-Kalk, Germany, within the local axle load limits.
Giersbach und Stoll specialises in all aspects of construction, renovation, dismantling and disposal. Its core business, however, is the assembly of precast concrete elements, from the erection of domestic garages to the construction of entire industrial buildings.
A new contract in Cologne-Kalk involved lifting heavy concrete parts for an industrial hall, which meant only the Tadano ATF-220-5.1 with its long boom was considered from the company’s fleet.
The approach to the site presented Giersbach und Stoll with a number of challenges, as it proved difficult to find a suitable access route with the standard 60t weight of the crane. The A45 and A4 between Eschenburg and Cologne are home to a number of weak bridges, which means that heavy goods vehicles are not permitted to cross them.
According to the German road traffic licensing regulations, a heavy goods vehicle is defined as a vehicle combination with a total weight exceeding 41.8t or a vehicle with an axle load of at least 12t. As such, the ATF-220-5.1 is not permitted to use these bridges due to its axle load of 12t.
