Grove Allen received its largest-ever order, for 24 Allen Grove telescopic truck-mounted cranes from Richards & Wallington Industries, and is valued at £680,000. It is for 15t, 25t and 40t capacity machines.R&W also bought into Scottish firm Smith’s Enterprises, after an earlier purchase of 49% of Cardiff Plant Hire to form Cambrian Crane and Plant Hire…and there was news of an R&W joint venture with Caterpillar Sime Darby to hire cranes and equipment in Indonesia.An unnamed author argues that many contemporary rough-terrain cranes were not able to ride on rough ground. True RTs need extra features, including: powershift transmission, low counterweight for a low centre of gravity, four-wheel drive and steer, equal wheel loadings, long wheelbase, one-man fly jib erection, no excessive jib overhang, and a minimum of 18in of ground clearance. An article about the 60t capacity mechanical crawler NCK-Rapier Ajax C60. The crane could lift 61t 3.7m with 15.2m boom. Tip height with 42.7m boom and 12.2m fly jib was about 52m. With this boom it could lift 810kg to 36m.
