Amco Veba’s 103, scheduled for launch at Bauma, will be the company’s largest to fit on a 3.5 gvw truck operated with a standard licence, Perego says. The 360kg deadweight 103/3S lifts 330kg to a maximum powered outreach of 6.75m, and has a maximum lifting capacity of 800kg. Unlike competitors, it does not have an offset boom, which it says makes it more stable, lighter and smaller, the company claims. The crane is likely to become the first of a family, ranging in capacity from 3tm to 10tm.
The company has also launched a Hetronic radio remote control linked to a Bosch valve block for all its small cranes, which Perego says is price-competitive. “Everybody wants a radio remote control, but nobody wants to pay for it. With a traditional system, the price of a remote is similar to the crane.”
“Over the past few years the average size has gone up, from 7tm to 10tm to 15tm, where it is now,” Perego says. People want more reach and more power. The 15tm crane is going to 30tm.”
Three years ago, Perego led an Amco Veba buy-out of local rival Fratelli Ferrari, where he used to work. He reports that business is good for Ferrari’s red-painted cranes. “The growth is there. Ferrari has not only recovered what it was doing in the past, but has also gone beyond,” he says.
“If you look at the Ferrari range, it is now mostly renewed. It suffered from a lack of investment, but we have now managed to redesign most of the cranes, and have introduced a new 90tm crane, the 990, with up to 10 extensions and a gear slewing system with three motors.”
