In the summer of 2015, the company took delivery of a new Grove TMS9000E specifically for these types of projects.
Jon Lanse, operations manager of the company’s crane/rigging division, said: "We can have the same person drive the crane to the job site, set it up for lifts and then act as its operator. The self-loading counterweight system is extremely efficient and has significantly increased our return on investment when compared with the cranes we used to use in the 100 US t class."
Lanse also emphasized the remote control system with whom they can swing the boom and the luffing jib in place for pinning on the boom.
C.P. Ward uses the TMS9000E as a taxi crane, but with a stronger load chart and hydraulic luffing jib that such solutions typically don’t possess. On a recent project to install cell phone towers, Lanse said: "I was putting up cell phone towers with the crane in Buffalo, New York. There wasn’t much room to work in, so I had to set up the crane inside of a fenced-in compound. "The TMS9000E enabled me to maneuver into this area and still have enough reach with its 142ft boom to lift to the top of the towers."
C.P. Ward purchased the crane from Stephenson Equipment, which is an official dealer of Manitowoc, Grove, National Crane boom trucks and Potain tower cranes.