Liebherr has confirmed details of its ground breaking compact mobile crane, the LTC 1050.
News of this crane’s development was first reported in the May 2002 issue of Cranes Today, a full year before the first prototype could be seen.
Now Liebherr’s web site includes basic product information on its answer to the city class cranes with which Demag has had so much success. Though the LTC 1050 shares the ‘nose down’ boom profile of the city cranes pioneered by the Japanese and popularised across Europe by Demag, Liebherr describes its machine as ‘a compact mobile crane’ and not as a city crane. LTC stands for Lieherr Telescopic Compact.
Its maximum lifting capacity is 50t at 3m radius through 360° and its maximum load moment is 160tm.
It has an ‘operational weight’ of 36t. Total counterweight is 11.3t The telescopic boom extends from 7.9m to 36m and it carries a lattice jib of 5m to 8m. The three axle carrier has 6x6x6 hydrostatic drive and it is powered by a 330kW six cylinder Liebherr turbo-diesel engine. Top driving speed is 80km/h.
Liebherr technical director Dr Ulrich Hamme told Cranes Today last year that the LTC 1050 (then called the LTC 1050/1) would be as strong as Demag’s 60t city crane but have a shorter body length than its 40 tonner. Demag is now considering further raising the bar in the city crane class. Fil Filipov, president of parent company Terex Cranes, revealed to Cranes Today that an 80t capacity city crane was being discussed at Demag.
