The new boom adds 12ft to the reach of the 8675, and uses Link-Belt’s patented latching boom. There are now four boom modes, EM1–EM4, instead of two on the Series I. Teflon pucks are imbedded into the wear pads to self-lubricate the boom sections. The top and bottom wear pads, respectively, are universal for all sections so there’s no need to stock multiple pad sizes. The optional two-piece, 38–64ft (11.6–19.5-m) bi-fold lattice fly and two optional 16-ft (4.9-m) lattice extensions give a maximum tip height of 230ft (70.2m). The fly offsets to 2, 15, 30, and 45°.
The Series II has an improved chart: with the main boom at maximum height and a 100 ft (30.5m) radius, the improvement is almost 20%. The winches have a 460 ft/min (140.2m/min) maximum line speed and 16,800 lbs (7,656.6 kg) maximum line pull.
The Caterpillar C-13, 445hp (331.8kW) engine with 1,550ft lbs (2,101.5Nm) of torque has more torque than its predecessor, and meets the US Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 on-highway regulations. The ZF AS-Tronic automated manual transmission has twelve forward gears and two reverse for precise gear selection for the open road or pick-and-carry operations. It has cruise control and engine compression braking.
For more job-site manoeuvrability, the 8675 also comes in a HTT model. Steerable rear axles in conjunction with super single tires make the HTT-8675 Series II agile in tight places. The crane has four steering modes: independent front, independent rear, combination, and crab. The HTT’s turning radius is less than 29ft (9m) at the edge of the tire
HTC-8675 Series II in front of Rhodes College, Memphis, TN Link-Belt HTC 8675 Series II
