Oldenzaal, Netherlands-based crane rental company Kuiphuis is investing in two new SK2400-R eLift cranes from Dutch manufacturer Spierings, the first of which will be delivered to Kuiphuis in the first half of 2024.
The SK2400-R eLift is a mobile tower crane based on a crawler crane chassis. Spierings says the SK2400-R eLift is the strongest mobile tower crane ever built. This powerful crane is built on a crawler undercarriage, so it can be quickly erected and moved around the construction site.
The crane has a jib length of 42 metres or 50 metres, lifting up to 5.5 tonnes or 2.5 tonnes at the tip. In addition, the crane hoists a maximum of 18 tonnes at 14.6 metres radius.
Kuiphuis already has five Spierings eLift cranes in its fleet as well as over 40 other Spierings cranes.
According to the Kuiphuis’ director and owner, Bob Bruijsten: "We may be moving faster than construction companies at the moment, we find that construction companies are still getting used to the fact that with electric cranes of this size we can already run on construction with a 16 amp connection.
“If we already look at how many hours we run emission-free every week, that just makes me proud. In addition, both new machines are much needed, we have requests from all over the country for the eLift system, specifically for the SK2400-R capabilities.
Mathieu Braamhaar, sales engineer at Spierings Mobile Cranes, said, "Kuiphuis is a wonderful family business which invests in the future; the fact that they are now the first to operate with our new SK2400-R eLift is a great milestone. The SK2400-R eLift is a further development of the SK2400-R which we have been producing for some time. However, the new crane has multiple configurations for lifting. With one transport you already have a lifting capacity of 2800 kg at 42 metres. This has made the crane multifunctional."
