{"id":820498,"date":"2025-01-17T05:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/southern-cranes-renews-truck-mounted-towers\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T05:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:11:57","slug":"southern-cranes-renews-truck-mounted-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/southern-cranes-renews-truck-mounted-towers\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Cranes renews truck-mounted towers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Southern Cranes’ first Liebherr MK 140-5.1 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southern Cranes<\/a> took delivery of its first Liebherr<\/a> MK 140-5.1 at the end of 2024 and expects a second crane<\/a> to arrive in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n

The new truck-mounted tower cranes<\/a> will replace the MK 140 (the predecessor version) in Southern\u2019s fleet.<\/p>\n

The Liebherr<\/a> MK 140-5.1 offers lifting capacities of up to 8,000 kg and is equipped with a Trolley-Plus mode, which increases the payload by almost 50% when the jib is at 15\u00b0 or 45\u00b0.\u00a0 In this mode, range and hook height are higher than with to the previous MK 140 model. <\/p>\n

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Southern\u2019s first unit is equipped with a 58.5-metre jib that offers mounting curves at 15\u00b0, 30\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 luffed jib positions. When the crane<\/a> is in Trolley-Plus mode and the jib is at 15\u00b0, maximum lifting capacity is 2,500 kg, while lifting capacity at full 57-metre tip is 1,700 kg. \u00a0When the jib is at 45\u00b0, the lifting capacity at the tip is 1,700 kg with a radius of 41.5 metres and a maximum lifting capacity of 2,650 kg. <\/p>\n

However, the second machine, that is on its way, has been specified with VarioJib concept for flexible use of trolley and luffing mode, allowing the jib at 70\u00b0 to achieve a maximum hook height of 94.4 metres and a maximum radius of 65 metres with a 1,000 kg capacity. As a result, the crane is ideal for projects in built-up urban areas. When the crane<\/a> is in Trolley-Plus mode and the jib is at 15\u00b0, the lifting capacity at the tip is 1,700 kg with a radius of 56.5 metres and a maximum lifting capacity of 2,500 kg. When the jib is at 45\u00b0, the lifting capacity at the tip is 1,700 kg with a radius of 41.5 metres and a maximum lifting capacity of 2,650 kg. <\/p>\n

Southern Cranes<\/a> director Kelvin Prince said: \u201cWe have always been a strong supporter of Liebherr<\/a>\u2019s MK range, having the UK\u2019s very first MK 100, MK 88 and MK 140. It wasn\u2019t a hard decision to make when replacing our two older machines, they look fantastic in our new livery and will fit beautifully into our fleet profile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Got a story?<\/b> Email ne**<\/span>@*********************<\/span>co.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Southern Cranes’ first Liebherr MK 140-5.1 Southern Cranes took delivery of its first Liebherr MK 140-5.1 at the end of 2024 and expects a second crane to arrive in the coming weeks. The new truck-mounted tower cranes will replace the MK 140 (the predecessor version) in Southern\u2019s fleet. The Liebherr MK 140-5.1 offers lifting capacities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":820499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116359,4917],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-820498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cranes","8":"category-southern"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}