Northland Crane Service delivers a heavenly lift with twin National Crane NBT60XL boom trucks
Northland Crane Service helped replace a large statue at the top of a popular church temple in Oakdale, Minnesota. The company used two National Crane NBT60XL boom trucks for the project. One lifted a crew member in a basket to rig the lift, while the other crane lifted the 1,200-lb statue of an angel. The statue was removed to be refurbished, and an exact replica replaced it.
“Both boom trucks were set up with 150 ft of main boom. We needed a good capacity at that boom length, and it streamlined planning with them both being the same model,” said Erik Peterson, owner of Northland Crane Service. “By using the NBTs, we could use the driveway and avoid the grass — which the customer loved — and still lift strongly from that distance. We were in and out in three hours.”
Northland Crane Service has a 10-strong fleet of National Crane boom trucks, including NBT1300A, NBT45-2, NBT55L, and NBT60XL cranes. The two NBT60XLs each offer a 60 USt capacity and a 151 ft boom.
The Elk River, Minnesota-based company recently expanded beyond National Crane, picking up a Grove GMK6300L-1 all-terrain crane for precast, cell tower, and refinery work. It gets all of its cranes from MGX Equipment Services, with which it has been working for 10 years and calls an “awesome partner” for sales, service, and support.
CONTACT
Ashley Soverns
Sr. Manager, Marketing
Manitowoc
T +1 717 593 5167
ashley.soverns@manitowoc.com
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NBT60XL
The NBT60XL provides the best possible capacity and reach combination of any 60 ton crane on the market, boom truck or truck crane, all while maintaining easy to road characteristics.
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GMK6300L-1
TOP DOG
The Grove GMK6300L-1 is the definition of a 300 t mobile crane. It continues the success story of the GMK6300L and offers even better lifting capacities, especially on the long boom.
The driveline with the Mercedes engine and Allison fully automatic transmission is reliable and powerful. The GMK6300L-1 can not only be moved on the road with up to 21 t counterweight, the interchangeable slabs can be used also for GMK5180-1, GMK5200-1, GMK5250L-1, and GMK5250XL-1.
NATIONAL CRANE
National Crane boom trucks set the global standard for truck-mounted hydraulic cranes. With crane models that offer exceptional reach, many feature the longest boom and strongest load chart in their capacity class. Set up on the job site is flexible and efficient with National Crane’s innovative outrigger systems and compact, fully roadable chassis. Unique technologies that aid in both operation and comfort make National Crane the favorite boom truck brand of operators around the world.
GROVE
Grove is the world leader in mobile cranes. For nearly a century, Grove has delivered best-in-class performance and groundbreaking technology through its range of rough-terrain, all-terrain, truck-mounted, military, industrial and telescoping crawler cranes.
Swing Seat Boom Trucks
Swing seat cranes feature the comfort and convenience of an enclosed operator’s cab. National Crane offers 14 models ranging from 27,2 t (30 USt) to 54,49 t (60 USt). Maximum vertical reach ranges from 49,7 m (161 ft) to 62,8 m (206 ft).
All-Terrain Cranes
Grove all-terrain cranes are manufactured to the highest quality in the Wilhelmshaven factory, Germany. This facility, specializing in lean manufacturing techniques and complying with ISO9001 quality standards, is constantly developing processes to optimize reliability and durability through continuous improvement.
