Terex AC 100/4L crane was used for expanding the Revolution Brewery that is located within Chicago. Being a part of the brewery’s expansion efforts, it added 800-barrel fermenters and a mighty 120-barrel brewhouse.
“The fermenters were 40 feet long with a diameter of 14 feet,” said one of the sales representatives working for Central Contractors Service Inc., —a division of ALL Family of Companies. He added, “With a 70 feet long parking lot as a work space, this does not leave much room for our crane equipment.”
Whether it is the entrance of the street, the concrete business that is located behind the building or the storage facilities that are flanking both sides of the building, space was always limited when it came to positioning the tanks.
So the chief challenge was to lay hands on such a crane that has the right capacity as well as the space for making the fermenter pick. Because of such a Herculean task at hand, only the AC 100/4L was chosen as it had the physical strength for driving through the building. And this strength is lent to the crane because of its compact size and its adequate capacity to perform every necessary lift.
The AC 100/4L is an all-terrain crane that has a 120 tonnes capacity class, a width of nearly 8.4 feet, and a four-axle crane. Once deployed on-site, the operator leveraged the crane’s capacity of all-wheeled steering for positioning it so that it can enter the tunnel.
The skilled crane operators drove this crane through the 9×13 feet doorway and even down the narrowed 200-feet tunnel for going to the building’s back. For achieving this feat, the operator lowered the crane’s suspension; also, the side mirrors were drawn inside so that the crane could easily negotiate this passage.
Now, this is how an efficient crane is made to work by really experienced crane operators. For more of such insightful pieces, you can visit this page more often. This space is maintained by Bode Technical Services Inc. that offers crane maintenance and repair services along with a range of spare parts such as the anti-two block system.
