Liebherr adds LTR 1040 to its telescopic crawler crane series

Ideal for assembling prefabricated components

Its construction and design make the LTR 1040 ideal for assembling prefabricated components. With a 2.5 metre erection jib and a second hoist unit, it can also carry out work in 2-hook mode. The load absorbed with the erection jib by the low loader is transferred to the second hook on the telescopic boom. This means that prefabricated components can be rotated into the correct position and moved to the installation site on the crawler travel gear.

The LTR 1040 can hoist up to 17.7 tonnes with 4-line reeving of the hook block on the erection jib. The runner on the LTR 1040 can handle loads of up to 9 tonnes as it can also use a double reeving constellation.

High safety standards

Being able to travel with a full load on the hook is a major benefit of crawler cranes. To exploit this feature to the full, Liebherr provides lifting capacity tables for various ground inclines.

The fine gradation of up to 0.3, 0.7, 1.5, 2.5 and 4 degrees ensures perfect lifting capacities even on uneven site terrain types. On constricted sites, the LTR 1040 can also operate with its crawler tracks retracted to a width of 3 metres. Special lifting capacity tables are provided for this type of operation.

Liebherr has designed the access to the crane cab to be particularly safe and convenient. The crane operator can access his workplace in any slewing platform setting using folding ladders, a fixed platform on the crawler track and an extra-wide step on the cab. There is no need to climb over the crawler tracks and chains. This means that the LTR 1040 already meets the highest safety standards of the future which will come into force when the new EN13000 revision is enacted over the next few years.