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New UK oriented
Zoomlion
Chinese crane manufacturer Zoomlion
has developed a new 35 tonne truck
crane for the European market in
partnership with its UK-based
distributor Crowland Cranes.
The new QY30V-1 has completed its
final 10 day operational tests in China,
under the watchful eye of Crowland’s The new 35 tonne Zoomlion QY30V
Peter Issit and has now shipped.
Further testing will be carried out in the UK as well as giving potential
customers time to put the crane through its paces. The 35 tonne rating is
at 2.5 metres radius and it can take 1,100kg to 28 metres. It also boasts a
full power 40 metre main boom, plus eight metre underslung fly jib, with
three offset positions. The new model is the first of three new truck crane
developments, with new 55 tonne and 70 tonne revisions due out by the
end of the year. Zoomlion is also preparing to ship its new 80 tonne
QUY80 crawler crane.
Tanfield extends sale option
Tanfield, owner of Snorkel aerial work platforms has extended the
exclusivity period for the sale of its Smiths electric vehicle business to
Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEVUS) in a deal worth up to £70 million,
buy a further 60 days.
The 12.5m Ascendant A12.5VM on a transit van
Smart Ascendant
UK-based self drive vehicle mounted lift specialist Smart Platform
Rental has purchased its first Ascendant - an A12.5VM van mounted
lift on a 3.5 tonne Ford Transit chassis.
Smart Platform spokesman Guy Willett said that the company was
impressed with the simplicity of the design, operation and maintenance
of the Ascendant unit together with its excellent unladen weight which
provides a payload of 450kg. The order was placed at this year’s Vertikal
Days where the company also ordered its first Land-Rover based lift,
a 14 metre Socage 314 from Kettering-based Cumberland Industries.
Fire destroys Tinsley facility
A massive fire has destroyed the premises of Stockton-on-Tees based
Tinsley, the UK-based manufacturer of special trailers for the crane industry.
A fire broke out at a neighbour’s facility and quickly spread to the Tinsley
offices. Tinsley not only builds counterweight and boom trailers with built-in
fall protection systems, but also manufacturers replacement body panels and
serves the crane and aerial lift industries with blasting and painting services,
crane repairs, rebuilds and servicing.