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The all-terrain crane is considered in the crane business as being a luxury type of a mobile hydraulic crane. It has the reputation of being similar to driving a Hummer or a Range Rover on pavement. All-terrain cranes are considered to be a hybrid between a rough terrain crane and mobile truck crane. One more great feature of this specific machinery is its multi-functional ability to be able to navigate through all kinds of off-road terrain. Amongst the main selling characteristics of this specific crane is that it travels equally well at top speeds down highways.



The First Rough Terrain Crane

The very first rough terrain crane was put on the market by Grove in 1959. The crane was intended for use and designed to deal with various tasks on construction locations. The crane's tires have the industrial strength that can handle all types of difficult terrain and is able to move small loads in carry mode. During the 1970s, the 4 axle Super-RT 1650 model was introduced by Grove. This model has a 270 foot or 82.8 meter height under hook in production, in addition to a 135 ton lifting capacity. At the end of the day, the rough terrain crane would become the most remarkable equipment of the company through the years.



The Crane's Disadvantages

Amongst the major disadvantages of the rough terrain crane was the problem that it was not capable of being driven on public highways with any other traffic. Japan was the only nation in the world which will make an exception to this rule. In addition, another problem happened when the lowered boom on the crane tended to block the right and left views of the driver, which depends upon how the cap was positioned. All the issues with the design of the crane ended up being dangerous and serious and lead to lots of RT crane accidents, especially while turning. As a result, low-loaders, lowboys, flatbeds were used as the main means of moving rough terrain cranes.

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