Saturday, June 6, 2020

Cranes for contrast

I don't recall ever seeing a Shuttlelift Carrydeck crane  before today's find. A little research reveals that it is a Manitowoc brand name, offering a range of small mobile cranes: https://manitowoccranes.com/en/cranes/shuttlelift-carrydeck/shuttlelift-products/shuttlelift-carrydeck with cargo deck. This one appears to be the CD3330F model with a 8.5 ton(US) capacity boom and a 14,000 lbs deck capacity.

I couldn't get nearer due to the puddle in the foreground. A slightly larger puddle in the background, called Halifax Harbour, separates this little unit from a lift boat in the far background with a 1500 tonne capacity crane. An interesting contrast.
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Monday, June 1, 2020

Famous Truck hits Halifax

You Tube star Sergei Dratchev and his famous Kenworth 305 touched down in Halifax today. The heavy hauler has built quite a following for his in depth You Tube posts. Nice truck too.


Based in Cambridge, ON Sergei has his own You Tube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBPUpF6S1LFdKi3ZIve60gA

Also at Fairview Cove today was another aircraft fuselage. Total Transport + Rigging hauled the trailer out of the terminal using a big Navistar.



Addendum

Also on site was this Liebherr. I'm not sure how this will be configured when it is ready to go on the road. Seems a bit high, but if the boom is lowered it will be too big an overhang at the end.



Not to be outdone, Atlantic Tiltload showed up a bit later to take over a couple oversize crates.








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