Swiss civil engineering company JMS RISI has taken delivery of the first 100 tonne LTM 1100-5.3 All Terrain crane to arrive in the country.
The unit ready to leave the Baumaschines facility in Reiden, Lucerne
The five axle LTM 1100-5.3 features a seven section 62 metre main boom plus a 9.5 to 16 metre bi-fold swingaway which can be offset to 40 degrees and provides a maximum tip height of 68 metres. It is equipped with the Liccon3 control system, a Stage V diesel and Liebherr’s VarioBase and VarioBallast. It can carry up to 16.9 tonnes of counterweight within 12 tonne axle loads and has an overall width of 2.55 metres. Nine tonne axle loads area also achievable.
Matthias Frey of Liebherr (L) providing training to Stefan Gubser and Erich Laimbacher of JMS RISI
The crane had its pre delivery check at Liebherr’s facility in Reiden, Lucerne, which handles distribution and servicing of Liebherr construction machinery in Switzerland.
The handover
JMS RISI construction manager Werner Brunner said: “At the start of August, our crane operators spent three days at Liebherr, learning about the equipment. The new crane will be used exclusively for our own work, including loading and unloading work, lifting ships and pontoons and for any other recurring crane work on our construction sites and gravel plants.”
Patrick Grosschedl of JMS with Gregor Blickenstorfer and Marc Bollinger of Liebherr, Astrid Bleiss of JMS RISI, Stefan Gubser and Erich Laimbacher of JMS, along with Matthias Frey of Liebherr and Werner Brunner of JMS
Founded in 1929, JMS RISI employs 370 staff at locations across Switzerland with services including pile foundations, demolition, heavy haulage, landfill and disposal services.