UK rental company Lee Lifting has taken delivery of a 100 tonne Liebherr LTM 1100-5.3 All Terrain crane, the third company in the UK to receive one.
The five axle crane 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 systems. It can carry up to 16.9 tonnes of counterweight within 12 tonne axle loads and has an overall width of 2.55 metres. Lee Lifting also ordered the crane the optional auxilliary hoist.
Lee Lifting Director, Jody Whitmore said: “We are always looking for something different in a crane to service our many varied applications, and we were drawn to the LTM 1100-5.3 for its new operating system, easy ballasting options, the ability to achieve low axle loads and reduced carrier width for easier site access.”
Established in 1981, Lee Lifting operates from a base near London’s Heathrow Airport running a fleet of All Terrain and tower cranes ranging from 13 to 230 tonnes covering central London, but has also built up a strong business working with the regional films studios of Pinewood, Leavesden, Shepperton, Longcross and Elstree studios.
