How Self Erecting Cranes Can Help Your Business

For a long time, static cranes have helped construction companies’ deal with all their heavy lifting jobs. However, there can be situations in which hiring a static crane will not serve the purpose. In such cases, self erecting cranes, which are designed for quick, strong work in harder to reach places, can be an excellent alternative. Indeed, self erecting lifting gear delivers major benefits to your business.

You can operate a self erecting crane by radio control. Clearly this is of great assistance in two situations: either where the environment of the lift is awkward or dangerous for an operator; or where the lift needs to be carried out according to noise restrictions. The radio control function available on self erecting cranes ensures that operators do not need to be in the lifting zone, and that a quiet mode can be employed for the lift.

The ground preparation required to install a self erector is minimal in nature. Unlike a static crane, which you have to build, actually to found in the ground of your site, a self erecting crane just turns up, sets up and gets to work – saving you days’ worth of crane building time.

There’s a great deal of lifting and putdown accuracy involved in using a self erecting crane. The static crane, of course, and the mobile crane, is also accurate – but the self erector has the advantage of already being in the right position to efficiently put the lifted material where you need it.

You get less material wastage when you use self erecting cranes. You are not using a concrete pump, for a start, which means you don’t have to spend a load of money on foundations that will have to be smashed up once the crane has been used. The self erecting crane is self stabilised and so you need waste not material on anchoring it or keeping it steady.

The general noise level of an operating self erector is minimal. Self erecting crane units are ideal for use in areas where there is concern about noise pollution – including jobs in residential city areas.

Self erecting cranes are able to lift up to 6 tonnes – and can raise 1 tonne at a massive 40 metre radius. That means you can make most lifts on your site without having to worry about moving the crane you are doing the lifting with.

A self erecting crane is normally hired self drive. That makes it cheaper because you are not having to foot some other company’s bill for the wages and training of a contract operator.

For all city construction, and for any lifts that require a special case of noise restriction or rapidity, self erecting cranes make a sensible and practical choice.