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Re: Crawler Crane MOC
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lugnet.modelteam
Date: 
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:46:27 GMT
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In lugnet.modelteam, Beat Felber writes:
> Hello Crane fans
> 
> As Dennis Bosman already announced in his "Modelteam Newsletter" of November
> 15, I built a model of a crawler crane. It is a Liebherr LR 11200, the
> biggest machine of this type, Liebherr builds.
> In reality, there are only two of this crane type which belong to a Japanese
> contractor. The color scheme this contractor uses is not quite the one I
> built into my model. I had to use red and black as well as yellow parts,
> because I don't have enough of the other ones.
> Pictures of my model can be seen at:
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8439
> 
> Some data:
> - Main boom height 2.15 m
> - Derrick boom height 1.6 m
> - 5 winches with an old 9V motor each
> - revolution of upper structure with two geared 9V motors
> - left and right crawler independently driven by one old 9V motor each
> 
> I never tested out the max load it can withstand. I only tested it up to 2
> kg. Then the Derrick boom showed it's insufficient construction and nearly
> collapsed.
> 
> This crane is the first version. I got some blueprints from Liebherr and
> therefore are able now to build this model more accurate, than it is in it's
> actual state. You will read about it when the second version is done. (This
> will last a bit, I think).
> Pictures of the first version I will add to my site in the next few weeks.
> 
> Greetings from Switzerland

Thanks, Beat, for sharing the pictures! A wonderful crane! I look forward to
the updated version!

ROSCO



Message is in Reply To:
  Crawler Crane MOC
 
Hello Crane fans As Dennis Bosman already announced in his "Modelteam Newsletter" of November 15, I built a model of a crawler crane. It is a Liebherr LR 11200, the biggest machine of this type, Liebherr builds. In reality, there are only two of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam) ! 

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