Franz Bracht Takes Delivery of New Liebherr LTM 1030-2.1 in 60th Anniversary Year

Franz Bracht Kran-Vermietung GmbH is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The company has grown from a sole proprietorship into a group of companies with 16 locations under the motto “Lust auf Last” (translated: “Enthusiasm for heavy loads”). In April, Bracht took delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1030-2.1 adorned with the company’s anniversary logo. Including the new crane, the Group currently operates 15 machines of this type.

Franz Bracht Jr. was one of the first behind the wheel of the new LTM 1030-2.1. He accompanied his father Dirk to collect the commemorative crane and seems to have a fascination for cranes and heavy loads in his DNA. His grandfather Franz Bracht founded the company in 1964.

Franz-Bracht Jr. (8 years old) – Operating Liebherr cranes is child’s play.

“Two-axle mobile cranes will continue to play an important role in our fleet in the future, even though competition from heavy lorry-mounted loader cranes and large telescopic forklifts has increased considerably,” explains Managing Director Dirk Bracht. “In purely ecological and economic terms, I still think it’s better to drive with a total weight of 24t than with a three-axle crane weighing 36t.” With the new crane, Bracht now operates a total of 15 LTM 1030-2.1 cranes in its group of companies (Franz Bracht, Hofmann and Wilden).

The LTM 1030-2.1, of which Liebherr has built around 2,800 units, is now a historic crane. It was unveiled at the Intermat trade fair in Paris in 1997 and was the world’s first mobile crane equipped with modern data bus technology. Since then, Liebherr has consistently kept its smallest two-axle crane up to date with the latest mobile crane technology in order to fulfil market requirements, legal specifications and standards, including aspects such as lighting, ballast monitoring and the latest Stage 5 engine emissions standard. Liebherr also offers its VarioBase® variable supporting base for the 27-year-old crane type.

Handover on the occasion of the company’s 60th anniversary (from left to right): Dr Ulrich Hamme (Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH), Franz Bracht Jr., Dirk Bracht (Franz Bracht Kranvermietung GmbH), Manuel Grab (Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH).

Dirk Bracht describes the passion that has made the company what it is today: “For more than half a century, we have upheld a tradition of inspiring designers and engineers in building construction and civil engineering, large-scale industry and petrochemicals – with the expertise, precision and reliability with which we approach our business. No matter how heavy the loads, how large the dimensions and how high and demanding the objects are – we can handle it!”

The company’s partnership with Liebherr is also celebrating an anniversary. “In 1974, exactly 50 years ago, we bought our first Liebherr crane, a LG 1130 lattice boom mobile crane. It was the beginning of a successful partnership based on trust, honesty, and loyalty – that has endured to this day,” says Bracht.

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Adorned with the company’s 60-anniversary logo, the LTM 1030-2.1 has already proven itself in the field

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