Gruas Aguilar purchases seven new Liebherr cranes

From left to right: Tobias Böhler (Liebherr Ibérica), Luis Aguilar (Gruas Aguilar), Alvaro Hueso (Liebherr Ibérica)

Date 11 October 2018

Gruas Aguilar, based in Madrid, has modernised its fleet with seven new mobile and crawler cranes from Liebherr. The cranes have lifting capacities ranging from 50 to 1200 tonnes.

The order comprises one LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane, one LRT 1100-2.1 rough-terrain crane, two LTM 1130-5.1 mobile cranes, one LTM 1230-5.1, one LTM 11200-9.1 and one LR 1600/2-W narrow track crawler crane.

The LRT 1100-2.1 will be the first Liebherr new series rough-terrain crane in Spain. Liebherr first unveiled the LTM 1230-5.1 at its customer days in June. Gruas Aguilar decided very quickly to invest in this new 5-axle crane with a 75-metre telescopic boom. The LTM 11200-9.1 is the largest telescopic crane sold in Spain since 2009.

The LR 1600/2-W narrow track crawler crane has been specially designed for wind farm jobs. With its crawler travelled gear measuring just 5.8 m wide, the fully equipped 600 tonne lattice boom crane can travel from one turbine to the next on the narrow tracks in wind farms. The crane supports are extended for hoisting work. Luis Aguilar, Managing Director at Gruas Aguilar, says: “We have been interested in the characteristics of the LR 1600/2-W for years, particularly its mobility on site and its lifting capacity. And then we decided that we had to have one of these cranes in our fleet. And it will make an important contribution to our new wind power division which we are currently establishing in our company.”

Source Liebherr