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The Maxilift Australia team recently installed the flagship model Effer 22558S+6S. This crane is the largest vehicle loading crane ever seen in Australia and one of only a handful of cranes this size in the southern hemisphere.
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Maxilift Australia details its most recent vehicle loading crane installations, including a rare sight for the southern hemisphere. MAXILIFT AUSTRALIA IS AN AUTHORITY on large vehicle loading crane sales and installation. Following recent successes with City Crane Trucks and its Effer 955, the team recently installed another Effer 955-8S+6S, an Effer 525-8S, and, in exciting news, the flagship Effer 2255-8S+6S. This crane will be the largest vehicle loading crane ever seen in Australia and one of only a handful of cranes this size in the southern hemisphere. With several more projects already secured involving cranes over 50 tonne metres coming up over the next six months, the team at Maxilift Australia is certainly on a roll. The Effer 955-8S+6S and the 2255-8S+6S were installed at Maxilift Australia’s specialised large crane www.cranesandlifting.com.au
workshop in Adelaide. Both cranes have been purchased by specialist high reach crane truck company Construction Rescue Services (CRS). The cranes are equipped with the longest reach possible on each model and all of the latest control and safety features offered with Effer vehicle loading cranes. The 955 is equipped with eight extensions and a six-extension flyjib with winch. The crane is also configured with a unique integrated base. This option incorporates the subframe into the base of the crane, allowing for an efficient installation, but, more importantly, reducing the overall height of the vehicle. This was a critical factor for CRS, which requested a compact unit for the
narrow streets in which it completes many of its lifts. Maxilift Australia states that the project for the sale and installation of the Effer 2255 has been over five years in the making. Such a large crane has not been seen in Australia before, so the engineering and regulatory approval processes have been significant. The 2255 is again equipped with eight extensions and an XL fly jib with six extensions and winch. The crane uses six stabilisers extending from the factory-built subframe. One of the more impressive features is the removable KJ boom extension system. When the KJ boom is fitted to the end of the main crane boom, an additional two hydraulic extensions May/June 2022 CAL / 61
