

At Superior Crane, our specialty is servicing the Telecom industry either by building cell towers, or servicing these sites. They are therefore perfect to work in confined spaces. Carry deck cranesĬarry deck cranes are smaller mobile cranes that travel on four wheels and are capable of rotating their boom a full 360-degrees. Because they are self-propelled they are able to move around a construction site and perform jobs without much set-up. Crawler cranesĬrawler cranes are a type of tracked mobile crane available with either telescopic or lattice booms.

These are your go-to cranes when high maneuverability and lifting capacity is needed. Rough terrain cranes are designed to operate specifically off-road on rough terrain thanks to their all-wheel drive capabilities and rubber tires. All terrain cranesĪll terrain cranes are multi-functional, all-wheel drive cranes cranes designed to be driven on both smooth paved highways or off-road at speeds up to 40 mph (see our article on ' What are All Terrain Cranes?' to learn more) 3. The standard in mobile cranes, hydraulic cranes can lift thousands of pounds using hydraulics that rely on forces transmitted through oil pushing the boom’s pistons in opposite directions (see our article on ‘ What are Hydraulic Mobile Cranes?’ to learn more) 2. The most common types of mobile cranes 1. We’ve performed 32,000 lifts in the last 10 years and have more than 50 years of working with a wide range of industries. Here we’ll touch on the different types of mobile cranes and their specific advantages. Superior Crane specializes in the rental of Mobile Cranes.

These are not the type of cranes that are our specialty at Superior Crane. These are the cranes set up at high-rise construction projects, and they tend to remain onsite for a few years. While driving through a busy city like Toronto, one is struck by how many massive Tower cranes there are.
