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[ CRANES ] 1 The photographs (1-3) clearly show that the Potain IGO is easy to assemble. POTAIN’S IGO ideal for smaller jobs Contractors wanting a quick, easy and efficient solution to their lifting and moving requirements on smaller building sites, and perhaps even the larger ones, will find a friend in Potain’s IGO self-erecting crane. N ow available in the rental fleet of SA French, South Africa’s Potain distributor, the IGO boasts superb ease of movement and simple erection, making it an easier and less expensive option than a conventional tower crane. With capacity to lift a maximum of four tonnes, and one tonne at 40m, the Potain IGO crane can be dismantled, erected and commissioned in just six to seven hours. The installation of the ballast 20 | HIRE SA | APRIL 2017 does not need to be performed by a mobile crane, as this can be done independently by means of a frame beam. The IGO is particularly popular for lifting applications at projects such as small apartment blocks, and supplementary lifting on construction projects such as shopping centres. It isn’t even necessary to employ a truck crane to move the crane around a building site; an ordinary freight truck will do the trick, thanks to its compact size. The crane can also be used as an auxiliary unit on high-rise projects.