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Johnson Crane Hire’s own ‘big five’
A Johnson Crane Hire 275 tonner in the foreground being rigged to be lifted by the 600-ton crawler in the background.
Customers of Africa’s lifting leader
Johnson Crane Hire were recently
treated to an impressive display of
a selection of the company’s lifting
equipment at an open day, where
its heavy-lift fleet was likened to
the ‘big five’ of the wild.
Peter Yaman, sales executive
at Johnson Crane Hire, describes
the company’s LR 750-ton crawler
crane as the elephant in the fleet:
“This is a brute of a crane, with
the ability to lift over 100 African
elephants at once — with each of
these great beasts weighing five
tons or more.”
Next in line is the LR 600
crawler crane, displaying the
toughness of a buffalo, while
the powerful Kobelco 400-ton
crawler crane is likened to the
rhino, “as they share the attributes
of ruggedness, durability, and
stability”, he suggests. At the
same time, he notes, heavy lifting
also requires speed, precision,
and agility — qualities that make
the LTM 750-ton hydraulic mobile
crane comparable to the leopard.
Johnson Crane Hire’s LG 750-ton
lattice boom crane, Yaman compares
to the lion — king of the jungle and a
force of nature and leadership.
“Leadership in safety and in lifting
is what we are passionate about;
being driven to attain ‘SMART’ lifting
— through safety, maintenance,
availability, reliability, and total
cost effectiveness — as our brand
promise,” he says. “Of course, we
also have our zebras and impalas in
the form of our 20-ton and 30-ton
cranes, as well as our access
platforms,” he concludes.
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