smokinwrench
06-25-2006, 11:04 PM
I worked on a big beast today. It is a Manitowac crane. The way it sets right now it weighs right around 950,000 lbs. It has a 440 ton capacity. The picture of the one up in the air is identical and it is stretched out to appoximatly 325 feet it is preparing to make a 63 ton lift. Fully dressed they can wiegh over 1,000,000 lbs. Operator said the counter wieghts on the rear weight 18,000 lbs each. I was told they have a price tag of about $6,000,000 and that doesn't include all of the options.