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Heavy-duty cranes
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Much heavier lorry-mounted cranes, the Atlas 5000, capable of carrying 6 tons at short radius, have been used by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. on motorway construction work. Mounted on Mammoth .Major chassis, the equipment is proving a valuable time saver, and despite its cost, in the neighbourhood of £4,000, the useful applications are so numerous that site managers, I gather, are reluctant to relinquish control once they acquire an Atlas.
Typical of the work done by the Atlas-equipped vehicles on Ml was the haulage of trailers loaded with formwork, shuttering and steel reinforcement and their off-loading and erection on bridge work; loading and off-loading drainage pipes (which can weigh up to 3+ tons and may be in 40 ft. lengths) and laying in trenches; lifting skips full of concrete for drainage and bridge work; and providing lifts on machinery during repairs.
Mr. Jack Morris, of Wimpey's central transport department, told me that his firm operated seven Atlas 3001 and some HIAB 174 lorry-mounted cranes in addition to the larger Atlas models, and despite the increased hiring costs of the crane-equipped vehicles to the user departments, he had never known such a vehicle to be returned. Generally, he said, crane makers were responsible for servicing, although Wimpey's site fitters made routine checks. The drivers soon got used to the equipment and appreciated its versatility.
Atlas Cranes of the type illustrated are imported from Germany but manufacture of the 3001 model is planned to start at the Blackwood works in Scotland in the autumn.