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Grove responded to customer demand for a higher-capacity crane by introducing the Grove GMK6450-1. The updated nomenclature aligns with customer feedback and more accurately highlights the crane’s superior lifting capabilities in the six-axle category. The nominal maximum capacity rating increases from 400 t to 450 t.
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October 14, 2024
Grove upgrades the GMK6400-1 to GMK6450-1
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Grove’s new GMK6450-1 all-terrain crane.
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Grove responded to customer demand for a higher-capacity crane by introducing the Grove GMK6450-1.
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The updated nomenclature aligns with customer feedback and more accurately highlights the crane’s superior lifting capabilities in the six-axle category.
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The nominal maximum capacity rating increases from 400 t to 450 t.
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The Grove GMK6400-1 will be upgraded to the GMK6450-1 and carry an increased maximum capacity rating of 450 t, which is 50 t more than the previous GMK6400-1. The crane remains the strongest all-terrain crane available on six-axles and renaming it better reflects its true capabilities.
“Over the past two years, we have seen a growing demand for a name change from our global customer base. We reviewed the crane’s performance, which resulted in a new model, the GMK6450-1,” explained Andreas Cremer, Vice President Product and Project Management for Mobile Cranes at Manitowoc.
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The addition of the MAXbase™ variable outrigger positioning system on the GMK6400-1 in 2021 allowed customers to further capitalize on the all-terrain crane’s strong performance. This feature allows the use of asymmetrical outrigger setups and results in enhanced load charts. In addition, MAXbase™ can be used in conjunction with the capacity-increasing MegaWingLift™. The self-rigging attachment can be deployed in less than 20 minutes and does not require an assist crane. MAXbase™ increases lifting capacity by up to 70% on the main boom and by up to 400% when using the luffing jib. These enhancements led to customer requests for renaming the crane.
The Grove GMK6450-1 offers segment-leading lifting capabilities and has been used on projects in place of seven-axle - or even eight-axle - all-terrain cranes. For example, it can lift 8.9 t between 38 m and 50 m radii when working with its full boom and jib system length of 136 m. When working with 120 m of boom and jib, the crane handles an impressive 12.8 t at distances between 36 m and 52 m. Furthermore, the GMK6450-1 is particularly well suited to wind power projects that require flexible set-up distances to the turbine and the ability to lift heavy loads at steep vertical angles. It can lift in wind speeds of up to 9 m/s with its 79 m luffing jib.
To learn more about the Grove GMK6450-1, click here.
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CONTACT
Insa Heim
Marketing Manager | Mobile Cranes Europe & Africa
Manitowoc
T +49 4421 294 4170
M +49 1522 294 4282
insa.heim@manitowoc.com
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ABOUT THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.
The Manitowoc Company was founded in 1902 and has over a 120-year tradition of providing high-quality, customer-focused products and aftermarket support services to its markets. Manitowoc is one of the world's leading providers of engineered lifting solutions. Manitowoc, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, distributes, and supports comprehensive product lines of mobile hydraulic cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, boom trucks, and tower cranes under the Aspen Equipment, Grove, Manitowoc, MGX Equipment Services, National Crane, Potain, and Shuttlelift brand names.
www.manitowoc.com
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