A tailored Terex Crossover 6000 crane has been enlisted by Canadian oil firm, Dynamite Oilfield & Picker Service.
The unit, which was supplied by Alberta-based distributor Decca Industries, had to be customised in line with local regulations. In order to carry 5,443kg of removable counterweight, an additional steering axle had to be installed. Moreover, a high-rise fifth wheel pedestal was designed so that a trailer could be towed behind the crane.
“Meeting these build parameters wouldn’t have been possible with just any crane,” explained Mike Edgar, CEO of Decca Industries.
“The well designed sub-frame of the Crossover aided the ease of the rig-up considerably, and the people at the Terex offices have been wonderful to work with towards achieving our mutual customer’s ultimate goals,” he added.
In order to accommodate the extra steering axle, Decca contracted Quebec-based Simard Suspensions to tighten the unit’s existing steering axle spacing configuration.
In addition to satisfying local regulations, the increased capacity offered by the crane’s expanded footprint allowed for the installation of an oilfield style, heavy-duty pipe bumper.
Meanwhile, a bespoke trailer with two drop axles and an 8.5m-long deck was designed according to Dynamite’s specifications. A lightweight aluminium top deck, coupled with the ability to store counterweights on the Crossover’s sub-frame, makes the trailer ideally suited to the crane’s lifting capacity.
“We have sold Crossover 6000 units before, and have heard nothing but positive feedback,” said Edgar.
“It’s easy to see why; the Terex truck-mounted crane is incredibly smooth and stable from the operator’s seat. It has that ‘big-crane feel’ that operators love, while still being able to travel at full highway speeds,” he concluded.
Dynamite is confident that the tailored Terex will be able to handle jobs that would otherwise necessitate three units: a highway tractor for transportation and an additional crane to facilitate oilfield lifts. Decca Industries is now conducting an identical rig-up on one of Terex’s recently launched Crossover 8000 models.
