{"id":23393,"date":"2020-09-21T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?p=23393"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:47:12","slug":"what-is-a-mobile-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-is-a-mobile-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a mobile crane?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A mobile crane is a wheeled, self-propelled vehicle with either a cable-controlled or hydraulic-powered telescoping boom crane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mobile-crane-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mobile-crane-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mobile-crane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mobile-crane-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mobile-crane-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mobile-crane.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Mobile crane with hydraulic boom and winch. Outriggers are extended<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A mobile crane has three key benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Flexibility to drive on-road to the lift location<\/li><li>High capacity<\/li><li>Fast setup<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest mobile cranes in the world <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebherr.com\/en\/usa\/products\/mobile-and-crawler-cranes\/mobile-cranes\/liebherr-mobile-cranes\/ltm-mobile-cranes.html?event=fid62417_from&amp;fid62417_from=750&amp;fid62417_to=1.200&amp;fid62422_from=131&amp;fid62422_to=188&amp;fid62423_from=100&amp;fid62423_to=136&amp;fid62424_from=8&amp;fid62424_to=9&amp;fid62424_from_preset=8&amp;fid62424_to_preset=9&amp;measureUnit=metric&amp;size=10\">can lift over 1000 tonnes<\/a>, but most in New Zealand would lift between 50-250 tonnes. The largest mobile cranes in New Zealand have 8 axles and lift 450 tonnes. The smallest have two axles and lift around 10 tonnes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A mobile crane has outriggers or stabilisers which are legs that extend from the side of the crane and allow for a greater &#8216;working radius&#8217; or the distance from the crane that the crane can lift a load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost all bar the smallest mobile cranes have a separate cab for the crane driver to operate the crane from. This usually slews (turns) with the crane. Some cranes have remote control units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/crane-600x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/crane-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/crane-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/crane-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/crane.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Mobile crane with separate cab for the crane operator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A mobile crane is different from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-is-a-truck-loader-crane-or-truck-mounted-crane\/\">truck-mounted crane<\/a> (mobile cranes don&#8217;t carry loads that are unrelated to the crane&#8217;s operation). It&#8217;s also different to a crawler crane which is a crane on tracks, and a tower crane, which is a crane on top of a tall vertical tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a truck loader crane, companies tend to own them or lease them long-term as they are an integral part of a company&#8217;s operation, such as delivering building materials. Drivers do a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/truck-mounted-crane-certificate\/\">truck-mounted crane course<\/a> to get qualified. With a mobile crane, mostly they are rented for a specific job, such as lifting a large yacht off a trailer or a turbine onto a wind farm pylon, and they come with a qualified operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specific qualifications are needed to operate a crane in New Zealand, including a W endorsement and the correct type of licence based on the weight of the crane (most likely to be a class 4 for all but the smallest mobile cranes). Australian and other overseas qualifications cannot be mapped to the NZ qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crane operators do not need to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/logbooks\/\">logbooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mobile crane is a wheeled, self-propelled vehicle with either a cable-controlled or hydraulic-powered telescoping boom crane. A mobile crane has three key benefits: Flexibility to drive on-road to the lift location High capacity Fast setup The largest mobile cranes<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-is-a-mobile-crane\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[369,380],"class_list":["post-23393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crane","tag-crane","tag-vehicle-type"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23393"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23738,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23393\/revisions\/23738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}