Liebherr Crane Spotting - Earliest sighting ?

[Kingsland Red]

I know like me, fellow Saintsweb members seek out Liebherr Cranes in our travelling around.

Reading the Dudley Brazier obituary in the Echo Business section I quote:

 

" In the 1950s Brazier & Son Ltd built many of the shops in Southampton city centre.... and were the first to use a huge tower crane on a Southampton construction site in 1959 which attracted much interest. The Liebherr crane was shipped over from Germany for the Marlands Development".

[Shroppie]

Don't know about cranes but I'm very pleased with my Liebherr fridge

[St Landrew]

But it's not our Liebherr, KR. He isn't part of the family firm. He's the owner of Mali Group.

 

http://www.mali-group.com/index.php?/en

 

If you drive a modern diesel, you probably have some of his technology in the engine.

[Secret Site Agent]

I was hoping to use a Liebheer LTM 1080 for the crane lift I have planned for the 12th Feb, but I am stuck with a Tandano, whihc is only offset by the fact that the ECU in both plus the Excavator I have on site are manufactured by the company MALI Bodensee Steuergeräte GmbH.

[Black Sea Saint]

I was pleased to point one out to the missus here in Seoul yesterday

[Kingsland Red]

But it's not our Liebherr, KR. He isn't part of the family firm. He's the owner of Mali Group.

 

http://www.mali-group.com/index.php?/en

 

If you drive a modern diesel, you probably have some of his technology in the engine.

 

Dont spoil our fun St L !!

[jimmysaint7]

Dont spoil our fun St L !!

 

he was but gave his shares up

[exit2]

I looked out of my office window yesterday and one of the grain ships on dock head was using a Liebherr Crane, but you just have to look at DP World to see lots of them

[BognorSaint]

Spotted a few in Budapest, in September.

[gjphilsaint]

crane was used in July 09 on former Expo site in Lisbon on Spinny Tower lookalike. link.

 

http://www.planetware.com/picture/lisbon-nations-park-expo-98-site-p-por214.htm

Edited 1 February, 2010 by gjphilsaint
went to find link and added when done.

[Meathead]

Channel 5 now is showing construction of the worlds largest truck, and it just happens to be a Liebherr truck. Pretty impresive engineering, if your interested.

[Meathead]

Oops its just finished. Good program though if you like that sort of thing. Its called "How do they do it" and probably repeated again somewhere.

[Secret Site Agent]

If we go to Wembly this year, (or is that WHEN) we should club together and get a Liebherr crane and paint it Red and White.

 

My favorite would be the LTM 1500-8.1. 500 tonne maximum lift at 3m radius. 108m radius with a luffing jib. Comes with a service and diagnostic LISSy system and LICCON work planner. She's a beast, but she's still a mobile all terrain crane. And you can't get her in blue, neither.

[explorer saint]

Passed 3 cranes at the M3 Bagshot juction the day after the takeover now that did make me feel good, even had time to have a good look as couldn't go any faster than 30!

[Wade Garrett]

If we go to Wembly this year, (or is that WHEN) we should club together and get a Liebherr crane and paint it Red and White.

 

My favorite would be the LTM 1500-8.1. 500 tonne maximum lift at 3m radius. 108m radius with a luffing jib. Comes with a service and diagnostic LISSy system and LICCON work planner. She's a beast, but she's still a mobile all terrain crane. And you can't get her in blue, neither.

 

The Liebherrs in Southampton Docks are painted red and white already.

[petts]

They make the cranes just down the road from me, looks pretty cool sometimes when there are a few out by the river, though they're all yellow.

[Kelly Smunt]

Cranes are ****.

[Julian H. Cope]

Cranes are ****.

 

I agree, they are sh*t.

[Tokyo-Saint]

Just saw one yesterday in Paris.

[hutch]

I had my first ever job interview with Brazier in 1974. Barstewards turned me down.

 

RIP nevertheless.

[Saint_Donovan]

Saw one in hamburg over christmas!!!

[oxfordshire_saint]

Pah, I've driven down the Hans Liebherr (Markus' Dad, founder of the company) Strasse in Lindenberg im Allgau in Southern Germany whilst lost on holiday.

['dover Saint]

Saw some Liebherr heavy plant thing (ie not a crane) whilst stuck in the nightmare roadworks on the M25 the other week (round about J17-if anyone else wants to look out for it!).

 

Gave me a smile in an otherwise infurating 3 hour trip back to Hampshire!

[Mr_Red]

There are a few Liebherr concrete wagons around Weston Sur La Mer right now...

Always raises a smile in an otherwise dull place.

[Kingsland Red]

So skeptics, who would have thought this time last year that we would become crane spotters, bizarre but true.

Thanks ML.

 

COYR !!!

[patred44]

THERE'S EVEN ONE IN MY LADS TOY BOX:D