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The L 514 and L 518 Stereoloaders® are the new Stage IV / Tier 4f emission standards compliant models Both models are available as ‘Speeders’ with a maximum speed of 40 km/h Agile and versatile with proven stereo steering and new Z-unit bar linkage Both models will be available for order and delivery in the […]

Packed with safety features, LRT 1090-2.1 debuts at CONEXPO Respected German crane manufacturer Liebherr has re-entered the rough-terrain market. Knowing their reputation for quality, and impressed by the new line’s capabilities and robust safety features, the ALL Family of Companies has pre-ordered 15 machines. The LRT 1090-2.1 is a 100-USt full power boom crane, set […]

The ALL Family of Companies announces that they have preordered several new Liebherr models as yet unavailable in the United States — including two LTM 1450-8.1 500-USt all-terrain cranes. The Liebherr Group plans to debut the LTM 1450-8.1 at the 2017 CONEXPO-CON/AGG show (March 7–11, Las Vegas). With a powerful 279-foot telescopic main boom and […]

The Liebherr Group has formed a new mixed sales and service company in the USA in order to integrate its divisional activities which were spread over several sales and service companies. Liebherr USA, Co. became effective June 1, 2016. It provides sales and service on behalf of eight different Liebherr divisions: Construction Equipment, Mining, Crawler […]

For around one year the IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) in the north of the Netherlands was the scene of an unusual job for a LR 11350. The crawler crane erected the complete “Westermeerwind” wind farm from a massive jack-up platform. Crane contractor Mammoet completed the last of the 48 Siemens wind turbines with a hub height […]

After being available for sale for almost thirty years, Liebherr has decided to retire production of the legendary R 984 excavator. Launched on the market for the first time in 1986, the R 984 backhoe or face shovel, was equipped in its standard version with a 7m³ bucket capacity. With more than 1,100 units sold […]

  The ALL Family of Companies has strengthened their all-terrain crane fleet with five (5) new Liebherr ATs, all featuring an innovative crane support system. The purchase was part of ALL’s commitment to continually investing in the newest and best equipment and a response to increased demand for cranes in specific markets. The Liebherr ATs, […]

The ALL Family of Companies has acquired two new Liebherr all-terrain cranes to serve customers in the south. The new machines include a 600-USt (544 mt) Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 and a 350-USt (318 mt) LTM 1300-6.2. The company already owns two of these LTM 1500-8.1 ATs, which have been regularly serving jobsites in Canada and […]

Liebherr unveils a new 250-tonne mobile crane to visitors from all over the world at its 2015 customer days at the manufacturing plant in Ehingen. The LTM 1250-5.1 is now the most powerful mobile crane on 5 axles on the market. It is the third crane model on which Liebherr uses its innovative single-engine concept. […]

Liebherr unveils new crane models and innovations from its mobile and crawler crane division on 17 and 18 June 2015 at its customer days. One special highlight is the presentation of its completely newly developed LR 1500 500-tonne crawler crane. The completely newly developed crawler crane delivers the load capacities of the 500-tonne crawler crane […]

Liebherr has developed an innovative concept for erecting LR 1600/2 crawler cranes with long wind power boom systems efficiently and safely. Using the mass of an LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane as the counterweight significantly reduces the amount of ballast that has to be transported and eliminates ballast handling on site. The new process was […]

Karl Hartinger Kranbetrieb GmbH & Co. KG in Warburg-Rimbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) relies on 1200-ton telescopic cranes from Liebherr. For lifting tasks that are usually carried out using lattice boom cranes, Hartinger uses the strong, flexible LTM 11200-9.1 and LTR 11200 telescopic cranes. In particular in the installation of wind power plants, this has proved […]