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CASE STUDY HEAVY LIFTING

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Great Lakes Dock & Material said move it safely through its full 360° rection.

o that the stability and uniform 360 range of swing.” Despite the size of the Sennebogen load limits of their Sennebogen

Russell also notes a difference be- machines – the 875 Green Hybrid model machines are an essential part of tween purpose-built material handlers weighs in at 300,000 lbs – their owners both jobsite safety and productiv- and excavators. “On a barge, your work are impressed by the versatility of these ity. is often in front of you and the material purpose-built handlers. Their mobility barge is at the side. You want as much is what ? rst attracted Chip Broussard to

At Guntersville barge terminal, reach as you can. You’re working at the Sennebogen line. “We had seen sim- the 70-ft. reach of their 860 R-HD maximum radius most of the time. The ilar machines in the area, but nothing of means less time wasted jockeying arch in the banana boom allows us to this size, and the other machines have to barges or relocating the material reach over the coaming of the mate- be welded down to the barge. The Sen- handler.

rial barges, down 20 ft. (6 m) below nebogen is on tracks. At times, we might the tracks and lift it up. An excavator be doing rock work and we want a crane

Broussard Bros get extra duty from doesn’t have that lift above the track on the ground; then we pick up another its 300,000 lb 875 R-HD by simply level capability (at full radius) and, the job and want to put the Sennebogen on driving the machine from barge to

Sennebogen works fast.” the barge. Because of its versatility, we dock for both dredging and shore-

According to Mike Leuken, it’s a dif- didn’t have to get another barge.” line construction projects. ference that operators appreciate, too. The crawler mounted undercarriages “They love the balance of the machine,” give GLDM more choices in how to handlers to Great Lakes Dock & Mate- says Lueken. “It gives them con? dence approach varied projects. Tom Russell rial (GLDM), in Michigan, after seeing to be able to lift in all directions without notes the stability his machines offer them at work in other marine applica- worrying about the length of the reach to work in unimproved sites, as well as tions. “They all have full load capacity from side-to-side on the barge or for safety bene? ts when walking machines through their 360° working radius,” he placing the load.” onto and off of barges. Russell says the said. “Being on barges or improvised Russell and Leuken agree that the bal- 835 R-HD, with its retractable telescop- platforms, we felt this capability was ance and stability of the Sennebogen’s ing tracks, is easy to transport quickly essential for our machines. Even with are valuable safety factors on land or on between jobsites. “It’s a high production its boom fully extended, our 840 can water. It also gives the operator more machine with the travel footprint of a lift well over 8,800 lbs. (4,000 kg) and ? exibility to load and swing in any di- much smaller model.” www.marinelink.com 61

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