Seven Tadano cranes for Iraq

25/02/2014

The Republic of Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources has taken delivery of seven 55 tons Tadano GT-550E-2 truck cranes from the company’s distributor United Iraqi Trading Equipment.
Manufactured by Tadano's Chinese manufacturing joint venture BQ-Tadano, the four axle GT-550 features a five section 42 meter boom plus an 8.8 to 15.2 meters bi-fold swing away that takes maximum tip height to 56 meters. Capacity on the fully extended main boom is eight ton and it can handle 500kg at a radius of 38.1 meters.
It is to be noted that the cranes have been purchased for various departments within Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources with three being sent to the General Commission for Operation of Irrigation & Drainage, two to the General Commission for Groundwater, one to the State Commission for Dams & Reservoirs and the final one to the Department of General Estuary.

Last Update:: 25/02/2014

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