Watch One of New Zealand's Largest Tower Cranes Come to Life

Our Kroll K1650L luffing tower crane has now been successfully mobilised on the New Dunedin Hospital Inpatient Project.

The Kroll K1650L is an extraordinary piece of engineering and one of the largest tower cranes operating in New Zealand. With a 135-tonne lifting capacity, it is configured on this project with a 78-metre boom.

Watch the video to see the scale, precision and teamwork involved in mobilising this giant. It's an impressive operation that highlights the detailed planning, specialist expertise and equipment required to assemble a tower crane of this size.

 Supporting the Kroll:
• Grove GMK5220 All Terrain Mobile Crane – 220-tonne lifting capacity
• Liebherr LTR 11200 Telescopic Crawler Crane – New Zealand's largest telescopic crawler crane, with a 1,200-tonne lifting capacity

Adding to the excitement, a second Kroll K1650L has recently arrived in Lyttelton and will soon be mobilised on site. Our Comansa LCL700 luffing tower crane will also be joining the project shortly, bringing together three of the largest luffing tower cranes currently operating in New Zealand on a single project - a significant milestone for the lifting industry.

Together, these machines represent an unmatched level of lifting capability and reinforce Smith Cranes’ position as a leader in delivering some of New Zealand’s most complex and demanding heavy lifting projects.

A big thank you to our client, CPB Contractors, for their continued support. 

Thank you to Reframed Media for the amazing footage.