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The DB series currently includes mobile gantry cranes that range from 30-ton to over 200-ton capacity with units delivered all around the world. The cranes provide high-quality performance, efficiency and adaptable design, and they incorporate both advanced engineering and customer-driven design features. Shuttlelift’s double-beam, rubber-tired mobile gantry cranes were developed to meet the growing need for cost-effective lifting solutions among those who lift heavy, bulky items from production to transport. Shuttlelift even set up the new model at the factory and was still completed and delivered on time. The delivery schedule for the new model was aggressive but was crucial to meeting deadlines. If the work runs late, however, it will be penalized.
Bridge work involves what are known as “penalty contracts.” That means if the work is completed early, the corporation receives a bonus.
Not only was the Shuttlelift team requested to meet specific Unistress parameters for the DB 110, timing was also critical. Unistress communicated with Shuttlelift that the company needed greater capacity to accommodate two new bridge projects and were very happy with their previous Shuttlelift purchases. Unistress already has two 50-ton Shuttlelift cranes, and they purchased a new 70-ton machine just nine months ago. The new crane was delivered in mid-June to Unistress Corporation in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The team has developed its first DB 110 double-beam mobile gantry crane with a lifting capacity of 110 US tons, and, this new crane model immediately met the unique needs of an East Coast precast/prestressed concrete company. STURGEON BAY, WI – The team at Shuttlelift in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, has addressed a growing need for a mobile gantry crane to lifts loads approaching 100-ton U.S.