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Article | REF: A9460 V1

Vehicle loading - Auxiliary cranes

Author: Hubert GIBOUIN

Publication date: May 10, 1994

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1. Auxiliary crane technology

1.1 Principle and operation

Auxiliary cranes comprise a jib (generally with two, three or four articulated arms), which can also be telescopic, and a foot (or baseplate) topped by a column, which pivots on the baseplate to allow the crane to rotate (figure 1 ). These cranes are all designed to be mounted on trucks, i.e. on standard forwarders; they can also be mounted on semi-trailers, and much more rarely on trailers 1.3 ....

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