I've already described the 900-ton Dynamic Beast mounted on a barge.
The following three photos were downloaded from the Manitowoc's M-1200 72 Ringer page.
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| Ben Salvey posted Wow that is one massive boom butt. #72 boom for the M1200R Ringer Mitchell Gomez The boom is 18’ 10” wide by 13’ tall assembled. Robert Nuke Thompson NOW I see how they make a big boom road-shippable! [You can see plates on the ends of the truss members so that each side of the boom can be bolted together. Being able to disassemble the boom into two halves reduces the size of a truck load so that it can meet clearance regulations.] |
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| Andre Mylocopos commented on Ben's butt post, cropped |
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| Ahmad Mohd Tahir commented on Ben's butt post, cropped My toy in 1997 |
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| Jason Pearce commented on Ben's butt post Port Kembla AU M1200R late ‘90s |
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| Ben Stalvey posted Manitowoc M1200R ringer based off of a M250. The largest ringer Manitowoc had built could lift 1,433 tons. |
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| Ben commented on his lift post |
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| Hans van Vliet commented on Ben's lift post |
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| Hans van Vliet commented on Ben's lift post Current outfit of one of the Walter Wright (Mammoet) machines Ben Stalvey I actually worked on the replacement support connection straps for that one. After the accident it was in. Hans van Vliet I must have pictures of the crumpled boom, I thought..... Sander Loomeijer A2sea , the old Mammoet/Van Oord Jumping Jack |
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| Reuse Sell commented on Ben's lift post Singapore |
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| Leon Stravers posted Mike Weaver M1200 Ring She collapsed after being sold to A2Sea in 2007 [The comments include photos of other M1200R's including the Champlain Bridge documented below.] |
Testing
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Hans van Vliet commented on Ben's lift post
On the testpad
Arthur Overdijk posted
Testing of the Manitowoc M1200R ( Hans van Vliet)
Brandon Storie posted
Mike Larson I'm thinking Pat Young or Gary Yealon. Looks like the max-load test for the M1200 RINGER. If I remember correctly, they had to round up a huge load of test weights to get enough for the lift. Was taken sometime in the mid 1990s.
Arthur Overdijk posted
Mike Larson I think they had to round up just about every test weight in the yard for that one.Albert Bailer So many parts in the block , you can't see daylight . |
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| Reuse Sell commented on Arthur's post M1200R Singapore |
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Jan V Wees posted two photos with the comment: "I found 2 negatives of testing one the M 1200 cranes."
Kenny King: wow, there wernt but 2 of those built if i recall
David Kinder: 1435 ton
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New Champlain Bridge over St. Lawrence River at Montreal, QC
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| Pierre Lacoste posted This project also included a couple of barge-mounted M-1200s, one a 72-A, the other with the 75 boom, 1430 and 900 tons respectively, though as far as I could tell from a distance, the 72 was not fully configured for full capacity, they seemed to have left out some c-weights, an extra Ringer engine and presumably, the extra swing motors. Both used the same block; I'm guessing the 75 was fully configured for max capacity. The 72 (blue boom) was brought in from India, apparently. The other cranes are a barged MLC-300 with VPC/mast and two 16000s, one an ex Bigge unit. Riley Anderson Nice picture. The M1200’s are some really rare machines to see. Andre Mylocopos The M1200-1433 ton was from Korea, purchased from Samsung. Pierre Lacoste Someone on site told me from India, but there you go. The 900-ton, when it was first brought in, had the Alberici logo on the Ringer boom-mast carrier, but there was no ID on the 72-A. Funny thing about the 72, on a webpage, an ad for it had it as sold, but there seems to be pieces of it still warehoused on a lot near Drummondville just off A-20. Going by the parts list in the ad, this crane had a plausibly Indian color scheme, including (faded) Mani red, dark green, blue, white and...pink. I thought maybe the "pink" might in fact be faded red, but then I saw the parts in question and they really are pink. Asians have different tastes in livery...either that or the crane was cobbled together from different components, or repainted partially many times. But pink?! Andre Mylocopos The original owner had the different boom kits painted in different colors for parts management. They also had a front end for the 2250 as a crawler as well as a Maxer counterweight wagon which we didn’t buy. I believe it was 140 or so truck loads to the port albeit with smaller semis than we use here. |
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| Randall Kyson Sirbaugh commented on a post, cropped [This post also has an interesting Shutterstock photo as a comment.] |
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| Andre Mylocopos commented on Ben's butt post Assembled! |
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| Andre Mylocopos commented on Ben's butt post Montreal 2017 - M1200R - 1433 ton |
Thomas Allen How many were made in are they still in service
Andre Mylocopos I believe only 8 with only 2 or 3 of the 1433 ton variant, the rest 882 ton. We had one of each on the Montreal bridge job.
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| Andre Mylocopos commented on Ben's butt post 882 ton M1200 |
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| Andre Mylocopos commented on Ben's butt post 1433 ton M1200. Central barge is 210 x 62 feet with 15 - 45 x 10 barge caissons on either side giving a 150 x 150 barge + 60 x 60 work deck so about 26500 square feet. This barge could do full chart. |
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| Pierre Lacoste posted A more typical type of construction, laying box-section beams lengthwise onto piers, using two M-1200 ringers, the 900-ton 75A and 1430-ton 72-A. This was the only tandem pick I saw; the others were performed by a single crane. Maybe the wind that day required a second hook just to keep the load from turning on the block; it certainly wasn't excess weight or radius. It gets pretty windy in the middle of the river and the long box-section beams probably make a good sail... Andre Mylocopos This may be the only tandem-pick by two M-1200’s ever and almost certainly the only one for two barge-mounted M-1200’s! |
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| Jim Browne commented on Pierre's post [You can see the end of the bridge span segment that it is going to lift off a delivery barge. It weights 850 tons. The crane will then swing 90-degrees and place the segment on the piers.] |
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| Pierre Lacoste posted M-1200-72 ringer, (left), M-1200-75 ringer placing bridge beams, ex-Bigge blue/white 16000. |
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| Pierre Locoste posted The same two cranes and on the left [I think he means the right], Guay's MLC-300 with VPC and mast plus plenty of stick, on a barge. Bob Brickman About 300’ on the far crane. |
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| Pierre Lacoste posted Big M-1200 (1430-tone). |
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| Pierre Lacoste posted M-1200 x 2 |
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| Pierre Lacoste posted "Little" M-1200 (900-ton). Ben, if this is getting redundant/boring, lemme know. I only have so many red crane pictures... |
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| Angel Gonzalex commented on a post Dennis DeBruler Angel Gonzalez I like the closeup of how they tie three barges together to create a better base. And the addition of a spud barge to hold its position. Of course, I also appreciate the view of a 1200R. |
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| Michael Youngblood posted Found a picture of the M-1200 In Indonesia. Greg Harvey Matt Lewis looks like a M250 / 2250 not a M1200. Matt Lewis 1433 ton apparently. Matt Lewis 1300 tonne here. |
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| Jason Pearce commented on Michael's post, cropped That was on the #6 blast furnace job at port Kembla back in the mid ‘90s |
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| Ismail Shakil commented on Michael's post Here’s an m1200 I operated. |
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