One Liebherr LTM 1090-4.1 shipped to Almaty

A lifting company in Almaty, Kazakhstan, started looking last winter for a 90-tonne class all-terrain crane, mainly for wind farm and commercial complex sites.

They settled on a 2011 LTM 1090-4.1. The superstructure and chassis engines run normally, and the main boom telescopes smoothly. The customer cared most about three things: whether the boom had been repaired, whether the counterweight was complete, and whether the crane would start normally in local winter temperatures of -20 to -30 degrees.

We took close-up photos of every boom section weld, listed the number and weight of the counterweight blocks supplied with the machine, and attached the most recent annual inspection record. On the cold-start question, the customer had the local agent's engineer look at the engine model, and the conclusion was that fitting a preheater would be enough.

The machine travelled by road, leaving through the Khorgos border crossing. The whole vehicle was overwidth and overweight, so the counterweight and hook were removed and loaded separately, and the customer's technicians reinstalled them on site. The trip took about three weeks.

The crane has completed its first lifting job. The customer later came back to ask about two LTM 1040-2.1 units.