Liebherr - LR 13000: Tallest crawler crane in the world

LR 13000 sets a new world record with pulley height of 248 m!

The LR 13000 is not only the most powerful conventional crawler crane in the world, it is now also the highest. In July 2013 it was erected in its maximum lattice boom configuration at the manufacturing plant in Ehingen, Germany. The combination of the 120 m main boom and the 126 m luffing jib produces a lattice boom system with an overall length of 246 m. Mounted on the solid crawler chassis, the crane thus reaches a height of 248 m.

[JonDingle]

Incredible engineering excellence. I am left in no doubt that Liebherr are the world leaders in crane design and manufacture.

[kingmike]

Now they can build the pyramids that were built by hand 5000 years ago.

[ZoniesCoasters]

you know its a big crane when you need to set it up with a crane

[petersilie]

Made in Germany: excellent engineering.

[sinclairjones]

these guys are amazing in their creation of a crane this size and lifting capacity. this is a huge machine with extremely large boom assembly. great job

[williambtm]

incredulous, the brains trust for something of this magnitude has to be a very well disciplined & cohesive force of forward thinking skilled engineers.
I take my hat off in respect to Liebherr Maritime.

[perfect]

German engineers are the best at turning iron into engineering masterpieces 🇩🇪❤

[pauldelcour]

Impressive. Having build cranes from Meccano and Knex I am truly impressed how you manage all forces and make such a high boom stable. After all, it all comes down to one pivotal point relaying all forces to the ground. Awesome!

[michaelledford]

Well one things for sure, that beast is booked 2 & 3 yrs in advance, I can't imagine the monthly rate .

[gary]

They built this crane just to build their next crane.

[donaldvincent]

I can only wish I had known about cranes like this when I was younger coming out of high school. This would have been my career, hands down. Traveling from one job to the next working with the best & largest equipment in the world. Wow! I probably would also make a lot more money than I do as a first responder. Thanks for the videos. They are very entertaining for us mechanical nerds.

[Pat]

I wonder how many Km of wire rope is used in these configurations

[jonbailey]

bet thats the highest that mobile cranes ever been too, another world record

[remekficko]

To design such cranes excellent structural engineers are needed. Amazing

[taylorschils]

I am very impressed on how much enginuity goes into building monstrous cranes like the Liebherr 13000. I'm also curious as to what kinds of jobsites can a crane with a 248 meter/744 foot height can be best used in. 744 feet is 144 feet higher than the average height of every strip resort in Las Vegas let alone the height of the average tower crane could reach.

[johnkc]

Those wacky Germans, always having to prove technical superiority :) An amazing machine, wow!

[samvanr]

You know it's tall when you can see clouds in between the crane and camera...

[fprsppi]

Пацаны ну вы ващщее инженеры лучшие на планете👍👍👍

[tgross]

Hey @Liebherr can you send this to the Suez Canal? I hear they need some help plucking containers off a 400m long ship

[xxl]

I want one.
Just for home usage. And because building one looks like a fun job.