Potain delivers 1000th GTMR 386 crane

Archiv – One of the most successful self-erecting cranes of all time – the Potain GTMR 386 – is celebrating its 1000th delivery.France | One of the most successful self-erecting cranes of all time – the Potain GTMR 386 – is celebrating its 1000th delivery. Launched in 1989, the crane has been dispatched to customers in countries as diverse as Germany, Turkey, Cuba, Russia and Turkmenistan. The 1000th crane was delivered to French contractor Sogea Construction.
According to David Havard, Potain’s Global Product Manager for tower cranes, the GTMR 386 is ’perfectly suited to residential construction, such as apartment blocks or hotels’€™ and offers customers ‘€˜very powerful load curves’€™. He continues: ‘€˜At 50 metres, the GTMR 386 can lift 1.5 tonnes, or with a 31-metre jib this crane can lift 4.1 tonnes. This makes them ideal for moving steel formwork and concrete buckets. The GTMR 386 can transport on only three trucks and has good versatility in height and jib length.’€™
The crane has a maximum capacity of 8 tonnes and a maximum reach of 50 metres.