On the road

In a mountainous region of eastern Portugal, an LR 1700-1.0W crawler crane erected a wind turbine in spring. Our newcomer passed its baptism of fire without any problems: The 5.5 megawatt turbine from the manufacturer Enercon is up and running and its imposing rotor star with a diameter of 160 metres is now turning in the Portuguese wind. The unique feature of our brand-new 700-tonne crane is that it can drive to the next location on its crawler carriers – its narrow-track travel gear can navigate paths just over six metres wide. We visited our first delivered specimen on location in the Iberian Peninsula.

This article was published in the UpLoad magazine 02 | 2024.