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New York’s C.P. Ward relies on the truck-mounted
Grove TMS9000E to quickly get
to job sites and complete them with only one person.
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The crane is ideal for the company’s HVAC,
construction and culvert projects,
among others.
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The compact footprint of the TMS9000E enables the
company to maneuver on job sites
with tight working quarters.
With
more than 100 years under its belt, New York’s C.P. Ward is one of the most
experienced construction companies in the Northeast of United States. Many of
the services the company provides demand mobile cranes that can quickly get on
and off the job site, such as steel erection, cell tower erections and HVAC
(heating, ventilation and air conditioning) projects.
In
the summer of 2015, the company took delivery of a new Grove TMS9000E
specifically for these types of projects. It needed a crane solution that could
provide quick transport, setup and maneuverability both on and off the job
site. Having used the 110 USt truck-mounted crane on a variety of sites, C.P.
Ward is reporting great success.
Jon
Lanse, operations manager of the company’s crane/rigging division, said the
TMS9000E has enabled the company to complete a wide range of projects, all
needing just one worker at the helm.
“The
TMS9000E is a great one-man machine. We can have the same person drive the
crane to the job site, set it up for lifts and then act as its operator. The
self-loading counterweight system is extremely efficient and has significantly
increased our return on investment when compared with the cranes we used to use
in the 100 USt class. It’s a real bang-for-your-buck crane.”
Examples
of projects completed with the crane include HVAC replacements, setting steel
and formwork for construction projects and culvert replacement, among others.
Lanse said the company makes great use of the crane’s hydraulic luffing jib for
these types of projects, adding that it gets used at least once a week. In
essence, C.P. Ward uses the TMS9000E as a taxi crane, but with a stronger load
chart and hydraulic luffing jib that such solutions typically don’t possess.
On
a recent project to install cell phone towers, Lanse said the crane’s
maneuverability and reach capability enabled the company to complete a job it
otherwise couldn’t have handled.
“For
this particular project up in Buffalo, New York, I was putting up cell phone
towers with the crane. There wasn't much room to work in – I had to set up the
crane inside of a fenced-in compound,” he explained. “The TMS9000E enabled me
to maneuver into this area and still have enough reach with its 142 ft boom to
lift to the top of the towers. And even with this kind of position, the crane
had a strong enough load chart to make the lifts. It performed flawlessly.”
Lanse
also credits the crane’s remote control system for aiding in the company’s
efficiency.
“With
the remote control system we can swing the boom and the luffing jib in place
for pinning on the boom,” he said. “The
operator is on the ground watching and making all of the connections. This
really makes the TMS9000E a one-man machine. We don’t need two workers to head
out with the crane to complete a simple job.”
C.P.
Ward purchased the crane from Stephenson Equipment, with which the company has
had a relationship for several years. Lanse said he studied the load charts of
several cranes in the weight class before choosing the TMS9000E.
Stephenson
Equipment has been providing sales and rentals of construction equipment,
paving machinery and cranes since 1957. Headquartered in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, the company serves customers from six locations across its home
state and New York. Stephenson Equipment is an official dealer of Manitowoc,
Grove, National Crane boom trucks and Potain tower cranes.
“I’m
a big Grove fan,” Lanse said. “The cranes we have from Grove are the best in
the market and give us the best bang for our buck. We get great service and
parts support from Stephenson.”
Also
in it’s fleet, the company has Grove TMS540 and TMS800 truck-mounted cranes, a
RT650 rough-terrain crane, and GMK5275 and GMK6350 all-terrain cranes.
C.P.
Ward’s headquarters is in Scottsville, New York, and the company also has a
branch in Montour Falls, New York.