A 5-axled truck and 95 tm crane prepared for the future

The haulage company Poul Erik Jeppesen & Søn from Denmark has just put its largest crane truck ever into operation: a future-proof heavyweight with a 5-axle truck and 95 tm crane.

24/09/2020 00:00:00

A future-proof vehicle

The haulage company Poul Erik Jeppesen & Søn / Roslev Kranbetjening A/S in Skive, Denmark, have taken the future-proof heavyweight with a 5-axle truck and a 95 tm crane from HMF in operation.

Ib Jeppesen, son of the company's founder Poul Erik Jeppesen, has been forward-looking when he, back in 2019, decided on a 5-axle Volvo with a 95 tm crane for the company. So forward-looking that in fact new rules regarding 5-axle trucks with a total weight of up to 40 tonnes hasn’t even passed yet in Denmark; For now, a 5-axle truck must only weigh 32 tonnes. But Ib isn’t afraid to future-proof his truck even if legislation hasn’t been approved by Danish authorities yet.

“A beast like this (read: the new craned truck) should be able to last at least 10 years - and if you take a forward-looking view, a 95 tm crane with a 5-axled truck open up some whole new opportunities for our business.”

He continues:

“When at some point it becomes possible to reach 40 tonnes in total with the 5-axled truck, we are the first on the market to have a unique crane truck that is both strong, flexible and efficient - and with our 2-axled drawbar trailer, it can also handle 56 tons”.

Crane specifications

HMF Denmark in Galten has delivered the crane and installation. The installation is made on a Volvo FH 10x4*6 and HMF in Galten has i.a. equipped the truck with:

HMF 9520-K7 crane with 7 hydraulic extensions.
FJ2200-K6 fly-jib with 6 hydraulic extensions and 2 manual extensions, which gives a total reach of 37.7 m.
HMF RCL Safety System and HMF’s electronic stability monitoring system, EVS.
Scanreco radio remote control with colour screen.
Stabilizer beam on the crane with 4.2 meters stabilizer spread on each side and 180° swing-up stabilizer legs.
Separate, rear-mounted hydraulically extensible stabilizer beam with 4.2 meters stabilizer spread on each side.
Front stabilizer leg.
Personnel basket for mounting on fly-jib.
320 litre hydraulic tank mounted on crane base.

Regarding his new vehicle body building, Ib says in the end:

“HMF deserves great praise for the work. It's simply a perfect installation of the highest quality. I am very pleased with the result.”