Kranmontage: Potain 743A

[erkkil 1]

Hello, a few pics from Hervanta, Tampere, Finland, year 1973. I was watching closely an installation of a Potain 743A, here going upwards with the telescoping cage.

bearbeitet 2. November 2006 von blackcorner

[linaprin 1]

The crane on last picture is (probably) Weitz X 1266.I am looking for informations, catalogs and pictures about Weitz tower cranes.
On attached photos is assemblly of this type crane somewhere in Serbia.

Regards, Linaprin bearbeitet 2. November 2006 von blackcorner

[erkkil 1]

Yes, that is a Weitz GT 1266. By the way, a Finnish company named Wärtsilä (presently making ship diesel engines) built Weitz cranes (types 1266 and 1289) in Finland by a license from Richier-Weitz Company. Most of the GT 1266´s and 1289´s used in Finland were manufactured by this company. So, probably the crane in the picture is a Wärtsilä-Weitz GT 1266.

[linaprin 1]

The crane on pictures above was made by Slovenian company Metalna from Maribor.They also produced cranes by Weitz-Richier licence until cca 1980 (G 45 HV and X 1266 YU-on picture) for ex Yugoslavian market.Later that company produce cranes by Liebherr licence.Do you have any photo of GT 1289?

Regards,

Lina