Four good reasons to add Grove CONNECT™ to your crane fleet

• Grove CONNECT™ helps crane owners and technicians streamline daily tasks, resolve jobsite challenges, and enhance fleet management.
• The telematics offering will be showcased at bauma 2025 in Munich, Germany, as part of Manitowoc’s extensive aftermarket display.

As construction equipment becomes increasingly digital, cranes have transformed from lift machinery to intelligent tools that boost jobsite productivity. Now, innovations in remote diagnostics, such as Manitowoc’s powerful Grove CONNECT™ cloud-based platform, are revolutionizing construction sites and transforming operations through streamlined support and easier maintenance.

Grove CONNECT™ simplifies crane ownership in four key areas—saving time, optimizing workflows, and reducing jobsite challenges, making the workday easier and more productive. As this Grove CONNECT™ VIDEO explains, there are four key benefits of the system:

• Access: With remote diagnostics in real-time, you can check your crane’s performance and status anytime. Monitor the availability of every crane on-site instantly, no matter where you are.
• Assist: Enable your team to manage crane operations and maintenance directly from their mobile devices and troubleshoot remotely.
• Analytics: Gain access to reports based on stored cloud data for crane utilization, performance, geo position, fuel consumption, and predictive maintenance.
• Admin: Streamline fleet management by seamlessly managing companies, subsidiaries, users, and cranes.

Patrick Stelter, Grove’s parts and service product & marketing manager, said the system saves time and delivers deeper insights. 
“There’s immediate feedback on the crane’s performance, maintenance schedules, and more,” he said. “Unlike reporting issues over the phone, there’s much less room for confusion. This enables service technicians to confirm any issues upfront, avoiding wasted time on the jobsite or in the parts depot. Grove CONNECT™ is now standard on all new all-terrain cranes fitted with Manitowoc’s Crane Control System (CCS). It’s free during the warranty period and then available on a subscription basis.”

Grove CONNECT™ users can manage a single crane or an entire fleet. It spans different locations (even different countries) and can be used by customers and dealers to cover all of their fleet management needs. “After a crane’s warranty expires, it can sometimes be difficult to know what it’s been doing, but with Grove CONNECT™, we can support our customers. When you consider that many cranes have a 25-year lifespan, it will be a really useful function in the future that will also build stronger trust,” said Markus Paulini, Manitowoc’s telematics manager for mobile cranes.

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