Grove GMK5150L relocates historic church in Australia

• Cranes Combined selects GMK5150L for delicate lift of church after more than 100 years at previous site.
• Smooth operation of crane’s controls ensures lift passes off without incident.

Australian crane rental company Cranes Combined supplied a Grove GMK5150L all-terrain crane to move a church in the state of Tasmania. Equipped with 5.6 t of counterweight and working at a radius of just under 12 m the crane took approximately seven hours to move the 6 t church which had been in position for over 100 years.

“The church was built in the 1800s and therefore relatively delicate despite its size ” said Chris Kolodziej who co-owns Cranes Combined with his wife Cathy. “The GMK5150L is very smooth in its operation so the whole lift was carried out without a hitch. Even the windows which are very thin and fragile were undamaged in the move.”

The GMK5150L has a maximum capacity of 150 t. It has a main boom length of up to 60 m and a maximum tip height of 88 m.