MCT 178

Non current product

The new MCT 178 crane shows the importance that Manitowoc attaches to innovation and constant improvement of their products.

  • The excellence in technology of the MDT City Topless range continues with the MCT 178 model which directly gains advantage from it as well as from the experiences concerning research and application with the MDT 178.
  • Furthermore the MCT 178 uses the Potain technology of «L» type masts developed and improved during the last decades.
POTAIN | Top-Slewing Cranes

MCT 178

  • Hook height per base 221.785ft 67.6m
  • Max capacity 8.81849USt 8t
  • Max radius 196.85ft 60m
  • Max tip capacity 3.30693USt 1.5t
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Specifications

  • Description
    • Optimized transport
    • Simple and rapid erection
    • Excellent performances concerning load curves and hook heights
    • The available options (motor heating cab heating control panel air-conditioning Top Tracing II 24 V distribution box Dialog Easy…) allow to adapt the crane to the user country.
    • New serial Smart View cab
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News

Reliable Potain cranes fuel growth at Russian company Sutek

• Sutek prefers Potain cranes for their reliability, especially in the sub-zero Russian temperatures.
• The company has almost 50 units and has employed them on some of Russia’s most high profile construction projects of recent years. 

Brand & Range

Brand

POTAIN

Potain tower cranes are known around the world for their lifting power, reliability and innovative designs. Potain builds more than 60 types of tower cranes to fit a wide variety of job sites: high capacity top slewing cranes on infrastructure jobs, luffing jib cranes that construct “supertall” skyscrapers, topless cranes reshaping our urban environment and Hup self-erecting cranes transforming residential construction. Known for their ease of use, efficient transport and quick erection times, there are many reasons why Potain tower cranes dot skylines across the globe.
Range

Top-Slewing Cranes

Top-Slewing cranes are the large construction sites most strategic equipment for productivity. Whether on large infrastructure, high rise jobsites, crowded urban areas or wide open sites, they make it possible to hoist and distribute loads high and far. The Potain brand is a global leader with its multiple ranges of topless cranes, luffing jib cranes and large hammerhead cranes that can also be customized to match special applications.