MDT 178

Non current product

With a 219 ft hook height and low profile “city topless” design the MDT 178 is ideal for jobsites with height restrictions or over-swinging operations. Minimal components allow for quick and economical setup teardown and transport.

POTAIN | Top-Slewing Cranes

MDT 178

  • Hook height per base 242.126ft 73.8m
  • Max capacity 8.81849USt 8t
  • Max radius 196.85ft 60m
  • Max tip capacity 3.30693USt 1.5t
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Specifications

  • Description
    • Bases mast and climbing equipment interchangeable with some other top-slewing tower crane models
    • Service platform comes standard
    • Counter-jib folds back for easy transportation
    • Variable frequency mechanisms for hoisting slewing and trolleying
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News

BKL deploys five Potain cranes for “In den Sieben Stücken” residential construction project in Hannover, Germany

• BKL Baukran Logistik is using five Potain tower cranes to construct a new residential development in Hannover, Germany, with 160 housing units. 
• BKL chose the cranes for their reliability, compact dimensions, and quick and simple assembly.
• Equipped with the CCS crane control system, the cranes lift loads more efficiently and effectively.

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. 

Manitowoc at CTT 2014

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.