In the last 24 months, Big B Crane of Burleson, Tex. has purchased six Link- Belt lattice crawler cranes from local Link-Belt Cranes distributor, HOLT Crane & Equipment of Irving, Texas. In June 2021, Big B Crane purchased two 238 HSLs and a 248 HSL; a 298 HSL in September 2021; a 348 Series 2 in June 2022; and a second 298 HSL in July 2022.
“We have several 200-ton cranes, most of which are Link-Belt 248’s (H5, HSL, H II) and we hang a lot of steel with them,” said Kenneth Green, Operations Manager, Commercial Construction Division at Big B Cranes. “The features I like about the Link-Belt 248s are the size of the cab and the comfort/location of the controls. The thing I like most is the ease of mobilizing them. Four to five people are able to fully self-assemble and disassemble these cranes and in really hard-to-get-to places.”
For the Fort Bend County EpiCenter project, Big B Crane purchased a new Link-Belt Cranes 300-ton, 348 Series 2 lattice crawler crane. The crane delivered directly to the job site from HOLT Crane & Equipment and went into service the second week of June 2022. Three months later, in early September 2022, the crane had already logged over 500 hours.
Reprinted from Marine Construction Magazine Issue I, 2023
