Japan-based lifting gear company Nakamura Industry and its customer have lifted a 21-tonne fire truck using Modulift spreader beams in Tokyo.
Nakamura’s customer used a crane owned by Tokai Kisen to lift the Oshkosh-made chemical fire truck, which was shipped to the neighbouring island of Hachijo-jima where it will be put to work at the local airport.
Below-the-hook, Nakamura’s customer employed three Modulift spreader beams; one MOD 34 at a span of 6.5 m attached using wire rope slings to the crane hook, and two MOD 24 spreader beams rigged underneath at 3.5 m. The spreader beams formed a one-over-two configuration, providing four lifting points over the wheels.
The bottom two spreader beams had chain block hoists attached to drop links at the end of each beam, capturing the centre of gravity. The hoists attached to bespoke webbing slings underneath the wheels, allowing it to be safely lifted on and off the vessel to be transported.
The spreader beams were disassembled, and the same configuration used to unload the vehicle at its destination.
Osaka-based Nakamura is a distributor of Modulift spreader beams and holds stock from 6-100 tonnes.
