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Lifting an A Frame Historic Trestle

This A frame historic trestle once stood as the head shaft trestle at the Daly West Mine in Park City, Utah. It is 85' and weighs 76,000 lbs. Also, the mine shaft was 2100' deep. In 2010, while completing Montage Deer Valley, the A frame started to lean severely. It was discovered that many abandoned […]

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Replacing a Gearbox on a Wind Turbine

Mountain Crane is proud to be involved in many successful Windpower projects throughout the country. We replaced a 50,000 lb. gearbox on a Siemens 2.3 megawatt turbine sitting on an 80 meter tower in Fort Dodge, Iowa. We used our: Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 hydraulic all terrain crane with a boom configuration of 152 ft. main […]

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LEF Tower placed at the Sinclair refinery

Mountain Crane got the opportunity to place a LEF tower at the Sinclair, Wyoming refinery. Mountain Crane used the Liebherr 1750t crane, lifting the 96,000 lb tower. The LEF tower was 120 ft. tall with a 117 ft. radius, and a tip height of 110 ft. Mountain Crane also used 100 ton dollies to transport […]

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Building a Tower Crane

Mountain Crane recently helped in the erection of a giant crane in Boise, Idaho. Two large cranes, including Mountain Crane’s Liebherr 500t, helped erect a 310 foot tower crane in downtown Boise. This tower crane is tall enough to stretch over Boise’s U.S. Bank Building, one of the tallest structures in the state. Starting at […]

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Installing Box Culverts at Riverton Hospital

Earlier this month, Mountain Crane Service worked with Reynolds Parson on installing box culverts at Riverton Hospital. Using our Demag 170t and a Grove RT 90t, we were able to successfully set the 38,000 pound culverts. Mountain Crane has the right crane for your project! Visit our website or check out our fleet.

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Removing Concrete Bridge Girders

Mountain Crane was apart of the ongoing bridge rehabilitation project on 1300 South in Salt Lake City, Utah. Working with Granite Construction and Hanson Eagle Precast. Mountain Crane provided our new Liebherr 900t crane, in addition to a Liebherr 500t, a GMK 275t, and a Grove 110t crane. Project Manager Skyler Mundy selected the 900t […]

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Proud of Our Team and their Excellence

Mountain Crane Service took part in a major turnaround project at local refinery in North Salt Lake. These shutdowns require extensive amounts of engineering lift plans, project management, and crane work. For this reason, we dispatched skilled operators, experienced supervisors, and excellent safety management. All excelling in the ability to perform the necessary maintenance and […]

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Park City Sky Trac

Mountain Crane had the opportunity to help with the Park City Sky Trac at Deerpoint. The inclined elevator is an 8 passenger cabin system mounted on a track that can take horizontal and vertical curves. The track is 1500 ft. long, reaching to 300 ft. of vertical. Running 6 ft. above the ground the Park […]

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Three Crane Lift for a 123,000lb. Iron Dryer

Mountain Crane Service performed a three crane lift, using a Grove 550, a Liebherr 500, and a Grove 275. Working with RMF, Mountain Crane used the three cranes to lift and place a large spray dryer filtration system. The Grove 550 and the Liebherr 500 lifted the piece up, while the Grove 275 rotated it. […]

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Replacing a Helipad by Mountain Crane

Mountain Crane Service recently helped Primary Children’s Hospital replace their helipad. There were 50 yards of concrete needing to be broken up and removed. Concrete by the bucketful, 160,000 lbs. worth, was lifted off the roof by our crane. Once removed, we were was able to replace the 2,500 square foot helicopter pad.

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