Transporting 200-foot wind turbine blades through the narrow, winding roads of High Prairie is a serious logistical challenge. Each move requires specialized trailers, spotters, police escorts, and at times, temporary road closures just to navigate tight turns and restrictive routes. Once on site, our seasoned crane operator uses one of our six Liebherr LTM 1750’s […]
Mountain recently mobilized for a major crane-assisted maintenance and upgrade project at Talen Energy’s power plant in Colstrip, Montana As part of the ongoing 2024 phase of this project, our crews are working alongside Talen Energy through mid-July to remove and replace essential cooling tower components. The scope of work includes: Beam removal and replacement […]
In April, Mountain proudly participated in the renowned Dutch Flower Parade, an event recognized as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO and attended by over a million visitors. For the first time in nearly 50 years, a crane was featured in the parade—and we were honored to make history with our Liebherr LTM 1070-4.2. […]
We’re proud to announce that Mountain has won SC&RA’s Rigging Job of the Year in the $300,000–$1 million category for our innovative execution of a complex carbon monoxide (CO) line replacement project. The award-winning job involved the removal and replacement of a 36" to 42" refractory-lined CO line under extremely tight time constraints. With no […]
Traditionally on panels that require face and top picks, they are first raised with a face pick and then temporarily braced to ground, and the rigging is then switched to the top pick to set the panel hanging vertically. With a little innovation and planning with our customer, our team utilized a Liebherr LR 1600 with […]
GOT A TRICKY LIFT? Our lifting capabilities go a lot further than cranes alone. Often times a project has equipment to be moved in a place that a crane can’t go. Our experienced special project’s team is the solution for these situations. This project required our crew flawlessly maneuvered a 20,000 lb blower motor inside […]
Mountain is your resource as more industrial sites move toward modularized construction. Many large projects involve building trestles, pipe racks, and structural components in modular sections. These modules are transported to the job site and set by crane. This construction process greatly reduces many of the safety hazards at the job site and allows for […]
Yet another triumph as we wrap up the construction of yet another wind farm. Our team was instrumental in erecting 27 turbine towers and navigating 81, 76-meter blades through town and up the mountain. Our crew, along with 9 cranes, 96 lines of Goldhofer, 5 prime movers, and 8 tow-assist units conquered the task. With […]
Mountain Crane played a pivotal role in phases 3 and 4 of a compressor station recently. With our 110-ton RT crane, versatile Carry Deck, and consistent use of a 275-ton crane throughout the month-long project we were able to provide crane support in the piping and equipment setting. The final lift was the flawless installation […]
As you approach your next big project, consider eliminating unnecessary steps that create room for error & time constraints. With the ease and convenience of our heavy haul experts, thebest engineers, and the top notch crane crew we have refined the process of construction. These pictures show a great example of this. It all began […]
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