City Cranes
A small 2-axle mobile crane, known as a City crane is designed for use within compact areas where the standard cranes could not venture. City cranes are used to work within buildings or to travel through gates. During the 1990s, City cranes were developed as an answer to the increasing urban density within Japan. Numerous cities in the country started building and cramming more structures near each other and it became necessary to have a crane that could navigate through the small areas of Japanese streets.
City cranes are basically small rough terrain cranes. They are designed to be road legal and are characterized by a short chassis, a single cab, independent steering on each axle, and a 2-axle design. In addition, these kinds of machines provided a retractable slanted boom. This type of retractable boom takes up much less space compared to a horizontal boom of similar size would.
Regular Truck Crane
Mobile cranes with a lattice boom are considered conventional truck crane booms. This unit has a lighter boom on a hydraulic truck crane. There are many boom sections that could be added to allow the crane to reach over and up an obstacle. A regular truck crane needs separate power to be able to move down and up, since it could not lower and raise with hydraulic power.
Kangaroo Crane
A jumping crane is a different name for a kangaroo crane. This model is an articulated-jib slewing crane with an integrated bunker. These cranes originated in Australia. They are often utilized in high-rise construction projects. Kangaroo cranes are different in the industry in the way that they can raise themselves as the building they are working on increases in height. These specific cranes are anchored using a long leg. This leg runs down the building's elevator shaft.