A Background On Grove Cranes
Grove has been manufacturing a comprehensive range of products, including the renowned grove crane since 1947. Grove is one of the world’s leading producers of mobile hydraulic cranes with manufacturing facilities in Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and Niella Tanaro. The range of grove crane product includes: Rough Terrain, Truck Mounted, All Terrain, Grove YardBoss Industrial Cranes, and Shuttlelift Carrydeck Industrial Cranes. Lifting capacity for these products ranges from 8.6 tonnes to 558.8 tonnes.
The Grove Manufacturing Company was founded in 1947 by Dwight L. Grove, John L. Grove and Wayne A. Nicarry to produce rubber-tire farm wagons. The company was started in a garage they rented in Shady Grove, Pennsylvania. Initially focussing on building yard-type cranes, Grove eventually expanded into the commercial crane market. Grove cranes were responsible for introducing the world’s first slewing rough terrain crane in 1968 and the world’s first trapezoidal boom in 1970. In 1994, the Grove Manufacturing Company became the first international multi-facility crane manufacturer to receive the ISO 9001 quality assurance certification.
Manitowoc Cranes, a division of The Manitowoc Company, Inc in the United States acquired Grove Worldwide in 2002. The announcement of the acquisition was made at CONEXPO in Las Vegas in March 2002. Manitowoc Cranes produces four brands of cranes and has two service brands, Manitowoc Crane Care and Manitowoc Finance. Manitowoc produces several lines of cranes to serve the construction industries. The company produces high-capacity lattice-boom crawler cranes, tower cranes, and mobile telescopic cranes for heavy construction, commercial construction, energy-related, wind farm, infrastructure, duty-cycle and crane-rental applications. It is also a producer of boom trucks.
Manitowoc's Grove product line includes: rough terrain cranes, all-terrain cranes, Grove YardBoss, industrial cranes and Shuttlelift Carrydeck cranes, each of which are designed to suit specific job site specification and fulfill certain criteria. The rough terrain cranes are fitted with four steering modes allowing easy maneuvering in tight quarters. The all-terrain cranes combine fast highway speeds with excellent off-road performance and very powerful lifting capabilities. The Grove YardBoss crane can be used for plant maintenance and material handling jobs. Finally the industrial cranes and Shuttlelift Carrydeck cranes are designed for both indoor and outdoor jobsite.
Grove crane parts for the listed equipment can be sourced with relative ease through companies like Grove CAPX, which are specifically designed to assist customers in locating the parts they need for their Grove crane from the parts manual created for their specific crane. With complex machines like the Grove cranes, when parts need to be replaced, it is of the utmost importance that the correct parts are sourced. For the correct cable for grove cranes, a Python® Compac 18 rotation resistant cable is recommended as standard rope type for Grove-, Terex-, National-, Century- and other US made truck- and mobile cranes.
In October 2009, Manitowoc introduced a new Grove crane at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Expo. The industrial crane features a 71 ft four-section boom with a 17 ft off settable swing away extension. The crane also has a 15 Ust deck carrying capacity that allows users to carry materials around the yard or facility. According to Tom McCallum, director of industrial crane sales at Manitowoc, “The upper section of the door swings out to allow more room in the cab,” he said. “And a tilt steering wheel and smoother operating joysticks have been added for easier operation.” It is certain that Grove crane has taken its spot as one of the best crane providers around, and will in all likelihood be one of the industry leaders for a long time to come.
