Truck-mounted crane.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

Figure 5-32. Slings and spreader bars for use with cranes.

mounted crane is highly mobile, best suited to operation

(a) Truck-mounted crane. This type of crane

on a relatively smooth and level surface, and has a

(fig 5-33) consists of a self-powered crane unit which is

lifting capacity which is generally somewhat less than

equipped with a boom and mounted on a powered truck

that of the other types of cranes discussed below.

or truck chassis suitable for highway travel. The truck-

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