Australian crane specialist RAR Group has put a new Grove GMK6400 crane on one of the largest wind farms in New South Wales. The Capital Wind Farm job saw the crane used to maintain gearboxes on a number of the 67 turbines at the 140.7-MW facility. "The GMK6400 was the perfect choice for this project because it has the best lifting capacity of any six-axle crane, combined with small outrigger dimensions and a fast set-up," said Andrew Bodman, Director, RAR Group. "All told this meant it had capacity, speed and size advantages over alternatives."

The 400 tonne capacity GMK6400 has a 60 m main boom and up to 79 m of luffing jib available, giving it a maximum possible tip height of 136 m.