In an effort to respond to customer needs in the east, central and southeast parts of Michigan, Raymond Excavating has taken delivery of a Grove GMK5200-1 all-terrain crane. The Marysville-based company received the crane in March 2016 and immediately put it to work to assist with a variety of lifting jobs, including placement of HVAC units, large concrete box culverts and installation of communication towers that stand as tall as 200 ft.

The move comes 48 years after Raymond purchased its first Grove, a 15 USt TM215 truck-mounted crane, which enabled the business to introduce lifting services to its customers. Today, all the nine cranes of Raymond are either Grove or National Crane-branded, and owner and president Dave Burgess said that he has relied on Manitowoc for returns on his crane investments over the years.