The unique, high-telescoping crane helps build major wind farm installations in Inner Mongolia.

The first Grove GTK1100 crane to arrive in Asia has completed its first job, too, helping to build major wind farm installations in Inner Mongolia, China. The unique, high-telescoping crane was put to the test on a schedule to install 92 wind turbines with tower heights of over 70 m and turbine sections of up to 75 tonnes, all in desert conditions.

Zhu Jingcheng, Chairman of China Power Equipment Installation Engineering Co. Ltd, (CPIE), the company which owns the crane, said the GTK1100 was the only choice for the project. "There was no other mobile crane in the world that coul

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