Zwagerman VMT from Nederhorst den Berg (NL) is owning this special Samsung CX 800C, an 80-tonne crawler crane with year of manufacture 1999. The crane model is orientated on the Hitachi KH300-3 and was built by Samsung on a yard in South-Korea.
For some crane manufacturers is a cooperation with another manufacturer in some other countries very ofter the posibility to open new markets that would remain non-accessible due to certain reasons (e.g. political, taxes). When it comes to specifications is this crane almost identical to the Hitachi KH300-3.
The undercarriage of the crane is 6.345 meters long and 4.83 meters wide. For the transport over the road is the width adjustable to 3.5 meters. To reduce the load on the tracks for the adjustment are the outriggers attached to the undercarriage used.
The crane is powered by an Isuzu 6RB1, a 13.7-liter 6-cylinder diesel engine with a power of 166 kW (225 hp).
The 4-part counterweight has a total mass of 20.8 tonnes and a tailswing of 4.9 meters.
The crane is equipped with two 15-tonne hoist winches.
Here was the crane fitted with a 31 meter long main boom, in this configuration is the crane able to lift maximum 34.55 tonnes on a 7 meter radius or 4.6 tonnes onto a 28.3 meter radius; when the correct amount of falls are applied. The crane can be fitted with a maximum 58 meter long main boom.