The hydraulic truck crane is a particular mobile crane which utilizes hydraulic power to lift and transport thousands of pounds. Hydraulics makes use of forces being transmitted through oil pushing on the pistons of the boom in opposite directions in order to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are really vital in building major projects like for instance airports, bridges, roadways and buildings. A crane could complete in minutes jobs that will normally take hundreds of men and a lot of hours to accomplish.
These impressive machinery have played a very important role in building houses, cities, entire nations and individual buildings throughout the ages. Even the Great Pyramids in Egypt were likely constructed utilizing basic cranes to allow the heaviest supplies in one of the most awesome construction projects ever.
The first cranes were established in 3000 B.C. Egypt during King Ramses' reign. This lifting device was originally used to collect water. The first official "cranes" appeared in Ancient Greece. These mechanism were used to create a whole country during the 5th century B.C.
These cranes were originally made out of wood. The designs of cranes started to change when dockyards began to need stronger and larger equipments. Hick & Rothwell designed the first cast iron cranes in the year 1834, within Bolton, England. This equipment could lift as much as 2 tons. That very same year, wire ropes were added to the crane by an Official of the German Superior Board, Herr Albert Sr. The wire rope made the crane more durable and stronger. This addition allowed cranes to have a larger capacity to lift heavy weights.
Eventually, the wire ropes were weaved together to be able to form an even more powerful strength. This wire formation also brought the added benefit of flexibility. Germany began to build cast iron cranes 4 years later. The first cast iron crane made by Germany was made in Neuburg.