Richter Kran Expands Fleet with Third Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 Mobile Crane for Infrastructure and Wind Projects

Richter Kran- und Schwerlast GmbH has expanded its fleet with the addition of a third Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane, strengthening its lifting capacity for large-scale infrastructure, industrial and wind energy projects.

The 9-axle crane will enhance operational flexibility and support the company’s growing project pipeline across sectors such as bridge construction, transformer installation, industrial plants and wind turbine maintenance and dismantling.

According to company owner Matthias Richter, the decision to add another high-capacity crane was driven by a surge in project demand across infrastructure, energy and industrial markets. Martin Krusche, head of the crane department, noted that the LTM 1750-9.1 offers strong lifting performance, quick setup and versatility for complex lifting operations.

Even more flexible with three 750-tonne cranes

The crane achieves considerable increases in load capacity thanks to its Y-shaped bracing. Optimised for the installation of wind turbines and equipped with a luffing jib, the new addition to Richter’s crane fleet can reach lifting heights of up to 156 metres.

With three identical LTM 1750-9.1 cranes now in its fleet, the crane hire company has significantly increased its operational flexibility – both for parallel large-scale projects and for short-term extensions of deployment. “If a crane job unexpectedly takes longer, we can react immediately and send an identical machine to the next project. This gives us enormous planning security – also with regard to road transport permits,” says Krusche.

Straight into action after handover

The new LTM 1750-9.1’s first assignment takes it to northern Bavaria. Just one day after the handover, the 9-axle crane lifts several plant components for a ceramics in Selb. “For this job, all services are provided from a single source: we not only take care of the preparation and the lift itself. The individual components, weighing up to 80 tonnes, of the industrial plant were previously collected from northern Sweden by our in-house transport department using three heavy-duty transporters,” explains Anton Pätzold, head of the transport department.

Immediately afterwards, the 9-axle vehicle continued its journey across Germany, where the

LTM 1750-9.1 is erecting a new wind turbine in the Bergisches Land region. The third follow-up project in March will involve the dismantling of a total of eleven old turbines between Leipzig and Dresden – a range of applications that impressively underlines the versatility and performance of the new crane.

18 Liebherr cranes in the fleet

With the new addition to its fleet, Richter now operates 18 cranes – ranging from 60-tonne to 750-tonne models, as well as MK mobile construction cranes and an LTR 1100 telescopic crawler crane – and thus relies on a fleet consisting exclusively of Liebherr equipment. This offers a significant advantage for the company: “We have around two dozen crane operators working on construction sites. They benefit enormously from the uniform operation of the machines. Anyone who can operate a smaller crane can also operate a large machine,” says Richter. The operators receive regular training, including at the Ehingen plant: “The training courses are professional, and even experienced operators gain valuable know-how.”