The hydraulic truck crane is a particular mobile crane that uses hydraulic power to lift and transport thousands of pounds. Hydraulics makes use of forces being transmitted through oil pushing in opposite directions on the boom's pistons so as to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are very vital in building major projects like airports, bridges, roadways and buildings. A crane could accomplish in minutes tasks that will normally take many hours and hundreds of men to complete.
The vast machines are normally used in the building of cities, homes, entire nations and individual buildings throughout the ages. Even the Great Pyramids in Egypt were likely constructed with the help of basic cranes to enable the heaviest materials in one of the most amazing construction projects of all time.
The first cranes were established in 3000 B.C. Egypt during the reign of King Ramses. This lifting mechanism was originally utilized to collect water. The first official "cranes" appeared in Ancient Greece. These devices were utilized to build a whole country in the 5th century B.C.
These cranes were originally made out of wood. The designs of cranes began to change when dockyards started to require stronger and bigger machines. Hick & Rothwell designed the very first cast iron cranes in Bolton, England, in the year 1834. This equipment was capable of lifting up to 2 tons. That very same year, the addition of wire rope was 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 enabled cranes to have a larger capacity for lifting heavy weights.
The wire ropes were weaved together forming a more powerful rope with even more strength. The newly formed wire also added more flexibility. 4 years later, Germany began to build cast iron cranes. The first cast iron crane built by Germany was made within Neuburg.