GM

K fe

atu

res

Eng

lish

2

MEG

ATR

AK

top

stee

red

MEG

ATR

AK

All-

whe

el s

teer

Stee

r by

wir

eEC

OS

Car

rier

EC

OS

EKS

5 lig

htEK

S 5

MEG

AFO

RM

TWIN

-LO

CK

Hyd

raul

ic lu

ffing

jib

Inte

grat

ed h

eavy

dut

y jib

New

car

rier

cab

des

ign

Tilt

able

sup

erst

ruct

ure

cab

MEG

AT

RA

KTM

Inde

pend

ent

susp

ensi

on

3

MEG

AT

RA

KTM

Top

ste

ered

MEG

ATR

AC

KTM

cyl

inde

rs

4

ALL

-WH

EEL

STEE

R

5

STEE

R B

Y W

IRE

6

ECO

S El

ectr

onic

Cra

ne O

pera

ting

Sys

tem

7

EKS

5 /

EKS

5 LI

GH

T

8

MEG

AFO

RM

TM

9

TW

IN-L

OC

KTM

10

HY

DR

AU

LIC

LU

FFIN

G JI

B

11

INT

EGR

AT

ED H

EAV

Y D

UT

Y JI

B

12

HY

DR

AU

LIC

CA

B

13

NEW

CA

RR

IER

CA

B

14

GMK7450

GMK6400

GMK6300L

GMK5220

GMK5170

GMK5130-2

GMK5110-1

GMK5095

GMK4100L

GMK4100

GMK4080-1

GMK3055

GMK3050-1

GMK2035E

Opt

iona

l

MEG

AT

RA

KT

M p

rem

ium

Inde

pend

ent

susp

ensi

on

MEG

ATR

AKT

M

is G

rove

’s pa

tent

ed

inde

pend

ent

susp

ensio

n an

d al

l-whe

el

steer

sys

tem

. Ea

ch w

heel

is

able

to

rem

ain

on t

he g

roun

d at

all

times

, so

tha

t str

esse

s an

d w

eigh

t ar

e no

t co

ntin

ually

tran

sferr

ed b

etw

een

axle

s.

Trad

ition

al

susp

ensio

n sy

stem

s m

ay

raise

th

e bo

dy

of

the

cran

e,

but

do

not

incr

ease

gr

ound

cl

eara

nce.

M

EGAT

RAK

TM

do

es,

as

the

diffe

-

rent

ial

is at

tach

ed t

o th

e ba

se o

f th

e ca

rrie

r, off

erin

g a

grou

nd c

lear

ance

up

to 6

00 m

m. S

uspe

nsio

n ca

n be

rai

sed

or lo

wer

ed (b

oth

front

/bac

k an

d sid

e to

sid

e) d

irect

ly f

rom

the

car

rier

cab

and

auto

mat

ical

ly le

velle

d fo

r roa

d tr

avel

.

MEG

ATR

AKT

M a

lso a

llow

s th

e us

e of

a

deep

er c

arrie

r cr

oss

sect

ion,

whi

ch

impr

oves

the

ove

rall

tors

iona

l stre

ngth

of

the

cran

e.

How

ever

, M

EGAT

RAK

TM

is

not

just

abou

t a

com

fort

able

and

con

fiden

t rid

e.

The

use

of in

depe

nden

t str

uts

redu

ces

the

wei

ght o

f the

sus

pens

ion

syste

m. Th

ese

feat

ures

mak

e G

rove

all-

terr

ains

the

stro

nges

t cr

anes

ava

ilabl

e, w

ith o

ptim

um li

ft ch

arac

teris

tics.

Onc

e yo

u’ve

exp

erie

nced

MEG

ATR

AKT

M y

ou’ll

real

ly a

ppre

ciat

e th

e di

ffere

nce.

3G

MK

FEA

TUR

ES

Red

uce

d m

ain

ten

ance

:

Rel

iabl

e su

spen

sio

n s

yste

m.

Sam

e su

spen

sio

n

on

alm

ost

all

mo

dels

.

Dri

velin

e re

mai

ns

alig

ned

all

the

tim

e.

Ste

erin

g lin

kage

is

pro

tect

ed (p

osi

tio

ned

di

rect

ly u

nde

r th

e ch

assi

).

MEG

ATR

AK

TM

RIG

ID A

XLE

4MEG

AT

RA

KT

M in

dep

end

ent

susp

ensi

on

Top

stee

red

MEG

ATR

AK

TM c

ylin

ders

The

late

st de

sign

of M

egat

rakT

M s

teer

ing

tech

no-

logy

with

top

ste

ered

Meg

atra

kTM

cyl

inde

rs a

llow

s a

deep

er c

ross

-sec

tion

of th

e fra

me

for g

reat

er st

reng

th.

This

tech

nolo

gy is

use

d on

GM

K51

70, G

MK

5220

, G

MK

6300

L, G

MK

6400

and

GM

K74

50.

GM

K52

00

GM

K52

20

Adva

ntag

e of

top

steer

ing

for t

he c

arrie

r fra

me

Adv

ance

d M

EGAT

RA

KTM

st

eeri

ng t

echn

olog

y

Top

steer

ing

Meg

atra

k

Meg

astr

uts w

ith to

p ste

erin

gM

egas

trut

s with

wish

bone

she

adse

ctio

nste

erin

g ar

m

four

-poi

nt b

earin

g

pisto

n

guid

e bu

sh

guid

e tu

be

steer

ing

arm

oute

r tub

e

cylin

der t

ube

cove

r

pisto

n ro

d

pisto

n ro

d

pisto

n

splin

e

tube

guid

e bu

sh

wish

bone

s

GM

K F

EATU

RES

All-

wh

eel s

teer

An e

asy

to u

se a

ll-w

heel

syste

m g

ives

the

best

steer

ing

on o

r off

high

way

, elim

inat

ing

tyre

scru

b an

d str

esse

s on

non

stee

ring

axle

s.

Exce

ptio

nal m

anoe

uvra

bilit

y

allo

ws e

ven

the

larg

est,

fu

lly ri

gged

GM

K to

get

as

clo

se to

the

lift a

s pos

sible

.

Oth

er sy

stem

s, w

here

one

or m

ore

“d

ead

wei

ght”

han

ging

axl

es re

mai

n fi

xed

– le

ad to

hig

her a

xle

load

s,

driv

elin

e m

aint

enan

ce p

robl

ems,

in

crea

sed

grou

nd p

ress

ure

an

d ty

re w

all s

tress

.

All-w

heel

stee

r ena

bles

a

fully

lade

n cr

ane

to d

istrib

ute

w

eigh

t eve

nly

acro

ss a

ll ax

les.

56St

eer

by w

ire

The

rear

2 a

xles

are

ste

ered

by

wire

. Up

to 2

0 km

/h

the

2 re

ar a

xles

are

stee

ring

depe

ndin

g on

the

driv

ing

mod

e (c

rab

steer

and

min

imum

tur

ning

rad

ius)

and

th

e sp

eed

in o

ptim

ised

angl

e.

For h

ighw

ay tr

avel

ling

the 4

th ax

le is

fixe

d str

aigh

t and

up

to 6

0 km

/h a

xle 5

is st

eerin

g in

an

optim

ised

angl

e de

pend

ing

on th

e fro

nt a

xles

and

the

spee

d.

The

conv

entio

nal m

echa

nica

l ste

erin

g is

repl

aced

by

a hy

drau

lic-e

lect

roni

c ste

erin

g sy

stem

.

Adv

anta

ges:

Pre

cise

ste

erin

g.

Hig

her

dri

vin

g co

mfo

rt.

Red

uce

d ty

re w

ear.

Eco

no

my

of s

pac

e by

loss

of t

he

lon

gitu

din

al

pu

sh r

ods

.

Mo

re s

pac

e fo

r h

igh

er c

has

sis.

Wei

ght

redu

ctio

n in

sp

ite

of h

igh

er fo

rm

stab

ility

.

Red

uct

ion

of c

ost

s by

loss

of t

he

mec

han

ical

lock

.

Red

uce

of t

ire

abra

sio

n d

ue

to e

lect

ron

ic

con

tro

lled

stee

rin

g u

p t

o 6

0km

/h.

Ver

y co

nve

nie

nt

way

of s

teer

ing.

Hig

hw

ay t

rave

l mo

de.

Cra

b st

eer

mo

de.

Min

imu

m t

urn

ing

radi

us

mo

de.

Man

ual

mo

de.

No

mec

hani

cal c

oupl

ing,

bu

t hyd

raul

ic-e

lect

roni

c ste

erin

g.

Hig

hway

trav

el m

ode

Cra

b ste

er m

ode

Min

imum

turn

ing

radi

us m

ode

Man

ual m

ode

GM

K F

EATU

RES

7

ECO

SEl

ectr

onic

Cra

ne O

pera

ting

Sys

tem

ECO

S (E

lect

roni

c C

rane

Ope

ratin

g Sy

stem

) en

able

s co

ntro

l of t

he e

ntire

cra

ne’s

prin

cipl

e op

erat

ions

.

Sim

ple p

rogr

amm

ing

ease

s lift

pla

nnin

g an

d a s

uppl

y of

es

sent

ial i

nfor

mat

ion

allo

ws

full

conc

entr

atio

n on

the

lif

t itse

lf.

Late

st m

odel

s fea

ture

EC

OS

syste

m a

lso fo

r the

car

rier f

unct

ions

.

The

ECO

S sc

reen

is

inte

grat

ed i

n th

e ca

rrie

r ca

b pr

ovid

ing

info

rmat

ion

for

engi

ne

and

tran

smiss

ion

func

tions

, dia

gnos

tics,

war

ning

s and

err

or c

odes

.

Car

rier

oper

atio

ns

such

as

su

spen

sion

and

MEG

ATR

AKT

M

cont

rols,

di

ffere

ntia

ls an

d ste

erin

g m

odes

will

be

cont

rolle

d vi

a EC

OS

as w

ell.

Adv

anta

ges:

Tel

esco

pin

g m

ode

au

tom

atic

.

Tel

esco

pin

g m

ode

se

mi a

uto

mat

ic.

Adj

ust

men

t an

d re

ado

ut

of a

ll o

per

atin

g sp

eeds

.

Adj

ust

s sp

eeds

au

tom

atic

ally

w

hen

jib

exte

nsi

on

s fi

tted

.

Op

erat

ing

data

on

all

cran

e fu

nct

ion

s.

Op

erat

ing

data

on

po

wer

un

it.

Co

nst

antl

y ru

nn

ing

data

ch

ecks

an

d da

ta u

pda

tes.

Err

or

code

rea

dou

ts.

EC

OS

is r

un

fro

m t

hre

e id

enti

cal

con

tro

l box

es. S

ho

uld

un

it m

al-

fun

ctio

n, c

ran

e o

per

atio

n w

ill

reve

rt t

o t

he

fun

ctio

nin

g u

nit

s.

Alt

ho

ugh

ru

nn

ing

sep

arat

ely

ECO

S al

so s

up

plie

s an

y re

quir

ed

info

rmat

ion

to

th

e EK

S Lo

ad

Mo

men

t in

dica

tor.

8EKS

5 /

EKS

5 lig

ht

Mon

itorin

g th

e lif

ting

cond

ition

of

the

cran

e at

all

times

EK

S w

orks

tog

ethe

r w

ith,

but

inde

pend

ently

of

the

EC

OS

as a

com

plet

e co

mm

and

and

cont

rol

syste

m o

r sep

arat

ely

as lo

ad m

omen

t ind

icat

or.

Con

tinua

lly

runn

ing

faul

t an

alys

is,

the

syste

m

advi

ses s

ervi

ce c

odes

whi

ch c

an b

e tr

ansm

itted

to a

ny

Cra

ne C

ARE

cent

re, w

orld

-wid

e, al

low

ing f

ast a

ccur

ate

inve

stiga

tion

and

reco

mm

enda

tion.

The

EKS

5 lig

ht

feat

ure

s a

sem

i gra

ph

ic

disp

lay:

Eas

y to

use

.

Cle

ar d

isp

lay.

Erg

on

om

ic la

you

t.

The

EKS

5

feat

ure

s in

add

itio

n a

full

grap

hic

dis

pla

y:

Rea

r lig

hti

ng.

Gra

ph

ic o

f bo

om

tel

esco

pin

g %

.

Sh

ow

s lo

adch

arts

.

Allo

ws

sele

ctio

n o

f lo

adch

art

sect

ion

s.

GM

K F

EATU

RES

9

MEG

AFO

RM

TM

The

MEG

AFO

RM

TM

boo

m d

esig

n in

corp

orat

es a

“U

” sh

aped

cro

ss-s

ectio

n, w

hich

pro

vide

s a

natu

ral

crad

ling

posit

ion

for b

oom

sect

ions

.

Larg

e w

ear

pads

pro

vide

sup

erio

r bo

om a

lignm

ent

whe

n te

lesc

opin

g, a

nd a

llow

an

exce

llent

tran

sitio

n of

w

eigh

ts be

twee

n se

ctio

ns.

This

lead

s to

an in

trin

sical

ly st

rong

er sy

stem

. In

addi

tion

to le

ss w

eigh

t, a

larg

er c

ross

-sec

tion

area

can

be

used

, giv

ing

grea

ter l

iftin

g ca

paci

ty a

t all

radi

i.

10TW

IN-L

OC

KT

M

TW

IN-L

OC

KT

M is

a fu

lly h

ydra

ulic

syste

m w

ith e

lect

roni

c co

ntro

ls. It

feat

ures

a si

ngle

tele

scop

ic c

ylin

der t

hat u

ses t

wo

horiz

onta

lly-m

ount

ed p

ins t

o m

ove

a bo

om se

ctio

n in

to

the

requ

ired

posit

ion.

The

use

of tw

o pi

ns in

crea

ses s

ecur

ity a

nd th

eir p

ositi

on in

the

side

of th

e bo

om m

eans

they

ope

rate

in th

e ne

utra

l zon

e. Th

e us

e of

a si

ngle

tele

scop

e cy

linde

r red

uces

wei

ght u

sed

else

whe

re to

stre

ngth

en th

e cr

ane,

and

incr

ease

s

liftin

g ca

paci

ty.

Hyd

rau

lic lu

ffin

g ji

b

Gro

ve h

ydra

ulic

jibs

can

be

offse

t to

luff

unde

r lo

ad fr

om 0

° - 4

0°.

The

hydr

aulic

luffi

ng j

ib i

s co

ntro

lled

from

the

op

erat

or c

ab a

nd c

an b

e us

ed w

ith a

ny b

oom

and

jib

con

figur

atio

n.

Mov

emen

t is c

ontin

ually

mon

itore

d by

the

EKS

syste

m, f

or m

axim

um sa

fety

.

Thes

e jib

s ca

n al

so

be

conv

enie

ntly

sto

wed

al

ongs

ide

the

boom

for s

ecur

e ro

ad tr

avel

.

11G

MK

FEA

TUR

ES12In

teg

rate

d h

eavy

du

ty ji

b

The

late

st sw

inga

way

des

ign

feat

ures

an

inte

grat

ed h

eavy

dut

y jib

incl

udin

g 3

shea

ves f

or m

axim

um c

apac

ities

. Th

e he

avy

duty

jib

is hy

drau

lic o

r m

anua

l adj

usta

ble

to 0

°, 20

° and

40°

. Th

e le

ngth

is 3

,3 m

or 3

,6 m

de

pend

ing

on m

odel

.

Adv

anta

ges:

2 ji

bs in

1.

Incr

ease

d ca

pac

itie

s fo

r 2

ho

ok

op

erat

ion

s.

Incr

ease

d ra

diu

s w

hen

wo

rkin

g u

nde

r a

roo

f.

Eas

y ri

ggin

g an

d h

andl

ing.

Fle

xibl

e to

use

du

e to

hyd

rau

lic a

dju

stm

ent.

Incl

ude

d in

tax

i co

nfi

gura

tio

ns

wit

h s

win

gaw

ay.

Hyd

rau

lic c

ab

Hyd

raul

ic t

iltin

g su

pers

truc

ture

cab

Gro

ve’s

20° h

ydra

ulic

tilti

ng

supe

rstr

uctu

re c

ab g

ives

the

op

erat

or a

n im

prov

ed a

nd

mor

e co

mfo

rtab

le v

iew

of t

he li

ft.

Adv

anta

ges:

Imp

rove

d lif

t an

d

op

erat

or

per

form

ance

- b

ette

r vi

ews

and

incr

ease

d

com

fort

mea

ns

lifts

are

co

mp

lete

d qu

icke

r

and

accu

rate

ly.

Incr

ease

d vi

ew o

f th

e lif

t

0°-

20° t

ilt c

apab

ility

giv

es

bett

er v

iew

s.

13G

MK

FEA

TUR

ES14N

ew c

arr

ier

cab

A ne

w d

esig

n, w

ith m

axim

um

func

tiona

lity

and

ergo

nom

ic e

xcel

lenc

e cr

eatin

g th

e be

st po

ssib

le w

orki

ng

envi

ronm

ent.

Th

e n

ew c

ab c

om

bin

es fu

nct

ion

al

per

form

ance

, er

gon

om

ic e

xcel

len

ce,

and

safe

ty.

Co

nve

nie

nce

an

d er

gon

om

ic e

xcel

len

ce

Bet

ter

cab

sou

ndp

roo

fin

g th

anks

to

th

e n

ew p

last

ic c

ladd

ing.

The

pan

ora

mic

win

dscr

een

giv

es e

xcel

len

t

all-

rou

nd

visi

bilit

y.

Op

tim

ised

cab

acc

ess.

Sup

erio

r m

ater

ial p

roce

ssin

g qu

alit

y.

Hea

dlam

p in

stal

lati

on

op

tim

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