Windmill cranes

Here are some cranes, and very large ones at that, the better thing is I was able to get very close to them. Not 50x feet away with my lens zoomed out- oh wait, no zooming here, only prime lenses. The cranes included are a Manitowoc 16000 with luffer, Terex RT1130, Grove telescopic mobile, Manitex boom crane, plus a Deere 350D Lc and others.



I've actually seen quite a few of these cranes, so the larger Terex RT1130 is not a huge surprise but is a nice machine.



Here it is- The Manitowoc 16000. By no way is it the largest crane I've seen, but it is no where near the smallest, and it is one of the best looking cranes out there. It is much bigger in person, with the counter-weight trays well over your head.







Here is a truck you might find familliar. I think it resembles the Sword/TWH model of the Peterbilt 379 (this truck is obviously a 379). There is the addition of guards below the head lights and the fenders are different (no room for the lift axle to move up) but still the resemblence is uncanny.





Note: All photos are shot in the RAW format with a digital SLR and edited in Adobe Photoshop, the way real pictures are supposted to be handled from a DSLR to get the best results.