28.06.2018

Sims enters tower crane market

Florida based rental company Sims Crane & Equipment has entered the tower crane rental market with the purchase of 11 new Potain cranes.

The package, said to be worth $14 million, includes 16 tonne MDT 389 L16 flat tops, with 75 metre jibs and 3.3 tonne jib tib capacity, and the 20 tonne, MD 559 models with 80 metre jibs and a jib tip capacity of 4.7 tonnes.
The first of Sims tower crane has already been erected at a construction site in Tampa, while the other 10 are already committed to other high rise construction projects.
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The first of Sims new Potain tower cranes an MDT 389

Vice president of marketing Dean Sims said: “In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, many of our long time clients that rent hoist elevators and mobile cranes were looking for another tower crane option and they trust Sims to provide that alternative.”

“The demand for high rise residential buildings is being driven by Millennials’ preference for urban living as well as continued relocations to Florida. The crawler cranes in our existing fleet are highly competitive versus electric tower cranes on buildings under 160ft (48m) in height, but they do require a larger footprint and urban high rise buildings usually struggle with site space restrictions. Tower cranes require a smaller footprint and allow us to provide lifting at much higher elevations when building heights exceed 200ft (60m)”.