The hydraulic truck crane is a specialized mobile crane that uses hydraulic power to raise and transport thousands of pounds. Hydraulics utilizes forces being transmitted through oil pushing on the pistons of the boom in opposite directions in order to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are really essential in constructing major projects like airports, bridges, streets and buildings. A crane could complete in minutes jobs that will normally take hundreds of men and a lot of hours to complete.
The vast machinery are normally used in the construction of cities, homes, whole nations and individual buildings throughout the ages. Even the Great Pyramids in Egypt were probably built utilizing basic cranes to enable the heaviest materials in one of the most awesome construction projects ever.
The first cranes were established in 3000 B.C. Egypt in the reign of King Ramses. This lifting mechanism was initially utilized to collect water. The very first official "cranes" appeared in Ancient Greece. These devices were utilized to build an entire nation in the 5th century B.C.
These cranes were initially made out of wood. The designs of cranes started to change when dockyards started to need stronger and bigger machinery. Hick & Rothwell designed the very first cast iron cranes in the year 1834, within Bolton, England. This machinery can lift as much as 2 tons. That same year, wire ropes were added to the crane by Herr Albert Sr. who was an Official of the German Superior Board. The wire rope made the crane more durable and stronger. This addition allowed cranes to have a bigger capacity to lift heavy weights.
Ultimately, the wire ropes were weaved together in order to form an even more powerful strength. This wire formation also brought the added advantage of flexibility. Germany began to build cast iron cranes 4 years later. The very first cast iron crane built by Germany was built in Neuburg.