The hydraulic truck crane is a particular mobile crane that uses hydraulic power to raise and transport thousands of pounds. Hydraulics utilizes forces being transmitted through oil pushing in opposite directions on the boom's pistons in order to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are very important in building major projects like bridges, airports, roadways and buildings. A crane can accomplish in minutes tasks that would normally take hundreds of men and many hours to accomplish.
These remarkable machines have played a very important role in building houses, cities, individual buildings and entire nations throughout the ages. Even the Great Pyramids in Egypt were likely constructed utilizing basic cranes to enable the heaviest materials in one of the most amazing construction projects of all time.
The very first cranes were established in 3000 B.C. Egypt during the reign of King Ramses. This lifting mechanism was first used to collect water. The very first official "cranes" appeared during Ancient Greece. These mechanism were utilized to create an entire nation in the 5th century B.C.
Originally, cranes were first made out of wood. It wasn't until the designers constructing dockyards decided they needed something stronger and bigger did these machines develop. Hick & Rothwell designed the very first cast iron cranes within Bolton, England, during the year 1834. This machinery 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 allowed cranes to have a bigger capacity for lifting heavy weights.
Eventually, 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 started to make cast iron cranes 4 years later. The first cast iron crane made by Germany was made in Neuburg.