Scania R500 - Geonova
The company Geonova from Fornoli (I) is a rental company that also owns a few crane trucks. This is the heavies one, a 5-axled Scania R500.

This Scania R500 10x4*6 (steering tag axle) is a rare unit for Italy. It gets, because of a special transport permit, an official total weight of 53 tons (9+9+13+13+9 ton)! This gives it a payload of about 17 tonnes.

The trucks has been equiped with a Fassi F1500AXP crane. It's the 8x extending version that reaches up to 19,4 meters and lifts 4,465 tonnes there. With the L516 jib the outreach becomes 31,3 meters.

The long chassis is filled with a flatbed that runs down in an angle at the rear, where it continues in 2 foldable driving ramps. With these, it is possible to load a lift or another type of equipment.

The total length of this truck is about 11,5 meter.

An interesting and rare vehicle, especially in Italy!

 
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