The Scania R480, with 6-cylinder and 480 hp, is delivered as compact 10x4*6. The tridem is air-suspended, the tag axle is steering for more manoeuvrability. This side of the chassis has got a toolbox. Above the front outriggers the coolers for the hydraulic took place.

The crane is an Effer 2655, the 2nd of this type that is delivered in Switzerland. Müller ordered the version with the straight outriggers instead of the swivveling ones. The cranefoot is mounted at the front of the chassis here.

To get rear stability with the straight outriggers, it is necessary to have a set of extending rear outriggers. These where mounted low in the subframe, underneath the regular outriggers. Here we see them fully extended.

The company Hodel, who installed the crane, welded a plateau to these outriggers. This plateau will be used to hold ballast in the future, so that the crane can lift more weight when working to the front. About 2 to 4 tons of ballast will be used.

This side shows how big the outriggers of a crane like this have to be. These outriggers extend 3x and support themselves here on a base-plate and 4 big wooden blocks.

This side holds a small dieseltank and the mufler. The big oiltank of the crane lies above the front outriggers.

Here we see the lifting table of the crane. The base crane can extend 7x to 27,45 meters, a distance for which a normal knuckleboom definately needs a jib. With the 6x extending jib it reachs 50,1 meter of 53,5 meter when another manual extension is used.

The crane truck was working a small village at a renovated house. The furniture was brought by vans and than loaded onto a platform.

That platform then was lifted over the roof with the crane ...

... and let down on the other side near the balcony. This way the goods don't have to be transported seperately by stairs.

Here we see that the crane already covers a good distance, but he still is not near his maximam outreach. The basecrane still has 3 extensions left and the jib is only extended 4,5 times.

From a distance you notice the real dimensions of this crane. The leap from a normal knuckleboom tot this 2655 is a really big one. As the crane is stable in the direction where the outriggers are set, it is sufficient that only the right outriggers are extended. This way the street stays open for traffic.

After the job is over, the crane is being folded again. The hook of the winch cable has to be taken off. The front outriggers are only used with heavier lifts to the front, in combination with the ballast of course. The truck has got an empty weight of about 48 tons, it's legally allowed for 50, which leaves room for about 2 tons of ballast.

Now the crane itselfs gets folded together. The winch cable stays on the jib, the wind-and-drive system of Effer allows it to be.

The jib folds down on the telescopic boom ...

... that then lies down on a strut that is mounted to the rear of the subframe.

After all the outriggers are pulled in, the truck is ready for transport again.

This shows you how compact everything on this truck is, all the available space has been take by either crane, hydraulics or storage. The trucks is not quit finished by the way, the remaining parts will also be painted red.

On to the nex job!