mobile crane

English

A large mobile crane which is ready to travel.

Noun

mobile crane (plural mobile cranes)

1. A crane of varying size and load capacity, usually mounted on road wheels, but sometimes on crawler tracks, which can move to wherever it is required.
   • 1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Walsall sundries concentration depot”, in Modern Railways, page 367:

     A 30cwt overhead electric travelling crane works in the received traffic part of the shed and two 2 ton mobile cranes operate in the forwarded section. Outside the shed in the yard there are a 10 ton electric gantry crane and a 7½ ton mobile crane to deal with wagon-loads.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流動式起重機／流动式起重机 (liúdòng-shì qǐzhòngjī)

• Danish: mobilkran c
• German: Autokran m, Fahrzeugkran m, Kranwagen m, Mobilkran m
• Japanese: 移動式クレーン (いどうしきくれーん, idō-shiki kurēn)
• Mongolian: автокран (avtokran)
• Russian: автокра́н (ru) m (avtokrán)

Further reading

• mobile crane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia