Patent ID: 6360905
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
A mobile crane comprising a chassis supporting a superstructure for rotation about a vertical axis, a pair of lateral crawlers connected to side parts of said chassis through respective crawlers frames, plurality of lateral stabilizers for stabilizing said chassis, each of said stabilizers having a first end for support and a second end connecting to said crane, and a pair of brackets with each bracket supporting two of said lateral stabilizers for rotation of each stabilizer about an independent generally vertical axis so that each stabilizer can swivel forward and rearward, each of said brackets being detachably connected to one of said crawler frames when the crawler frames are mounted to said side parts of the chassis and being detachably connected to one of said side parts of the chassis when said crawler frames are removed, said stabilizers telescoping so as to adjust a laterally cantilevering length of said stabilizers and thus the stabilization area.