The hydraulic truck crane is a particular mobile crane which utilizes hydraulic power to lift and move thousands of pounds. Hydraulics utilizes forces being transmitted through oil pushing in opposite directions on the pistons of the boom in order to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are important in constructing major projects like for instance bridges, airports, buildings and streets. A crane could complete in minutes tasks that would normally take a lot of hours and hundreds of men to complete.
The vast machinery are commonly used in the building of cities, homes, whole nations and individual buildings throughout the ages. Even the Great Pyramids within Egypt were probably constructed with the help of basic cranes to enable the heaviest supplies in one of the most awesome construction projects ever.
The first cranes were established in 3000 B.C. Egypt in the reign of King Ramses. This lifting device was initially used to collect water. The very first official "cranes" appeared during Ancient Greece. These devices were utilized to build a whole nation throughout the 5th century B.C.
Originally, cranes were first made out of wood. It wasn't until the designers building dockyards decided they needed something stronger and larger did these machinery evolve. Hick & Rothwell designed the first cast iron cranes in 1834, within Bolton, England. This machine was capable of lifting as much as 2 tons. That very same year, wire ropes were added to the crane by an Official of the German Superior Board, Herr Albert Sr. The wire rope made the crane stronger and more durable. This addition enabled cranes to have a larger capacity to lift heavy weights.
The wire ropes were weaved together forming a more powerful rope with even more strength. The newly formed wire also added more flexibility. 4 years later, Germany started to make cast iron cranes. The very first cast iron crane built by Germany was made within Neuburg.