How tall is the tallest mobile crane?
John Thompson
Updated on January 13, 2026
Liebherr claims to have assembled the world's tallest crawler crane at its manufacturing plant in Ehingen, Germany. Using a 3,300-ton LR 13000 crawler crane in its maximum configuration – 394 ft. of main boom and 413 ft. of luffing jib – the crane achieved a total height of 814 ft.
What is the tallest mobile crane?
The massive, yet still very mobile, Liebherr 11200-9.1 is the world's tallest and strongest telescopic boom crane. Fully assembled, this impressive piece of equipment can lift up to 1,179 tons, and reach a height of 550 feet with extensions attached.How high is a mobile crane?
The Type of Mobile CraneFor example, a crawler crane can offer up to 300' of boom and an additional 300' of jib extensions while all-terrain cranes offer up to 197' of reach height.
What is the tallest construction crane?
Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1: The strongest mobile crane in the world. Kroll K10000: The tallest freestanding tower crane in the world.How big is the largest crane?
But the giant lattice boom crane is also the tallest. Big Carl's main boom can be extended from 118 metres to 160 metres and its jib can be extended to 100 metres, giving him a maximum height of 250 metres, nearly as tall as the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt.10 Largest and Tallest Cranes in the World
How tall can cranes get?
Generally, when anchored to the ground, a tower crane can't be much more than 265 feet tall. They can be much taller if they are secured to a building as the building rises. The maximum jib reach is approximately 230 feet, and the maximum weight it can lift is 19.8 tons, or 18 metric tons.What is the heaviest object ever lifted by a crane?
Crane Fun FactsThe heaviest weight lifted by a crane is 20,133 tonnes (44,385,667.25 lb) achieved by the 'Taisun' crane at Yantai Raffles Shipyard, Yantai, China on 18 April 2008. The object lifted was a barge, ballasted with water. Lifting Capacity: 1,200 metric tons.