New HTC-86110 Lifts Trusses for Building in Northlake, Texas

F.B. McIntire Equipment Co. Inc. of Ft. Worth, Texas placed seventeen 6,300 lb. rigged trusses with their newly purchased Link-Belt HTC-86110 hydraulic truck crane for a construction project in Northlake, Texas. The building is part of the Outdoor Learning Center for Northwest Independent School District.   

Wood-laminated trusses were placed in two days and spaced 12 ft. apart to span the length of the 200 ft. long building. Each truss was 63 ft. long with a 6/12 pitch and covered in plastic until roof decking is placed to prevent damage to the trusses; total square footage of the new building is 10,000 sq. ft.   The HTC-86110’s farthest radius for lifting was 105 ft., with most trusses placed at an 85 ft. radius with 125 ft. of boom extended at a 43 degree boom angle. 

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According to 30 year operator for McIntire, Rusty Kunkel, “There are a lot of different boom configurations that help strengthen the boom on this 86110. Link-Belt has come a long way since I started with an HTC-8650 in 1986.  You have a lot that you can work with for each individual project in the different mode options. They are definitely beneficial to me as an operator, whether they are for a lift with a long radius or a heavy up-close lift. It can be a lot of reach without a lot of counterweight which makes it cost effective for our customers,” said Kunkel.

Recent rains set the crane further away from the structure to avoid where water runoff saturated the ground and affected ground bearing conditions. A major factor in having the 110-ton machine used was its reach and capacity without using a jib. The new HTC-86110 first debuted at Link-Belt’s customer event in fall 2015. 

Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, with headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, is a leader in the design and manufacture of telescopic boom and lattice boom cranes for the construction industry worldwide.