Jake's Crane International

Heavy Lift Solutions

25% Overload Test

Jake’s SL400 (Street Legal 400-ton capacity) truck crane shown picking 1,000,000 lbs. at minimum (13.7 ft.) radius, 1991. This stellar crane can be set up to begin operations within two hours after arriving at the jobsite. Both the crane itself and the 500-ton capacity 40 ft. spreader bar were conceived, designed, engineered, fabricated, load tested and certified at Jake's own facilities.

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Luffing Crane at Hemet Dam

Jake’s TG1900 hoisting high-productivity 5 cubic yard lay-down bucket on a single part 1-5/8” load line at speeds up to 715 ft/min. in California

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American Sky Horse

Picking, walking, and setting 107-ton spherical fuel tank at Rocketdyne Test Stand in California.

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Rio & Bellagio

The Rio Hotel & Casino
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Cranes Used: Link Belt TG 1900 (115 Ton Capacity)
Configuration: 190’ Standard Boom, 422’ Tower Height
Year: 1996

The Bellagio Hotel & Casino Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Cranes Used: Link Belt TG 1900 (115 Ton Capacity), Link Belt TG 2300 (230 Ton Capacity)
Configuration: 200’ Standard Boom, 406’ Tower Height
Year: 1996

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Notable Projects

Truss-Supported Load

Jake’s custom-designed, engineered and fabricated heavy transport system. Truss evenly spreads load weight between front and rear tractors and castered-steering dollies. Shown transporting Jake’s American 11320 450-ton capacity crawler crane complete with carbody, house, gantry, boom inner, and all drums full. En route to set massive girders spanning I-5 for the Seattle Convention Center.

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Schnabel Heavy Haul System

JXS (Jake’s Xtra Speed) ultra-heavy transport system moving a Jake’s 11320 American crawler crane en route at freeway speed to Southern California complete with carbody, house, gantry, boom inner, and all drums full. This Schnabel configuration eliminates the bed both to lower the profile and to maximize payload-to-gross-weight efficiency.

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425,000 lb. Autoclave Move

Jake’s custom-designed, engineered and fabricated JXS (Jake’s Xtra Speed) ultra-heavy transport system, hauling a massive autoclave on the I-80 freeway 275-miles from Salt Lake City, Utah, to ‘Gold Mist’ mine in Nevada. Overall configuration en route was: 700,000 lbs., 18’ high, 21’ wide. As shown here, this 262' long, 164 wheel rig is successfully negotiating a 90 degree turn to avoid a low freeway bridge, 1989

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Vessel Transfer Port/Refinery

Refinery vessel transported on support beams mounted upon castered-steering dollies from Port of Richmond, California, to Rodeo, California

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