Order-Built Vehicle
A lorry-mounted crane built onto a cargo chassis for sites where a separate mobile crane is not worth booking.
A hydraulic crane mounted behind the cab of a flatbed truck, so the same vehicle that carries the load can also lift it on and off, useful where hiring a stand-alone mobile crane for an hour of work does not make sense.
This is not the vehicle line we lead with. Our main production is municipal and industrial cleaning trucks, and that is where most of our tooling and export volume sits. A truck mounted crane is something we also build to order when a buyer needs one alongside a cleaning fleet, or wants one on its own. The same chassis-sourcing, body-building and export process applies, just for a different upper structure bolted onto the same cargo chassis.
Boom type is the main choice to make first. A knuckle boom, sometimes called a folded-arm crane, stows short behind the cab and can bend up and over an obstacle before extending, which suits smaller 3.2 to 8 t jobs in yards where space behind the truck is tight. A telescopic boom extends in a straight line instead of folding, and it reaches further at a given weight, which is why most 10 t and larger builds use a telescopic arm rather than a knuckle one. Both boom types can be specified on either build; the tonnage and the working radius the job needs usually settle the choice.
Chassis sizing follows the crane, not the other way around. A 4×2 two-axle chassis carries a knuckle or telescopic crane up to roughly 8 t without overloading the rear axle. Once the crane gets to 10 to 12 t, the truck needs a 6×4 three-axle chassis to spread that weight, and a 16 t crane needs a 8×4 four-axle chassis. Getting this pairing wrong is the most common reason a completed truck fails a roadworthiness or axle-load inspection after it lands.
We fit the crane to a chassis brand you name, drawn from the same supplier range we already run for our cleaning vehicles, and the truck ships as an export unit with left- or right-hand drive and the emission standard your market requires set before it leaves the yard.
Before crating, the boom is run through full extension and retraction and the outriggers are cycled under load, not just checked with the boom stowed, so a fault shows up on our line instead of on your first job.
Specifications
Representative 8 t telescopic build shown below (Dongfeng Huashen D1 4×2 chassis). Final crane tonnage, boom type and chassis are confirmed per order; see the capacity table below for the other tonnage tiers we build.
| Chassis brand / model | Dongfeng Huashen D1, 4×2 LHD |
|---|---|
| Cabin | Sleeper cab, 2 seats |
| Overall dimensions (L×W×H) | 7,995 × 2,400 × 3,350 mm |
| Wheelbase | 4,500 mm |
| Cargo box (L×W×H) | 5,100 × 2,200 × 400 mm |
| Gross vehicle weight | 16,000 kg |
| Tare weight | 9,800 kg |
| Payload | 6,200 kg |
| Front / rear axle rating | 5,600 kg / 10,400 kg |
| Approach / departure angle | 22° / 13° |
| Max speed | 89 km/h |
| Tyres | 9.00R20 16PR, 6+1 |
| Engine | Yuchai YCS04200-68, 4-cylinder in-line diesel |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 4.2 L |
| Emission standard | China VI |
| Rated power | 147 kW (200 hp) at 2,300 rpm |
| Maximum torque | 720 N·m at 1,200–1,500 rpm |
| Transmission | 8 forward + 2 reverse, manual |
| Boom type | 4-section telescopic |
|---|---|
| Maximum lifting capacity | 8,000 kg |
| Maximum lifting moment | 20.4 T·m (200 kN·m) |
| Maximum lifting height | 16.7 m |
| Boom length, extended / retracted | 15 m / 4.7 m |
| Boom raising angle | 0° – 75° |
| Slewing angle | 360° continuous |
| Outrigger span | 5.7 m |
| Recommended hydraulic flow | 55 L/min |
| Rated operating pressure | 25 MPa |
| Crane capacity | Max lifting moment | Max lifting height | GVW | Typical chassis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 t | 20.4 T·m | 16.7 m | 16,000 kg | 4×2, e.g. Dongfeng Huashen D1 |
| 10 t (nameplate; rated lift 8,000 kg) | 16 T·m | 10 m | 25,000 kg | 6×4, three-axle |
| 12 t | 30 T·m | 21.5 m | 25,000 kg | 6×4, three-axle |
| 16 t | 43.2 T·m | on request | 31,000 kg | 8×4, four-axle |
Knuckle boom for 3.2 to 8 t work in confined yards where the arm needs to fold over an obstacle before it extends. Telescopic boom for 10 t and above, where straight-line reach and lifting height matter more than folding clearance. We ask what you are lifting and over what distance before quoting either type, rather than defaulting to whichever one happens to be easier to source that month.
A 4x2 chassis carries up to about 8 t of crane and boom without overloading the rear axle. 10 to 12 t needs a 6x4 three-axle chassis, and a 16 t crane needs an 8x4 four-axle chassis to spread that weight across enough wheels. Undersizing the chassis is the fastest way to fail a roadworthiness inspection after import, so we size it to the crane tonnage rather than to whatever chassis happens to be sitting in the yard.
Left- or right-hand drive, the emission standard your country enforces, and hose and coupling sizes set before the unit leaves the yard. We prepare the certificate of origin, commercial invoice and packing list for your customs broker, the same paperwork we put together for every other vehicle we ship.
If you are already ordering from us, say a garbage truck or a water tanker for a municipal contract, a truck mounted crane can go on the same production slot and the same shipment. That saves a second round of quoting and a second booking with the freight forwarder.
We build truck mounted cranes from 3.2 t up to 16 t. Anything up to about 8 t runs on a 4x2 chassis, 10 to 12 t needs a 6x4 three-axle chassis, and 16 t needs an 8x4 four-axle chassis to carry the extra weight legally. Tell us the maximum load and the working radius and we will recommend the tonnage rather than let you guess.
A knuckle boom folds at hinged joints and can bend over an obstacle before extending, which suits tight yards and lighter loads up to around 8 t. A telescopic boom extends in a straight line instead of folding, reaches further and lifts higher for the same tonnage, which is why most 10 t and larger builds use a telescopic arm rather than a knuckle one.
HIAB is a crane brand, but the name gets used so widely in this industry that people often call any truck mounted crane a HIAB truck regardless of who actually made the crane. We are not affiliated with HIAB or any other crane brand. The tonnage and boom-type figures on this page describe our own build, not a branded product from that or any other manufacturer.
No, both are different vehicle types. A lorry mounted cherry picker carries a personnel basket for working at height rather than lifting material, and a lorry mounted forklift has fork tines instead of a hook and boom for handling palletised loads. We do not currently build either of those two, only the crane version described on this page.
Yes. If you already have a sanitation or utility fleet order with us, a truck mounted crane can be added to the same production run and the same shipment, which is usually simpler and faster than sourcing it from a separate supplier and shipping it on its own schedule.
Truck mounted cranes ship by roll-on/roll-off from Qingdao or Shanghai; where RoRo service to your destination is thin, smaller builds can be loaded on a 40-foot flat rack with the boom stowed. We prepare the certificate of origin, commercial invoice and packing list, and quote either FOB Qingdao or CIF to your port. Buyers who wanted to see the yard before committing have done so — an Australian transport company placed a 30-unit order after visiting.
Send the maximum weight you lift, the working radius, and your destination port. We come back with a configuration sheet and an FOB or CIF price, usually within 72 hours. If you are not sure whether the job needs a knuckle or telescopic boom, describe the lift and we will tell you which one fits.
