1300 686 626Gleason Cranes take stock of new range of Zoomlion cranes
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Based in Melbourne’s south-east, Gleason Cranes have built a reputation as a cost-effective, reliable service provider in the crane industry. Sales director Chris Logan talks about the products they sell, with a large focus on the Zoomlion brand and their forecasted increase in stock and availability.
Providing the Australian market with quality lifting machinery and equipment at cost effective prices for over 50 years, Victoria-based Gleason Cranes is a household name in the crane hire, purchase, and servicing industry. As well as hosting the largest used-crane marketplace in Australia, Gleason Cranes is the national distributor of the Zoomlion, Ormig, and Mi-jack brands.
Gleason Cranes provide new Zoomlion truck cranes to Mirri Cranes & Rigging
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Based in Coffs Harbour, Mirri Cranes and Rigging is setting its sights on expanding the business, following its 2022 rebrand. With its recent acquisition of three new Zoomlion truck cranes through national dealer Gleason Cranes, Mirri feels it’s ready to do just that.
Shane Golding is a proud Indigenous man. Residing in Coffs Harbour – Gumbaynggirr as it is called by the traditional custodians of the land – he wants to immerse himself and his company as much as he can with its local community and heritage.
Crane business booming for LTE, Gleason Cranes
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Keeping pace with Melbourne’s booming infrastructure is challenging but the team at LTE Construction group is keeping pace and has turned to the Zoomlion cranes for a range of work.
Maintaining a strong fleet of cranes, LTE Construction Group is working on some of the most impressive projects across Melbourne.
The company has once again turned to Zoomlion to support its team by bringing two hydraulic boom cranes into the fleet.
Operating across Victoria and Queensland, the company maintains a focus on piling and earthmoving alongside its transport contracting.
Gleason Cranes has a vast range of Zoomlions on offer
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The Gleason name has been synonymous with the crane industry for decades now, with close to 50 years’ experience it continues to bring a range of new and used cranes to Australia.
The company is the dealer of choice for the Zoomlion range of cranes, having already delivered models across the country.
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Development Co Ltd was founded in 1992 and has grown to become one of the largest manufacturers of construction equipment in the world. Zoomlion exports equipment to over 70 countries worldwide with Gleason’s the preferred distributor in Australia.
Gleason Cranes announces Travelift distributorship
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Gleason Cranes recently announced it had been appointed the National Distributor for US leading brand of rubber tyred gantry cranes, Travelift.
Mi-Jack Products is the manufacturer of Travelift and Translift Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (RTG). Mi-Jack specialises in solutions for industrial and intermodal applications worldwide. Mi-Jack has machines operating on six of the seven continents and is globally recognised for designing and manufacturing innovative and productive machines.
Mi-Jack gantry cranes on track with Gleason
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The partnership with Gleason Cranes has seen the return of US-manufactured rubber tyred gantry cranes to the Australian rail market.
Earlier in the year, Gleason Cranes announced it had been appointed the national distributor for leading US brand of rubber tyred gantry cranes, Travelift.
A staple fixture of intermodal facilities in North America, Mi-Jack’s Travelist and Translift rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTG) are making a return to the Australia rail construction and intermodal market, said Gleason Cranes’ Chris Logan.
Zoomlion tower cranes standing up to environmental challenges
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Heavy equipment manufacturer Zoomlion has completed rigorous testing on its tower cranes to ensure they stand the test of heatwaves seen globally.
The China-based company sought to complete the tests to ensure their range of tower cranes hold long-term adaptability to harsh environmental conditions such as open-air use, high temperatures, and severe storms.
The testing is designed to reinforce the equipment’s stability and reliability throughout the summer months, ensuring maximum productivity can still be achieved in the harshest of weather conditions.
New Zoomlion truck crane helping NR Cranes to new heights
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Soon to start his own crane and rigging business on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Nathan Randles knows his time in the industry has served him well. Recently purchasing a Zoomlion ZTC251V from Australian distributor Gleason Cranes, the founder and director of NR Cranes (NRC) explores his career to date and hopes for the future.
Born on the Central Coast, Nathan lived there until he was a teenager, when he left to work in Darwin.
Rapid growth sees Saunders International bring a range of new cranes into its fleet
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Saunders has grown from its humble beginnings as a specialist tank business to a mid-size construction, engineering and maintenance business, servicing a range of industry and infrastructure clients. This has seen the need for the company to rapidly expand its crane fleet to keep up with demand.
Saunders International Limited (ASX code: SND) is a multi-disciplined engineering and construction company providing design, fabrication, construction, shutdown, maintenance and industrial automation services to leading organisations across Australia, and the Pacific region. The Saunders Group provides innovative cost-effective solutions to the oil and gas, infrastructure, defence, water, power, new energy, mining and minerals sectors.
Gleason back and hiring
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Following a brief break from the rental market, Gleason Cranes is back with new units in the fleet and new Zoomlion telescopic crawlers to be added. Johno Wood from the Gleason Cranes Sales Department explains more.
“After a short hiatus from the rental market Gleason Cranes are back. We have made new additions to the fleet including a Maeda 275 and a Kobelco F50. Obviously, these are smaller capacity machines but we have been carefully watching the hire market and we can see there’s a niche for mini crane hire.
Thinking outside the square
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Patterson Crane Hire recently took delivery of another crane from Gleason Crane Sales and Rentals. Laurie Patterson has been buying cranes from Chris Logan for years and credits him as being an industry innovator.
Patterson’s interest in cranes began when he was working in his family agricultural business and the neighbour had a crane business.
Saunders International welcomes new Zoomlion
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Saunders International, a major manufacturer of concrete pre-cast bridge components, takes delivery of its second Zoomlion crawler.
Saunders International Ltd (SND) is an ASX – listed company providing construction, maintenance and engineering services to the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors.
Snowy Hydro 2.0 makes crane selection
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Gleason Cranes Sales and Rentals recently won the five crane tender to supply Zoomlion rough terrains and a 150 Tonne All Terrain for the $5.1 billion Snowy Hydro 2.0 mega-hydropower project.
Gleason Cranes have been buying, selling and servicing cranes in Australia-New Zealand and Islands since the early ‘70s. The business has had its ups and downs, but it continues to operate well to this day. According to Chris Logan the business is well known and regarded right across Australia and overseas.
A decade of support
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And just like that, Cranes and Lifting is marking a decade, okay, 11 years, of production. We wouldn’t be where we are today if we didn’t have the support of the sector and it is our goal to continue to contribute to the success of our readers, advertisers, and suppliers well into the next decade.
In looking back on the last 10 years, a number of early supporters, who continue to back our efforts, come to mind. Our 10th anniversary spread wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t take the time acknowledge them. Patrick Lau speaks to some of them to get their thoughts on the decade that has gone by and what they hope to see in Cranes and Lifting (CAL) moving forward.
