Hydraulic truck cranes are a particular kind of mobile crane. These cranes make use of hydraulics and can lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulics makes use of forces being transmitted through oil pushing in opposite directions on the pistons of the boom in order to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are really important in constructing major projects such as airports, bridges, streets and buildings. A crane could complete in minutes tasks that would normally take a lot of hours and hundreds of men to complete.
The vast machines are usually used in the construction of cities, houses, whole nations and individual buildings throughout the ages. Even Egypt's Great Pyramids were likely built using basic cranes to allow the heaviest materials in one of the most amazing construction projects of all time.
The first cranes were established during 3000 B.C. Egypt in the reign of King Ramses. This lifting device was first utilized to collect water. The first official "cranes" appeared in Ancient Greece. These devices were used to create a whole nation throughout the 5th century B.C.
These cranes were originally made out of wood. The designs of cranes started to change when dockyards started to require stronger and bigger machines. Hick & Rothwell designed the first cast iron cranes within Bolton, England, during the year 1834. This machinery was capable of lifting as much as 2 tons. That very same year, the addition of wire rope was added to the crane by an Official of the German Superior Board, Herr Albert Sr. The wire rope made the crane more durable and stronger. This addition allowed cranes to have a bigger capacity for lifting heavy weights.
Ultimately, the wire ropes were weaved together in order to form an even more powerful strength. This wire formation also brought the added advantage of flexibility. 4 years later, Germany began to build cast iron cranes. The first cast iron crane built by Germany was made within Neuburg.