The hydraulic truck crane is a particular mobile crane which utilizes hydraulic power to lift and move thousands of pounds. Hydraulics utilizes forces being transmitted through oil pushing on the boom's pistons in opposite directions so as to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are vital in building major projects such as airports, bridges, streets and buildings. A crane can complete in minutes tasks which will normally take hundreds of men and many hours to accomplish.
These impressive machines have played a vital role in constructing houses, cities, entire nations and individual buildings throughout the ages. Even Egypt's Great Pyramids were probably built using basic cranes to allow the heaviest supplies in one of the most remarkable construction projects of all time.
The first cranes were established in 3000 B.C. Egypt in King Ramses' reign. This lifting mechanism was initially used to collect water. The very first official "cranes" appeared in Ancient Greece. These devices were used to create an entire country throughout the 5th century B.C.
Initially, cranes were first made out of wood. It wasn't until the designers building dockyards decided they needed something stronger and larger did these machinery evolve. Hick & Rothwell designed the first cast iron cranes in Bolton, England, in the year 1834. This machine could lift up to 2 tons. That very same year, wire ropes were added to the crane by an Official of the German Superior Board, Herr Albert Sr. The wire rope made the crane stronger and more durable. This addition enabled cranes to have a larger capacity to lift heavy weights.
Eventually, 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. Germany started to build cast iron cranes 4 years later. The first cast iron crane built by Germany was built within Neuburg.