VN24 - 04-01-2024 (D/M/Y) - Werl / Germany - During the night, the driver of a 250-tonne Grove GMK5250XL-1 crane with a weight of 60 tons and a length of over 15.4 meters apparently drove off a country road on its way to a wind turbine construction site and into a ditch. He was unable to free himself from this situation. Two trees had to be felled at the side of the road to rescue the vehicle. In the early morning, two 150-ton cranes from the Bracht company arrived under the direction of the Weisser towing company located in Arnsberg. Setting up the crane sites and equipping them with counterweights took until the early evening. As it became aware that the Grove crane, which was only one and a half years old, was sinking further and further into the ground centimetre by centimetre after continuous measurements, it first had to be secured on its 78-metre main boom and with a tow rope from a recovery vehicle to prevent it from slipping any further. The crane was then lifted back onto the road at around 06:00 pm.

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