Grove delivers first GHC220 crawler in North America

Washington-based construction company Ceccanti received the first Grove GHC220 telescoping crawler crane in North America, adding the 220-ton machine to a fleet that now includes eight Manitowoc cranes.

The GHC220 — Grove’s largest telescoping crawler — was supplied by Western Pacific Crane & Equipment, a Manitowoc distributor covering the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Alaska.

The GHC220 reaches a maximum tip height of 266 ft when configured with the 72-ft swingaway extension and can be transported to a jobsite in six to seven loads. 

The crane is currently working on the Gravelly-Thorne Connector, a 1.3-mile shared-use path along I-5 in Lakewood, Washington. Its next assignment is the project that drove the purchase: construction of a 1.25-million-gallon underground storage tank in Seattle as part of King County’s West Duwamish Wet Weather Storage facility, which will capture stormwater and sewage overflow currently discharged into the Duwamish River.

Unique Build: Duwamish Wet Weather Storage facility

The Duwamish project presents a demanding lift profile.

The tank will be built underground, requiring Ceccanti to lower and reposition gang forms — some reaching 36-ft tall — within a confined footprint. The crane will need to pick loads more than 15 tons, walk under the load to reach new positions, and do so repeatedly in a busy urban construction environment. It’s the kind of application where a conventional crawler would demand significant teardown time between picks, and a rough terrain would be limited with capacity. 

The GHC220’s out-of-level load charts allow full-rated picks on inclinations up to four degrees, with full 360-degree swing maintained throughout. “We purchased this GHC220 with the storage tank project in mind, as it is a perfect fit for this application,” said Jon VanderGriend, vice president and chief estimator at Ceccanti. “It combines the efficiency and lift ability of a rough terrain with the capabilities of a crawler crane.”