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Maxim Crane’s new Tadano crawler crane dismantles coal plant
20 October 2026
Maxim Crane Works deployed the first Tadano CC 78.1250-1 lattice boom crawler crane delivered anywhere in the world to dismantle baghouses at the decommissioned W.H. Sammis Power Station in Stratton, Ohio, USA, a project that demanded both the crane’s capacity and precision on a constrained site above a state highway.
Maxim Crane Works’ Tadano CC 78.1250-1 – the first of its type delivered anywhere in the world – lifts baghouse sections at the decommissioned W.H. Sammis Power Station in Stratton, Ohio. Photo: Tadano
The coal-fired plant, which generated power from 1960 until its full decommissioning in 2023, is being demolished by B&B Wrecking of Cleveland.
The crane was shipped directly from port to the jobsite and assembled ahead of schedule, beating Maxim’s assembly deadline by nearly a week.
Most structures are coming down through controlled implosions, but multiple baghouses sit atop a tunnel bridge deck running above Ohio Route 7 along the Ohio River, requiring a different approach. With surrounding power lines, waterways, rail infrastructure and live traffic all in play, the structures had to be cut at height and lifted clear rather than imploded.
Baghouse weights in the 230-tonne range ruled out Maxim’s existing crawler fleet, which topped out at 700 tonnes and left a gap in the 1,000 to 1,300-tonne range. The CC 78.1250-1, rated at 1,250 tonnes, filled the gap.
For the Sammis project, Maxim configured the crane with 74 metres of main boom and 48 metres of luffing jib, with 208 tonnes of main body counterweight, 20 tonnes of central ballast and 540 tonnes of counterweight on a Split Tray Superlift configuration with a 42-metre mast at a 21-metre radius. The heaviest pick made so far has been approximately 294 tonnes, at 90% of capacity in that configuration.
The plan calls for lifts from three locations on former chimney stack foundations, with 13 picks from the first, 13 to 16 from the second, and a final sequence for the remaining baghouse removal. Maxim expects the crane to remain on site for approximately six months.
The Tadano CC 78.1250-1 operates in Superlift configuration at the W.H. Sammis Power Station demolition site in Stratton, Ohio, where baghouses perched above Ohio Route 7 required precision dismantling rather than implosion. Photo: Tadano
A Maxim Crane Works Tadano CC 78.1250-1 Photo: Tadano
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