Hydraulic truck cranes are a particular type of mobile crane. These cranes make use of hydraulics and are able to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulics uses forces being transmitted through oil pushing in opposite directions on the boom's pistons in order to lift thousands of pounds. Hydraulic truck cranes are essential in constructing major projects such as airports, bridges, roadways and buildings. A crane could complete in minutes tasks which will normally take hundreds of men and a lot of hours to accomplish.
The vast machines are usually utilized in the construction of cities, houses, entire nations and individual buildings throughout the ages. Even Egypt's Great Pyramids were probably built using basic cranes to allow the heaviest materials in one of the most remarkable construction projects of all time.
The very first cranes were established in 3000 B.C. Egypt in King Ramses' reign. This lifting mechanism was first utilized to collect water. The first official "cranes" appeared in Ancient Greece. These mechanism were used to create a whole country in 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These cranes were originally made out of wood.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 larger machines. Hick & Rothwell developed the first cast iron cranes in 1834, in Bolton, England. This machinery can lift as much as 2 tons. That very same year, wire ropes were added to the crane by Herr Albert Sr. who was an Official of the German Superior Board. The wire rope made the crane stronger and more durable. This addition allowed cranes to have a larger 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 benefit of flexibility. Germany began to make cast iron cranes 4 years later. The very first cast iron crane made by Germany was made within Neuburg.