Crane manufacturer, Liebherr, is no stranger to clever marketing techniques, and we have to admit, they’re really good at it. In the past, they’ve showed us an incredible display of strength and balance with their biggest crawler crane lifting another crane, which was lifting another crane, which was lifting another crane. This time, they’re logistics and planning skills are on display, as they assemble a crane on one of the most interesting construction sites we’ve ever seen.
The Zugspitze, which is a peak in the Wetterstein Mountains, is the highest point in Germany sitting at roughly 10,000 feet above sea level. The team’s task was to build a new Eibsee cable car, which is a 14,600 foot long ride that allows the fastest access to the Zugspitze. So, Liebherr’s challenge was figuring out how to assemble a crane on the side of a mountain nearly 2 miles in the air.
In the video below, you’ll see exactly how they got the crane assembled using helicopters. I wouldn’t mind being the crane operator on this site, the views don’t get much better than this.
