The SQZ560 is a 28 ton knuckle boom truck crane with a 57.3 t·m maximum lifting moment. Its 28,000 kg maximum capacity applies close to the crane column; on the load chart it lifts 12,300 kg at 4.2 m, 9,310 kg at 5.6 m and 3,050 kg at its full 15.9 m reach, with 360° slewing. The crane itself weighs 6,100 kg.
What the 28 ton SQZ560 is built for
The SQZ560 is one of the heavy cranes in our knuckle boom range, and it keeps useful capacity far from the truck: 5,320 kg at 9.4 m and 3,600 kg at 13.5 m. Stowed, it folds to 2,700 mm wide and 2,500 mm high and takes about 1,820 mm of chassis length behind the cab. It needs a heavy truck chassis with a strong subframe, and suits steel and precast concrete delivery, lifting heavy machinery, generators and transformers, and building and infrastructure sites. With the boom raised, the tip reaches about 18.5 m above the crane base.
Rated capacity always depends on radius, so check the weight of your heaviest regular load at the distance you need before you choose a tonnage. For comparison, the SQZ600 30 ton knuckle boom crane lifts 5,300 kg at 9.4 m and 2,150 kg at 20.3 m.
Load at each radius
Figures from the SQZ560 load chart with the boom horizontal. Where the chart lists more than one value at a radius, we show the lowest. Do not lift more than the chart shows at your working radius. Download the SQZ560 load chart (PDF)
Mounting it on your truck
The SQZ560 mounts on a truck chassis behind the cab. These are the figures your body builder needs from the dimension drawing:
Send us your truck make, model and wheelbase, and we check that the chassis and power take-off suit the crane before you order. Download the SQZ560 dimension drawing (PDF)
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Optional attachments
- Hydraulic gripper opened and closed by its own cylinder to grab and release loads.
- Clamshell bucket for loading, unloading and light digging of waste, chippings and soil.
- Orange peel grab for scrap and bulk material.
- Timber grapple for logs and timber.
- Auger for tree-planting holes, utility poles, foundation piles and soil sampling.
