SQ08ZA3+1 Crane on a Service Truck in Indonesia

A small yellow crane in a corner of a work truck's deck, between oil drums and an air compressor: seven photos and a short video from our customer in Indonesia show the BOB-LIFT SQ08ZA3+1 fitted to a service truck and to a pickup.

At a glance: SQ08ZA3+1 800 kg knuckle boom crane · Indonesia · service truck and pickup fitting · 7 customer photos and 1 video.

What the photos and video show

• On a service truck. The yellow crane, marked SQ08Z with a "No standing under the boom" warning, is fitted at the front of the deck of a white UD six-wheeler, just behind the cab and a white rail headboard.
• What the deck carries. Black oil drums and a blue air compressor sit on the deck around the crane. A worker on the deck checks the crane base, and in the yard photos the boom stands raised and almost upright.
• On a pickup. The video is filmed under a workshop roof. A worker stands on the deck of a white pickup and runs a yellow crane from its control levers, with the outrigger set down on the wet floor beside the rear wheel.

These are the customer's own photos and video. No load weights, dates or comments came with them.

SQ08ZA3+1 specifications

The SQ08ZA3+1 is an 800 kg knuckle boom crane with a maximum lifting moment of 1.3 t·m. The "+1" marks one extra boom section on top of the three-section SQ08ZA3. Reach and load figures are read from the technical department's load chart drawing; the hydraulic figures come from the BOB-LIFT brochure.

Lifting moment is the load times its distance from the slewing centre. That is why the rated load drops as the boom reaches out. For example, the SQ08ZA3+1 lifts 800 kg at 1.34 m but only 220 kg at 4.15 m. Outrigger span is the width between the outrigger feet when they are fully out. Set them on firm, level ground, such as concrete or compacted gravel, before each lift. For ground and outrigger rules, see the OSHA cranes and derricks standard.

The full 800 kg is rated only close to the column, at 1.34 m. At 2.25 m it is 450 kg, and at the full 4.15 m reach it is 220 kg.

The SQ08ZA3+1 product page has the full drawings. The same model built into a trailer is in our delivery record from Australia.

A small crane on a service truck

On a service truck the crane does not carry the main load. It lifts the heavy items the crew would otherwise handle by hand: drums, pumps, compressors and spare parts. Three things decide whether an 800 kg crane is enough:

1. The heaviest item and where it sits. A full 200-litre drum of oil weighs close to 200 kg. That is well inside the 450 kg rated at 2.25 m, but at the full 4.15 m reach the limit is 220 kg.
2. Where the crane goes on the deck. Fitted at the front corner, as on this truck, it reaches the deck and one side of the truck. Plan the deck layout so the heavy items sit within its reach.
3. The ground under the outrigger. On a wet workshop floor or soft ground, put a pad under the outrigger foot before every lift.

Other light cranes are in the pickup crane range, and every model up to about 1 t is listed on the 1 ton crane page. How we fit cranes to customer chassis is on the mounting and shipping page.

Checking a truck for the SQ08ZA3+1

Before you order, check three things on your truck. They decide whether the SQ08ZA3+1 fits it.

• Payload. The crane weighs 330 kg. Take this off the truck's payload, then plan the body and the loads you carry with what is left.
• Hydraulic power. The crane needs 8 L/min at 18 MPa, about 3.5 kW. The power take-off and pump on your truck must give at least this.
• Outrigger room. The outriggers span 2,430 mm. Make sure the frame has room for them, and that your job sites do too.

Send us the make, model and wheelbase of your truck through the contact page, and our team will check the fit.

Record compiled by Achord Chan, Product Operations Director at BOB-LIFT, from the customer's photos and video, the technical department's drawing and the BOB-LIFT brochure.