SQ08ZA3+1 Crane on a Flat Deck Pickup in Mexico

Two dogs resting on a steel deck beside a folded yellow crane: photos from our customer in Mexico show a BOB-LIFT SQ08ZA3+1 mounted behind the cab of a pickup with a flat deck.

At a glance: SQ08ZA3+1 800 kg knuckle boom crane · Mexico · pickup with a flat deck · 2 customer photos.

What the photos show

• The truck. A white and yellow single-cab pickup carries a flat deck of black checker plate with a white edge.
• The crane. The yellow crane, marked BOB-LIFT and SQ08Z, stands folded upright behind the cab. It sits on a yellow steel frame across the front of the deck.
• The outrigger. An outrigger leg stands on the side of the frame, just behind the cab door.
• The place. The pickup is parked on a residential street in front of a house gate. Two dogs lie on the deck in the photos.

These are the customer's own photos. 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 is fitted to a pickup in our delivery record from Indonesia, sits at the front of a flat deck in our record from Tunisia, and is mounted inside a box truck in our record from Canada.

An 800 kg crane on a flat deck pickup

On a pickup with a flat deck, a small crane behind the cab loads and unloads items that are too heavy to lift by hand. Four things to plan for:

1. Payload on a pickup. The crane weighs 330 kg, and the deck and frame add their own weight. On a pickup that is a large share of the payload, so check the truck's data before you order.
2. A frame tied to the chassis. The crane should sit on a steel frame, like the yellow one in the photos, that carries its forces into the pickup chassis rather than into the deck plate alone.
3. Outriggers down on a light chassis. A pickup is light and narrow. Set the outriggers on firm ground for every lift, and keep heavy loads close to the column.
4. A clear deck while lifting. Before you lift, make sure nobody, people or animals, is on the deck or under the boom and load.

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, the technical department's drawing and the BOB-LIFT brochure.