SQ5SA3 Telescopic Crane Trucks in the Philippines

Two trucks, one crane model: four photos from our customer in the Philippines show yellow BOB-LIFT SQ5SA3 telescopic boom cranes on a FUSO with a flat steel deck and on a Dongfeng with a dropside body.

At a glance: SQ5SA3 5 t telescopic boom crane · Philippines · flat deck and dropside trucks · 4 customer photos.

What the photos show

• Flat deck truck. The yellow telescopic crane, marked BOB-LIFT and SQ5S, is mounted behind the cab of a yellow FUSO 6x4 truck. The boom carries a "No standing under the boom" warning, and a tall steel headboard frame stands behind the crane.
• The deck. Seen from the rear, the steel deck is flat and open, with a "Keep distance" sticker on the tail. Other trucks are parked in the yard around it.
• Dropside truck. The second truck is a white Dongfeng 6x4 with a dropside body. Its yellow crane, also marked SQ5S, is photographed inside a warehouse.

Photos supplied by the customer. Loads and dates were not recorded with them.

SQ5SA3 specifications

The SQ5SA3 is a 5 t telescopic boom truck-mounted crane with a maximum lifting moment of 12.5 t·m and three boom sections (one main boom and two hydraulic sections). 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 SQ5SA3 lifts 5,000 kg at 2.5 m but only 1,100 kg at 8.68 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.

At 3.66 m from the slewing centre the crane is rated for 2,800 kg; at the full 8.68 m reach it is 1,100 kg.

The SQ5SA3 product page has the full drawings. The same model doing recovery and container work is in our delivery record from Uruguay.

Flat deck or dropside body for a telescopic crane

The two trucks show the two most common bodies behind a truck-mounted crane. Which one suits you depends on what you carry:

1. Flat deck for long and bulky loads. An open deck with no sides lets the boom set steel, pipe or machinery anywhere along it. A headboard at the front, like the frame on the FUSO, helps stop a load sliding forward into the crane and cab under braking.
2. Dropside body for loose and mixed loads. Sides keep bags, small parts and stacked materials on the truck. Lower a side when the crane needs to reach a load near the deck floor.
3. Working indoors. Inside a warehouse, check the roof and any beams before raising the boom. At full extension the SQ5SA3 reaches a working height of about 10.5 m, higher than many warehouse roofs.

With either body, the crane weighs about 2.1 t and the outriggers spread up to 5.1 m, so the chassis and the ground under each foot must take both. How we fit cranes to customer chassis is on the mounting and shipping page, and other capacities are in the telescopic boom truck mounted crane range.

Checking a truck for the SQ5SA3

Before you order, check three things on your truck. They decide whether the SQ5SA3 fits it.

• Payload. The crane weighs 2,100 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 32 L/min at 20 MPa, about 18 kW. The power take-off and pump on your truck must give at least this.
• Outrigger room. The outriggers span 2,260 to 5,100 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.