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Once again, Southern Cranes & Access were asked to assist with the central feature installation at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025 – this year celebrating 60 years of Gordon Murray's automotive designs.

This steel sculpture designed by renowned artist, Gerry Judah, the sculpture measured 22 metres high x 31 metres wide and weighed 76 tonnes.

Southern Cranes has taken delivery of the first of two new Liebherr MK140-5.1 tower cranes as part of its fleet renewal process.

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Once again, Southern Cranes were contracted to assist with the event breakdown at the Goodwood Festival of Speed – lifting some very precious metal!

Southern Cranes are delighted to announce that it has collected another three brand new Grove GMK3060L mobile cranes from Manitowoc Cranes in Buckingham.

Southern Cranes are delighted to announce that they are the headline sponsor for the UK's Strongest Man 2024, taking place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June at Vindico Arena, Cardiff.

The show will be broadcast LIVE on Channel 5, 2pm-5pm on both days – a world first for Strongman, which historically has always appeared on TV screens several months later.

Find out more about the competition and show here

Southern Cranes has added 10 new Grove all-terrain cranes to support its ongoing growth strategy and update the fleet of mobile cranes.

Southern Cranes is already very familiar with the GMK5250XL-1, having been the first in the UK to receive this model. The GMK5150XL is a new addition to the fleet and will bring increased work opportunities to the company. The GMK3060L-1 is also a new model for Southern Cranes which will serve alongside several existing GMK3060 cranes in the fleet.

Read all about our recent acquisitions in more detail here

Some pictures from the BSC expo where we are showing off one of our new Manitou MRT 3060 Rotos coupled with a large light box. The VIP evening reception and main event was held at Battersea Evolution in London

We worked in partnership with Panavision & Panalux who provide premier services and solutions throughout the media sector.

Southern Cranes & Access takes tyre protection to new heights with Wheely-Safe technology, reducing tyre-related downtime and improving safety

It has specified Wheely-Safe’s external TPMS sensors, which replace the valve cap and auto-pair with an in-cab solar receiver. Ideal for larger vehicles, the heavy vehicle TPMS sensors are suitable for inflation pressures of up to 188 psi.

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Our new Spierings SK597-AT4 eLift is arriving next week. The SK597-AT4 eLift is the newest generation of the Spierings hydraulic mobile tower crane with four axles and this crane can operate 100% emission free.