Pingon P200

[erkkil 1]

tower top coming down

[erkkil 1]

touchdown.

[WEITZ 0]

Hello Erkkil,

Was the Pingon a very rare crane in that times in Finland?
Probably you have a photo of this crane with the full dimensions?

Pingon's were very rare in Holland.

Weitz

[erkkil 1]

Hello,

I remember two P200:s in Tampere during the seventies, additionally there was a little Pingon crane, type is unknown to me. But I will put pics of these here soon, maybe somebody knows more.

The most popular cranes in Finland have been:
Potain 209, 215, 707, 806, 645, 743, and nowadays Topkits, also 905/907
Richier Weitz 1266, 1289 (also Wärtsilä´s with license of Richier-Weitz), also 1190
Cadillon "unterdreher":s, many types
Betox 100, 150 (Finnish cranes)
Linden
Kröll
Peiner, mostly luffing jib types "T".

Plus only a few units of:
Pingon, Boilot, Famabud, maybe some others...

Very surprisingly, today we have mostly Liebherrs and Potains. Of course, most Betox 150/200/300 and many 100:s are still in operation. Sad to say, but 30 years ago the variety of different crane models in Finland was much more wide than today.

The first Wolff cranes arrived to Finland last year (or 2005) to the new Olkiluoto nuclear powerplant site.
Until that I have seen them in Germany/Switzerland only.

[erkkil 1]

Another Pingon P200 in Tampere, also being dismantled. -June 1974.