Cincinnati-based Venco Venturo LLC has introduced an extended version of its best-selling crane, the ET12KX crane.
The ET12KXP, introduced at the 2019 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, booms out to 16 feet
Ian Lahmer, marketing director for Venco Venturo LLC, stands by the company’s latest version of its ET12KX crane, the ET12KXP.Photo: Keith Norbury
compared with the 15 feet for the ET12KX, said marketing director Ian Lahmer.
“The 12KX had a single-stage hydraulic and a manual pullout,” Lahmer explained.
The new version has a full single-stage hydraulic extension, meaning no more manual pull out. The “P” stands for “proportional.”
“This crane also features proportional controls on an electric crane, which means you can feather the movements on the rotation, the elevation, and the extension,” Lahmer said.
ET12KXP also has a redesigned housing “to make it easier for any manual overrides or serviceability by our distribution network,” Lahmer said.
As an electric crane, the ET12KXP uses a regular radio remote control. “But it also has a brand-new auto-adjust anti2block device, which is all the way at the tip,” Lahmer said
“If you look at existing anti2blocks, they’re cage style. This one actually moves to the load and it keeps the load block from damaging the head of the crane.”
A boom-tip work light can even be mounted that will follow the load as it moves up and down.
“As you lower this crane, that anti2block goes down. It will stay the same. So no matter where that load block is, that boom-tip work light is going to follow it.”