2 minutes - magazine 01 | 2025
Manoeuvring in narrow points: LTM with RemoteDrive
Following the consistently enthusiastic response of crane operators to the RemoteDrive wireless remote control on the LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane, we will now also equip the LTM 1100-5.3 and LTM 1110-5.2 mobile cranes with the software and that as standard. This feature allows the crane to be moved completely from the outside by wireless remote control.
“It is always more effective if the crane operator has a direct view of the narrow point where he needs to manoeuvre, instead of transmitting the narrow point to the driver’s cab using cameras,” explains product manager Florian Brunner. At the 2018 customer days, we demonstrated for the first time how easy it is to steer a crane with a wireless remote control, using our LTC 1050-3.1 as an example. That went down well. Since then, RemoteDrive has been available as an option for our compact cranes. We receive positive feedback without exception.
Philipp Mang played a key role in the development of RemoteDrive for the LTC and the LICCON3 mobile cranes.
Standard for LICCON3 cranes
“Also providing the wireless remote control for larger cranes was only a matter of time,” says Brunner. Since October last year, the two LICCON3 cranes LTM 1100-5.3 and LTM 1110-5.2 have been equipped with the corresponding software as standard. To operate the crane by wireless remote control, all you need is the optional BTT-E console. “Incidentally, this console, into which the standard BTT control panel is simply plugged, is compatible between all LICCON3 and LICCON2 cranes and can therefore be used for any of these cranes – for both the superstructure and chassis control,” explains development engineer Philipp Mang.
Efficient and easy as pie: To operate RemoteDrive, simply insert the standard BTT control panel into the optional BTT-E console. The highlight: the console is compatible with LICCON2 and LICCON3.
Coming up next
Since the feature was introduced for the two LTM cranes, several mobile cranes with RemoteDrive have already been delivered to customers all over the world. Of course, cranes from the same series that left our factory before autumn 2024 do not have to do without RemoteDrive. “They can simply be retrofitted with a software update. Our customer service team will notify the relevant customers in the near future,” says Mang. Brunner adds: “The function is also planned for future LICCON3 cranes – at least up to the 5-axle model.”
This article was published in the UpLoad magazine 01 | 2025.
