News | 01/09/2026
Kentucky-based crane company, Western Crane & Rigging, Inc. expanded their fleet with the delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1100-5.3 mobile crane. As the first Liebherr crane in their fleet, the crane signifies the start to a strong and growing relationship between the two family-owned businesses.
Family owned and operated since 1987, Western Crane & Rigging has consistently delivered trusted crane, rigging and lifting services nation-wide, earning its place as a premiere crane service company in the region. The experienced team at Western Crane & Rigging specializes in turnkey lifting, rigging andmillwright in addition to steel fabrication services for industrial, commercial and infrastructure projects. With the rise in data center work, Western Crane & Rigging was looking to invest in equipment more tailored to the application.
“We chose Liebherr because of the unmatched quality of their machines and the level of customer service their team consistently provides,” noted J. David Fields, co-owner of Western Crane & Rigging, Inc.
As a second-generation family business, this purchase is a significant milestone for the company and they were excited for the opportunity to add a Liebherr machine to their growing fleet.
“We have a wonderful team behind us that has helped to make this investment possible,” stated Jessica F. Holcombe, co-owner of Western Crane & Rigging. “And Liebherr’s reliability, attention to detail, and commitment to supporting customers made our decision an easy one.”
In addition to the LTM 1100-5.3 mobile crane, Western Crane & Rigging has two additional Liebherr cranes on order, an LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane and an LR 1400 SX crawler crane to be delivered in the coming months. Along with the purchase of these cranes, the team at Western Crane & Rigging along with the company’s founders had the opportunity to visit Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbHand Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH, where their three machines were manufactured.
“Visiting the factories was a once-in-a-lifetime trip for my parents,” said Holcombe. “After all their years of hard work for the business, it was great for them to see it all firsthand.”
The LTM 1100-5.3 mobile crane is designed to provide unparallelled mobility, economy and performance, earning it the title of “master of all roads.” It features a powerful telescopic boom and can carry up to 37,250 lbs. (16.9 t) of ballast on public roads, making it more flexible on site and between projects.
As the second crane in Liebherr’s product portfolio featuring the new LICCON3 crane control system, the LTM 1100-5.3 allows for state-of-the-art technology to be seamlessly integrated into the machine and at an operator’s fingertips.
Ana Cabiedes
Liebherr USA, Co.
+1 757 240 4250
