Drywall Cranes & Truck Mounted Drywall Forklifts

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Drywall Crane

Operators throughout North America have acclaimed HIAB K-HiPro 285-3, 425K-4, and 505K-2-4 as the best cranes on the market for the delivery of drywall and building materials. These cranes have been designed and built from the ground up to provide low crane weight, high lifting capacities, and the best load handling characteristics in their class.

HIAB’s K-HiPro next generation cranes perfectly cover all of today’s drywall delivery requirements. With different models, vertical reach can be from 4 story to 9 story, all with the best in class ground drop horizontal reach capacity. Our industry first operation technology simplifies operation and stabilizes the load, all while optimizing crane geometry and capacity. HIAB knuckle boom cranes will have drywall deliveries running more efficiently and reliably than any other cranes on the market.

Truck Mounted Drywall Forklift

Today’s commercial and residential job sites have become more challenging due to increased traffic, tighter turnarounds, and limited access delivery sites. While conventional boom trucks may struggle accessing certain sites, the MOFFETT Truck Mounted Forklift allows the delivery truck to park remotely and, within a minute the MOFFETT is on the ground, ready to conquer site challenges such as rough terrain, heavy tree coverage, and basement/back door deliveries.

Both M8 and M9 models have the added ability to travel sideways down driveways, through tight parking lots, and even into buildings. Both feature our groundbreaking remote ground mount system, while our M9 features a FreeliftTM Mast and low profile design. The low profile FreeliftTM mast offers an overall height of 79”, providing ample clearance for delivering and stacking into residential garages, through commercial buildings and onto parking decks of multi-story buildings. This reduces manual handling and creates a faster delivery turnaround time with less disruption on the job site. Adding a MOFFETT to your drywall delivery fleet, ensures that all your drywall delivery requirements are covered.

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Knuckle Boom Crane Features

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HiConnect

Hiab HiConnect™ is a web-based dashboard that displays insights on equipment usage, location, time in operation, idle time, and productivity level. By enabling new insights, it helps you to further increase efficiency, productivity, and safety. HiConnect is the latest technology in terms of connectivity capabilities. Being able to remotely access data is key to maximizing your business with facts instead of assumptions. HiConnect maintains constant contact with all units, giving fleet managers the ability to stop unsafe behavior and usage before an incident happens. With the ability to view service history and plan upcoming services, your fleet has minimum downtime and increases daily efficiencies.

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HiPro Control System

The HiPro control system with Overload Protection (OLP) is standard on all K-Cranes and brings an unprecedented level of safety to operations without reducing performance. When approaching an overload condition, the crane gives an audible and visual signal at 90% and will stop all radius increasing functions once full capacity has been reached. Automatic Speed Control (ASC) reduces dynamic loading by progressively reducing the speed of the crane when the capacity is between 80% and 100%, preventing operators from performing unsafe, abrupt movements.

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Crane Tip Control

Crane Tip Control (CTC) is an optional feature available for the 285 and 425 cranes. It allows the crane’s controls to be controlled by three levers – the horizontal extension from the truck, the vertical lift, and the rotation of the crane. CTC provides a simplified operation, reducing training time when onboarding new operators, while allowing operators to perform complex techniques safely and efficiently.

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Variable Stability Limit

Hiab’s Variable Stability Limit system (VSL) monitors the truck’s stability by registering the extension of stabilizers and monitoring the pressures at each leg to determine the maximum safe capacity of the crane, allowing for higher capacities in situations where the legs are not able to be fully extended. VSL and VSL Plus are available on all Hiab K-HiPro cranes (285, 425 and 505) with VSL Plus available for the 505, which compensates for the weight of the load on the truck, offering even greater lifting capacities, increasing the efficiency of any business.
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Load Stability System

Load Stability System (LSS-V) provides smoother, more precise vertical boom motions. If an operator performs a hard stop while raising or lowering a load, the LSS-V system controls boom movement, minimizing the bouncing of the boom and load, while preventing load damage and unnecessary stress on the crane’s components. This feature works in the background to smooth out boom functions allowing for easier placement of the load, making deliveries faster and more efficient. By controlling boom movement and minimizing the bounce of the boom, the structural stress is reduced, thus increasing the expected service life of the crane.

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Nationwide Service Team

We have invested heavily in our Nationwide Service and Support team as part of our commitment to our customers. With 28 branch locations and over 200 factory-trained mobile service technicians, your Hiab loader crane is protected with an unrivaled coast-to-coast service network, greatly reducing the downtime of your equipment, thus reducing overhead costs.

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ProCare

Hiab ProCare™ is a proactive preventative maintenance service contract, designed to maximize uptime of all Hiab equipment by maintaining proper service intervals.

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Leading Warranty

Hiab's Leading Warranty exceeds the industry's standard terms because our products are designed to last longer and provide many years of reliable service.

Truck Mounted Forklift Features

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Remote Ground Mount

Remote Ground Mount (RGM) allows the operator to completely mount or dismount the MOFFETT without the need to climb onto or off of an elevated forklift. With up to a 25' range, the wireless remote control allows the operator to stand away from the machine and traffic during the mounting and dismounting process. This means staying out of the line of traffic or other jobsite hazards while giving optimal visibility during the mounting/dismounting process.

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Seat Belt Alarm

The seat belt drive-interlock system now has additional alarm options to improve operator safety. The machine is now fitted with alarms, which trigger if the seat belt is not fastened and/or if the side door is not closed in the correct order. The seat presence alarm system is designed to help ensure operators wear the seat belt properly by invoking a 15 second delay if the seatbelt is fastened before the operator enters the seat.
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Full Single-Side Off-Loading

Full capacity, single-side offloading is achieved using MOFFETT's Pantograph and patented Lift Assist System™ that allows the forks to reach completely across the deck of the truck or trailer and lift or place a full capacity load, while still maintaining the tilt and side shift functionality of the mast. This eliminates the need to move the truck and trailer from one side of the road to the other to complete the offloading process.
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Four Way Travel

Four way steering allows the forklift to operate safely in 4 directions: forward and back as well as left and right. This allows the operator to transport long loads in a much smaller space by carrying the load parallel to travel, eliminating the need to find alternate routes due to obstructions.
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Nationwide Service Team

We have invested heavily in our Nationwide Service and Support team as part of our commitment to our customers. With 28 branch locations and over 200 factory-trained mobile service technicians, your MOFFETT is protected with an unrivaled coast-to-coast service network, greatly reducing the downtime of your MOFFETT, thus reducing overhead costs.

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Regional Parts Distribution

Our extensive stock of parts at our Regional Distribution Center ensures next-day delivery on almost all items, reducing downtime and saving you money. The same team you trust to deliver high-quality (premium) products to your exact requirements can also be trusted to keep you moving.

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Industry Leading Warranty

The MOFFETT truck mounted forklift holds the industry's leading warranty. With a fully comprehensive 2 year/2000 hour warranty*, rest assured your MOFFETT will be up and running when you need it the most. Our engine warranty is second to none and backed 100% by the manufacturer. *Poultry Excluded

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Hiab HiConnect™

Hiab HiConnect™ is a web-based dashboard that displays insights on equipment usage, location, time in operation, idle time, and productivity level. By enabling new insights, it helps you to further increase efficiency, productivity, and safety. HiConnect is the latest technology in terms of connectivity capabilities. Being able to remotely access data is key to maximizing your business with facts instead of assumptions. HiConnect maintains constant contact with all units, giving fleet managers the ability to stop unsafe behavior and usage before an incident happens. With the ability to view service history and plan upcoming services, your fleet has minimum downtime and increases daily efficiencies.

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Drywall Industry Challenges

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Safety

Hiab’s industry leading technology provides world class, industry leading safety features that keep operators safe and in control, minimizing risk to individuals or the environment. With the smart technology solutions of Hiab’s knuckle boom cranes, human driven errors and unsafe operations are reduced.

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Efficiency

Hiab’s advanced technology drives the performance of the equipment resulting in superior operation efficiencies. Hiab’s class-leading products can not only be used by operators of different skill levels, but are also helpful with everchanging resources, supporting business efficiency and increasing productivity.
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Downtime

Hiab’s renowned reliability combined with industry leading safety features and control systems is proven to reduce downtime, while our nationwide service network ensures that equipment is maintained with minimal oversight.
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Training

Training and educating operators takes time, but Hiab’s advanced control systems and technology allows customers to manage their resources in the best way, whether the operator is highly experienced or a new employee without losing too much time.
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Reliability

Hiab knuckle boom cranes are the industry leaders in the area of reliability. Our premium engineering and cutting edge operation management features ensure optimum longevity and service life of your equipment. All backed up with the most comprehensive warranty in the market.

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Revenue

Hiab knuckle boom cranes provide many cost benefits that are ideal for businesses with repetitive, efficient operations. With a reliable design, quality materials, game changing smart technology, and industry specific innovation, investing in Hiab equipment provides a total package for any industry.

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Industry Leading Warranties

Saying you are confident in your product is one thing, warranting it is another. All Hiab equipment comes with a 2-year warranty on the entire product (3-year on a Drywall K-Crane). Further warranty on the structural parts is extended to 5-years on Cranes and 3-years on Loaders. Meaning, Hiab covers repair or replacement of components for 2-years on all components and up to 5-years on main structural components. There's no better or more comprehensive warranty in our Industry! Certain normal exceptions, such as replacement of consumables, apply.

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Knuckle-Boom Crane Engineering Drawing Examples

505K-4 - Freightliner 114SD SFA - 2 Pushers _ Tag - 24ft6in Body - Layout Drawing.pdf505K-4 - Freightliner 114SD SFA - 2 Pushers _ Tag - 24ft6in Body - Layout Drawing.pdf425K-4 - Freightliner 114SD SFA - Pusher _ Tag - 24ft6in Body - Layout Drawing425K-4 - Freightliner 114SD SFA - 10ft Tag - 24ft6in Body - Layout Drawing425K-4 - Freightliner 114SD SFA - 9ft Tag - 24ft6in Body - Layout Drawing425K-4 - Western Star 4700SF - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing.pdf425K-4 - Kenworth T880S SFA - 24ft6in - Layout Drawing.pdf505K-4 - Western Star 4700SF - 24ft Body - Layout Drawing.pdf505K-4 - Kenworth T880S-SFA - 24ft6in Body - Layout Drawing.pdf505K-4 - Freightliner 114SD SFA - 2 Pushers _ Tag - 24ft6in Body - Layout Drawing.pdf285K-3- Freightliner 114SD SBA - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing.pdf285K-3 - Western Star 4700SB - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing285K-3 - Western Star 4700SF - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing285K-3 - Western Star 4700SB - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing425K-4 - Kenworth T880S - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing425K-4 - Volvo VHDF - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing.pdf285K-2 - Volvo H3853A - 24ft 6in Body - Layout Drawing