Brand new Mercedes-Benz C200 CGI Sport Edition will be 90m off the ground
Car weighs 1.5 ton
The car is worth over $75,000
Installed on 4 x 24mm diameter bolts which are currently fixed 500mm deep into the side of the tower; these are attached to a support frame which is connected to the underside of the car
Winds needed to be less that 15kph for the install, rigging team was on ropes to secure the frame to the bolts on the tower
Crane was 300 ton and needs six people onsite for the install
Crane arrived on Labour weekend and was tested by Auckland Cranes
Crane has 80 meters main boom, 21 m fly jib; first time in the Southern hemisphere a mobile crane has had 80m of boom
A large part of Federal Street was closed off for the installation of the car