Lyka range for Avm exhibition
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A NEW RANGE of recovery cranes, designed and manufactured by Lyka of Preston, Lancashire, was shown at the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators' exhibition AVRO-EX 85 held at Warwick from May 17 to 19.
The largest, a four-ton capacity Litimaster 4 prototype, a telescopic boom crane that slew,s, is mounted on a Leyland Roadrunner 7.5 tonner with a specially shortened rear spring arrangement.
Vehicles weighing up to 3.3 tonnes can be handled using its twin 3,6 30kg (8,0 0 Oib) line-pull winches, a towing dolly and an A-frame.
It has remote and conventional controls.
Also on show will be :I non-slewing version with a telescopic jib, the Lifter 4.
Lyka's Wheelgrip, a 1,520kg (3,3501b) capacity underfloor lift with telescopic boom was also shown for the first time.