ALTEC Cranes For Sale

About Altec

During its 90-plus years in operation, Altec has expanded from its Alabama roots to selling products and services in more than 100 countries, including Abu Dhabi, Australia, Canada, China, and Mexico. Altec products include mounted and un-mounted boom truck cranes, bucket and service trucks, digger derricks, knuckle boom cranes, and other machines used in the utilities, lighting and signage, telecommunications, and tree industries, among others. The company has a network of more than 65 distributors and final-assembly facilities in more than 35 locations worldwide. Altec, Inc. is the holding company for Altec Industries, Global Rental, Altec NUECO, Altec Worldwide, Altec Supply, and other businesses.

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Altec LS60 & Freightliner Business Class M2 106

On CraneTrader.com, Altec machines are particularly popular in the Bucket Trucks/Service Trucks and Boom Truck Cranes categories. You’ll also find Altec track and truck-mounted models well-represented in the site’s Digger Derricks category.

Company Founding & Growth

Lee Styslinger founded the Alabama Truck Company, which would later become Altec, in Birmingham in 1929. Early on, the business distributed dump and utility truck bodies and front-end loaders. Altec enjoyed dramatic expansion during the 1970s, adding new office and plant facilities, introducing such products as aerial lifts and digger derricks, and establishing a worldwide distribution organization. In 2015, the company celebrated its 85th anniversary and implemented a series of renovations and facility updates with an eye toward modernizing its manufacturing capabilities and enhancing plant productivity.

The Altec Lineup

Altec’s new equipment lineup includes products in the company’s Aerial Devices (truck-mounted articulating and often telescopic bucket booms), Digger Derricks, and Cranes categories, as well as in the Bodies, Cable Handling, Chippers, Green Fleet, Specialty Products, and Spray Equipment categories. Altec’s AT37G telescopic articulating aerial device and LR760E70 overcenter aerial device are among its most popular products. Its aerial devices family also includes dual-rated devices such as the AC40E-152S Telescopic Boom Truck Crane, which offers both aerial and crane functionality. The AC40E-152S has an 80,000-pound (36,287-kilogram) maximum lift capacity and a 152-foot (46.3-meter) boom.

Altec’s Cranes category includes truck-mounted telescoping and knuckle boom models. Telescopic models are available in behind-the-cab, rear-mount, swing-seat, track-mount, and tractor-mount versions with lift capacities ranging from 18 to 45 tons (16 to 41 metric tons) and booms ranging in length from 80 to 207 ft (24 to 63 m). Altec also distributes Effer Cranes-branded knuckle boom cranes in the United States that are available in light, medium, and large models with 2.2- to 331-t (2- to 300-mt) lift capacities. Altec digger derricks are available in distribution, transmission, and backyard configurations with 37- to 85-ft. (11- to 26-m) heights. Its Green Fleet category features aerial devices and digger derricks powered by alternative and/or hybrid energy options.

Find Your Next Altec Crane

CraneTrader.com offers a big selection of new and used Altec bucket trucks and service trucks like the AT37G, boom truck cranes like the AC38, and digger derricks like the DM47 for sale, as well as a number of machines in the Other Cranes category.