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Kato Hydraulic Truck Crane

14 models in this series

The Kato Hydraulic Truck Crane series from Kato comprises 14 models. Rated output ranges from 200 to 438 hp.

Kato truck cranes NK and CR – Japan's truck-mounted cranes from Tokyo: NK-160 to NK-1600 with capacity in tenths of a tonne, CR as city cranes, E-III and E-V as generations, 118 to 228 kW

Kato Works of Tokyo is, alongside Tadano, Japan's big crane maker and since the 1960s the specialist in the truck crane: a telescopic crane on a truck chassis from Mitsubishi Fuso, Isuzu or Nissan Diesel that drives on the road like a truck and forms the standard class of site cranes in Japan, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The type logic: NK stands for the truck-crane range, and the number gives the capacity in tenths of a tonne – NK-160 lifts 16 t, NK-300 30 t, NK-450 45 t, NK-800 80 t, NK-1200 120 t, NK-1600 160 t; E-III and E-V mark generations with improved control, VR a version with full-boom computer. CR stands for City Crane, the compact all-wheel-drive crane for tight sites – CR-100 lifts 10 t, CR-250 25 t – with one cab for driving and crane operation.

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The register lists 14 versions with 118 to 228 kW from engines of 3,840 to 16,032 cm³, torque from 471 to 1,100 Nm at 2,100 to 2,800 rpm and service weights from 12,900 to 84,000 kg.

The truck crane is the Japanese answer to the axle-load question: on roads with 10 t axle loads a truck chassis carries the crane faster and more cheaply than an all-terrain carrier; Kato's cranes are therefore ubiquitous in Asia and rare in Europe.

On used cranes, operating hours for travel and crane duty, the condition of telescopic boom, slew ring, outriggers and ropes, the truck chassis with brakes and suspension and the inspection history and parts supply through Kato importers are what count.

Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Kato Autokrane, Kato Works (manufacturer)

Models compared

12 of 14 models.

	CR100	CR250	NK1200	NK1600	NK200E-V	NK250E-V	NK300	NK300E-V	NK400E-III	NK450	NK500E-V	NK800
Power	118 kW	158 kW	–	208.1 kW	165 kW	165 kW	194.9 kW	213 kW	213 kW	194.9 kW	220.1 kW	147.1 kW
Rated speed	–	2,800 rpm	2,100 rpm	2,200 rpm	2,200 rpm	2,200 rpm	2,500 rpm	2,200 rpm	2,300 rpm	2,300 rpm	2,200 rpm	2,200 rpm
Displacement	3,839.5 cm³	7,546.2 cm³	12,070.7 cm³	16,031.5 cm³	11,149.8 cm³	11,149.8 cm³	–	14,886 cm³	14,886 cm³	14,886 cm³	16,031.5 cm³	16,031.5 cm³
Torque	471 Nm	696.1 Nm	950.7 Nm	1,047.1 Nm	764 Nm	764 Nm	872.9 Nm	980.1 Nm	970.1 Nm	970.1 Nm	1,029.1 Nm	784.1 Nm
Unladen weight	12,900 kg	24,000 kg	71,800 kg	84,000 kg	22,200 kg	24,600 kg	31,800 kg	28,800 kg	35,800 kg	38,000 kg	39,400 kg	60,100 kg

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NK160

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The Kato NK160 belongs to the Kato Hydraulic Truck Crane series. The engine delivers 200 hp (147.1 kW). Rated speed...

Kato Hydraulic Truck Crane

Kato truck cranes NK and CR – Japan's truck-mounted cranes from Tokyo: NK-160 to NK-1600 with capacity in tenths of a tonne, CR as city cranes, E-III and E-V as generations, 118 to 228 kW

Models compared

Models

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CR100

CR250

NK1200

NK1600

NK200E-V

NK250E-V

NK300

NK300E-V

NK400E-III

NK450

NK500E-V

NK550VR

NK800

NK160