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Past work.

Wind turbine installations, heavy lifts and vessel work from Ireland, the UK and further afield.

Track record

Selected projects.

Major wind farms and record lifts from the company’s project records.

  1. 2005Derrybrien, Co. Galway70 Vestas turbines
  2. 2007Limerick Southern Relief RoadFive 135t, 45m precast bridge beams, the largest installed in Ireland
  3. 2007Mary Immaculate College, LimerickFour 23t modular classrooms moved 250m by three cranes working in relay
  4. 2010Waterloo, South Australia37 Vestas V90 turbines, erected with the LTR 11200
  5. 2010Crystal Rig 2, Scotland60 Siemens turbines
  6. 2011Clyde Wind Farm, Scotland152 Siemens turbines, 350 MW
  7. 2012Zuidlob, Netherlands36 Senvion turbines to 100m hub height
  8. 2012Fallago Rig, Scotland48 Vestas V90 turbines, 144 MW
  9. 2013Tarfaya, Morocco131 Siemens turbines, 301 MW
  10. 2013Snowtown 2, South Australia90 Siemens turbines, 270 MW
  11. 2013Harestanes, Scotland68 Gamesa turbines
  12. 2013Musselroe Bay, Tasmania56 Vestas turbines
  13. 2013Gullen Range, New South Wales73 Goldwind turbines, 165 MW
  14. 2013Midtfjellet, Norway23 Nordex N100 turbines
  15. 2013Fife Energy Park, MethilSamsung 7 MW prototype turbine on a 95m tower
  16. 2014Taralga, New South Wales51 Vestas V100 turbines
  17. 2015Amakhala Emoyeni, South Africa56 Nordex N117 turbines, 160 MW
  18. 2015Nouakchott, Mauritania15 Gamesa G97 turbines
  19. 2015Wind aan de Stroom, Belgium16 Siemens turbines on 115m towers
  20. 2016Hornsdale, South Australia32 Siemens turbines
  21. 2016Cloosh Valley, Co. Galway36 Siemens turbines, 108 MW
  22. 2017Pen y Cymoedd, Wales76 Siemens 3 MW turbines
  23. 2017White Rock, New South Wales70 Goldwind turbines
  24. 2017Ratipera, FinlandNine Nordex turbines on 147m towers, the tallest the crews had built
  25. 2017Skovengen, DenmarkFive Vestas V112 turbines, 17 MW
  26. 2018Mount Emerald, Queensland53 Vestas V112 and V117 turbines
  27. 2018Aftissat, Western Sahara56 Siemens 3.6 MW turbines, 202 MW
  28. 2019Aliden, SwedenNordex N131 turbines, nine of 12 up by July 2019

Past work

Wind

Turbine erection, component exchange and blade lifts on wind sites in Ireland, the UK and further afield.

McNally’s Liebherr LTM 11200 rigged with luffing jib on a wind farm hardstand
Two McNally’s all-terrain cranes lifting the superstructure onto a Liebherr LG 1750 carrier on a wind farm site
Aerial view of a crawler crane erecting a wind turbine tower, with the blades laid out on the ground
Crawler crane rigged beside turbine blades on a wind farm under a blue sky
Lattice crane lifting a turbine rotor into place at dusk
Crawler crane raising a three-bladed turbine rotor to the nacelle at sunset
An old farm windpump and water tank in the foreground, with a crane erecting a wind turbine on the hill behind
McNally’s all-terrain crane and a second crane rigged beside a part-built turbine on an upland wind farm
Crane erecting Siemens turbines on Clyde wind farm, Scotland, under a rainbow
Two cranes lifting a turbine blade beside the tower at Gordonbush wind farm, Scotland
Two cranes lifting a nacelle on a snowy wind site at Armistead, with the crew watching from the track
Crew preparing a turbine hub for lifting in the snow at Zuidlob wind farm, the Netherlands
Crane raising a turbine rotor from the ground beside the tower
Lattice crane rigged at the roadside beside a turbine tower section
Liebherr LTM 1200 working on a flat site at dusk
Liebherr LTM 1300 and an assist crane erecting a turbine on an upland wind farm
Liebherr LG 1750 discharging a turbine hub from a vessel at the quayside
Two crawler cranes among offshore turbine towers stood on the quay at a marshalling port
Crawler cranes and offshore turbine towers silhouetted at sunset in a marshalling port
Night lift of a turbine blade with a spreader beam under floodlights
McNally’s Volvo tractor unit hauling a wind turbine blade
McNally’s low-loader on the snowy access road at Achany wind farm, Scotland
Demag CC 2800 NT crawler crane erecting a GE turbine at Akfenir wind farm, Morocco
Wind farm in Sardinia seen from the site access road
McNally’s 500t Demag crane erecting a turbine at Bindoo wind farm, Co. Cavan, in 2009
Looking up at three cranes working on a wind turbine tower
Three cranes positioned around a wind turbine under construction
Looking up a wind turbine tower between two all-terrain cranes
Crawler crane lifting a turbine tower section, with a finished tower behind
McNally’s crane lifting a turbine tower section beside the standing tower
McNally’s all-terrain crane, with Y-guy, lifting a turbine tower section
McNally’s crane beside a wind turbine tower against a clear blue sky
Yellow crawler crane on an upland wind site under a bank of cloud
Two crawler cranes and an all-terrain crane on a wind site hardstand
McNally’s crawler crane rigged on a hardstand beside a second lattice crane
Turbine blade lifted horizontally with ground crew looking on
Looking up at a turbine blade lifted by crane
McNally’s all-terrain crane lifting a wrapped nacelle, with a finished turbine behind
Lattice crane lifting a turbine nacelle beside the tower
Wind farm construction site viewed from a distance

Past work

Transport & yard

Moving the fleet between sites, and the trucks and machines behind it.

McNally’s Liebherr LTM 11200 rounding the hairpin on the Berriedale Braes, A9, Scottish Highlands
McNally’s Scania tractor unit carrying Liebherr LG 1750 components beside a wind turbine tower
McNally’s Volvo low-loader and a Liebherr all-terrain crane rigging at a road bridge site in 2007
McNally’s Liebherr LTM 11200 on the quay in Sardinia beside the ferry
McNally’s Liebherr LTM 11200 unloaded at the port in Sardinia
Operator in the cab of McNally’s 500t Liebherr crane
McNally’s all-terrain crane inside the workshop for maintenance
McNally’s Volvo low-loader hauling a crane superstructure
McNally’s all-terrain crane in road configuration on a gravel yard
Two McNally’s all-terrain cranes parked up at dusk
Crane truck and crane parked under floodlights at night
McNally’s heritage Leyland low-loader carrying the restored JCB 3CX backhoe loader
Restored JCB 3CX backhoe loader in McNally’s Monaghan livery
Close-up of the McNally’s Monaghan door livery with the historic telephone number

Past work

Other lifts

Docks, factories and city sites, from loading a 135t tidal turbine rotor section at Greenore Port to an Irish Rail bridge renewal near Buttevant, Co. Cork, completed over a bank holiday weekend.

Crane hoisting a lattice boom section into place
Crawler crane working beside a semi-submersible drilling rig on the quayside
McNally’s crane working at the Titanic Belfast building
Crane hook and chain blocks over a large white component inside a factory
All-terrain crane set up on steel mats, seen from a low angle

Project archive

LG1750 vessel discharge

The LG1750 crawler crane on a vessel discharge operation.

Liebherr LG 1750 lattice crane rigged on outrigger mats, with a McNally’s assist crane alongside
LG1750 crane working the vessel discharge
LG1750 crane boom over the water
LG1750 crawler crane on the grass bank by the water
View from the LG1750 cab over the water with the hook block in view
LG1750 crawler crane lifting a long red steel section
LG1750 lattice boom being rigged with an all-terrain assist crane
LG1750 crawler crane seen down a farm track
LG1750 crawler crane against a blue sky with cloud

Project archive

Methil wind turbine

Wind turbine erection work at Methil.

Crawler cranes working at the base of a wind turbine at Methil
Crawler cranes rigged around the wind turbine at Methil
Crawler crane rigged on the Methil site under a grey sky
The Methil turbine site seen from a distance
Three cranes beside the wind turbine at Methil
The Methil site lit up for a night shift
Crawler crane lifting a turbine tower section at Methil
Turbine tower section rigged and on the hook at Methil
View through the crane structure over the Firth of Forth at Methil
Crawler crane lattice boom laid out for assembly at Methil
Inside the crawler crane cab at Methil, with the control screen and keypad
Crew in hi-vis on the quay beneath the turbine at Methil
Wide view of the Methil site with the cranes rigged

Project archive

Five Mile Town turbine

The TC2800 crane lifting on the Five Mile Town turbine project.

McNally’s TC2800 crawler crane and an all-terrain assist crane at Five Mile Town
TC2800 lattice boom against a low winter sun
Turbine hub lifted against a clear blue sky
Turbine hub on the hook beside the TC2800 in the snow
Turbine hub lifted against a blue sky at Five Mile Town
TC2800 lifting a turbine hub on a snowy site
Close-up of a muddy turbine hub landed in the snow
TC2800 crawler crane above the Five Mile Town site under a bank of cloud
TC2800 crawler crane rigged on site with cloud behind
Lattice crane at dusk at Five Mile Town
Turbine components on the ground with a red lattice crane behind

Project archive

From the archive

Historic photographs from the McNally’s archive.

Animated 3D model of a yellow McNally truck crane turning on a red turntable, from the company’s early website
The earlier McNally’s pyramid logo in red and blue, assembling in an animation from the company’s early website
Archive photograph of a crane working from a barge
McNally’s crane lifting a barge at the waterside in April 2014
Archive photograph of a McNally’s mobile crane parked outside a corrugated shed
Archive photograph of three orange McNally’s crane trucks lined up
Archive photograph of a McNally’s mobile crane lifting a tank on a wet country road
Archive photograph of a McNally’s crane lifting precast panels with the crew at work
Archive photograph of a McNally’s Crane Hire truck crane beside a plastic-wrapped steel vessel outside an industrial unit
Archive photograph of an overturned green truck crane being chained and righted, with a yellow lattice crane alongside
Archive photograph of a yellow telescopic crane and a recovery truck lifting an overturned crane out of a hedge
Archive photograph of a McNally’s crane lifting a box lorry clear of a country road
Archive photograph of a McNally’s mobile crane and operator at the roadside
Archive photograph of a McNally’s lattice boom and crane over the river at sunset
Archive photograph of a McNally’s crane lifting a turbine nacelle section at the quayside
Archive photograph of a McNally’s mobile crane beside a church spire in town
Archive photograph of two McNally’s cranes lifting a building section at a factory
Archive photograph of a McNally’s crane lifting over a shopfront in town
Archive photograph of a McNally’s crane lowering a prefabricated building into place
Archive photograph of a McNally’s crane working at the molasses tanks
Archive photograph of two McNally’s cranes working side by side
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