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RM-45 Crane Body

Our most innovative crane body helps you work with more safety and efficiency than ever. A torsion box understructure enables a powerful 45,000 pound-foot rating at 100% throughout the lifting zone.

SPRAY-ON BEDLINER
SPRAY-ON BEDLINER

Available as a factory-installed option. The liner provides durable, watertight and airtight truck bed protection. Prohibits rust, corrosion and surface abrasion while providing a slip-resistant surface for walking around on without fear of losing your footing.

MASTERLOCKING
MASTERLOCKING

Create a secure seal on your service body compartment doors without sacrificing convenience, all with the snap of a single handle and padlock. The master locking steel slide bar simultaneously locks an entire compartment side to keep your tools and other equipment safe.

DRAWER SYSTEMS
DRAWER SYSTEMS

Various popular options are available for installation in front vertical and horizontal compartments.

RM-45 CRANE BODY - 11' Body

MODEL A B C D APPROX. COMPARTMENT CLEAR DOOR OPENINGS
E F G H
STANDARD (front) (2nd front) (horizontal) (rear)
44" Roadside Height 36" 21" 47" 28" 30-1/2”w x 36-1/2"h 17-1/2"w x 36-1/2"h 45-1/2"w x 15"h 22-1/2"w x 36-1/2"h
60" Curbside Front Raised Height 36" 21" 47" 28" 30-1/2"w x 52-1/2"h 17-1/2"w x 52-1/2"h 45-1/2"w x 15"h 22-1/2"w x 36-1/2"h

The RM-45 Series is a 11’ Crane Body built for a crane rating up to 8,000 lb. (45,000 ft/lb.) and a 84” cab-to-axle chassis.

Roadside

RM-45 Curbside

Curbside

Crane Body Brochure
Crane Body Brochure
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Features

Torsion Box Understructure

Torsion Box Understructure

The ultimate foundation for a strong-lifting, durable body. Torsion-box understructure resists body twist and enables the truck to deliver 45,000 foot-pound lifting moment at full 100% capacity rating throughout the lifting zone.

Headache Rack

Headache Rack

Reading RM crane body includes a headache rack that protects the cab with a powerful, professional appearance.    Headache rack is integral and welded to the body.   Includes laser-cut window cutouts for visibility, and lights installed on the chassis.  Provides mounting locations for on-body work lighting and marker lighting, and allows wiring not to protrude into the tank compartment.

Safety Grab Handles

Safety Grab Handles

Reading RM crane body delivers three points of contact, to make it easy to climb in and out of the rear of the truck. Rear grab handles are generously sized, ergonomically placed, and included as standard equipment. Used in conjunction with our standard bumper steps, they help make the workday safer and easier.

Work Lighting

Work Lighting

Optional ultra-bright LED swiveling 4,500 lumen lamps. Set of 4 per body – 2 on rear, 2 on headache rack.

Treadplate Surface - Cargo Area

Treadplate Surface – Cargo Area

Cargo area floor, bed walls and tops of the side compartments are furnished in treadplate for durability.

Rubberized Undercoating

Rubberized Undercoating

Automotive grade rubberized undercoating provides superior protection against foreign matter damaging the understructure of the body.