UK World Crane Champion to attempt a hattrick win at Road Transport Expo

The UK World Crane Championships are just around the corner and former champion Trevor Tack is set to try his luck again and go for the hattrick. Designed to celebrate the expertise of the world’s top crane operators, the popular event sees contestants from the UK compete at local level, before the UK winner heads off to the global final at the International Automobile Exhibition (IAA) Transportation fair in Hanover on 24-25 September. The event this year takes place on 2 July during the Road Transport Expo at NAEC Stoneleigh, Warwickshire and the registrations are already rolling in.

We spoke to Trevor to get his thoughts on how he found himself participating in the Crane Championships, how he’s going to tackle the new course and what winning the previous UK championship meant to him. “I first participated in 2016, I was buying a new truck and the salesman at the time mentioned the event to me. It was being held at Silverstone which is only 10 minutes up the road, and he said it would make a good day out, so I headed up with my family and to my surprise ended up getting the quickest time of the weekend!

“Being a Hiab driver of 27 years definitely helped, I had a quick practice and thought I could get the hang of this, and it just happens it went right for me on the day. Went back two years later in 2018 and the same thing happened again! “Everyone uses the same equipment provided by Hiab but there’s a huge step up in quality when entering the global competition.

Andreas, the previous world champion, uses cranes like that in that way daily. It’s hard to get used to the responsiveness of the crane when it isn’t your day-to-day equipment. “Once you’re at the competition the atmosphere is great, there’s a lot of banter between the contestants and it’s a great chance to meet similar people to you.

You’re with the opponents for the whole weekend.

In 2016 Hiab took all of the finalists to a German Beer Festival and the whole restaurant were up on the table dancing!

It’s a great way to make memories.