Today, American is part of the Terex family and produces some of the largest capacity, technologically capable crawler cranes of any manufacturer. American's HC series crawler cranes range from 60 to 275 ton capacity, and feature a robust heavy duty design to make powerful high speed hoisting as effortless as possible. Manufacturer of Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes with lifting capacities from 50 to 275 tons. Based in Wilmington, NC Terex-American product sold worldwide today Historical Overview: 1882 The Franklin Manufacturing Company founded in 1884 in St Paul, MN (USA) by two entrepreneurs Frank Johnson and Oliver Crosby. 1883 Company name is changed to American Manufacturing Co. 1892 Company changes its name to American Hoist