About us

There is only one original since 2001

In 1981, Åke Johansson started Remne Verkstad Allservice. Since then, he has been involved in car- and machine repairs as well as the construction of various machines.

In 1999, Åke made a small grapple loader trailer for his sons that fit their lawnmower tractor. The boys and their friends thought it was fun to drive and Åke got an idea! He tested his self-made grapple loader at the local market with an electric-hydraulic motor and an electric timer. Children at the market got to use the machine for three minutes for a dollar and it turned out to be a great success.

After that, Åke made seven grapple loader machines of model RV10. When Åke was out with the machines, he was often asked if he could make a larger version so that they fit their ATV. That’s the way it is.

In 2001, the first prototype for Elmia Forest was ready. That was the first grapple gloader trailer for ATV in the world. In August of the same year, the second prototype was ready and in connection with that, Kranman AB was formed.

Åke’s idea of putting his own fuel engine on the front of the ATV is the foundation of Kranman as a company. This provides hydraulics to the crane and weight to the front wheels. This is the reason why there are grapple loader trailers for ATVs today.

In the autumn of 2001, serial production of the RMT-280 grapple loader crane began. It soon turned out that customers wished for a driven trailer as well. And so, two years later, in 2003, the first trailer with Flexodrive 4WD was ready. The trailer has proven to be crucial for Kranman´s development. Today almost all trailers have Flexodrive 4WD. The premises soon became too small and new premises had to be built in stages.

In 2011, the Bison 6000 was developed and premiered at Elmia Forest the same year. The first Bison was delivered at the beginning of 2012 and since then six machines have been delivered every month. During 2014 the development of our Processor P25 began. At the end of 2016, production started and since then, just as in the case of the Bison 6000, six machines have been delivered a month.

The company currently has more than 50 employees with a turnover of approximately SEK 130 million.