Self-erecting crane comprising a removable ballasting element for a transport on a fifth wheel

A self-erecting crane comprising a mast which is mounted on a rotating platform and supporting a boom, said self-erecting crane being configurable between a transport configuration wherein the mast and the boom are folded back on themselves, and a working configuration wherein the mast and the boom are unfolded, said mast supporting a hitch element provided with a hitch shaft suitable for being coupled on a fifth wheel provided on a rear platform of a tractor truck in the transport configuration, said rotating platform being located in the transport configuration at a rear of the mast while the hitch element is located at a front of the mast in a front hitch area which is dimensioned to come above the rear platform of the tractor truck for a transport on the fifth wheel, and wherein the rotating platform is mounted on a chassis supporting at least one set of wheels,

• wherein said self-erecting crane comprises a mooring system located on the front hitch area of the mast, such that the mooring system is located on an underside of the mast in the transport configuration, and wherein the self-erecting crane further comprises at least one removable ballasting element which is configured to be:
• in the transport configuration, temporarily moored on the mast by means of the mooring system, so that said removable ballasting element is located under the mast in the front hitch area of the mast, and
• in the working configuration, mounted on the rotating platform.