Here's two cranes I used to operate.

[willie59]

Well, td25c asked me to post a couple of pics. So here ya go bro.

My dad ran his own company since i was a little runt up until he passed away. All manner of work related to the building trades. In the late 70's, he purchased a used boom truck. 1962 White 4000 with a C160 Cummins, Fuller 5 speed main box and 4 sp auxilliary, 15 ton Scott/Midland boom. Set a bunch of trusses with this rig. Believe it or not, that truck was such a long wheelbase, and with the flotation tires...it road like a dream.

This was at McGhee-Tyson airbase. A local door company sold the door, but they didn't have anyone who could do this installation, so they contracted us to do it, as commercial doors was our primary business. This was a hanger for refueling planes, designed for the old prop engine refuelers. When the Air Force switched to the KC-135 refueler, uh, tail wouldn't allow them to go into hanger. Solution? Cut a notch in hanger and install a door with the bottom of door about 30 feet off of ground. Piece of cake! The boom lifts were loaned to us by the Air Natl Gaurd to do project.





This is another the same company sold the door, but couldn't install it. It was a steel supplier that had rail tracks going into building at an extreme angle. The door was 30 feet high, and to obtain the proper clearance for a rail car with tracks coming into building at an angle the door had to be 50 ft wide. To my knowledge, this is the largest single rolling door in this area. That was one of my brothers on the scafflold and dad standing next to crane.





This one we purchase in the early 80's. Bucyrus-Erie 45C Series II, 30 ton. 100 ft of main boom, 30 ft jib. Detroit 6-71 lower and 6V-53 upper engine. The exhaust system on the lower engine was perfect. That 6-71 would sing when you were grading a hill with it pegged on the governor. This is one of the smoothest operating cranes I have ever ran. This project was a pre-fab steel structure we installed over hazardous material tanks at a waste incinerator in Oak Ridge TN.





This was a large church that grew weary of painting the steeple base. So they hired a contractor to install vinyl siding. The contractor called us to lift their crew in a man basket. That blue and white '85 F-150 is my daily driver still today. I love that old truck.

[liebherr1160]

Cool man ..Wish I could find a picture of the ol' 1972 P&H T750 Is started on ..Detroits top and bottom, 2stick shift 5&4...

I hear ya ..Good Times ..good memories

[willie59]

Cool man ..Wish I could find a picture of the ol' 1972 P&H T750 Is started on ..Detroits top and bottom, 2stick shift 5&4...

I hear ya ..Good Times ..good memories

LoL...I've operated an early '70s T-750 liebherr. Double Detroits and 5 x 4 as well. Those were STOUT old cranes.

[liebherr1160]

LoL...I've operated an early '70s T-750 liebherr. Double Detroits and 5 x 4 as well. Those were STOUT old cranes.

better belive it brother ..Pick and Pick all day long

[roddyo]

We use a Link Belt from out of town whenever we need a crane, which isn't very often.

One deal was kind of intresting.

We bought a 4 or 5 front loader concrete trucks and removed the drums before sending them back to the factory to make glider kits out of them.

The intresting thing was before they got repoed the owner filled the drums up full of concrete. Needless to say we double strapped them when we pulled them off.

[willie59]

We use a Link Belt from out of town whenever we need a crane, which isn't very often.

One deal was kind of intresting.

We bought a 4 or 5 front loader concrete trucks and removed the drums before sending them back to the factory to make glider kits out of them.

The intresting thing was before they got repoed the owner filled the drums up full of concrete. Needless to say we double strapped them when we pulled them off.

Filled them with concrete! LoL!

[td25c]

Thats pretty cool ATCO.Love the 45c crane!

[roddyo]

Filled them with concrete! LoL!

I'm glad they did ATCO.

Those guys at the auction who owned concrete plants said they wouldn't get the concrete out of the trucks if they give them away.

We was going to cut the drums off of them anyway so we could put the trucks on a step deck to ship em.

All them Ole Boys with the concrete done was made us a lot of money that day

[Impact]

Cool pictures and story dude!

I wish of I had photos of the old '49 home built hand cranked boom truck! LOL It spit in your face from the place where the floorboards used to be when driving in the rain. No floorboards made it cold in the winter time, but, easier to change U-Joints!

[OCR]

Very nice pick-tures, ATCO...

Solution? Cut a notch in hanger and install a door with the bottom of door about 30 feet off of ground.

Actually, quite reasonable...

I wonder if there was at least one "head scratcher", entertaining the notion of... "cutting the tail off"... lol


OCR...


PS: I see by the picture; your full name must be: ATCO Willis, Huh?...

[grandpa]

nice pix Atco......... I thought OCR would have thought to dig a channel for the running gear to run in instead of raising the door, but to his defense he concluded the tail was too tall and not that the wheels were to big! Lol Atco those pictures of your pops are priceless.

[willie59]

Cool pictures and story dude!

I wish of I had photos of the old '49 home built hand cranked boom truck! LOL It spit in your face from the place where the floorboards used to be when driving in the rain. No floorboards made it cold in the winter time, but, easier to change U-Joints!

LoL...ahh the good old days, eh?

[td25c]

Thats what I like most about crane work,you never know what the next job will be or where you will be setting up.Almost like wrecker work,allways interesting.Excellent pictures & story ATCO.I like the white 4000 boom truck.Is that a sleeper on the rear of the cab?

[willie59]

Very nice pick-tures, ATCO...


Actually, quite reasonable...

I wonder if there was at least one "head scratcher", entertaining the notion of... "cutting the tail off"... lol


OCR...


PS: I see by the picture; your full name must be: ATCO Willis, Huh?...

Ha...cut the tail off a KC135? Funny!

ATCO Willis? Ya dang knothead, you knows what my name is Owl Creek!

nice pix Atco......... I thought OCR would have thought to dig a channel for the running gear to run in instead of raising the door, but to his defense he concluded the tail was too tall and not that the wheels were to big! Lol

[willie59]

Thats what I like most about crane work,you never know what the next job will be or where you will be setting up.Almost like wrecker work,allways interesting.Excellent pictures & story ATCO.I like the white 4000 boom truck.Is that a sleeper on the rear of the cab?

Thanks 25c. I know it's hard to tell in those old grainy pics, but that was actually 2 fiberglass man buckets that mounted on end of the boom. They stowed on the headboard at front of bed. That little boom also had an A-frame jib. You can spot it stowed under the main boom.