Pictures from shop and field

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load of boom for the 2900 manitowoc going to california

 

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108B Linkbelt before and after we stripped sheetmetal

 

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Starting down

 

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still coming down

 

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finishing going down and starting back up

 

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Blasted then cleaned and cleaned some more then testing and adjusting

 

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after it went to the body shop we stripped off the undercarriage and rebuilt it

 

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new setscrews and bosses in the roller frames

priming and painting

 

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getting closer

 

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allmost

 

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FINISHED!!! Some final testing and tweeking before the customers fly in to see their machine that the father had bought new in 1970 and had started the company with.

 

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loaded up and headed to washington dc

 

[OldandWorn]

Nice Job!! :drinkup It reminds me of American Restorations with the owners flying in to see it.

 

[kshansen]

Are they going to put that back to work or is it for display and shows? I'm guessing it is going back to work, would be a shame to do all that work and let it sit.

Is their dad still around and going to get to run this beautiful looking machine?

 

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Thanks OW that's just what the equip. manager said when he got out
Kshansen yes their going to put it back to work they have a lot of newer and bigger machines but some of the older operators are going to use it on some of their smaller jobs but sorry to say that the father passed away some time ago and the son wanted it rebuilt in tribute to his dad:salute

 

[FSERVICE]

are the other 2 linkbelts in the background owned by the same company? very nice job!!

 

[tctractors]

Hatchequip, that is a great looking Crane with some fair amount of work stuffed into it, so well done that Man, when I was about 19 I had to help 2 old stagers rebuild an R.B.38 Crane rigged for Drag-line, the 2 old boys one was the driver the other was a Crane Mechanic and only worked on crawler cranes, I sharp worked out that Cranes to me were just about the nastiest bits of Iron to be found, everything is ether in an oil bath or smothered in thick black grease, with evey part somehow hooked into something else that was a total pig to set free, so again Well Done on a good job that I would rather not go near, I am still suffering flash backs to the R.B.38, I hope the owners are pleased with the "new unit"

tctractors

 

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FService no they are other units that we have allready rebuilt and are awaiting new homes seems like we go thru a couple a year got another 108B and 78B fixing to start thru

 

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T C thanks alot about 8 years ago we had a Rustin Bucyrus 38B that we went thru and we had some of the old history on it. It came across the pond and after several years the company that had bought it sent it back across the pond for the rustin people to rebuild then shipped it back over here where we ended up with it several years later then we went thru it and sold it to an outfit that unloads salt from barges so id say that will be its final resting place.
wish Id have have known about you back then as I was tring to get ahold of some of the rustin bunch for some serial # answers but finally got ahold of some people over there to find out its no more

 

[FSERVICE]

Hatch, how did the Lorain turn out? have you got it done yet? it looked like it was going to take AWHILE