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Bantam T250

catskinner 10

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Metro-East IL.
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Retired Operator/Master Mechanic 55Yr Member IUOE
I need to get down to our Bone Yard.
There was something like that sitting there.
Been a long time since I saw it.
Pretty sure it was a Bantam, but can't remember if it's on a military chassis or crane.
I know it's a hoe and on rubber. I think the shovel attachment is with it also.
It's so growed up in there, I need to wait until later in the fall to even find it.
Tom
 

greerco

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Mar 15, 2014
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Location
Spencerville
In 1991 the HCEA convention was in Waverly Iowa. When we toured the Bantam Factory they had a table set up
with old pictures that they let us take (geat deal). I got some pictures of a Bantam T250 hoe which I had never
heard of. I have only seen the 350 crawler and truck mounts.

If anyone has one or knows of one I would be interested in purchasing one to restore. Please PM me with your
phone number so we can talk!

Doug View attachment 100522View attachment 100523
Hey i have a bantom shovel sitting in the bush for sale
 

GRABLE

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Apr 13, 2015
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41
Location
Kadoka SD
Bump, what do you mean by still looking good? As I think I stated before, I went to the Bantam Factory, I drove home a new T-250 we ran that old girl 10 hours a day 6 days a week for 10 to 12 years as I recall. There were three of them in Western South Dakota and I know the names of the guys that own them. Call me if you want to talk Bantam T-250

I still own a C 350 crawler and it's in my shop and Kadoka South Dakota. It runs like a fine Rolex watch. I have a backhoe attachment on it with a 24in, 30 inch, 36 inch, and 42 in buckets.

Rich Grable.
605 390 7777
 

GRABLE

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Kadoka SD
You can learn something new everyday, I never heard of the 250, that is awesome. As a Bantam aficionado and collector I enjoy new finds such as this, so thank you. Right now I have a T350 crane I'm currently restoring, been all over hell looking for a backhoe and more stick but haven't had any luck.
 

GRABLE

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Apr 13, 2015
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Location
Kadoka SD
Wayne Knutson, in Gila Bend Arizona has most everything you need for a Schield Bantam machine, backhoe attachments, long boom and short boom, crane booms and inserts, I think he's got clam buckets, drag buckets, headache balls, double and triple sheav blocks. Tell Wayne I sent you his name.
Rich Grable
richgrable@yahoo.com
 

crane operator

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Mar 27, 2009
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8,315
Location
sw missouri
There's a guy by me that has a crawler bantam, with the digger attachment. I know you want the truck version, but maybe this is the chance to get the digger portion. He wants $3,500 for it.

The boom pivots have been cut off the house, so I'm thinking it will never be a crane again, but its a chance for the digger portion. Which is probably the rare part.

 
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