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Truck Crane History

Hank R

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May 28, 2014
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Princeton B.C. Canada
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Retired Truck driver and School bus driver
Tugger will take a video for sure and some pictures should be a fun play day tomorrow .
 

Hank R

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Princeton B.C. Canada
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Retired Truck driver and School bus driver
Tugger I got a video of the Marion shovel but do not know how so I will have to ask Doug latter this week.
 

renovator

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Oct 27, 2011
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69
Location
New Mexico
If I remember correct the Marion has a 3/4 yd bucket might seem small but the heck out of a hand shovel. Steam power is so quiet and smooth, A couple years ago I helped on his Steam tractor and I loved it pulled a 8 bottom plow. Steering sucks on the old steamers 12 or so spins of the wheel to get the chain to move the front wheels.View attachment 187138
I've watched some steam tractors on YouTube. The torque from a steam engine is incredible.
 

Max87

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Oct 16, 2018
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Location
Vancouver, WA
Pretty cool thread. Ive been a field technician for 5 years working on truck mounted cranes, its interesting to see where it all started.
 
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