Richard Farrant Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Hi Rick, Looks like an Iron Fairy crane, a good basic machine and very hand in a yard. cheers Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 just bought it and don't know how i managed without for so long. it's ex mod as well, there's blue grey paint under the yellow so i assume it was RAF or navy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 just bought it and don't know how i managed without for so long. it's ex mod as well, there's blue grey paint under the yellow so i assume it was RAF or navy Army and RAF definitely had them as I used to do repairs and SWL tests on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 You know how to make me jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Army and RAF definitely had them as I used to do repairs and SWL tests on them. Richard is there any vehicle the British armed forces that you haven't work on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Richard is there any vehicle the British armed forces that you haven't work on yes ...... Challenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 richard you are a mine of knowledge ! but do you have any info on how to work the sodding thing i am winging it at the mo and the potential for disaster is quite high a manual or a link to where i could purchase one would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 richard you are a mine of knowledge !but do you have any info on how to work the sodding thing i am winging it at the mo and the potential for disaster is quite high a manual or a link to where i could purchase one would be great Rick, Bearing in mind it could be about 25 years since I worked on one of those, the jib is puzzling me because the safe load indicator box is not on it, I am wondering if someone has removed it or its a different system. I remember there were automatic axle locks for slewing as the rear axle is a pivoting type and as you slew from over front the jacks push down on the axle to stabilise it. What troubles are you having? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 hi richard thanks for the reply. i'm not really having any trouble it's just that i don't know what the safe procedure is for lifting when the boom is over the side. i don't want to tip it over ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 hi richard thanks for the reply. i'm not really having any trouble it's just that i don't know what the safe procedure is for lifting when the boom is over the side. i don't want to tip it over ! Hi Rick, I take it there is no safe load indicator then? There should be a plate showing loads at various jib lengths and Over Front or Over Side. Obviously a lower safe load when working away from Over Front position. I f you ever need more height there is another extension, but a pin has to be removed from the ram an extension pushed out, This still allows normal extension to function but increases length of main jib. Least that was how the army ones I knew worked. The over side locking rams should automatically come in the jib is slewed away from over front. Have a look at the rear axle to locate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 thanks again richard. i'll look for the axle locking rams when i next use it. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) To me - it looks more like a Coles "Speedcrane" , if you look at the top of the main boom , there are a pair of inverted U brackets - this is where a 'Weighload' dynamometer unit would originally have meen mounted (as standard in the civvy world) . ISTR the military versions actually had a pair of Wylie ASLI ,, Edited April 8, 2017 by ruxy spelin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 you are right it is a speedcrane 6/9T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 you are right it is a speedcrane 6/9T I thought there were some unfamiliar features, although the front view fooled me. I now recollect that Iron Fairy had single wheels on the front axle. When I first started working for the army we had a Jumbo crane on allocation. The company that produced them was taken over by Coles and the Speedcrane range developed from the Jumbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 ISTR the Taylor 'Jumbo' had swinging hook type axle locks but the later Coles Speedcrane models had auto. jack-rams for 'over-side duties' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 thanks for the info guys. i really like my crane, if it had any working brakes it would be even better another thing on the to do list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarland Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 On the subject of Coles cranes a quick search turned up this Google Database......... https://sites.google.com/site/colescranedatabase/main-database There is a section on the military cranes supplied by Coles Looks a pretty comprehensive resource Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) On the subject of Coles cranes a quick search turned up this Google Database......... https://sites.google.com/site/colescranedatabase/main-database There is a section on the military cranes supplied by Coles Looks a pretty comprehensive resource That's handy - it looks a lot like Model - 6-7T Mk4 https://get.google.com/albumarchive/100636175774182132488/album/AF1QipPvW0jcNs8MyJiNSCluMvkREXoRIjxJgig5nFi_/AF1QipO1VcMnYHO0EHYjyqkTSR4bXvmCDVReXub5WKvj?source=pwa#5812509689905208210 Edit: My mistake - it's more like a mk 3 https://get.google.com/albumarchive/100636175774182132488/album/AF1QipPvW0jcNs8MyJiNSCluMvkREXoRIjxJgig5nFi_/AF1QipOZAUZ4b_WFdTumEZ5PkHQUeeXHPzz0RH0UpLCA?source=pwa#5812509577854505298 Edited April 11, 2017 by Lauren Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 i think it's a mk4. i'll have to have a closer look for some id plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 The Mk. 4 has outrigger blocking , the Mk. 3 does not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 not a mk4 then, cheers i'd like outriggers for my own piece of mind but it does perform quite well without them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Prof Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 On 7/14/2015 at 7:38 PM, Le Prof said: Hi Steveo578, again, Thanks for the information on 37ZR79, it all helps. Should my third Churchill plate resurface, I'll ask again, if you don't mind. However, it was a nice shiney thing, and it may have been souvineered during a recent move. 😞 Best Regards, Adrian Hi All, Thread ressurection, eight years after my last comment above. My third data plate just turned up. I maligned the movers, though they did pack it in a box of books I've only just got round to sorting out (umm, 20 years later?) No photo at the moment, but the plate is the standard brass one marked: TANK, INFANTRY MARK IV MAKERS N° VM2883 W.D. N° T31132 DATE /1/42 i guess a Vauxhall Motors produced Churchill? Are any other details known on this one? The plate came from a pile of brass shiney things at a steam fair, probably Husband's Bosworth. Thanks for any help. Best Regards, Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 a few years back i sold the avre to the same guy that bought my cromwell. it;s nice to see it finally on display or at least it's nice to see my old turret on display. the hull is from an earlier reworked hull 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 two for one 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Superb!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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