Bucyrus Erie crane truck

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Originally Posted by doodlebug

Cool!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Mikem

Looking good mine hasn't moved an inch

Well, it took me awhile to get this project started. The hardest part was probably deciding what I wanted to do for my first build

Originally Posted by frizzen

Thats an awesome looking crane truck! It looks like body work is coming together fairly quickly.

Any plans yet how you're going to do the crane part?

Thank you.

I have a few ideas. For boom I'm going to use brass, which means I have to make up a jig of some sort to keep things square. As for the hoist, lift and drag winches i will use gear motors.

But I will have to get my lathe running before I can start working on things like the cable drums, pulleys or the swing ring.