cmp contraption

mike mckinley · #1 25-09-06, 00:56

hi all

as the story goes, just after the war, a company in ST. Stephen, N.B., purchased a quantity of cmp's, which may have been new, and unassembled. apparently, they were sold in the western side of the province. for years i have wondered what ever happened to them, why none had ever turned up. then, this past weekend i recieved an e mail from andrew wetmore, who works in Hartland, N.B. apparently he was out driving around and spotted an old cmp sitting in a yard. he stopped to take pictures and talk with the owner, who told him that he had several cmp's which he had all but used up, this being the last one. if you look at the steel in the crane, those channels sure look like cmp frames. this truck started life as an f15a, but by the looks of it, recieved several donated parts from other cmp trucks. apparently it continues to run on a flat head v 8. maybe this is where all the ST. Stephen cmp's ended up?

cheers!!
mike

Hanno Spoelstra · #2 25-09-06, 01:10

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Originally posted by mike mckinley
... told him that he had several cmp's which he had all but used up, this being the last one. if you look at the steel in the crane, those channels sure look like cmp frames. this truck started life as an f15a, but by the looks of it, recieved several donated parts from other cmp trucks ...

Mike, not having any other use for them, I'm pretty sure the owner cut up some Chevys to create useful parts for this brilliant Ford yard crane / snow plow

H.

cliff · #3 25-09-06, 02:51

the winch in Pic 4 appears to be like the winches on the CMP derrick trucks.

Cheers
Cliff

Grant Bowker · #4 25-09-06, 03:24

Take the following with a grain of salt since I haven't seen a real live derrick winch or body. The set up of the winch, and it's drive, on this truck would take up a lot of space/length in the body that would be wanted for other things in service. Similar winches were built with the chain sprocket mounted right at the gear case. The whole winch mount resembles the rest of the truck, seeming cobbled up from what was to hand and not showing solid design. The thread on 3 Ton Derrick Trucks does show a photo of the winch assembly that seems somewhat different from this one, even allowing for the absence of the capstan on the shaft end. On the whole I am doubtful of this winch being from a derrick truck and suspect an adaptation from a civilian source.

I hope I'm not insulting a member's truck.

Bob Carriere · #5 25-09-06, 04:30

HI Mikey

Nice find.... at $167 a ton for scrap steel that thing is worht its weight in gold......

.... so where are the all the axles he removed for the frame parts..???

Bob

Pete Ashby · #6 25-09-06, 08:29

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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Mike, not having any other use for them, I'm pretty sure the owner cut up some Chevys to create useful parts for this brilliant Ford yard crane / snow plow

H.

Very quick off the mark there McSpool………… most impressed, the stiff upper lip almost creased into a smile, but I caught it just in time.
I shall have to concede the point................. Until next time

Pete PTO&G

cmperry4 · #7 26-09-06, 00:55

Does anyone think those tire chains are the original issue?

Pete Ashby · #8 26-09-06, 21:53

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Originally posted by cmperry4
Does anyone think those tire chains are the original issue?

They look like they could be, I have only ever seen one set and they appear to have the same flattened link with a twist in

Pete

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #9 03-10-06, 17:25

On a recent fishing trip northeast of Toronto, SUNRAY MINOR saw the vehicle pictured here but unfortunately didn't get any hard info on it. It looks OK, though!

A company here in Ontario, the name of which escapes me, manufactured a lot of these many years ago. This example may be available if anyone's interested - it's near Peterborough. PM me if interested. Six pics follow:

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #10 03-10-06, 17:26

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Bruce Parker (RIP) · #11 03-10-06, 18:37

Company, or individual was Bruce Sedore for the CMP fork lift conversions. His work is/was mainly found in the Oshawa/Rice Lake/Peterborough area north east of Toronto.

Brian Gough · #12 03-10-06, 19:49

Here's a link to Keith's site that shows Barry Churcher working on his Sedore Conversion back in 1992.

http://www.oldcmp.net/photocompaction2.html

Brian