Can anyone identify this RAAF crane

[JFL]

Motto, Yes I remember there was another cletrac in the symons st yard. In the later years Huey would not let us move the cletrac because he was afraid the cables in the tracks would be rusted and break. As I wrote before I have no idea who built the cranes, But it certainly wasn't Letourneau, They had their own lift and carry crane design which was completely different.There was a Touracrane at Rickeys quarry . One possibility is Garwood, apparently they built a lot of machinery outside their usual fields during the war years.

[Goncalo Mendes]

Other truck mounted crane photo:

source:http://www.allappys.com/Intakes/8trade/RSTT.html

I would like a lot to build a model, anyone has found some more info about them?

G_Mendes

[motto]

The crane we are looking at here Goncalo is based on a Long Wheelbase GMC CCW 353 6x4 hard cab truck that has had the cab top cut away. This is exactly what I saw out Tullamarine way years ago and described in an earlier post.

David

[Goncalo Mendes]

Originally Posted by motto

The crane we are looking at here Goncalo is based on a Long Wheelbase GMC CCW 353 6x4 hard cab truck that has had the cab top cut away. This is exactly what I saw out Tullamarine way years ago and described in an earlier post.

David

Hello David,

Many thanks for the reply.
I´m sure that the crane was from australian made source, all the photos were from there. As for the maker, from what I had searched, it was built on purpose, and I had seen a lot of smaller cranes using the same type of main wheels structure and carriage connection, to a tractor rear, instead of a truck, as seen on some posts. My toughts are that they were made by the same maker.
It would be fantastic that someone take a complete photoset of one of these things, along with a few mesures... and surely, if someone restore and preserve one it would be great too

G_Mendes

[Goncalo Mendes]

Well, some more photos that I find, not mine, but due to the scarcity of the theme...

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9160


Source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22076

In Coober Pedy:
From Biglorryblog, at commercialmotor.com/big-lorry-blog (Bob Murphy 2005):


source: http://www.commercialmotor.com/big-l...d-scenes-on-bi

From user "jim sewell" at mapleleafup.net/forum:

source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9160


From user "101 Ron" at 4wdaction forum (2011):

Source: http://www.4wdaction.com.au/forum/vi...rt=15#p1432391


Source: http://www.4wdaction.com.au/forum/vi...rt=15#p1432391

The big rock on the rear is the crane counterweight!


In the same scrap yard in Coober Pedy:

From user "jim sewell" at mapleleafup.net/forum

source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9160

In Wilson's Steel scrapyard, in Cabarita, about 10km west of Mildura:

From user "EMC", at www.warbirdz.net/forum (2011):

source: http://www.warbirdz.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2194

G_Mendes