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Originally Posted by David Nicholson
Hey Mike, I still have the original crane and winch driven by the PTO. Not sure what I will do with it yet? I was thinking of leaving it off, as it weighs a lot.
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Hello David,
I found this photograph at the Australian War Memorial website. It shows a crane like yours being operated in Queensland.
The caption reads:
Wongabel, Queensland. 13th of March 1945. A 3 ton derrick mounted on a truck unloads a car engine at 2/3 Infantry Troops Field Park. Corporal G.R. Moyle (1), handles the engine at the foreground.
Photograph accessed August, 4 2017 from
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C66242?search
A couple of differences between your truck and the one in the photograph taken back in 1945: your truck has dual rear wheels and the truck taken in 1945 has single rear wheels. The 1945 truck has a tool box mounted across the rear of the tray. Unless the toolbox was installed as an outrigger arrangement it does not look like it would fit on your truck?
Kind Regards
Lionel