Can anyone identify this RAAF crane

[Euan McDonald]

Can't under stand what the safety issues would be from looking at the truck. Looks safe to me!

[Goncalo Mendes]

Originally Posted by Euan McDonald

Can't under stand what the safety issues would be from looking at the truck. Looks safe to me!

Looks fine to me too!

[Goncalo Mendes]

Originally posted by Tony Smith
Mike Cecil's book on "Australian Scout and Armoured cars" mentions Peters Brothers:
"By mid 1943, all the Model 8446 4x4 chassis ordered from Canada had arrived, and apart from those in use, were in storage at the Fisherman's Bend plant of GMH. They remained there until mid-1944 when at least75 were assigned to the company of Peters Brothers, located in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. Peters Brothers had been undertaking the construction of general purpose cranes for the Services based on various makes of wheeled tractors, such as the International W-9. Peters Brothers built at least 75 cranes based on this chassis, these being assigned Commonwealth registration numbers 144311 to 144322, 144373 to 144421 and 144722 to 144735."
Source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&postcount=102

A truck crane conversion, using crane from an International W-9 crane tractor.

From user Brett Nichols

source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...98&postcount=7


source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...63&postcount=3


source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&postcount=102


source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&postcount=102

Some more bits of info:
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...28&postcount=9


Other conversion:

Source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&postcount=112

[Goncalo Mendes]

source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/125221/

A few old photos:
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...36&postcount=3

From user Tony Smith

source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&postcount=104

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...27&postcount=8


Some more information:

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...9&postcount=14
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...9&postcount=15
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...3&postcount=16
source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&postcount=106

More on this crane from internet archive as the pics dont exist on the original page:
http://web.archive.org/web/200708060...gtwodonga.html

[Goncalo Mendes]

source: http://www.justauto.com.au/justheavy...ANE-JHW3629750

From user "Brian", at the "The Fordson Tractor Forum"






source: http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/ph...p=44283#p44269

[Goncalo Mendes]

From user Tony Smith



source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9141

I think that this is another example of a crane conversion, using a the crane part of a tractor crane and a surplus military truck.

The crane base frame parts looks to be like this one. The horizontal cross members the the frame look similar. Note that it seems to be a hydraulic hose running in the center of the frame, as the rear tractor pto was used to operate an hydraulic pump. Interestingly, if it looks that the hydraulic pump could be connected to the truck winch pto, and located in the same place. Is it possible that the larger heavier cranes had a similar arrangement adaptation, but with a direct driveshaft to the crane winch?


https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/064714/


source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/064715/


source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/064716/


source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/064717/


Source: http://museumvictoria.com.au/collect...ralia-sep-1942

more Peters Bros G-Well crane...


http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1359958810

from New South Wales State Library

http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...?itemID=239683

[Goncalo Mendes]

Here are some great photos of one of these cranes, already in civil life, mounted in a White truck, in 1949.
The photos are from the New South Wales State Library. They had a fantastic image archive, and the photos are free for personal use.
http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...=122959&query=


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36580


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36583


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36584


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36585


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36587


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36588


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36589


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...i?itemID=36591


http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/...?itemID=131851