3 Ton Derrick

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Grant Bowker
there may be more derrick sets available than CMP production alone would have created. Although the images suggest that the derrick heads looked similar I have no idea whether the same parts were used in both derrick sets for economy or if the Engineers and Signals people would have insisted on their own designs. The Body Parts book only refers to the Engineer variant.

Grant, good point.
Body types listed for the C60S are: Dump, General Service, Stores, Derrick, Engineers, Telephone and Wrecker (as far as I know the same types were fitted to the F60S, excl. Wrecker but plus LAAT).
Going back through the Derrick images posted on this forum, I came to the conclusion there is a difference between the Derrick and Engineers (or Winch - a body model code I have come across is WIN-4) bodies, minimal as they might seem as first glance. I think at least the Derrick and Engineers (or Winch) bodies were identical in design and manufacture, the real difference was in the kitting out: the former does have derrick poles, the latter does not - see pics below.


Note: "Derrick Body"


Note: "Winch Body"

Questions remaining are:
1) Are the Engineers and Winch variants the same?
2) What are the exact differences between the Derrick and Engineers (or Winch) variants?

H.