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from time to time i get to operate a GROVE/COLES AP415 very similar to the jones iron fairy . they are a great little crane to operate
a recent job i was on had me picking and carying parts of an industrial bailing machine inside a building where it was to be assembled,
the biggest wheighing 7 tons, and due to its size i had to do this over the side of the crane , she never even flinched !!!!

Well since this thread is already here, didn't seem much point in creating a new one. I've just got back from a short break to Southampton and snapped this Jones yard crane which looks to be in pretty good shape.

No doubt they produced loads of models of this type so a model ID is nearly impossible? The last Jones crane I saw was a crawler one which was over a decade ago at least.


URL of the original image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6117/6222182591_a71a2b0a98_z.jpg

Again, the larger image can be found here:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6117/6222182591_a71a2b0a98_b.jpg

Best regards

Gavin

Can Someone Post some fleetmaster pics how did you control those things

Cat Traxcavator wrote:Can Someone Post some fleetmaster pics how did you control those things

I've got these two pics of the Fleetmaster, sorry I don't know anything about them.
Fred

Hmm Whitlock had a very similar looking rig called the 7T. A direct competitor perhaps to this vehicle?

kwhit01 wrote:While looking in the archives at Wortley Top Forge (http://www.topforge.co.uk) for information on our Neal QM (which I did not find) I found operating instructions & parts list for a Jones KL22 which I can scan if anybody would like a copy.

Hi, we have a "Jones Crane" model KL22 crane that is still working!
Please watch this film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J39ockiY65w and the attached photos.
I didn't find the document in the (http://www.topforge.co.uk) website.
Please send me (or upload to this site) that document.
Best regards,
Nitzan

Wonderful to see an earlier model of a Jones crane still working. They were no doubt built to last.

Still driving a Jones 15t ton Iron Fairy

Nice to see a classic still at work there Keith.

Jeremy

I stumbled across a photo of a Jones crawler crane belonging to Morrison Construction on Flickr.
Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/56550223@N04/5603276252