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name the crane/excav

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:39 pm
by azzereth23
hi

Can anyone identify this machine from the little bit that's shown..taken c1946

thank you

Re: name the crane/excav

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:50 pm
by Mrsmackpaul
no idea what the machine is but the lady doesnt look overly impressed by it all not lot has changed when dating girls from back in 1946


Paul

Re: name the crane/excav

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:27 pm
by bsbplant
Smith.

Re: name the crane/excav

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:53 am
by FOWLER MAN
bsbplant wrote:Smith.


Hi,
I thought that too, but then I think all the Smiths from the 1940s/50s were left hookers, ( had the cabs on the left hand side), certainly the ones I worked on did.
The machine in the pic has the cab on the right.
Is that a generator housing for a scrap magnet behind the lady??

Re: name the crane/excav

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:21 pm
by azzereth23
thanks for the replies, very interesting, any way it could be a koehring, these are mentioned in the war diaries of the period along with lima, osgood 200 and rb 10 and 19!!!

Re: name the crane/excav

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:50 pm
by FOWLER MAN
Hi,
I checked through some old stuff I have and there's no doubt your right the excavator is like the Koehring Illustrated in the advert below. I think it's the forerunner of the 304 model.
Fred
Image

Re: name the crane/excav

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:51 pm
by azzereth23
thanks Fowler Man..very much appreciated. now to find some 40's photos of this machine

Re: name the crane/excav

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 1:34 pm
by navvyfitter
Koehring or NCK 304 - the box on the front left side is an auxiliary generator house for lighting power. Probably had an Onan or ACDelco petrol generator lurking inside.
There is an NCK 304 and a Pentland crane at Threlkeld Mining Museum.