Wonder if it could be Muir Hill ? they made some weird and wonderfull rope op loading shovels on E1A Majors and I think they also had something to do with Winget cranes.
Not very often everyone on here is stumped !
edit -in fact Freds posted a Muir Hill crane on here ( later date but similar principle) ;-
Can anybody identify this machine?
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Re: Can anybody identify this machine?
thanks for the response guys, I think you way be right about the skid unit, may well of been a E27N originally 
Looking at the pictures you can see what looks like a compressor running off the major belt pulley, Air controls for the winch drums maybe?
Also, with the Muir Hill idea, the very late E27N major based loading shovels had a mix of rope and hydraulic functions so they could be a likely maker!
The sprung front axle was ahead of it's time too!
I hope some body out there recognises it, it would be worth saving although I don't think it's likely to go any where soon!
Looking at the pictures you can see what looks like a compressor running off the major belt pulley, Air controls for the winch drums maybe?
Also, with the Muir Hill idea, the very late E27N major based loading shovels had a mix of rope and hydraulic functions so they could be a likely maker!
The sprung front axle was ahead of it's time too!
I hope some body out there recognises it, it would be worth saving although I don't think it's likely to go any where soon!
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The idea of a replacement skid seems, on more viewing, very likely with the what looks like remnants of yellow on the frame and the Fordson in regular blue. I would have thought the whole machine would have been painted.
It would be a real shame if that got cut up.
It would be a real shame if that got cut up.
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Re: Can anybody identify this machine?
Thats a neat rig, It should be saved and in a display somewhere. You fellas got all the neat toys over there. Is there any signs of where it may have worked in the area? My late neighbor showed me a stream change that a Byers half sine shovel dug out in the late 1930s. The dipper was still there. IT had been replaced with a new one.
Can you get pictures of the slewing mechanism?
Can you get pictures of the slewing mechanism?