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Okay....did a bit of searching on this forum, and found some useful info on the subject, and some images that helped answer a few questions. The Neal-Unit machines pictured are nearly dead-ringers of the usa-built UNIT 271-C, and with UK Ford diesel engines? The cab design was truly ahead of it's ti...

Thanks guys! Sorry, no pics of the Oshkosh. It has long since been scrapped. When I ran it back in the '80's plowing parking lots and private drives, it had some cracks in the frame rails. The frame was already slightly warped from all the snow it had pushed over the years. It was an old W-703 from ...

I can't really complain. At least I have a job, which I tolerate. Making the best of a bad situation is daily life. To be truthful, I have noticed that everyone I know here, myself included, doesn't like their current situation. Back in the '80's, we were all smiling, had buckets of money, and jobs ...

While I'm on the subject of UNIT crane & shovel corp....... :think: Can anyone elaborate on the Neal-Unit crane/excavator relationship? I know next to nothing about this. Have seen a spec. sheet or two for sale on the ebay from UK vendors in the recent past. A machine that looked similar to a 27...

Looking for spec. sheet(s), sales catalog/brochure(s), ANY pics, and info regarding this machine. I did purchase a couple of magazine ads (one from 1961, and one from 1968) on ebay. Also obtained a rather vague (reprinted/copied) parts book, with equally vague operating instructions. There are pics ...

Just joined up. Glad to be here. Maybe I can learn a thing or two. My main interest is pre-1980 crawler draglines and pullshovels (backactors). I've been collecting sales literature/brochures/manuals on old crawler draglines/cranes/pullshovels/shovels, and various trucks and cars, for quite a few ye...