type of 1970s crane?

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type of 1970s crane?

Post #1 by dundee101 » Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:49 pm

Hi All,

my dad was a crane driver and as a lad in the 70's occasionally on a Saturday I would go to the site with him. I remember he worked for Dawson's sutton coldfield and then stewart plant in scotland. I would get to sit in the cab between his legs (must have between 5 or 6 at the time)I remember to slew the crane there was a lever at each side of the window. can anyone shed any light on the type of crane it might have been? many thanks


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Re: type of 1970s crane?

Post #2 by Jeremy Rowland » Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:35 pm

Hi Patrick welcome to the site :wave: what details if any can you give us about your fathers crane? Was it a truck mounted crane, or a multi-axle crane, hydraulic, cable, lattice jib etc? Did he have any old photos that could help out or has anybody on here heard of the above crane/plant company?

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Re: type of 1970s crane?

Post #3 by essexpete » Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:43 pm

https://www.scottishplant.co.uk/tag/hewden-stuart/
Could that be the company? Stuart a common Scottish name I guess!


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