Iron Fairy Sapphire 6ton crane
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:10 pm
Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a little guidance please.
I have a 6 ton Iron Fairy Sapphire, its tired and needs a look over to make working again.
The crane starts on the button. It has a ford 6 cylinder diesel in. The hydraulics work, steering works, the problem is the brakes.
They are air assisted drum brakes, I have read they are Girling 2LS style brakes but im struggling to find anyone who will supply parts for these.
What i'm after would be any information about the crane please, does anyone now what commercial vehicle the running gear was based on as I doubt the original manufacturers would have designed specific drum brakes when something off the shelf for a 60s/70s bus or lorry would have been available.
I'll add a few pics of the old girl here
I'm looking for a little guidance please.
I have a 6 ton Iron Fairy Sapphire, its tired and needs a look over to make working again.
The crane starts on the button. It has a ford 6 cylinder diesel in. The hydraulics work, steering works, the problem is the brakes.
They are air assisted drum brakes, I have read they are Girling 2LS style brakes but im struggling to find anyone who will supply parts for these.
What i'm after would be any information about the crane please, does anyone now what commercial vehicle the running gear was based on as I doubt the original manufacturers would have designed specific drum brakes when something off the shelf for a 60s/70s bus or lorry would have been available.
I'll add a few pics of the old girl here