Hymac Crawler Crane!

[IBH]

A Hymac Crawler crane from 1968:

[tim]

Does any body know how many of these were sold Tim

[Jeremy Rowland]

Does any body know how many of these were sold Tim

Yes Tim in this instance there was only one made

Jeremy

[jcb3cMk3]

Does any body know how many of these were sold Tim

Yes Tim in this instance there was only one made

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

Any reasons for only making one. I would have thought that the market for a Hymac crane would have been pretty healthy.

Philip

[Jeremy Rowland]

Does any body know how many of these were sold Tim

Yes Tim in this instance there was only one made

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

Any reasons for only making one. I would have thought that the market for a Hymac crane would have been pretty healthy.

Philip

Hi Philip,

I have heard it said and I don't know how true this is...... that it was Hymac who spent far too much money on trying to develop and sell cranes as well as excavators when they should of stuck to making excavators.
I do have a few Hymac crane pics apart from the obvious 480/580 and 1050 cranes, the one in the pics posted by IBH is classed as the 1150 its capacity was 40tons so I believe and was unique.
The best selling crane that Hymac made was the 675 of which 45 were made between 1969-1972 and these were made for pipe-laying, they were based on a 610C chassis.
I think that Hymac were trying to break into the crane market but they would of done far better by buying out a then current crane manufacturer as they had done when they bought Whitlock to break into the back hoe loader market.

Jeremy

[chainmaker]

hi new to site
dont know if this is of any interest but JCB also made cranes,a3axle mobile a 2axle mobile and a 6d with a latice jib.I built the 6d up on site.
regards
ron

[XS650]

Have a picture somewhere of a Hymac wheeled (rubber duck) telescopic crane in service,think its badged Hylift.

[greenhithegeoff]

There was one of these 40 tonners in a
industrial yard in Barking Essex for many years,
I dont think this was the only one built.
A friend who worked for Amec for many years
remembers 2x new ones on a job.

Geoff

[Jeremy Rowland]

There was one of these 40 tonners in a
industrial yard in Barking Essex for many years,
I dont think this was the only one built.
A friend who worked for Amec for many years
remembers 2x new ones on a job.

Geoff

Hi Geoff,

Hymac did make several cranes but this particular one was unique and I have that from the horses mouth so as to speak, cos that came from official Hymac info.

Jeremy

[allistairc123]

there is a nice hymac crane just down the road from me, it appears to be in preservation. it is in superb condition. ill try and get a picture