Hydrocon Cranes
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 10:08 pm
I was down at the Summerlee Industrial museum in Coatbridge today, it's on the site of the ancient Summerlee Iron Works, but in more recent times was the factory for Hydrocon Cranes.
Hydrocon has been mentioned in another couple of threads, but I've never been able to find out much about their range etc.
My late uncle ran a fleet of them in Stirling originally for his structural steel business but moving into hire, beginning with one brand new 'Highlander' he had to obtain a second one rather quickly as it was never available for their own use due to always being out on hire! The fold-up jib types gave way to the telescopics eventually, but he was a dyed-in-the-wool Hydrocon fan.
When I was last at Summerlee, about 14 years ago or so, they had a Hydrocon round the back in a bit of a sorry state. I wonder where it went. There has been a huge refurbishment recently and there wasn't much in the museum about Hydrocon, but here's a couple of pages of Hydrocon literature that was on display in one of the cabinets showing the range in 1968 - I've left the files big so the details can be read
DaveS.
Hydrocon has been mentioned in another couple of threads, but I've never been able to find out much about their range etc.
My late uncle ran a fleet of them in Stirling originally for his structural steel business but moving into hire, beginning with one brand new 'Highlander' he had to obtain a second one rather quickly as it was never available for their own use due to always being out on hire! The fold-up jib types gave way to the telescopics eventually, but he was a dyed-in-the-wool Hydrocon fan.
When I was last at Summerlee, about 14 years ago or so, they had a Hydrocon round the back in a bit of a sorry state. I wonder where it went. There has been a huge refurbishment recently and there wasn't much in the museum about Hydrocon, but here's a couple of pages of Hydrocon literature that was on display in one of the cabinets showing the range in 1968 - I've left the files big so the details can be read
DaveS.