hello from michigan
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:56 pm
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 years....usa-made (some british and italian car stuff also). I don't have it all, but I am always on a quest for what I don't have in my collection yet.
The only "machinery" I've operated was a WW2 era Oshkosh 4x4 snowplow with cummins diesel, and two-stick transmission (a lot of fun after I got used to shifting it); and a Case 1450 dozer.
I'm already enjoying the photos of old SMITH cranes and excavators in this forum. I'm going to check-out that SMITH crane website as well.![Waving :wave:](./images/smilies/icon_b_wave.gif)
I've been collecting sales literature/brochures/manuals on old crawler draglines/cranes/pullshovels/shovels, and various trucks and cars, for quite a few years....usa-made (some british and italian car stuff also). I don't have it all, but I am always on a quest for what I don't have in my collection yet.
The only "machinery" I've operated was a WW2 era Oshkosh 4x4 snowplow with cummins diesel, and two-stick transmission (a lot of fun after I got used to shifting it); and a Case 1450 dozer.
I'm already enjoying the photos of old SMITH cranes and excavators in this forum. I'm going to check-out that SMITH crane website as well.
![Waving :wave:](./images/smilies/icon_b_wave.gif)