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Thank you! yes she likes to be operated with a firm hand haha. nice to see another one! I have found the tm 9-1796..illl look for the 9-796. have you ever rebuilt anything on these? or know if there is someone that deals parts with these? i've been debating doing the bearings to be safe.

YES SIR! that crane is coming in mighty nice, i know my dad cant wait till early summer he wants to use it to finally repair/build his bridge to the back 40 wood lot. one of the first things I did was get the cable spooled out to see cond. no fraying or damage. but i have starting set aside...

thank you! i do like the mechanical side of it...something relaxing about watching all the lines and gears turn. Ive been having fun pirating around the neighborhood in the ole' battlepig. steers like a boat so why not get her a flag i figured haha.

YES! wouldn't have it any other way personally. transmission is a little funky but was a log skidder for 10 years then sat for 12 years in one spot just removing dumpbodies and salters out of 10 wheelers etc. slowly been getting tranny up to par, think it just sat too long and minimal maintenance.

Thanks for the welcome! YEAH take some getting used to that boom sticking out almost 12 ft out back. I've been debating paint schemes almost considered black with jolly rogers instead of stars...because well im different haha.

yeah, i plan on swapping the wire on rear winch back to front winch where it was pulled from, getting new impact swagged cable. crane cable was replaced 15 or so years ago, looks good but i may still swap in new as budget permits. definitely been having fun with it, i had a pirate flag made...

few more pics, if i can figure it out ill load some videos..

thanks for having me, I acquired an 1952 m135, been swapped to duals like m211. that has had a Garwood US6A crane-body installed. this body is same/similar to one installed on the kenworth and ward la france heavy wrecker/crane trucks. depending on materials i've found its rated to lift between...