5T Mystery Crane

[Desert Deuce]

Does anyone recognize this truck?

I don't believe it's an XM-61 or MC-1.

 

[hndrsonj]

The MC-1 and XM-61 are both very similar. I have seen the XM-61 at Jacks and it looks alot like it but it is different. The most obvious thing is that the XM-61 has a diamond plate bed that the crane sits on. I have only seen one picture of the MC-1 and I think that was in a MVM article. I would have to guess it's a MC-1.

 

[hndrsonj]

Here's a pic of the MC-1. It has the decking too and doesn't have the rear structure either. Might be one or the other having been modified. Notice how the boom on your picture is a different color too?

Google Image Result for http://www.mace-b.com/38TMW/Bitburg/images/MSA-Stitched.jpg

 

[Desert Deuce]

The boom is longer than the XM-61. It also has an encolsed operator cab. The outriggers look similar to the XM-61.

 

[Desert Deuce]

Well, doesn't look like an MC-1 either.

Hard to find images of MC-1's. The only Images of XM-61's I've ever seen are the ones you and I have taken of Jack's.

 

[hndrsonj]

Just searched through 3 boxes of MVM magazines. The article on MC-1's was in issue Apr 2007. My guess is, that it is it's either a XM-61 or MC-1 with the diamond plate bed cut and the cab constructed after that. After some internet searching, the booms came in different lengths. With the boom being a different color, I am guessing it was replaced with a longer one. Any chance of seeing the data plate?

 

[Desert Deuce]

Good research. It's about 2 hours away from me behind a fence. This was the closest I could get to it on a Sunday. I first saw this truck about 2 years ago. It hasn't moved. I may head out there in the next few weeks to check it out a little closer.

I will of course take the camera.

 

[nk14zp]

Yes it's mine.I forgot where i parked.

 

[PorscheTech911]

Dale you must be seriously lost if you 'forgot' where you parked in Arizona...

Anyway I don't have much to add other than it could be a custom made vehicle to suit someone's needs. Be careful on the other side of the fence!

 

[Desert Deuce]

Anyway I don't have much to add other than it could be a custom made vehicle to suit someone's needs.

That's also very possible. I seem to remember a photo taken outside Memphis Equipment of a similar piece of equipment. Thought those were MC-1's though. It does look like it has a round fuel tank???