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I saw this Crane Carrier Corp 6x6 at the same time as the 68 Int. It is powered by 8V92 and Allison trans. Didn't fine out the year, I guess mid 80's.

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[Steve Frazier]

Looks a lot like an Oshkosh. The only CCC trucks I've seen are the one man cab style.

 

[Oxbow]

Looks like it's at Woodpecker's outside of Pendleton?

 

[Truck Shop]

Looks like it's at Woodpecker's outside of Pendleton?

Correct I was at Woodrow's returning a core Spicer front drive for a corn queen.

 

[rzucker]

Interesting truck, looks like a civilianized M915-916 military truck. But most of those had Cummins power and the 7155 Cat 16 spd semi-auto trans. I know a guy that has one on his farm, still in camo... he calls it the Stealth lowboy tractor. He swears the DOT can't see it.

 

[td25c]

That is a nice looking well built truck .

What's cool is CCC is still around doing what they do . http://www.cranecarrier.com/index.htm


Have a couple CCC's on crane chassis .

 

[alexlee]

i love to have old Crane Carrier Corp trucks. from whom do i can purchase it?

 

[td25c]

My #2 CCC carrier was having an intermittent starting issue . Some day's it would crank over fine and then all the sudden click , click .

Starter motor cranks great , I suspect the solenoid ?

Was able to pull it off without removing the starter .

Got it apart and contact's looked a little rough so dressed them up with a file .

Added a little anti seize on the " firing pin " and in the solenoid barrel .

Got it back on & seems to start every try . Time will tell ?

 

[td25c]

This was a new one to me .

The 6 - 71 Detroit has a metal canister on the bottom of the oil pan .

Air box lines drain in to it along with what looks like some sort of check or relief valve in each line .

Had heard Detroit had a system in the early 1970's to try to catch & reclaim the engine oil lost through the air box drains . Just wonder if this is the remains of it ?

I added the garden hose today & tied it to the steering axil . LOL !

Also jammed out the boom & greased it up .

 

[rzucker]

The 8V71 in my old 77 GMC 9500 had a tank like that with a manual drain valve, I would open the drain every night when I parked and closed it in the morning. It made the grain elevator people happy when you don't dribble on their concrete. I never got much slime out of the tank anyway, but it was a great goodwill booster.

 

[td25c]

Ok , so it was more than likely some sort of holding tank set up .

The 6-71 was pretty dry on top but undercarriage was covered in oil so I added the hose to get it closer to the road for " dust control " .

 

[rzucker]

One thing that bugs me is those check valves, they can plug with junk and let the airbox fill with oil and other goo. after a couple bad experiences on 6V92s, I would recommend removing them. Just sayin'...

 

[td25c]

Will sure look at it closer RZucker . Had the same thing in mind about removing them .

 

[willie59]

I'd remove those check valves as well TD, those lines should be clear to drain with no restriction. Back when the Green Leakers were common it was not unusual to find one fitted with a slobber drain tank. I worked on a fuel tanker at the airport here in Knoxville, well, actually the airport is in Alcoa TN, a couple of miles from Knoxville, that had a 6V-53 that had a factory fitted reservoir that the air box drain tubes drained into. Obviously, it's not desirable to have an engine slobbering oil all over airport ramps.

 

[td25c]

Will do guy's on removing the check valves .

Was checking air in the tires on the CCC and noticed a problem on the right rear drive .

Daton wheel had some pretty big cracks on the rear ears . One of them was folded down to the brake drum.

Damn it was hot today ! Stole the umbrella off the WABCO for some shade

The old wheel had already been welded on . Luckily I had a five spoke Daton in the archives off a Ford CL 9000.

If you look close in the last picture can see the smooth axil face on the crane back when they used an axil seal to keep the oil out of the wheel hub .

 

[rzucker]

It's odd that with all that weight and the possibility of "pick and carry" that those cranes weren't equipped with 6 spoke hubs. My F-800 has them. Go figure.

 

[td25c]

I would rather have a 6 spoke Daton where the lugs & wedges are evenly spaced every 60 degrees .

Can't think of the name of these wheels but they are like a 3 spoke with 6 lugs with wider gaps between the spokes . Not a big fan of them but so far only see the problem on the one wheel .

We did a brake job on a customers mid 1970's 35 ton Vulcan lowboy . It had the same style 3 spoke Dayton with 6 lugs . Two wheels were busted up & ended up replacing them .

I'm going to run the 5 spoke for awhile & keep an eye on it .

We generally stay away from " pick & carry " due to the event where the suspension could be overloaded X 2 pretty quick on the truck cranes .

On a short move will make multiple picks swinging the object to the new location or bring lowboy to move it & set crane up twice like we did on a grain bin with the old Insley crane .
http://www.heavytruckforums.com/showthread.php?263-Some-Holmes-750-action&p=2638&viewfull=1#post2638

Or bring an old ugly FWD for " pick & carry " . LOL !
http://www.heavytruckforums.com/showthread.php?51-Fwd-Trucks&p=1251&viewfull=1#post1251

Never seen a Hendrixson beam bust but understand how it could happen in a " pick & carry" venue with a truck crane .

 

[rzucker]

That FWD makes me smile every time I see it.

 

[td25c]

Man ..... That truck so ugly...... We got to give it all the love we can RZ .

Ugly truck for ugly jobs .

 

[Truck Shop]

That FWD is a cute looking truck, something gets in the way just run over it. I like that FWD it would make a great commuter car to use as a daily driver
in Seattle or Portland:avid.

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