0:40, WOW great job!!! You turned back the hands of time, and it looks new and ready to go off to WW-II.

Now you need the trailer that carried the clamshell excavator. The U.S. Army used these to emplace and break down the 240mm howitzer (one crane for each two-gun battery). Each one towed a 4-wheel trailer with shoring timbers and a clamshell bucket to dig the gun pit necessary to allow high elevation shots of the howitzer.

The reason they were called “Quik Way”is because they could be quickly tranformed from a crane to a back hoe. I knew a man who owned and used a Quickway for cesspool and septic tank work. It was mounted on a late forties model GMC.

Nice machine very well done restoration, Thank You for saving this piece of history.

Such a great job !!! She is just beautiful today !! Thanks for sharing !! :-)

Appreciate you preserving a valuable piece of history. Thank you.

I'm glad people like u have the means and desire to do this

Beautiful restoration!

I love the sound of the Crane Engine & Mechanicals.

Mick;ok, no problem,seems like you are very dedicated and do good work.I don't have the money to repair/rebuild old military trucks.I sure wish you the best of luck in your endevers.Stuart.

Very nice restoration.

Very restoration I absolutely love the way the engine sounds I must be a flat head if you get the twist out of the load line and get yourself a 60 pound headache ball it will work much better and if It keeps twisting you can should get yourself non rotating cable anyway keep that old iron running 🇨🇦🇨🇦🏗🪝🪝

Sure wish I had won that billion dollar lottery so I could buy up a bunch of restored military equipment!

Beautiful

1:35 about how I feel getting out of the bed in the morning as of late.

and nice power steering of course :) nice video indeed :)

I am also looking for a scale drawing of the st5/6 shop van body.

beautiful job on restoring that crane.I build scale models and want to scratch build the crane.I need a scale measured drawing of the crane and truck cab.I as wondering if you might have a drawing that I could get a copy of,thanks!

@514thmick

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry i dont

Mooi!!!

What's the crane engine ? Size make ?

@recnepsgnitnarb6530

5 жыл бұрын

Hard to tell from this vid, but most of these cranes were powered by 4 cylinder Hercules engines of about 327 cubic inches.

Get that twist out of your cable.

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Need to send our military equipment back to USA,where it belongs!!

@514thmick

8 жыл бұрын

+Stuart Rose Problem is there is loads of US made military equipment in scrap yards all over the US and nobody is interested, at least this one has been saved and restored to its former glory. If you want it back in the US you can always buy it off me?

@farmerphil

8 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, there are two sitting in a scrap yard in Iowa for $3.500 each or best offer no bidders. If I still had my semi and lowboy I would go the 400 miles and buy them. Again Thank You for saving this one, and a nice restoration job. I know it is American iron but I am sure it still means something to you from your past history. Phil

@514thmick

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we spend lots of weekends at military shows all over the UK reminding people of how the Americans supplied us with all this equipment www.514th.co.uk

@danruch606

6 жыл бұрын

IronAcres where at in Iowa

@thomasdragosr.841

5 жыл бұрын

We are too busy destroying our history (tearing down statues etc.) The Brits and French people respect what we did more than the Snowflakes we are raising. These restorations are beautiful!