Hi all, this crane was used in the seventies, mounted on the Pershing 1A missile trailer, M790. It was self contained and used to assemble (mate) the missile parts. May have been manually hand-pump operated.
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1968 M49A2C modified with 1960 M756A2 truck bed and 1975 HIAB 765A knuckleboom, exhaust brake and more. (SOLD)
1969 Ford XM757 8x8, 5-ton Pershing 1A truck tractor...the "improved MV".
"Some things can't be made better, just differently......a lot of things actually"
Did a little surfing and came up with this. The trailer it's mounted on appears to be a Martin Marietta M757A1 Erector/Launcher for the Pershing A1. I know this isn't the crane description, but it's a step closer. Hope this helps. There's a record of it somewhere, just gotta keep diggin!
Jimmy
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Did a little surfing and came up with this. The trailer it's mounted on appears to be a Martin Marietta M757A1 Erector/Launcher for the Pershing A1. I know this isn't the crane description, but it's a step closer. Hope this helps. There's a record of it somewhere, just gotta keep diggin!
Jimmy
Thanks for you effort Jimmy, the 8x8 is actually the Ford xm757 and the EL (erector/launcher) the m790. You can see the crane or davit at the front of the trailer. All Pershing launchers were destroyed as part of an agreement with the USSR between 1985 and 1990 or so. The trucks were not touched, perhaps there are some cranes still around...
In accordance with INF Treaty provisions all of the U.S. Army's tactical PERSHING II missile stages, launchers, trainers, and deployed reentry vehicles had to be eliminated by May 31, 1991. A total of 234 PERSHING II missiles were covered by the treaty. Army contractors completed the destruction of the last PERSHING II in May 1991.
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Avatar: XM757 in OK prepared for 1,000 mile trip home. Part of 6,000 mile journey in 2006.
1968 M49A2C modified with 1960 M756A2 truck bed and 1975 HIAB 765A knuckleboom, exhaust brake and more. (SOLD)
1969 Ford XM757 8x8, 5-ton Pershing 1A truck tractor...the "improved MV".
"Some things can't be made better, just differently......a lot of things actually"
Thanks for you effort Jimmy, the 8x8 is actually the Ford xm757 and the EL (erector/launcher) the m790. You can see the crane or davit at the front of the trailer. All Pershing launchers were destroyed as part of an agreement with the USSR between 1985 and 1990 or so. The trucks were not touched, perhaps there are some cranes still around...
In accordance with INF Treaty provisions all of the U.S. Army's tactical PERSHING II missile stages, launchers, trainers, and deployed reentry vehicles had to be eliminated by May 31, 1991. A total of 234 PERSHING II missiles were covered by the treaty. Army contractors completed the destruction of the last PERSHING II in May 1991.
Thanks for straightening me out on that. I was like a blue-tick on a coon's trail on that one. I realized I was wrong about the 757 about a minute after I posted (false info from a website, imagine that). Well I'm still huntin' and I'll do more research before I make a donkey of myself again.
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The way it has the single extension on the mast with a long cylinder to push it may lend me to think it was a special military only Hiab unit. It doesn't look like any Grove I've seen and I doubt we would have used an offshore brand. I saw a small Hiab for sale recently that was basically pedistal mounted like that.
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The way it has the single extension on the mast with a long cylinder to push it may lend me to think it was a special military only Hiab unit. It doesn't look like any Grove I've seen and I doubt we would have used an offshore brand. I saw a small Hiab for sale recently that was basically pedistal mounted like that.
HIAB is actually Swedish and I don't think this is a HIAB crane, since it's not a "knuckle" boom.
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MEP-018A (needs new generator head)
Avatar: XM757 in OK prepared for 1,000 mile trip home. Part of 6,000 mile journey in 2006.
1968 M49A2C modified with 1960 M756A2 truck bed and 1975 HIAB 765A knuckleboom, exhaust brake and more. (SOLD)
1969 Ford XM757 8x8, 5-ton Pershing 1A truck tractor...the "improved MV".
"Some things can't be made better, just differently......a lot of things actually"
Help identify crane
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