Stumbled upon a wrecker boom/winch set-up Fort Madison IA

[mbehne]

Like the title says, I happened upon a, looks complete, wrecker boom setup. I believe it is off a m-936 and it appears to still be attached to a partial frame section. The tags are very dirty from sitting around not being used, so I couldn't get much info, but if interested I can take a camera and something to clean the plates off with.

The one tag I could read says
BLH Corp Lima OH
xm815
serial 9560525
Delivery date 11/70

It's sitting behind a business, the owner wasn't there to get a price but one of his employees said he did want to sell it. If your interested I'll pm you his #.

Mike

 

[gimpyrobb]

Looks to me like its off an 800 series truck. Sweet find, pics would be great if you get back over that way. I'm not interested though.

 

[mbehne]

I figured I would try and stop to get a price just incase anyone was interested for parts. I can't imagine he wants much but you know how that goes!

 

[wdbtchr]

Sadly too many think all military surplus is made of unobtainium, but it couldn't hurt to ask him. I don't have any idea how I would haul something like that home, even though I do have an unused M54a2.

 

[73m819]

Like the title says, I happened upon a, looks complete, wrecker boom setup. I believe it is off a m-936 and it appears to still be attached to a partial frame section. The tags are very dirty from sitting around not being used, so I couldn't get much info, but if interested I can take a camera and something to clean the plates off with.

The one tag I could read says
BLH Corp Lima OH
B]xm815[/B]serial 9560525
Delivery date 11/70

It's sitting behind a business, the owner wasn't there to get a price but one of his employees said he did want to sell it. If your interested I'll pm you his #.

Mike

The m815 is a bolster truck, the front half of the bolster truck/trailer combo, used to haul pipe, poles, ect., The m815 has a behind the cab winch and guard like the 2 1/2t pipe line truck.

Sure would like to see some pictures.

Wonder if this could have been a xm815 with a self loader/pole setter

 

[mbehne]

I kind of forgot about the pics. I will get them ASAP!

 

[mbehne]

Here are some pics. Any idea why when I post pics off the I-Pad they are upside down? Can I fix them somehow?

Thanks,Mike

 

[73m819]

duplicate post

 

[doghead]

Flip your Ipad over?

 

[73m819]

Well that is a 543/816 crane for sure, blew up the tag, it IS a m816 wrecker crane

 

[doghead]

That tag say XM816.

 

[mbehne]

Flip your Ipad over?

Lol...I tried...it's my wife's, so I'll just call it cantankerous....

 

[mbehne]

Sadly too many think all military surplus is made of unobtainium, but it couldn't hurt to ask him. I don't have any idea how I would haul something like that home, even though I do have an unused M54a2.

if it turned out to be something you wanted I go thru st.louis 2-3 times a year but it I'm always pulling a 36ft trailer so it makes it hard to get too far from the beaten path. Like I said, if anyone wants it I'll give you his # or can stop for you and inquire. I have room to store it for a few a few months without it being in the way and have a fork truck to load it up as long as it's not over 6k... Which it may very we'll be...

 

[gimpyrobb]

Wow, what a shame. I wonder what they turned the truck into. Thanks for posting it.