[SEL] [AT] Drag line engine ID wanted

[Dave Merchant]

On most cranes, the builders + data plates are on the partition between the 
operator + drums.
However, this machine doesn't have the partition going down far enough.

Possibly on the lower plate in front of the operator, or on the draw works 
frame, maybe on the off side.
On most cranes, the name is also cast into the counterweight.

Although superficially B-E shaped, everything is wrong for that.
Sloped plate on the off side is too low for B-E.

I'm convinced it's a Schield Bantam. which were very good machines.
Sold out to Koehring in 1963.

http://www.schieldbantam.org/

This PDF has some good pix that confirm the id.
Note the extremely compact draw works.

http://web.augsburg.edu/~schield/SchieldFamily/SchieldB.pdf

Dave Merchant


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