Bucyrus Erie crane truck

[Krewmember]

Originally Posted by Trucker_Jo

Killer job! Looking foward to more updates, glad you're trucking right along with this one.

Thanks. It will be a fun one to operate once it's done

Originally Posted by kerst

The house looked pretty good. have you considered using AL?

Kerst

Thank you. And yes my original plan was to mill down a block of aluminium, but I no longer have access to a milling machine. I would however be able to use aluminium flat bar and plate. BUT I would have use epoxy as I do not have access to a tig welder.

Edit: or maybe brazing

Shawn

[Krewmember]

This project has been the back burner sense my last post. Again
But a couple of days ago I finally pulled it off the shelf and did some detail work mostly on the crane carrier but. I did add sliding doors and rivets to the back of the crane as well.






As for the carrier, I added a battery box and the fuel tank. And some trim to the cab as well as a opening door.



















I'm still having trouble deciding the best way to approach the mechanical parts of this project, and to make things harder my little craftsman lathe is still not running do to a missing drive pulley which for the life of me I cannot find for sale anywhere




Shawn