8 Ton American Crane & Hoist Bridge Crane Photo Album

If anyone is interested, I posted this album of detailed photos of this 50/60's vintage 8 Ton Bridge Crane on Photobucket. I've always been impressed with the simplicity of this old crane and thought I'd share it. It has not been used in 15 or 20 years. I've copied & pasted the link to Photobucket, not sure if it gets you there.8 Ton American Crane And Hoist Corp Bridge Crane by dshulbert | Photobucket

Oops! Meant 4Ton (8k Lbs) Was in a hurry to post and had 8 on the brain. Use to thinking in Ton for cranes.

Anyone wan't to 'splain why this has 8 leads?

If I was to hafta guess - I would think possibly to put each lead in dbl jeopardy for smooth action?


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Dshulbert, Thanks for the pics, I never get tired of cranes, in fact I like them so much that I built 6 of them for my shop, every bay has 2 bridge cranes, unfortunately they are only 2 ton each so for big loads I put the 2 together with a spreader bar to get a 8,000 lb lift capacity.

Maybe trolley & bridge drive on one set and hoist on the other?

I thought this crane had some interesting and simple design aspects that I had not seen before, such as the traction tires for bridge and trolley movement. Maybe this was more common in these older bridge cranes. Thought some of the forum members that had actually built their own cranes or were contemplating doing so might find these photos useful. This crane was not really needed for anything we do in this bldg. so not worth the expense in maintaining it, unfortunately. Plus it would have to be upgraded with an upper safety limit switch in addition to the upper limit switch it already has according to safety.
The credit for the photos goes to the Co. photographer whom I roped into taking when he was in the area, something I'd been wanting to do for a long time.