World War II Truck Mounted Cranes
The primary vehicles during World War II were:
- Brockway Model C666 and F666, 6 ton 6x6 (G547) with Quick-Way revolving crane
- Crane, Truck Mounted, M2 with Trailer, Clamshell M16, artillery 6x6 truck crane manufactured by Thew Shovel Co.
- Carrier, Crane-Shovel, 5-ton 4x4, Coleman model G-55A for Quick-Way model E crane (G-684)
Kurt Laughlin provided this information on the Track-Link Forum about the manuals for World War II era U.S. Army truck mounted cranes:
- TM 5-1174 Crane, truck-mounted, gasoline, 3/8 cu yd, Quickway, Model E, with IH Model U-9 power unit
- TM 5-8058 Crane, truck-mounted bridge erector, hydraulic operated, Daybrook, Model M-11A
- TM 5-8060 Crane, truck-mounted, bridge erector, hydraulic operated, Daybrook, Model M-11
- TM 5-8062 Steel treadway bridge equipment, truck body and hydraulic crane (Model M-11)
- TM 5-8064 Crane, truck-mounted, bridge erector, hydraulic operated, Heil, Model M-11A
The trucks are in these manuals:
- TM 9-813 6-ton, 6x6 truck (White, Corbitt, and Brockway)
- TM 10-1220 White 666 (?)
- TM 10-1676 Brockway truck, Models 146-S, 156-IU, 166-S, 260-A, B666
Truck mounted crane and DUKW at POL dump on the beach during April 1944 training exercises at Slapton Sands, Devon, England, in preparation for the D-Day invasion that followed in June.
Brockway Model C666 and F666, 6 ton 6x6 (G547) with Quickway revolving crane. The truck chassis is the same as the Corbitt / White 6 ton 6x6.
