[AT] Feedback from another list for the Bantam Crane

[Ron Cook]

It is kind of an amazing story.  A couple of farm boys and a limestone 
quarry on the neighbor's farm that they bought and needed a crane to 
load limestone to haul to their homemade crusher on their folk's farm.  
They really didn't build more than a handful of cranes until 1946.  But, 
between 1945 and 1963 they built and sold around 15,000 worldwide.  All 
out of Waverly.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

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> Part of a post from another forum with Schield Bantam information...
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> Bryan
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> Schield Bantams were built from 1942 up until 1964, when Koehring purchased
> Schield Bantam. In the following link (below) there's some info on the
> Schields and the Bantam. If you scroll to the bottom of the website link,
> you will see "Fred and Emma Schield Family History" on the LHS.
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> Clicking on that "Family" link brings up another page with the family
> history broken up into three sections. In the center section, you will see
> "Schield Bantam Company". There are two links under this heading - Part A
> and Part B. Clicking on "Part A" and "Part B" brings up two PDF files with
> some company history and a few photos.
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> Schield Bantam .. http://www.schieldbantam.org/
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> The Schield Bantam M-49 model was truck mounted. It could be set up in four
> configurations - crane/dragline/face shovel/hoe. As a crane, the M-49 had a
> capacity of 9.5 tons. As a dragline, it was 3/8 yards in drag bucket size,
> or 1/2 yard in clam bucket size. It had a 40 foot boom. The M-49 was a
> military surplus model - the civilian model was T-35.
> The construction model, mounted on tracked undercarriage was C-35, and this
> had a 5/8 yd capacity.
> The M-49 was powered by a Continental F-227. Engines used by Schield Bantam
> were GM, Buda, Cummins, Chrysler Industrial 6, and Continental.
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