Another job for the ‘36 Ford crane truck 4/26/24

Making a fairly heavy pick with the 1936 Ford crane truck 4/26/24

[@australiantruckspotting8883]

Always good to see an old piece of equipment still getting used as it was intended.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

And as a teenager I helped my old friend do the very same type of work with this very truck over 50 years ago. Thanks for commenting.

[@Digginok]

Love that ole ford truck! Not many that age survived as well. Good to see you still using it

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Using the stuff is the fun in this addiction!

[@Mercmad]

back in the 1970's I was running a workshop for a guy who had a collection of WW2 Ford and Chevy trucks. We had a Canadian military pattern 4x4 truck which had a similar hand winch ,but also a 25,000 lb Garwood winch under the truck bed . The cranking was hard work back then and I don't think I'd manage it too easily today. Your flattie sounds like it's missing a bit. They should pull at very low revs with an even beat.one of the charms of the flattie engine.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Yes, it could use some work.

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

You can't beat the price for both Geoffrey! 👀 Nice find! That boom truck is too cool 🔧🔩

[@DK-sw6xx]

Hello, As an old crane guy, can ya give that wire rope some love and lube it up good with some cable lube. Those individual wires rubbing away on each other as it bends over the shives are in pretty close tolerances, I would hate to see it fail durning a pick. I bet that old truck has seen its days of the front wheels up in the air! Don’t ask how I know that can happen 😅 but it may have involved 2 parting with a block and hook.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Yes, as a teenager helping my neighbor I remember the wheels up a few times but never had a 2 part line rigged up. You are right , it could use some lube, rust from none use is what gets to it most now.

[@tttco]

What is that worm drive off of? A model aa truck?

[@tttco]

That truck sure is cool

[@Cougracer67]

Come on! Give that poor old Ford a decent tune-up. It's not that hard!! It sounds terrible!

[@tttco]

Haha I commented before you said anything

[@raginroadrunner]

called a "pole truck' in the oil fields.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Yes, and usually called him poles.

[@modestouriegas6036]

😮 what but ok

[@garymckee63]

My uncle built something similar with a Diamond T truck for his junkyard back when I was a child in the 60's.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

He probably built it completely out of what came into the yard. That was a way of life then.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Good views on this one mate. Very good

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Yes , I’m surprised at number of views and keeps going.

[@keithwarkentin]

Thanks so much for that demonstration G ! That is so cool how your neighbour engineered that and I bet it wasn’t that expensive either using the hoist drum for booming up and down is genius why have all that extra draw works. It looked like as far as the truck was concerned it wasn’t going light so that you could still steer. Thanks again for that demonstration I appreciate that very much! And when you say climbing up and down on equipment is getting harder than it used to I hear you loud and clear but life just isn’t worth living if I don’t have my projects. I wanted to ask you when you were inside the Flathead were the bearings babit or did it have shells?😀🇨🇦

[@oldamericaniron5767]

It has shells and the ones on the rods are full floating in that on the rod journals there are 2 shell halves which reach across both rods and rotate on journal and inside the rods

[@keithwarkentin]

@@oldamericaniron5767 wow that’s really neat Take care😀🇨🇦

[@tedhewitson823]

Cool ur truck engine is a 37

[@oldamericaniron5767]

How can you tell? You obviously know more about Ford flatheads than I do. I knew either the engine or radiator were changed as inlets on bottom of radiator were heavily modified. I may have to show that in another video.

[@tedhewitson823]

@oldamericaniron5767 hi I have a nice 36 pickup original. Ur engine is a one off motor. 21 stud with water pumps in the block. It has main bearing shells. Not a babbitt engine. 32 to 36 v8s had water pumps in the front of the heads. 38 and later were 24 stud heads with a few style water outlet changes.

[@tedhewitson823]

@oldamericaniron5767 u can put 36 heads on ur block and cover existing waterpump outlets if wanted. I have also a 37 engine with 36 heads. It was a ford reman replacement option from 37

[@oldamericaniron5767]

@@tedhewitson823 thanks for the info, I always knew something was changed by radiator mods. It’s nice to hear from someone who knows what they’re talking about not like the keyboard critics who are self proclaimed experts in everything.

[@ronevans4772]

The ratchet looks like s repurposed old saw blade

[@sierratradesman]

This one brought me back to reminiscing of my old mentors and the ways they got things done. My boom truck is an '89 and has electric winches, but they sure are handy. Keep at it 'ol boy, you'll only get younger by keeping those projects moving.

[@tttco]

You can see that Allan braced the rear axle on that truck for the heavy lifting

[@oldamericaniron5767]

That is factory brace on rear axle.

[@Hotrodford]

That right there was built when Americans could make anything out of scrap

[@heartland96a]

Pretty dang clever , some like patina , I think a nice paint job and storing it indoors will insure that it lasts decades longer than bare steel rusting and living outdoirs

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Painting will be for the next guy when I’m gone. I could never remove my friends name from the doors. It will get under a roof this year.

[@heartland96a]

@@oldamericaniron5767 I think it would be great redo it with all of its markings so to preserve it for the future , and I get it’s only original once . I hope both you and it will be around for many many years to come

[@mrtowmonster]

that chain you used to lift that wisconsin engine with you need to throw that away it looks like an old section of tire chains and the links are all bent and twisted and stretched out before it breaks and yurts somebody

[@cliffhaupt5413]

Keep movin old timer. I know exactly how you feel.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

I remember when I thought I was the young guy, now I’m the old timer. When did that happen?

[@petersipp5247]

I admire you. Great to fix the older farm implements. I want to offer a suggestion...when putting the truck in gear...I noticed serious gear crashing. You could eliminate the gear crashing by putting it in the highest gear it has. The higher gear's shaft is separate from first/reverse shaft. After puting it in the highest gear...then go to first or reverse. The gear crashing will stop. I do this everytime in my '65 F100's four speed granny transm. Hope this helps. All the best, Pete

[@oldamericaniron5767]

I’ll give it a try.

[@RC-ml3ne]

I have a1965 GMC with pto winch and boom--I use it for one-man logging.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

I know what it’s like being a one man operation. No playing the blame game.

[@davidforsythe3037]

That is beyond cool. Love the old stuff. Respects from Canada

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Thankyou very much!

[@funone8716]

Cool old truck. Did it fart at 13:55?

[@marcellebaudry5786]

bravo et merci cool pierrot87 ans

[@mikekelley5033]

One man’s design one man figured it out one man followed function by design this was really fun for me to watch The guy that built this using parts built for other purposes probably didn’t know he was a master engineer that’s far beyond tinkering thanks for the video.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

The man who built it, Allen Rudolf, would say that any engineer can design a machine to do something but the one who can do it the simplest with the fewest parts is a true engineer.

[@mikekelley5033]

@@oldamericaniron5767 We were built in the Image of God I would say he is inspiring

[@tahm1236]

YOUR BREATHING TELLS ME TO PURCHASE A PAIR OF OVERALLS , BELTS ARE HORRIBLE TO THE GUT BY THE WAY THAT TRUCK IS AWESOME

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Thankyou