Fmc Corporation

Frank S Foster

Gerald P Berger

Lyle B Jensen

Leroy L Wittman

A compact pedestal crane having a boom pivoted at a front edge of a main frame with a winch frame aligned with the boom and a plurality of winches mounted on the winch frame. An A-frame gantry is mounted on and extends above the winch frame and an engine drawingly connected to a plurality of hydraulic pump is mounted on the frame underneath the winch frame to conserve space. A cab is supported from the main frame to one side of the boom and forward of the front edge.

Compact pedestal-mount crane

A modularized pedestal mount crane having a base frame with a pair of fore and aft extending flanges with a boom pinned to the forward end of the flanges and an engine is mounted on the rearward portion of the flanges. A winch frame, carrying a plurality of winches, is pinned to the flanges and extends over the engine with vertical links connected between the rearward end of the winch frame and the flanges. A gantry is pinned to the winch frame, and cat walks are cantilever from three sides of the base frame, a cab included on one cat walk.

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Cedar Rapids, IA, United States of America

Frank S Foster