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The Neal Story R. H. Neal and Company Limited was established in Ealing, West London, in the 1920s, manufacturing a range of builder's equipment such as concrete mixers, pumps etc. In 1930, they began to manufacture mobile cranes, and in 1937 they opened a factory in Dysart Road, Grantham to increase production. At the time when Neal's took over the Grantham Works, it was owned by a pump manufacturer, although it had earlier been the site of a lunatic asylum! To begin with, the cranes shared the facilities at Grantham with Neal's other equipment. However, during the 1940s, the company benefited as did others in the field from the absence of Coles from the commercial scene, and the cranes became Neal's sole product. During this decade, the factory expanded considerably as new assembly and fabrication shops were built to increase production. |
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At the time of the Steel Group take over, in 1959, the company was manufacturing a range of diesel mechanical cranes with capacities up to 25 tons, which were proving very popular in the civil engineering and building industries. In addition they made under licence from a New Zealand manufacturer a hydraulic grabbing crane, the Pelican, mounted on a Fordson tractor chassis and designed for coal handling. They also made under licence the Hymax hydraulic mobile crane. |
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(Above) The Neal type GM mobile crane, a 15 cwt machine with a 5.57m (15 ft) jib, which was sold widely during the 1950s. (Right) The Neal Pelican loader, a grabbing crane built on a Fordson tractor chassis. This machine was specially designed for unloading bulk materials from railway wagons. |
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(Below and right) The Neal NS46 diesel mechanical crane was probably the most widely sold of all the Neal cranes during the 1950s. With a 4 tonne lifting
capacity, it was installed in many docks throughout the world.) |
) During the 1960s, the product range was expanded almost to the point of indigestion until, in 1969/70, the Husky range was established at the factory. With the benefits of considerable investment over the next five years, the Grantham factory became Coles' specialist rough terrain centre. |
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| Using the drive technology of Taylors and combining it with the hydraulics of Neals the first all terrain unit was developed. Called the Hydra Husky (a Taylor name) this unit combined a heavy drive unit with four wheel steering, with the ease of use of the small road crane. This was designed for rough work on civil engineering sites. |
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(right) Coles Hydra Husky 35/28 TSC, one of the range of Coles Hydra Huskies in which the Grantham factory developed and specialised in. | ||||||||
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