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Hydra 6x4 15 ton
Model - 150 Type - Lorry Mounted Hydraulic Lift weight - 15 ton
Date - 1968 Power - Diesel Hydraulic Wheel Base - 6x4

Notes -
The Coles Hydra 1 50T is a self-propelled, diesel-hydraulic one-man operated, fully slewing mobile crane on a specially designed crane carrier chassis fitted with hydraulic outriggers.

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Select any of the round buttons below for deatils of that part of the crane.


Below we see a line of the Hydra Truck 150T machines on the assembly line at the Sunderland works around 1970 (left) and a picture of it in operation on a building site.



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Above we see three machines still in working condition, these are in the basic configuration, all minus the spare tire which seems to be the first thing to go.

Below we see the a machine with the slew mounted cabin, the machine can be operated from both the mounted cabin or from the drivers cabin.
Image 8 shows the full extent of the hydraulic arm.
Image 9 shows the glazed roof to the cab for the driver to see through when operating the crane unit from the cab position.

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Thanks - Peter Skerry :spec Brian Reynolds : catalouge Philip Findlay

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