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Speedcrane When Coles took over Taylors in 1959 it was their little Jumbo crane that the Coles design team was to develop into what was to bacome one of Coles most popular cranes which was to remain basically the same untill Coles finally closed.
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) 1. Taylors Jumbo |
The layout below is typical for all the speedcrane range, this the popular 7 ton version. For the full specification typical of all the speedcranes click this link
SELECT HERETo see how the Jumbo developed into the Speedcrane see the transition page by selecting the link here
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By the seventies there was a range of Speedcranes from the smallest 3 Ton to the largest 7 Ton. This range gradually in increased in capacity upto eleven tons, lifts above this required a larger machine and was taken up by the Hydra lorry crane range which began with the ten tone machine. Below is a list of the range produced from 1959 until 1987.
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Hydra Speedcrane 3 GT Hydra Speedcrane Mk1 4 T Hydra Speedcrane Mk2 4 T Hydra Speedcrane 6 T Hydra Speedcrane 7 T Hydra Speedcrane 4/6 T Hydra Speedcrane 5/7 T Hydra Speedcrane 6/8 T Hydra Speedcrane Mk5 7/9 T Hydra Speedcrane 9/10 T Hydra Speedcrane 10/12 T Hydra Speedcrane 11/14 T |
1959 -- 1961 1961 -- 1962 1962 -- 1970 1968 -- 1971 1970 -- 1976 1972 -- 1975 1971 -- 1974 1974 -- 1976 1972 -- 1976 1976 -- 1981 1980 -- 1987 -- |
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The load capacity for the cranes upto 1971 are taken from the Sales list of that year, this down graded the early units which were sold originally at higher ratings. |
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The illustrations show the main dates in the development of the Speedcrane CLICK on any IMAGE of these to go to a page dealing with that unit. This will have photographs and any details available. |
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1959 Taylors Jumbo 4x2 3T |  |
1961 Speed crane Mk1 4x2 4T |  |
1962 Speed crane Mk2 4x2 4T | ||||||||||||||||||
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1968 Speed crane 4x2 5T |  |
1970 Speed crane 4x2 7T |  |
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1976 Speed crane 4x2 9-10T |  |
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