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Originally Posted by mrapocalypse
These Coles cranes were still in service in the late 1970's we had 2 of them at Ten Terminal Regt, Middle head Sydney, My earliest memory's of them was as an 18 yrs old at Bandiana, one was left out side the transport compound one night when I was duty driver, the Duty office asked me if I could put it in side the compound, and as a young pup eager to drive the biggest i jumped at the opportunity, after near taking the gate post out with the jib I could not stop the engine so after several minutes top gear was engaged and the engine was stalled.my next experence with them was during Exercise Kangeroo 3, four driver/ operators were sent to Brisbane to drive one to Rockhampton, from memory it was it took about 56 hours travelling time top speed was about 35 MPH or 60Ks Per hour and the abuse from the other road user was some thing else It was a trip I will never forget.
Hodgo
