Here's an image of a Hanson 654-H convertible excavator/crane. I've read Hanson was quite popular with the military. And I have seen pics of their later hydraulic rough terrain cranes and truck cranes. Don't know much about their clutch/brake machines. Any of you remember these?
Any real pics of any Hansons in your area? Hanson and Northwest cranes were pretty common up here in the Northwest back in the day but are hard to find anymore... Most were scrapped I'm afraid.
The last pic I've seen of a Hanson (in working order) was in an issue of HCEA's Equipment Echoes about 10-15 years ago. The pic I posted above is from a spec sheet I got off ebay years ago. The 654-H was a 1 yard shovel/15 ton crane.