M936A2 Crane Removal

[4x4_country_boy]

Has anyone here removed the crane assembly before?

Any pointers before I begin this project?

Bought the truck to use front an rear winches and do not need the crane so will be removing it to sell.

Thank you for any input!

 

[juanprado]

Not that I have done it myself, but saw many being scrapped. It seems like pulling the bed and crane as a unit is what I have seen done. Not sure how that influences the rear winch you re trying to repurpose.

 

[simp5782]

Let me know what you want for the crane.

It is simply just bolted down to the frame. Undo the under carriage hydraulics

 

[charlesmann]

I rmvd the crane boom from the support structure. I have not rmvd the structure yet though.

 

[71DeuceAK]

Not that I have done it myself, but saw many being scrapped. It seems like pulling the bed and crane as a unit is what I have seen done. Not sure how that influences the rear winch you re trying to repurpose.

Entire trucks or the crane bed?

 

[KN6KXR]

Not yet. I need to replace the slew bearing on mine so if you beat me to it will be interested in how it goes. I suggest keeping it around for a re-install I'm finding mine pretty handy. Though a short boom you can get in some pretty tight spots with that truck. Also I've hung a snatch on the hook and used the crane to elevate the drag winch line and do some funny pulls. The little bit of geometry I gained was super handy something to consider.

 

[juanprado]

Entire trucks or the crane bed?

I was fortunate to have friendly contacts with multiple scrappers out of Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg when all the M939 trucks were flooding out. Primarily Wreckers and tractors. Some Cargos but it seemed all the cargos were in Kansas. One particular scrapper in Purvis was scrapping all the wreckers and then started selling them when he realized the higher rate of return. Some would remove the whole bed but the trucks that were better usually were sold complete but many since I think they were 36k, many met the torch...