GSA Auction - 1955 Reo 6x6 with crane

[gasser]

Interesting; came across this beauty on GSA's auction site ...

www.gsaauctions.gov --> Construction Equipment --> 1955 REO TRUCK WITH MOUNTED CRANE .


Attached is a pic. Enjoy.
-graham

 

[jh1990]

that looks kinda nifty, wonder is it GI?

 

[73m819]

id like to have that, looks all orignal 100% military, half cab looks orignal, crane has us military markings

 

[DDoyle]

The data plates on the passenger door make me think this may be the real deal. However, it looks like the back of the frame may have been cut off - so that puts doubt in my mind. My eyesite is crap - can one of you guys make out the registration number on the hood? At least the first 2 digits? And, is the one on the crane the same. I'll take a look tomorrow at some records that may help with this.

DD

 

[deuceman51]

It's right in my area only 325 away. If it goes cheap, who knows. Shipping would cost me about $700 for it though. Wonder how much it would take to get it going again?

 

[citizensoldier]

That is a cool old truck!! Would make a good Museum truck all restored. Anybody going to try to buy it on the site? We should try and save it...

 

[73m819]

i have been told that the hood number mite be 6244740

 

[bigmike]

that's a pretty cool crane truck. If I could get that out here, I've got the space to fix her up.

 

[deuceman51]

Gene, if you go to look at the M51 let me know what you think about the crane. If it goes fairly cheap I might go after it since it it fairly close and I need something for lifting around here. Since I would have to pump $700 into just getting it here plus whatever it needs, I can't bid much. Plus i'm leaving in a few weeks so it will sit at my place before I can get to it.

 

[Flatlander]

There's one of those in Plainview, Texas for sale...not sure what the guy wants, but it looks the same.

 

[jasonjc]

I have a ? being that it is a dragline can it be use as a crane as is you do you have to modify it???

 

[73m819]

yes a as a crane,the dragline is just an attachment (mainly just a bucket and one of the cables is rigged differently)

 

[DDoyle]

If you can do this, I'll pay you a few bucks (via PayPal) to take photos on the highest resolution and largest size you possibly can (You'll have to email them to me, they'll be far too large to post).

Let me know.

Regards,
David

 

[Katch1]

looks like a bantam conversion, I believe they did them for uncle sam as well as civilian sale.

 

[73m819]

its a quickway

 

[deuceman51]

I worked with a company that used an old bantam that had running gear that looked exactly like my M211. What did they do for outriggers?? I don't see any or where any were taken off?

 

[bigmike]

Man, everytime I look at it, I like it more...too bad it just doesn't make sense.

 

[ida34]

I saw a half track on ebay that had a similar crane setup on it. The only reason I did not get it was I did not know how I would get teh thing home with such a big crane.

 

[m.walker]

I like it , it would be a toy you could actually use !

 

[Recovry4x4]

Its a very cool truck but I have to make this observation. Without outriggers, you could get yourself into trouble real easy. Even my little M108 needs outriggers from time to time. Also wondering what that weighs? The dragline would be nice if you wanted to dredge the local creek.