ODAWARA IS A CITY LOCATED IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA NEAR MOUNT FUJI
Picture added on 20 December 2008
Comments:
Gee - that looks like your basic "Cherry Picker" crane - 4x4 balloon-tire chassis, with the 4-man cab hung on, in front.
Given the limited suspension travel (if any) in those wheel arches, the short wheel-base on those bouncy balloon tires and that terrific overhang - the crew up forward must have quite an interesting ride, at any kind of speed.
Obviously thought up for densely-populated, multi-storey units located on steep grades, in the mountainous terrain.
Don't think it does much racing along an Interstate Highway/ Motorway !
Thanks, Jacques, for showing us another uniquely interesting rig.
Toy Company Takara Tomy had produced a model based on this appliances.
Added by Bomba Boy on 22 December 2008.
Btw; is that the bucket (basket for end of aerial) stowed amidships, between the front and rear wheels, aft of the engine comp't - and, if so, how do you hook it on - lift it out, by man-power ?
Given the limited suspension travel (if any) in those wheel arches, the short wheel-base on those bouncy balloon tires and that terrific overhang - the crew up forward must have quite an interesting ride, at any kind of speed.
Obviously thought up for densely-populated, multi-storey units located on steep grades, in the mountainous terrain.
Don't think it does much racing along an Interstate Highway/ Motorway !
Thanks, Jacques, for showing us another uniquely interesting rig.
Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B
Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 20 December 2008.