My Tonka Toy

Never did post nay pictures and recently had a chance to get some, still for sale. Small one is gone.

This is a 1968 7 ton Marion High lift, the same company famous for the massive drag line shovels.

Some have converted to 8, 9 and even 10 ton lifts. Typically a coal truck is 4 ton and you'll get 5 on with the boards. Everything on this truck is double. Pictures are good but you really need to be standing there to see how big it really is.

How high does it go? It must get pretty hairy on uneven or soft ground. Chris

beefy truck

zeeklu wrote:How high does it go? It must get pretty hairy on uneven or soft ground. Chris

Don't really know but I'd guess 9 or 10 feet from the bottom . You need to be level left to right on the back axle to raise it up, you'd have to block up on one side if you weren't. You can't raise it if you're pointed up a hill either. Pointed down a hill is no problem.

The bigger problem if it was crooked is all the coal would come off one side exacerbating the off balance issue.