New Machine Shop Yard Equipment - Bantam C35 Dragline Crane - Restoration Project

My passion for cranes has finally brought one of my own into my life. I have operated cranes for the last 15+ years, but never one this small. The Schield Bantam Company of Waverly, Iowa built these amazing little cranes starting in about the 1940s. The first renditions were truck mounted, then they started building the crawler type. The company was later bought out by Koering, and as far as I know they do support them to some extent.

What will I do with this Bantam C35? After a full mechanical restoration so it is functional, we plan to dig ponds to start. It will get used around the yard for projects and taken to a local tractor show, Hungry Hollow in Rice Lake, WI. The other plan for it is all my wife's idea, although I totally am into the idea. She wants for build an underground bunker. So, that is the real reason I bought it. It was all her fault.

Keep following the channel as we rebuild or make new parts, I will film the process. This new crane should make some great future videos.

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