Koehring cranes & excavators division (including Lorain Group) is acquired by Northwest Engineering. Lorain designed 1st rubber-tired crane. Founded in 1894, Lorain was a brand of rough terran cranes.

Apr 26, 2023 · George and Alan Marsh found this rare Scoop Shovel attachment on a Facebook auction. It was made by the Thew Shovel Company for its Lorain cranes. The Marshes' crane with the Scoop Shovel...

Apr 12, 2019 · I found this information: Thew shovels in the 1920s. Incorporated on July 17, 1899, the company's headquarters were located in South Lorain by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks. They built cranes and steam shovels for use in construction and excavation.

Apr 23, 2018 · Restore a 1953 Lorain Crane! I received an interesting email a couple of days ago from a gentleman named Guido. No, he wasn’t threatening to break my legs over something I wrote. Actually, he’s associated with a transport company called G-Force Enterprises located in South Range, Wisconsin.

Mar 17, 2007 · Thew Lorain Crane WWII Vintage? Lorain gas engine? I have an old Lorain tracked crawler outfitted as a dragline sitting down in Deming, New Mexico. This unit was factory equipped with a Caterpillar diesel...

The M2 Thew - Loraine 6x6 Crane Truck was deployed by the US Army for the emplacement of the huge M1 240mm Howitzer (see US143). Although the necessary trenches and assembly of the gun could be achieved by manpower in around six hours, the operation was reduced to around 30 minutes when this leviathan was used.

Lorain manufactured Telescopic and Lattice Boom Truck Cranes, Rough Terrain Cranes, Down Cab Rough Terrain Cranes, and Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes. Thew-Lorrain Company was... Show More

Jul 25, 2024 · As with many cable shovels in the era, the Lorain Model 50 could be configured as a crane, shovel front, dragline, clam or, as it appears, with a hoe front. This 1.15 metre-cubic capacity unit was powered by a Caterpillar D318 4-cylinder engine.

Lorain manufactured Telescopic and Lattice Boom Truck Cranes, Rough Terrain Cranes, Down Cab Rough Terrain Cranes, and Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes. Thew-Lorrain Company was... Show More

Apr 6, 2017 · Thew Shovel is sometimes overlooked when it comes to celebrating Lorain’s glory years as an industrial powerhouse. Perhaps that’s because after a merger in 1964 the name was changed to the Thew – Lorain Division of Koehring Co.