Betox-Krane

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Great info! Thanks!
I am sorry, but I didn`t make photos of that crane..it was often used here around the city of düsseldorf...

I had some newspaper articles about projects in the local part...perhaps i can find a picture!

The crane looked mostly like your last draw, but i am sure the jib had just one connection to the top. The slewing part was not so big...it looked more than the one of the smaller Peiner SK-Cranes. And the counterweight was a massive boxwhere the company-logo was painted on. I think it could be filled whit cravel or something else.

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Betox 50 on a building site. This crane (like all Betox cranes) is made mostly using rectangular or square bars (RHS) or round tubes.

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I visited Betox factory in 1974 with my friend Gronroos.
Here Betox 50 (front) and 25 (back) in the factory yard. Lots of Betox 100 components can be seen on the left side of the track. Note: cabins are inside mast, so in 1974 they were still producing the "old" version, at least had them in stock.

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Detail: Betox 50 undercarriage.

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View from MAXPO 74, fair for building construction equipment in Helsinki 1974. It was held every other year.
From left: Cadillon (1024 or similar, equipped with a Finn-made cabin), Betox 50 and Linden 1001.

- This Linden was one of the first topless cranes, which opened a new era of tower cranes (from these tiny bottom-slewing machines to the famous Linden 8000 series, continued now by Linden-Comansa)