Stands for: powerful despite its diminutive size. It also represents a bird iconic to the farm, Bantam's original target market. Bantam was a brand of truck mounted cranes. Based in Waverly, Iowa. Bantam cranes were sold worldwide. Historical Overview: 1942 Founded in Waverly, IA by Vern and Wilbur Schield. 1963 Company sold to Koehring, brand name transitions to Koehring-Bantam. 1987 Koehring is acquired by Northwest Engineering (later changing its name to Terex); Koehring-Bantam brand become part of Terex Cranes. Product Past Current Truck Mounted Crane Distinguished Historical Accomplishments 1940 Bantam #1 is designed as a dragline, used for production of lime for the local farmers. 1953 Develop CR35 – a self-propelled Bantam. 1954 Schield-Bantam company converts from Army truck cab to “cab over” crane carriers. 1956 With 1,017 cranes sold in 1955, Bantam claims to be the world’s largest producer of Truck-mounted power cranes– excavators. Company goes public.
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