Excavator trucks

 

845-1 Excavator truck

 

3-axle truck with excavator structure of the 745 - 1. The excavator was clockwork operated, the truck has no drive - has to be pushed or pulled. The cabin was "half-sized" so that the clam could be placed right side for "road operation". Behind the cabin there is a support construction where the boom could be laid on. On top of the truck cabin a red flashlight was installed - operated by a AAA-battery. The chassis of the truck was Orange / red, the cabin was either Blue, Yellow or Orange. A barrel (as known from the 503) was placed behind the cabin.  If this truck was as well available as 845 without flashlight on the cabin is yet to my knowledge. On this 1st version the blue excavator has a red chassis. First appearance in price lists 1959 - never mentioned as Novelty.

Size: 400 x 135 x 160 mm

 
 

845-2 Excavator truck

with the multi-coloured excavator - description as above. Date of appearance / issue of the of the multi-coloured Excavator / truck is not verified - due to missing catalogues and price lists 1961 thru 1963 :-(

as seen from the left as seen from the right
 
from the front details incl. battery compartment
 
"How to handle..." the stamp for the multi-coloured 845-1  

printing stamp for the 845-1 excavator truck  

 

 Underneath the cabin is an ball-shaped hook - to fix a ribbon to tow the truck.

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855 Excavator truck

 

as described before, but instead of clockwork the excavator is now operated by a crank on the cabin's right side. Truck cabin without flashlight. The box in the background belongs to an excavator of the 860 series.

First appearance in price lists 1959 - never mentioned as Novelty.

coloured Excavator Truck - no Flashlight

coloured Excavator Truck - no Flashlight
 

coloured Excavator Truck - no Flashlight

coloured Excavator Truck - no Flashlight

 

manually operarted - no flashlight

Very interesting on this particular model is the fact, that it was offered in a south-west German Floor Auction in April 2005 - sold for 700 Euro plus auction fee. Later it was offered and sold in September 2007 in a Cologne Floor Auction - the price was 490.- Euro plus auction fee - and finally offered at eBay Germany in March 2008 - and sold for 323.- Euro.

 

855-1 Excavator-truck

 

as described above, truck cabin with flashlight.

 
generated: SEP-22-2002 last update: Christmas 2020