You Didn’t Think I Would Come Home Without These Did You?
You Didn’t Think I Would Come Home Without These Did You?
Since my first glimpse of an RCA TK44 mounted on the Chapman Electra crane on SNL back in 1975, I have wanted to sit in “the bucket”. I finally have and I’m a happy man!
For the full story on the Electra and 8H, here is an in depth article I did a few years back.
https://eyesofageneration.com/teletales/studio-8h-and-the-chapman-crane/
To update the story, Chapman wanted to retire 308 a couple of years ago. They took her out and put in a new Electra, but, it could not make the tight turns that the old 308 could. The only thing to do was give 308 a complete makeover and a new paint job and put her back to work in 8H where John, Louis, Robert and Phil take loving care of her. Bless her heart! If she could only talk!
By the way, the lead ballast is about 650 pounds for perfect balance.
That’s my old crane from pyramid Bob
Looks like a dream come true. Excellent!