HELP NEEDED. found war dept. crane

On my holidays down in devon at my parents house , my fathers friend has found a crane hidden in the country side near where he lives. The only stamps we could find are a w d stamp and the diesel engine was built by ruston.







any help on these picture would be brilliant. Cheers Gav

 

Where on earth in Devon is that Gav? (PM me if you don't want it to be public knowlege)

 

the owner must like cranes, got a road one next to it. Love to know more about it.

 

Yeh its on one section of 30 foot rail.

 

http://www.kesr.org.uk/stock-register/wagons/137-145.html Could it be this? Or a similar design. But diesel engine.

 

it could be, im quite amazed at the find. Would love to know how many other things are hidden around the country. The crane is actually up for sale but not publicly. The owner of the collection died and his wife wants to sell the land with everything on, 40k for two and a half acres. But going there, there is prob enough scrap value in metal to pay for the 40k asking price, and i bet you could knock her down in price. If i go again ill take pictures of all the other diesel engines/ trailors/old vans/ road rollers. Burried in brambles.

 

Theres more!! Whitwell needs a crane. lol
Could you pm where it is?