Two Color Variant 3410 Operating Crane Pipe Loader

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Does anyone know if this is factory? I've never seen one with the crane as red.

 

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I think I figured it out! At some point, someone has used crane parts from the Tyco Train Accessory Operating Crane Loader 900. While it is possible this was done at the factory, I think this was done afterwards because it looks odd with the dual colors. Tyco used the same mold for the crane on the train as US-1 so you can actually take that entire Red crane from the train accessory and swap it out on US-1.

This question was brought up back in 2023, and I discussed the variants of the colors on the "General Construction Co. the side of the crane-

Post in thread 'Crane pipe loader # 3410 color variations'

Dec 29, 2023

The US1 Trucking cranes are all yellow, some have Construction Co in black letters, and some are all red. Any other variations are from the TYCO Trains

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I built a custom crane loader two years ago. Here is the old post. https://forums.tycous1trucking.com/threads/tyco-train-inspired-red-crane.246/

 

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I built a custom crane loader two years ago. Here is the old post. https://forums.tycous1trucking.com/threads/tyco-train-inspired-red-crane.246/

Do you think the two colored one used the parts from the train for the jib?