How about a Good Ole Pump that costs less than the pick up you drive?

Warning; side effects of this solution are headache, backache, muscle pain, High blood pressure and in some cases heart attack and loss of sanity... 

Yep! Its a 1984 Challenge/Titan! It will pump dry 2x4s if you line em up just right!

I like it TooTall.

That's pretty nice.

This boom was made by well meaning people that did not have the first clue as to how to manufacture a boom joint or pin bushing that could be properly lubricated. If you decide to stand under this boom you are really a risk taker.

This one's better than the aluminum ones? I just like to see pix of old pumps in decent shape. Even if they're only good for planting flowers in the hopper.

TooTall

I really love those old 3900s. Houston 1978 or 79 we had a pile of them and they went out every day and poured it out. On many a Saturday after all the pours were over we 'convoyed' to one job or another and set them all up. Saturday night was spent filling a large hole in the ground with concrete. It was a unique "Texas" way to spend Saturday night and Sunday. We did that more than a few times. After the pour, on Sunday, we would do whatever it took to get them ready for Monday morning.

Those old Titans proved themselves worthy week after week, month after month... SOS-DD. Those old raggass machines went head to head with 800 & 801 28m Schwings that the competition owned and operated. The giant difference in the two machines was that the old 800s are still pouring it out and most of the old Titans...... well, they didn't stand the test of time quite as well.

Old pumpers pumps never die, they just can't get their booms up. ;~)

Haha love the overhang!! im guessing it had the armstrong front outriggers, dont try and open up on a hill lol , one one the first pumps i ever worked on had legs like that..

What fun it was a little putz 28 z i think its still working , i dont think it will ever stop!!

As I remember they got a better yds per hr than the 800-801's to boot.I seem to remember the wear parts didn't fair as well.Then enter the elba and you could pour close to the truck,mmm.Those early days in Houston was a learning curve for many of us.

Some of us are cursed with learning things the hard way Many. Its too bad the hard way is often learning what NOT to do.

T.T.

Many and I learned EVERYTHING from doing it the wrong way... until we got it right. Is there another way?

TT - This post is so you. Really is pretty cool. When men were men. Right Bob?????????????

very nostalgic, i also ran a schwing w/ those outriggers,love the cab though

That's not history that's my life.I put many yards through a titan while sitting on the counterwieght. Look out for the little key in the swing motor they been known to break letting the boom free spin. TT thanks for the picture, I'm trying to get some of the old pumps I've ran.  Need Thompsen 720 and up, 36 meter Elba, and Schwing older trailer and boom pumps. Bob what was the Thompsen that the second section was hinged to the side and you had to swing it around with a rope then clamp up the pipe?

It was a 747

I remember Les had one mounted on a army 6x6,yuk.Man was that a long time ago.Elba also had a swing away jib on the tip section,the one I was familar with was Pumpco unit #49.

I remember #49, it was a Titan on a S-2600 international. Sweet.

That boom crashed later in life

Many, Is this the Elba you were thinking of? 31m/33m with a 2m hinged extention, it was cool because you could crack it open to suck a ball, wash out the whip and reducer and fold up! I dont know where it came from but it was mounted on a Brigadere General with a scream'n detroit and a 13 speed behind it! What a hot rodd? 

rascal, Here's a thirty six meter Elba with a Schwing 901 gate valve pump kit and to add to the cunfusion it was wired with a Titan remote box (toggle switches)!!! This was my very first boom, I recall spending my 20th birthday rapping on the deck pipe praying to hear the sound of ..ding dING DING!.. "Church Bells"! .....

After looking at those pics I realize how good those pumps were considering they were old when I ran them and these pix were sixteen years ago. Elba pumps were way ahead of their time. Look at todays popular pump kits and the hopper and valve designs? Elba was doing it 30 years ago.

I built the control housing and "Swelba" stuff for it. Pumpco Atlanta spent a bunch of time with a couple of those and really did a good job with them. The smartest fix was throwing the Elba cast boom control block away and using Putz style controls. Those were better pumps at age 20 than the day they were new. We even cut down Schwing material cylinders to fit in the Elba waterbox . Good memories and good pumps. ;~)

yes,that was the one bob.TT the 3900 I ran in the mountains (90') was on a Brig,the 318 road oiler and 13 spd,you could really hear that power "not".

As I recall the original "pumpco" had the nicest paint around (custom).I believe they were in the nw before moving to hotlanta and being bought by it's current owner.

Yup, the tale of the two Garys; Big boy and frat boy. They were the real deal. ;~)

Did you know that Woods was 'Tug Boat Anne's" great grandson or something like that..... I guess I should have paid better attention when he was doing his remember whens.

hehehe,remind me sometime about almost going to jail with him about 4 am.Good thing the cops didn't look into our condition,could he party.That was in Clearwater.