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English text Translation of page 3 Editorial A small summer break Quite a few things are happing belongs to his son and the plain in the world of collecting and the- white Rynart-Trucks now supply re was no hint of a summer break. the NATO troops in Afghanistan. It Quite to the contrary. For example, is a great privilege for me to publish in this issue we are introducing two the first part of this impressive story Volvo models from two different in this issue. and new makers. One of them has already made itself a name as a pro- By the way, with the next issue, ducer of agricultural models and, we begin the 10th year of publi- therefore, is betting on the larger shing our magazine. A small jubilee, 1:32 scale for its EWR150E mobile which would not have been possib- excavator. Behind the second new le without our readers. Despite this, model is a group of Swedish enthu- there are still collectors that do not siasts who, with the BM LM 841 in yet read Trucks & Construction. Do 1:50, would like to start producing you know someone like that? Why a whole series of historical models. not tell them what you especially I am very happy about both of like in Trucks & Construction. Prai- them and wish them all the best and se the advantages and invite them to a lot of luck. It is such initiatives, be become part of a worldwide com- I would like to give a heartfelt they big or small, which keep our munity of readers. thank you to all subscribers who hobby alive and interesting. The magazine continues to need have voluntarily rounded up their more new readers and I am perso- subscription fees. You are making Rinus Rynart has given his who- nally very happy about every sin- an important contribution towards le life over to road transport. In his gle one who decides to become a “unbiased reporting”. very personal memories, the Dutch subscriber. man describes the many ups and downs of his company beginning Have a lot of fun reading the ma- in the 50s and up to current times. gazine. He also shows how the Near and Far-East traffic started and develo- ped over time. The company now Daniel Wietlisbach Laster & Bagger online: www.lasterundbagger.net www.facebook.com/lasterundbagger www.twitter.com/lasterundbagger www.youtube.com/lasterbagger Laster & Bagger 5-2018 2 Translation of pages 6 – 11 Jörg Senn collects cranes A life with cranes by Daniel Wietlisbach Jörg Senn says that he can always remember örg Senn was born four years af- being surrounded by cranes and trucks. No ter his father founded a compa- wonder then that over the years he has accu- Jny that built windows, store front windows and doors. In the same mulated a remarkable collection of models … year, 1961, the company moved into its new factory compound and transports as the first truck of its thday, he got a small moped which the family into the house located fleet. Soon a MAN 16.320 tractor/ he used to get to the site. He prefer- on the same site in Oftringen. The semi-trailer with a single-axle flat red to spend his school holidays on first crane was purchased a year deck trailer for the transportation the many construction sites around later. of finished steel sub-assemblies about. His mother never knew ex- For steel construction, the new followed. actly where he was but she knew factory building was of generous how she could find out: from the proportions. In the early years, half Childhood dispatcher. of it was rented out to a car painting Jörg Senn also accompanied dri- outfit. The number of orders in the From childhood on Jörg Senn vers in trucks or in escort cars for new building was very good and could be found behind the stee- heavy duty transports. The driver the work continually increased. To ring wheel of heavy equipment. He of these cars had a very stressful erect the steel construction, a cra- was allowed to switch equipment job because they had to get out of ne was rented from the competiti- around on the factory grounds. De- their cars and mount the steerable on. Its arrival time to the site was spite growing up with one sister and rear part of the trailer to help guide rather unreliable as it was available three brothers he was the only one it around narrow spots on twisting only when not in use by the owner. who was so passionately interested roads. This double job requirement This frequently led to bottlenecks in the machines parked in the com- slowed down the transports and for installations and was the rea- pound. It was not often that his spot was also noticed by the accompa- son for Senn buying its first crane. on the co-driver’s seat was challen- nying police escort. To clear the It was a two-axle Austin-Western ged by his siblings. In the narrow road and move the transport along Model 410 with lifting capacity of cabin of a crane truck it was often more quickly, the officer suggested 10 t. Half a year later, the seller of impossible to ride along but up in that Jörg should drive the escort car the crane offered Heinz Senn a se- the crane cabin there was lots of even though he did not yet have a cond crane of the same type. The room and the view there was much driver’s license. During the middle crane was purchased and the sales- better. 70s, the law enforcers were still al- man hired on at the same time. He At the age of 14, Jörg Senn took lowed to use ‘common sense’ when built up the crane department of care of his first construction site. making decisions. the company and became its first Pre-cast concrete elements had to dispatcher. be placed. The collector remembers First models Senn opened its transport divi- this job in great detail because for sion in 1969 and acquired a Büs- the first two weeks he had to get to The first model that Jörg Senn ow- sing BS20 4x2 dumper for ballast the site by bicycle. Later, for his bir- ned was given to him by his father Laster & Bagger 5-2018 3 Translation of pages 6 – 11 who had received it from a Grove From 1977 to 1981 Jörg served which he served in Dallas, Texas. salesman. It was a RT75S from NZG his apprenticeship as a machine During this time, he lived with his (#149). Until then Jörg had liked to mechanic. Afterwards he got a dri- future wife, Ursula, whom he had play with his Lego set and had occu- ving license for trucks. He then ser- met earlier before his departure pied himself for hours on the week- ved his compulsory military service from Switzerland. ends building trucks and cranes. He with the Swiss Engineers Corps The planned initial six months re-lived in model form what he had where he was taught to become a to learn English then grew into se- seen during the week and duplicated construction machine operator. ven years. At the end, the couple the building progress. Right afterwards followed his undertook an extensive trip across At the age of about ten he was on ‘wander and learn years’ in Canada. the American continent which they scene near Olten as a bridge was As a souvenir from home and as an loved so much that they considered assembled from pre-cast concrete antidote against homesickness he emigrating. parts. Not wanting to miss this out took two models from his collection on this impressive part of the con- over the big pond. A further 50 were But it turned out differently struction, the sales rep from Grove stowed away in the armoire in his was also there and had the occasi- room so that his mother didn’t need In 1988, during one of the couple’s on to meet the youngster to whom to dust them constantly. visits to Switzerland, Jörg was told he gave a model of the TM800 In his new homeland, Jörg of an opening to manage the sheet (NZG 136). With this model, Jörg worked as a mechanic in a shop for metal center of the family’s compa- duplicated the bridge-building agricultural machinery belonging to ny and so plans changed. He took event in play using Siku trucks and a German émigré. After one year he over the reins and a few years later, concrete beams made from Lego. switched employment and started after the head of the crane opera- The crane was the highlight of his to work for the Canadian importer tions retired, he also took over tho- play and was played with so much of Grove cranes first working in the se operations. Today, Jörg Senn is in that it did not survive his childhood shop and then, because of his good charge of heavy-duty transports and and had to be replaced later on. knowledge of English, in the spare cranes, emergency power genera- Jörg was allowed to leave his parts department. During one of his tors, tracked mini-cranes and sheet construction sites in the living room visits, his father suggested that Jörg metal work. over several days much to the cha- should go back to school for further Jörg and Ursula married in 1991 grin of the tolerant mother who had education.

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