Abstract: A portable derrick assembly adapted for mounting on a pickup truck or a trailer, includes a base frame, a derrick tower, a tower erection subassembly, and an elongated boom pivotally mounted on the tower. A traveling sheave and cable subassembly interconnects a tail end of the boom with the tower for pivoting the boom about a pitch axis. A hoist cable is raised and lowered by a hoist traveling sheave subassembly mounted on the boom.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 1989
Date of Patent:
May 21, 1991
Assignees:
David C. Kennard, Jr., James C. Kennard
Inventors:
Dwight C. Kennard, Jr., James C. Kennard, Carl J. Wick