Abstract: A bracket for mounting a crane over either chassis side member of a truck has an elongated body member having removable, telescopically-extendable rods at its ends provided with likewise-telescopic supporting legs to provide support against the driving surface. A platform protrudes transversely from the body member for releasable acceptance of the crane. The body member and platform are symmetrical about a center plane longitudinal of the body member for permitting the use of the bracket for right-hand and left-hand mounting of the crane by turning the bracket upside down, particularly when the platform is closer to one end of the body member than the other.