Yanky Iron Fix II

Something a bit different.

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Dave_64

Here is the photo I was looking for. It is taken from "R. G. LeTourneau Heavy Equipment, The Electric Drive Era 1953-1970" by Eric C. O)rlemann. I highly recommend it to anyone interested is this sort of machinery, everything for Sno Buggys to Tree Crushers, Diggers, Forestry gear, Cranes to Missile Launchers.

Gr8 Info Guys
Guessn the overall weight of the beast 2 B the killer

cya

I guess they could do away with the gearbox, but as you say a 300HP generator and motor aint light. I guess they could use regen braking with resistors (more weight). Modern electronics would make motor control easy and you could set the engine to run at either most economical or most power as required.

I'm not sure if I would want that GM screaming at full noise in the back window though.

Paul

SMore



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cya

paulc20 wrote: Here is the photo I was looking for. It is taken from "R. G. LeTourneau Heavy Equipment, The Electric Drive Era 1953-1970" by Eric C. O)rlemann. I highly recommend it to anyone interested is this sort of machinery, everything for Sno Buggys to Tree Crushers, Diggers, Forestry gear, Cranes to Missile Launchers.

...looks like an 8V71 mounted transverse on that GMC.

Some good 'un's there, Swishy!
I especially like the exhaust arrangements on that Western Terex jigger.
All the screamer lovers would be in orgasmic ecstasy.
Dave_64

For Oilfield trucks I am familiar with the KW 953 (the red one) but not the green 8 wheeler, anyone ID it?
Cheers Steve

Swishy, your the float man. With that photo of the twin power cat scraper (657??) behind the Pete p/mover, I'm trying to work out the actual decking arrangement of the float. To me, it looks like a normal twin axle dolly with the second gooseneck, but there seems to me to be a heck of a bend in the lower section as well as being very close to the ground. or is it hooked up to the dolly with some sort of drawbar affair? I thought it may be the same arrangement as in the photo's directly above that. where the 4 red Pete's are marshalled in the yard.
I can sort of dig how the decking is made up, trying to get the weight down a bit but still retaining as much strength as possible.
Also looking at the shot of the D11 on the blue float, it looks to be made out of similar material??
Dave_64

BlakDuk
M80

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Davo
M80

Wot U must relize th@ different parts of the world have different laws
the yanks luv length maily to spread the weight ovr a longr span of bridges etc
the RSend of there LowBoy has a stinger or a widespread set of axles th@ steer
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Them towers they call hat boxes th@ can raise n lower the loaded deck

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they also make the float decks light weight with a positive camber so wen fully loaded they cum down straight

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Rear stinger ( U need to pin it wen straight so U can back up)

cya