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The L-2350 was originally manufactured by LeTourneau Inc., ... Specifications. Operational weight 266.62 t (262.41 long tons; 293.90 short tons) [2]
LeTourneau tree crusher, Long Binh Post, South Vietnam 27 September 1967. R. G. LeTourneau founded R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. in California in 1929, as a contractor of earthmoving equipment, which manufactured products in Longview, Texas. [1] [better source needed] During World War II, the company provided nearly 75% of the Allies' earthmoving ...
Impressed with the results of the Sno-Buggy, in late 1954 the Army Transportation Corps asked LeTourneau to combine the features of the Tournatrain and Sno-Buggy into a new vehicle. LeTourneau called the result the YS-1 Army Sno-Train but the Army knew it as the Logistics Cargo Carrier, or LCC-1. The LCC-1 combined the wheels of the Sno-Buggy ...
LeTourneau (now part of Cameron International) LeTourneau Tournetractor: single axle tractor: no: 1943-1953: United States LeTourneau: LeTourneau-Westinghouse Sno-Buggy TC-264: extra heavy tractor: no: 1954: United States (military base in Antarctica) LeTourneau: LeTourneau-Westinghouse M1/M2: single axle tractor to tow the launcher rocket ...
Robert Gilmour "R. G." LeTourneau (/ l ə t ˈ ər n oʊ /; November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), born in Richford, Vermont, was a prolific inventor of technologies related to earthmoving machinery, and founder of LeTourneau Technologies and LeTourneau University. [1]
LeTourneau L-2350, mining technology; LeTourneau University, university founded by R. G. LeTourneau; LeTourneau Empowering Global Solutions (LEGS), non-profit based in Longview, Texas; LeTourneau Technologies, a manufacturing machines company
R.G LeTourneau conceived the idea of the self-propelled motor scraper while recovering from a near-fatal auto accident. He was an earth moving contractor dealer in bulldozer accessories and envisaged a pulled trailer that could excavate and pick up earth as it moved.
In late 1930, Davenport was licensed to assemble and market R G LeTourneau Inc products under the Davenport-LeTourneau brand. The agreement is believed to have ended in 1935 when LeTourneau moved to Peoria, Illinois. Davenport also sold Davenport-Winchell three-wheel roller conversions of industrial wheel tractors, Davenport-Frink snow plows ...