fesm_ndt Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Well never knew about this one "The Alaskan Land Train (or Overland Train) was an enormous leviathan developed by LeTourneau, a heavy-equipment maker based in Longview, Texas for the US Army in the 1950s." http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/alaskan_land_train.html Would be a 'long' restoration :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 There was something in Wheels and Tracks about Le Tourneau stuff mainly aircraft cranes and movers but I am sure the Land trains were mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haybaggerman Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 wasn't that profiled in CMV a few months ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 A lot of the tyres for that beast ended up on Monster trucks. Supposedly the most expensive tyres ever made. The latest idea along these lines are self guiding trucks. There is an annual event for teams, there was a TV proggramme on it. The trucks were expected to cover a twenty odd mile course over rough conditions, and some did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil munga Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Good find there Mike I was in W.H.Smiths and was flicking through the pages of the MV magazines and Plant mags and there was quite a good write up in one of them I could not stop for long as the Mrs was nagging to hurry up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean101ryan Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 It was featured in CMV a while back and the article by Pat Ware was repeated in Classic Plant and Machinery a couple of months ago. RG LeTourneau was quite an inovator when it came to diesel electric drive and even prefered electric rack and pinion drive to hydraulic rams. Although mainly an earthmover manufacturer he build a lot of military equipment including some strange stuff in the Vietnam war. There's a whole host of books about his machines and LeTourneau still build the worlds largest loading shovels (260t/2300hp monsters though with RG gone they now use hydraulic rams). Ooops seem to have gone on a bit about my second favourite subject! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Old hat really, Porsche developed 2 similar systems, Landwehr and C train many years before. http://www.hybrid-vehicle.org/hybrid-vehicle-landwehr.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil munga Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Sean , thats correct they did build some strange machines ,,That must be some size loader 260t 2300hp , Do you remember the 183 ton ACCO largest dozer you can now get a model some nice pictures on link below http://www.vincelewis.net/acco.html link to the model makers website http://www.doncampbellmodels.com/blog/photos.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil munga Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Old hat really, Porsche developed 2 similar systems, Landwehr and C train many years before.http://www.hybrid-vehicle.org/hybrid-vehicle-landwehr.html good link , seemed to think he did one before this one got pictures in a book somewhere ,two trailers with electric powered hubs that is drawn by a steam engine , but then on this write-up it says these are internal combustion engines and call them traction engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean101ryan Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Yea, seen both those sites, ACCO also built the worlds largest grader. There's some fantastic machinary models out there now, radio contol models of Alberta Oils Sands RB and PH mining shovels are under development for around $10,000!! I was sort of tempted by a CCM D8 but can't justify it. I'm almost as much a sucker for classic plant as post war military kit but never owned any; was on site from a young age with my father, couldn't do it these days! Visited Threlkeld in 08 for a VET working weekend and have been to an SE Davies event in Thaxted in the past. Interesting link Mike, suspect Porsche and LeTourneau would have got on well only RG thought much bigger! I assume he would have known about Porsche's work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) How about this for a land train from WW2! Edited January 5, 2010 by LarryH57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 thats an interesting shot, wonder why or what they are up to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil munga Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Not sure what there up to but looks as though they've stooped on a level crossing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 The last time a picture of similar 'Military Vehicles' was on the forum it was the mobile brothel. :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 The last time a picture of similar 'Military Vehicles' was on the forum it was the mobile brothel. :cool2: All I can say is "efficient buggers" :dancinggirls: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 All I can say is "efficient buggers" :dancinggirls: Nooo.that was very discouraged in the Third Reich! :n00b: Theres a picture somewhere of 'The Other Place' showing Similar three quarter tracked vehicles doing a push me pull you on the guns for the Mirus Battery. Anyone got a copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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