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Tree crusher clearing land, Box 3, Museum,B17

Description: Photograph of a three-wheeled G-40 tree crusher. According to author Eric Orlemann, the overall working weight was 84,000 pounds, or 42 tons. A total of 10 G-40 tree crushers were built.
Date: 1960
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Track-Less Land Train with pipe load P0U, P-10-34, L 6956

Description: Photograph of a Track-less Land Train carrying a large load of pipe. The Land Train was outfitted with 24 electric-driven wheels.
Date: February 17, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Tree Roller No. 2

Description: Photograph of LeTourneau's Tree Roller No. 2. (A very similar photo is thus described in "R.G. LeTourneau Heavy Equipment: The Electric Drive Era," by Eric Orlemann. After being field tested in Longview, Texas, this unit was shipped to Tournavista, Peru, to be used in land clearing projects there for the LeTourneau Foundation mission. The overall weight of the tree roller was about 100 tons.
Date: April 8, 1954
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Model TC-497 Overland Train MkII

Description: Photograph of the Model TC-497 Overland Train Mkii, the largest and most powerful of all the "land trains" produced by LeTourneau. The TC-497 was built for the U.S. Army to transport cargo in the Arctic under a wide variety of road conditions, according to author Eric Orlemann. It contained nine cargo trailers, a control car and two trailing power units. The TC-497 weighed 135 tons. Its overall length was about 527 feet.
Date: February 1, 1962
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Overland Train Model TC-497 MkII 1

Description: Photograph of the Model TC-497 Overland Train Mkii, the largest and most powerful of all the "land trains" produced by LeTourneau. The TC-497 was built for the U.S. Army to transport cargo in the Arctic under a wide variety of road conditions, according to author Eric Orlemann. It contained nine cargo trailers, a control car and two trailing power units. The TC-497 weighed 135 tons. Its overall length was about 527 feet. One of the LeTourneau domes is visible in the background.
Date: February 1, 1962
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Overland Train Model TC-497 MkII 2

Description: Photograph of the Model TC-497 Overland Train Mkii, the largest and most powerful of all the "land trains" produced by LeTourneau. The TC-497 was built for the U.S. Army to transport cargo in the Arctic under a wide variety of road conditions, according to author Eric Orlemann. It contained nine cargo trailers, a control car and two trailing power units. The TC-497 weighed 135 tons. Its overall length was about 527 feet. An unidentified U.S. Army official is pictured talking to the driver in th… more
Date: February 1, 1962
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library
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