The Classic Machinery Network

this is a little different than the Letourneau. Locally made in Portland, OR about 30 to 40 years ago, a fair number of these live on. they were made in several sizes, this being about a 60,000 lb model. they are typically Cummins powered with an allison automatic transmission and converter. These w...

Hi, RVannatta. That trick of jacking up any wheel of a grader works with most of them that dont have a rear ripper and many that do, even without using the rear ripper to jack by. I always put the blade square across the machine and it works just as well if not better. I came across a couple of old...

Hello everyone, Please find below images of the oldest R.G. LeTourneau scraper brochure from my archive dated January 1940. Enjoy! John the engine is quite amazing.---While probably the biggest engine that LeTourneau could get his hands on, a D17000,-- at 160 HP at 950 RPM. a 20 yard pull pan with ...

Ok, now I saw the mount of the hammer on the other end of the undercarriage. So, it´s a smart way of bringing the hammer to and from the workplace or why do you put it there? Do you reach right in under the undercarriage to bring the hammer there? Yes Robban, The Yellow mount that you can see is a...

Here is the feller buncher getting off the trailer on just a low bank.

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Here is a take of an offhighway lowboy hauling a Yutani excavator which has been specially modifed with an aftermarket package for falling trees. the head is a rotosaw harvesting head that will cut trees to 28" The whole unit is harden so as to be able to take a direct hit from a falling tree w...

I have drivern the older JCBs found them a bit cumbersome with crappy brakes,could never get used the the back hoe lever diagonal positions.The 3CX is like a Rolls Royce compared the the old bangers.I have drivern a Case 580 g not a bad machine.I liked the old Ford 550 and 136 & 4550 The MF 50B...

it still jcb for me ,the case i have has now got 70 hours on the clock ,the front bucket control is still stiff (waiting for new cables)there is no visible warning in the cab of indicators are on ,the handbrake is broke ,4 in 1 ram seal leaking,the transmission temp runs just under the red when roa...

Robert Fiat seems to one way or another own something of everything but they are not a pillar of stability. Yup,that is a very good description-a few years ago I read in the financial papers CNH were having a last fling at turning round the financial fortunes of their construction business. This is...

... something you rarely see now--- a boom with an adjustable length. ... Some kind of misunderstanding? Most modern machines in 10-25 ton size can have split booms (don´t know the English word) that adjust hydraulically. agreed---they are around particularly on the minis---but no where as common ...