Robert Gilmour LeTourneau is considered by many to be the dean of high-speed mobile earthmoving equipment. The years 1921 to 1953 saw many of R. G. LeTourneau's most important heavy-equipment introductions, such as bulldozers, self-propelled scrapers, and rippers. This first volume of fantastic machine creations covers the early years up until the sale of the company to Westinghouse in 1953. Standard production, specials, and experimental machines are shown in rare archival images, some in print for the very first time.
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Robert Gilmour LeTourneau is considered by many to be the dean of high-speed mobile earthmoving equipment. The years 1921 to 1953 saw many of R. G. LeTourneau's most important heavy-equipment introductions, such as bulldozers, self-propelled scrapers, and rippers. This first volume of fantastic machine creations covers the early years up until the sale of the company to Westinghouse in 1953. Standard production, specials, and experimental machines are shown in rare archival images, some in print for the very first time.
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