Fantastic to see 2 x 333ft scrapers working together. They are hard to beat and are still efficient too run even tho 45 years have gone by since they were made.both 333fts working together
I think Letourneau was on the right track with his electric wheel, multi bowl, modular design machines. Imagine L60 and L90s with modern engines, cab and hydraulics. They would make new push pull set ups look ridiculous. Big elevators like the 333ft need special people. Open bowls are much better suited to big dummed down fleets. Things are overdue for competition for Cat in the scraper field, with tractors and ADT drawn scoops in the market proves Cat is not meeting it. I thought the Terex TRS15 was a good effort at addressing some of the problems with traditional scrapers.
One of our former machines going up for auction in George, Washington on May 18, 2018.
https://www.yarbro.com/project/details/27497/
Marlow
If that is the machine I'm thinking of, it was actually a Letourneau built machine with a 4 cylinder Continental gas engine. kind of a Jeep with a scraper bowl. I cant find the book I have that covers it at the moment. (remodeling part of the house).Is an old apparently derelict US GI Wabco not far from me. Front power only, blade on front, front hood is off leading to a thought of a bad power plant. No elevator just a smallish pan yet all tires are up.
Interested to see the pics, The only "Wabco" military scrapers of that size I have worked on were the Vietnam era 6 wheel machines pulled by the Michigan 290M tractor. That was a cummins powered articulated rubber tire dozer. The 18 yard scraper they pulled had a LeT-Westinghouse tag. (Wabco)Will get a photo of this little beast. Blade I estimate is 10' wide, is not a 'Small' machine.