old D6 and cable scoop

[ozscooper]

thought someone would like to see this outfit i found in one of our yards

 

[Northart]

LeTourneau Scraper

It's a LeTourneau cable scraper. Don't know the model yet.

 

[ozscooper]

thanks northart couldnt find any plates on it, seems to be very well designed and built

 

[Northart]

Id ?

From my stuff , it looks like a Model " M " LeTourneau.

Maybe somebody can confirm that also.

 

[Hjolli]

I this machinery still working? (raised blade on the dozer)

 

[dieseldave]

Neat old machine. It's got a strange air filter setup and a bulge on the hood, makes me think it may have had the turbo option added.

 

[Dozerboy]

I would like to see some more pics of how cable on the scraper is rigged never seen one in person.

 

[ozscooper]

i beleive its still running, they tend to leave blades up on the old stuff just in case. i will have to take pics of all his other bits and pieces. i been cleaning up some of our yards and finding all sorts of old beasts about the place. think i may have to use the old 12 in the pic soon to grade some fence lines.

 

[Rusted]

You look to be a fair way west of anything much from those pics ozscooper...western Qld?

 

[ozscooper]

hey rusted western nsw broken hill

 

[Lashlander]

Someone seems to have photo chopped all your mountains out of the back ground.:beatsme Cool what a guy can run across when he's cruising around.

 

[ozscooper]

there are some hills in the backround just very small.and all the other hills are mine stockpiles. scoop on the float is one of 4 621s we are using to dig dams. i have nothing but respect for the blokes who drove these day in day out when they were new.

 

[Construct'O]

I have run those old 621's when they first come out.They had V/8 in them and everytime you came down off a slope the nose was always trying to root in the ground.

Also when you was turning sharp and the back wheel on the scraper would hit a hump or drop in a hole then it would throw the nose down.Didn't seem to take anything to get it to rocking and rolling!!!!!! :usa

 

[iron kid]

cool looking truck, looks like a bull

 

[Rusted]

Yes, it looks like that old 21 has had a heart transplant going on the position of the stack. A lot of owners replaced the old V8 "claterpillar" as they cost an arm and a leg to overhaul and didn't have a great record. Spent many a long day on those old stiffnecks.....makes my back ache just thinking about it now....

 

[ozscooper]

yeah they all had transplants the one in pic has a cummins in it sounds very nice, all others have 3306 s in em.and they still dive into the dirt ay every opportunity. seen some of the boys coming down batters on funny angles. i think he has about 12 t650 prime movers all pulling road train side tippers and this one as permanent float truck. got a few old macks aswell.