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  1. Harold Biondo

    Surviving LeTourneau Machines

    It is a bit of a contradiction, but what can you do. LeTourneau was a major producer of artillery shells during WW2. Most of his military vehicles were engineering focused, but there were a couple of combat vehicles. The "Land Battleship" from 1943 was meant to transport 155mm and 8-inch...
  2. Harold Biondo

    Surviving LeTourneau Machines

    New video I came across while looking for a picture of one of those. It's an LeTourneau M2 Guided Missile Erector, distantly related to the Tournapull. These were used by the Army to transport the Corporal nuclear missile. Prior to this I didn't know of any to still exist. It came from somewhere...
  3. Harold Biondo

    Surviving LeTourneau Machines

    I'm just waiting for them to bring back the LeTourneau name for when we start mining on the moon. No air up there so everything's got to be electric! :D
  4. Harold Biondo

    Surviving LeTourneau Machines

    They won't try to take your life, but they want nothing more than to destroy your eardrums.
  5. Harold Biondo

    Surviving LeTourneau Machines

    Model D4 Tournapull This entry is left purposefully incomplete. D4 Tournapulls are probably the most numerous surviving LeTourneau. They're easy to preserve because they're small enough to fit in a garage. A WW2-era D4 is owned by the Historical Construction Equipment Association in Bowling...
  6. Harold Biondo

    Surviving LeTourneau Machines

    I am a historian, of military vehicles mainly, but I have some interest in heavy equipment, especially LeTourneaus. I'm also a truck driver, and wherever I go I always watch out for old iron sitting abandoned by the side of the road, in people's yards, at the back of industrial plants, and so...
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