Smallest Letourneau Scraper?

[texascadillac42]

Does anyone have any info on the smallest Letourneau scraper ever built? I have been hearing stories of one that is fairly close to me, and might be for sale. I thought it might be a neat machine to take to the next HCEA show, but am looking for any info on them first. Thanks.

 

[WabcoMan]

Smallest Towed scraper was the model Z - it held about 2.5 cubic yards

The smallest Motor Scraper was the Model D "airborne" with Model Q Carryall - about 3.5 cubic yards and usually powered by a Continental gasoiline engineointhead.

 

[Meangreen]

Smallest Towed scraper was the model Z - it held about 2.5 cubic yards

The smallest Motor Scraper was the Model D "airborne" with Model Q Carryall - about 3.5 cubic yards and usually powered by a Continental gasoiline engineointhead.

I thought the "Q" was 2.5 yards.....but then heaped it might have been 3 1/2.

A friend of mine had one. I aided his widow in selling it a couple or 3 years ago.

The first one I saw was when I was a kid. I wanted my daddy to buy it for me to run. I thought it was just about the right size for me....

 

[texascadillac42]

It must be the Model D airborne because it is a powered unit.... Hopefully I will be able to track it down in the next couple weeks.... Does anyone have any ideas on weight/dimensions of the unit? Thanks.

 

[Northart]

Smallest Capacity ?

The LeTourneau Model D4 with model Q Carryall is the smallest capacity scraper made by LeTourneau. 2.3 cubic yard . This is a Self-Propelled unit with a 45 hp Continental Gas engine.

The Tractor Towed models D,and X are 3.5 cy, and the Model Z is 2.6 cy.

The following pictures are of my collection. Model X scraper and Model Q.The Model D4 Tournapull tires are loaded with calcium chloride. Makes for a heavy machine to move. There is no bar, to lock the tractor rigid for shipping (straight line movement), like the current Cat loader and graders. With a dead engine it flops from side to side. Makes for difficulty in loading.

The following data are from a 1959 CPH, and a book by Keith Haddock "Giant Earthmovers"

 

[Buckethead]

Be Careful

Be careful with the old Tournapull scrapers with steering clutches. They were way before my time, so I never ran them, but the old timers around here used to them Widowmakers. They are beautiful machines, and technological marvels of their time, but they jackknife very easily and steer backwards when going down hill! Sometimes they used to have a dozer pull them in the cut rather than push them because they jackknifed so easily, and the hitch was very prone to breakage as well.

 

[texascadillac42]

Thanks for the info guys, I am going to see if I can track the owner down and find out if he is interested in selling it.

 

[$maker]

that smallest scraper is awesome