@@thetacticaltexan2932 thank you, wish i could be like him
@Ratdaddy78
3 жыл бұрын
About 30 years ago I worked for a company that had a Marathon LeTourneau Electro Stacker log loader, a machine big enough to pick up a truckload at a bite. Absolutely a genius piece of machinery, extremely powerful and yet easily and precisely controllable. A row of toggle switches controlled all the functions including steering (articulated) and a little teeny 'troller handle for the forward/reverse/speed. Falling-off-a-log simple to run. People who understood them got good service from them. I worked for several companies that had LeTourneau machines, they all liked them. Marathon had a good service department and it was local, but the owners did all their own work. Usually the only time Marathon would get called was because the owner's people were stumped. That was not very often. The electric stuff scared a lot of people away. That's a shame, because the direct electric drive is much more efficient at delivering power where it's needed. Hydraulic systems waste a lot of energy in flow friction and heat. I would imagine there are people who are still using the machines, probably having the few consumable parts custom made.(brake discs, motor brushes, contactor leaf switch parts, etc.) Remember them fondly. Good machines.
@kelmyster669
Жыл бұрын
Mr Letourneau was 2nd only to Edison for inventions & patients. If only he was arround today he could solve the worlds energy problems & global walming. Deisal electric drive Letourneau loaders are the largest in the world & use half the diesel the others half their size.
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