LeTourneau Heavy Equipment

BKSSB

A Photographic History from 1921 to
Today’s Giant Marvels

Known as “The Dean of Earthmoving”, R G
LeTourneau is considered one of the
world’s greatest inventors of
earthmoving and material handling
equipment. With outstanding
photography, this overview of 90-years-
plus of manufacturing features
LeTourneau’s earliest earthmoving
equipment introductions in 1921, all
the way up to today’s giant loaders
produced in Longview by Joy Global as
“P&H Generation 2” wheel loaders. Even
though Joy Global has officially
announced that it is removing the
“LeTourneau” name from the mining
product lines, as a tribute to its
heritage, a small “LeTourneau” plate is
now fitted inside the cab. This
companion book to the three previous
publications R G LeTourneau Heavy
Equipment; The Mechanical Drive Era
1921-1953, R G Letourneau Heavy
Equipment Photo Gallery : The Electric
Drive Era (1953-1970) and Modern
LeTourneau Earthmoving Equipment since
1968 includes much updated information
and all new images of the LeTourneau
enterprise.

The full story with over 300
photographs.

• 175 pages
• Black & white Photographs Throughout
• Softback book
• 215mm x 280mm