The 3 Amigos66 viewsThis is me with my two best friends Ben and Kevin. We all started at about the same time and we were promoted through the equipment pretty much together. Ben was hired one day later than me so it cost him the ability to learn how to run the Front End Loaders and P&H shovels. Kevin and I got to learn it all...
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My Letourneau Loader38 viewsThis is me loading a 120 ton Lectra Haul with my Letourneau Front End Loader. I could load 120 tons on a truck in 6 scoops in about 5 minutes. I set the all time loading record in a 10 hour shift on numerous occassions including the night we were all laid off...
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International Huff Loader66 viewsThis was one of the loaders I ran. At the time, this was the largest front end loader in the world. Unlike the electric hybrid Letourneau loaders, this was completely diesel powered. Even though it could load a truck in 4-5 scoops, it wasn't nearly as good as the Letourneau loaders which took 6 good scoops to load a 120 ton Lectra Haul...
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Wreck Two64 viewsThis was a truck that I was in the process of loading with my Letourneau Front End Loader when another truck backed into it because he was busy reading a newspaper rather than watching where he was going. The driver of this truck jumped just before impact and was not hurt in any way. She was shaken though...
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