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You know, I just love you guys..as soon as ask a simple question 'BLAMMO!' You start piling in with fantastic stuff! (Stop in BLB you're gushing...) Anyroadup I'm most grateful to Ed Burrows who has sent me these pictures: "Hi Brian, thought you'd appreciate a few more LeTourneau images. And by the way, Eric Orlemann has just had new book out - although it's mostly on heavy plant/earthmovers, which of course is fair dos: LeT load carrying vehicles were few and far between. That said, the biggest was the best and the biggest wheeled vehicle cable of free movement there has ever been, or ever will be. Bold statement, but unchallengeable." 

Ed continues: "I mean, would you want to argue with the US Army's 13-unit electric hub motor all-wheel-drive Overland Train MkII, built for the US Army Transportation Research and Development Command? A 'mere' 382 tonnes GCW and 'small' 137 tonnes payload! Okay, ALE - and indeed the lumbering South African Pacifics you are so obsessed with - could probably beat that, most days of the week. But the 382 tonnes of the Overland Train MII moved off-road, at up to 20 mph. And we're talking 1962, which was a very happening year indeed, on many fronts. So it was not at all untoward for LeT engineers - who thought under a big Texas sky - to decide to power their behemoth by four 873 kW gas turbine generator sets!" And click through here for more... 

Once again I have Don at the trucktastic Adclassix website, the world's best retro depository for old and new truck, van, pickup and 4x4 and also car ads - and don't take my word for it, just go and see for yourself using this handy quick as a flash Biglorryblog webblink www.adclassix.com/truckindex.htm. Meanwhile, I've been trying without success to find some more pictures of this strange beast. What you see here is the original 1955 ad for the Letourneau Arctic Freight Train in black & white. showing one belogning to Alaska Freight Lines Inc. In action. Capable of carrying 175 tons in temperatures reaching minus 50°F. So can anyone provide me with more pictures/information on it--and especially pictures!?. Usual e-mail address biglorryblog@googlemail.com and click through here for one more...

Hello....what's this then? As if you needed telling it's the magnificent MZKT 12x12 'King of the Desert' ouildfield truck and as ever I have Vladimir Chekhuta to thank for these pictures---and as a teaser. Vidalmir has very kindly helped me with a forthcoming feature on MZKTA for the Commercial Motor Christmas Issue, so keep your eyes peeled. And as part of that atrticle he sent me a whoe shed-load of superb shots including this 12x12 in the Turkmenistan desert (shots via the company's testers so Biglorryblog's thanks to them) And if you want to see more of this massive Belarus bruiser click through here!

Andrzej Lazar is back with this monster Kirovec 700 series tractor which is still in use in Gdynia.(on public roads too!) Well you wouldn';t want to meet it on a dark night now would you? Click through here for more 

The weird waggons are coming in thick and fast after Damien's post. This is from Biglorryblog regular Bert De Vuyst who says: "Hello Brian, here some pictures of a Maurer Agroschlepper. These MAN trucks are converted by Toni Maurer. (http://www.toni-maurer.com) The standard MAN drive line gives the truck a legal top speed of 60km/h in Germany. (the vehicles can go faster). Cheers, Bert.

Looks like a promising mud-plugger!

Cam in Queensland says: "Hi Brian,after seeing your post on the Nodwell reminded me of these things we built a couple of years ago for a drilling company.They are called Moorooka Maggots,we built 2, they originally had tipping bodies on them."

Cam continues: "We had to put a foot at the back to stop them standing on their end. How's semi retirement going? Or has nothing changed except you don't have to go into the office? All the best Cam" How true that is mate! Now click through here for more Maggots!