LeTourneau's TC-497, the big one

[john61ct]

The Incredible Story of the US Army's Earth-Shaking, Off-Road Land Trains

Oh, your pickup has a lift? That's cute.

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[shortbus4x4]

Thanks for posting this. Talk about a fullsize! I've actually been all the way out the Steese Highway when I was 11 but don't remember seeing it.

 

[john61ct]

Brings to mind the sandcrawler vehicles in the first Star Wars

 

[crazysccrmd]

Thanks for posting this. Talk about a fullsize! I've actually been all the way out the Steese Highway when I was 11 but don't remember seeing it.

It's on the west side of the road in the Gold Daughters parking lot. After I drove by a few times I started looking into what that huge thing was.

 

[nickw]

Thanks for sharing! I love the innovation and outside of the box thinking back then, those guys didn't over-analyze things on paper, they got after it and tried it.

 

[john61ct]

Just a self taught working stiff, no degree

but obviously pretty clever

 

[john61ct]

Leave it to the Evil Empire to go bigger and better

"Kharkovchanka" - Colossal Soviet All-Terrain Antarctic Cruiser

"Kharkovchanka" - Colossal Soviet All-Terrain Antarctic Cruiser

A follow up to LeTourneau's TC-497, the big one https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/index.php?posts/2790028 Now **this** looks like something out of Star Wars carried a kitchen with an oven, a toilet and eight beds.

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