Found scraper I ran 40 plus years ago

Darned good looking LeTourneau Scraper, and the tires are still inflated!!! Pulling this with your 2U should be a piece of cake for the 2U. Plenty of power there. Thanks for keeping the "Old Iron" moving and being a "Living historical museum" for the rest of us - - nice "eye candy"
SeaBee Mal

Thanks guys. Your knowledge continues to impress me. I know you can't look it up that fast so your brain's must be in good shape. He has an old D7 that was setting with it. Not the same one I ran. Engine block is laying half buried in the ground, the head is rusted solid setting on the tracks, radiator is laying half growed into a tree, but the tracks are almost brand new. Ruined the crank he said. I tried to get a package deal but he wants to keep the 7 for a while yet. I think he is waiting for scrape prices to go back up.

Habit,

Just curious, did you ever have it upside down? -Jan

This thread brings back a question that I have been cusious about for years.

The mention of the capacity of a scraper is usually listed as, "Struck" and "Heaped". I am fairly sure I understand what "Heaped" means, like heaping full, but the word, "Struck" has me guessing. Help me know if I am wrong but does "Struck" mean something like just about level to the top?

I really would like to know if I am correct or if it means something else.

I'll thank you all in advance for the answer.

An Educated guess ,by the uneducated , Stuck would be level with the top of the sides .

According to the internet (and we all know it doesn't lie...), struck is the volume of the bucket minus appendages like cutting edges and whatnot, and heaped is when you "top it up" so that it's spilling over the sides. I thought it was the difference between the scraper filling itself, vs. the scraper being filled by an excavator. Not sure why I thought that but it just goes to show how I over-analyzed it...
Cheers,
Neil.

Hey Gang,

Know through the term Pay Load(or Bank Yards)in the mix and we can really get some different meanings out there. When the scraper is heaped at 11 cyd, how many Bank Yards in it? Now one has to figure the swell factor or fluff factor. Good discussion topic. I have a project going on right now where the engineer forgot to factor the difference between a Bank Yard and a Truck Yard. Big difference.-glen

No, I never did turn it over. It seems to me it would be hard to do with the back axles in the cut. We never cut any slopes though. Or do you mean is the bottom wore out. The bottom of the tub and the cutting edges all look like near new.