Saw one and now I know

The LeTourneau Inc. L-2350 loader Worlds Biggest Earth Mover. It now has the Guinness World Record for Largest Earth Mover at the moment.

I was driving to make a parts pick up in Eastern Pennsylvania when I came around a corner and saw what I thought was the largest front end loader I had ever seen? Turns out it was because it was a L-2350. It was larger than the mechanics garage that was servicing it!

It is Designed to center load large trucks with that can hold up to 400 tons. Also the L-2350 provides an operating payload of 160 thousand pounds with a 24-foot lift height with a 11 and a half foot reach.

It’s operating weight is 258 tons
With a 2300 Horsepower Diesel Engine
This power comes from a 16 Cylinder 65.0 Liters Detroit Diesel Turbocharged Aftercooler Engine 2300 hp or a 16 cylinder 60.0 Liter Cummins Diesel Turbocharged Aftercooler Engine also 2300 hp
The hydraulic lifting payload 72 tons
It’s standard Bucket Measures 40,52 m³
The FuelTank Capacity is 3974.68 Liters
It uses Hydraulic Oil with a 1230 Liter amount
The largest tires are 70/70-57 SRG DT diameter 4 m and width 1.78 m
With a Cost of $1.5M at the 2012 manufacture date.

As I stated I saw this beast of a front end loader parked in front of the doors to the mechanics shop near a quarry. It drivers compartment was taller that the building along with having tires so big I thought nobody would believe me about how large this thing was!

When I returned from picking up the equipment I was sent out to get I prepared to take a picture of this giant but, it was not there in front of the shop 🙁

It most likely would have been even better if I was able to get a video of it actually moving when it pulled away and drove back to do some work.

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