See Caterpillar in Decatur for more photos of scrapers.
I can't even count how many were on this job.
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| David Brown posted Awesome view one rig broke. It took this many to push it up the hill. [I assume that is an attempt at humor. Some comments indicate that this is a service lineup at the end of the day for refueling and lubing.] |
I've never seen the bottom of a scraper tub before.
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| Senior Big Machine posted Interesting! Lionel Fuller: Cat wants a tummy rub |
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| Big Machine posted Great team ! |
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| Earth Basics, General Engineering Contractor posted Our CAT 657s getting the job done in Texas! |
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| Senior big Machine posted A great team 🥰💪 |
These are coupled in pairs. They start with the front unit digging dirt and the rear unit pushing. When the front is full, the rear starts digging and the front pulls. This screenshot catches the rear unit lowering its pan for its turn to load. Each unit has an engine in the rear as well as in the front. So they are digging with the horsepower of four engines and the traction of eight wheels.
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| 3:49 video @ 1:33 How many scrapers can you count in this LB3 Enterprises convoy? By my calculations there's around 1000 tons being moved in the space of this video. |
Rummel Construction, Inc posted three photos with the comment: "Moving dirt with purpose on this Friday [Nov 8, 2024] in Arizona!"
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How many engines are in the front end?
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| Big Machine posted Paul John: LeTourneau Kevin Oxenham: Wild piece of gear le Tauno experement i suspect . Ed Clay: LeTerneau introduction to electric over hydraulic in heavy equipment. Parent to Wabco equipment also. Mike Rhodes: Same concept as a Locomotive 🚂 Rod Cramer: Electric in wheel motors, rack & pinion instead of hydraulics. Alan Binks: Rod Cramer R.G. didn’t like hydraulics…!! [I've read that before that he didn't like hydraulics. That is why he used electric steering.] Auggie Hanson: Oh lord, the noise from those 16v-71 detroits!!!!! [Some comments guess that there are four engines.] |
I wonder how many pieces there were when it was disassembled for transport to another work site. Operating that from a cab on the second unit must have been challenging.
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| Machinery Planet posted Letourneau lt360 |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our November 2024 classic machine profile- a short history on GarWood scrapers. Caption: Scan from a 1938 Garwood brochure showing a model L-10, 4-wheel hydraulic scraper in action in Houston, Mississippi, behind an Allis-Chalmers model L track type tractor. Hydraulics were still in their infancy and oil leaks were common making the L-10 not very popular amongst earthmovers of the day. |
It looks like GarWood went back to cables.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our November 2024 classic machine profile- a short history on GarWood scrapers. Caption: A very rare colour photo of a New Zealand based Garwood 615 scraper (14 cubic yards heaped) belonging to Taylor & Culley Ltd working on the construction of Wellington Airport at Rongotai. Tow tractor is an Allis-Chalmers HD-15 |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our November 2024 classic machine profile- a short history on GarWood scrapers. Caption: A fleet of Allis-Chalmers HD-19’s belonging to L.G. DeFelice & Son working on construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 1950, a massive job at the time. All are equipped with push plates and are towing Garwood model 625 scrapers. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our November 2024 classic machine profile- a short history on GarWood scrapers. Caption: Another venerable survivor, this Garwood model 511-S rests in a US field awaiting its next call to duty. The model 511-S held 8 cubic yards struck and 11 cubic yards heaped and was produced in quantity between 1949 and 1951 with some 927 being manufactured. |
A reminder that cables had to be used before hydraulics were developed. Actually, hydraulics may have been developed, but LeTourneau refused to use them for a long time. (Update: the above post about GarWood indicates that hydraulics were developed in the late 1930s.)
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the LeTourneau Model A Tournapull profile in our February 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar D8 profile in January 2023's issue. |
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| ES Equipments posted The LeTourneau LS and LP Carryalls. |
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| Robert Craighavern commented on the above post, cropped Got 2 off them |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the LeTourneau Model A Tournapull profile in our February 2019 magazine. Cary LeCuyer: Most of letournos machines were ahead of their time a brilliant man |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the LeTourneau Model A Tournapull profile in our February 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the LeTourneau Model A Tournapull profile in our February 2019 magazine. Don Whiting: What engine did they have? It looks like a 17000 series Cat engine. Richard Campbell: Don Whiting - Yes, it is powered by a Cat D17000. Author |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the LeTourneau Model A Tournapull profile in our February 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the LeTourneau Model A Tournapull profile in our February 2019 magazine. Buster Holt: Looks to be the Caterpillar D17000 V8 in that beast. Bill Murphy: Buster Holt yes we had that engine in a manitowoc with a donkey start some engine. Clark Mccrary: I know where’s it’s at below lake hartwell water tower still there [Comments indicate it was 38 cubic yards.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar D8 profile in January 2023's issue. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the LeTourneau Model A Tournapull profile in our February 2019 magazine. Oldan Grumpi: A slightly newer version of these were still in use in Alberta, Canada in the late ‘50s. A crude predecessor of the Cat DW 21, if you will. The electric controls were sketchy as hell, and one oft repeated local story is related to the building of the Dunvegan hill on the Peace River in northern Alberta. The hill was severely steep (at least 1:1), and they were loading with a D9 pushing. The guys electric steering crapped out in the pit, which was at the very top of the hill, and the push Cat unwittingly shoved him right out over the brink of the hill. The poor bugger got the ride of his life; he tripped the emergency scraper drop (which no doubt saved his life) and in doing so carved a groove down the hill that was visible for decades. Apparently scrub trees and stumps were coming right over the tractor by the time he got to the bottom. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our April 2024 classic machine profile- of the legendary LeTourneau Model C Tournapull Caption: Scanned from an original July 1940 specification sheet from my collection, this is the first iteration of the ‘standard’ model C Tournapull with trailing model LS Carryall. As you can see, it is very basic with very few creature comforts other than lights. In the event of a hitch breakage, that sheave block on the scraper push bean is coming right down on top of your head! [There were several comments indicating this was not just hard to drive, but dangerous.]Mike Burton: Super Cs moved a lot of dirt, in L A they use to push them with H D 19s but the goosenecks were weak and they lived up to their other name “ Widow maker “ Ian Clements: Widow makers they came around under the goose neck when steering failed they ended up putting chains on either side to prevent this happening. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our April 2024 classic machine profile- of the legendary LeTourneau Model C Tournapull Caption: Beautiful study of a Super C Tournapull with LP scraper self-loading in sand. Not all C Tournapulls delivered after 1941 had the half cab as can be seen here. It took a skilled operator to run a Tournapull in this kind of material and this fellow is at the top of his game! Normand Dupuis: The technique I heard described for sandy conditions was "pumping"! It was a series of short dips of the bowl like gulping. That was meant to lessen the effects of losing traction in loose material instead of a long period of continuous scraping. It was taught in the US ARMY Engineer Crawler Tractor Operator Course I was given in 1971, although the ARMY had switched over to Cat 830M and Clark MICHIGAN wheeled scrapers almost exclusively in the late 60s/early70s. Jack Elliott: I've had a lot to do with tracked and wheeled scrapers ,I think if you pump load you ll end up with a mess I almost always put the stinger,or middle cutting edge down 75mm ,3inches once you ve cut over the borrow area one time just keep loading the raised offcuts. Sonny Moorehead: It was a wonderful machine, but a little tricky at times it was very powerful. It was hard on your fingers all the buttons. Pete Craddock: I ran one in 72, it steered with an electric switch plus a five speed manual transmission. Neil Skarloken: Pete Craddock In 69 l ran a C-Pull , instead of a steering wheel it had a brass bar to hang on to with series of electric switches in the dash , electric motors instead hydraulics, always had a box of ignition points. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our April 2024 classic machine profile- of the legendary LeTourneau Model C Tournapull Caption: Following requests from contractors, other trailing units were made available for the C Tournapull. This example is fitted with a slide-out dump body, rated at around 10 cubic yards. Other attachments included a crane with a 10-ton lifting capacity |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our April 2024 classic machine profile- of the legendary LeTourneau Model C Tournapull Caption: Scanned from a rare colour 35mm slide, this is an Australian manufactured Super C Tournapull with LP scraper going about its work. Production of the C Tournapull commenced in 1946 at LeTourneau’s newly established facility in Rydalmere, NSW and hundreds were built, some coming to New Zealand. Geoff Smith: There was 7,142 C models produced. No idea how many were manufactured at Rydalmere. |
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| ES Equipments posted Profiling earthmovers The LeTourneau-Westinghouse C-500 Tournapull . Dana Jorgensen: These were C500 WABCO model scrapers. Could be used in tandem, or a rear power pak could be added for twin power. Very few were actually sold, most scraper manufacturers were moving from cable operation to hydraulic controlled scrapers. Mike Beirise: they had triple bowls also. |
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| Jacob Moneymaker posted I’m trying to get this old DW10 back going. It’s my first cable scraper. I’m trying to figure out how the crowd operates. I’m assuming that after the door opens the crowd activates if you keep holding the lever? I’m pretty sure the winch needs adjusting or the frictions replaced because the up/down works like a charm but the second drum is very weak. Marty Casey: You're right once the apron reaches top then the tail pushes dirt out but don't push all the way to end unless you want to change cable. John Bell: apron goes up and slider in tube hits the stop then tailgate comes forward Sam Walker: Yes when the apron gets to the top the ejector will start moving forward. [Another comment reinforces that the "door" is the apron and the "crowd" is the ejector.] Marshall Dearman: I operated A DW 15 Back in 1961 was young then, they were fast, I enjoyed the heck out of it! Operated DW 20, 21,31, 41,51, 666. Enjoyed the speed. Am 85 now and have had 3 or 4 back operations, Ha. It gave me A life to remember, ever time my back hurts. Erik Myers: Marshall Dearman you should have ran the old euclids ts-14s24 TS 24 ts32 ts-18 they were very kind to the back haha |
Speaking of Erik's comment about old Euclid, given the number 12, this one is probably older than the ones he listed.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid S-12 scraper profile that ran in our November 2017 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid S-12 scraper profile that ran in our November 2017 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid S-12 scraper profile that ran in our November 2017 edition. Rod Brakken: Ran one years ago 671 Detroit 5 speed manual trans pushed by a td24 ih. |
And an even smaller S number.
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| Big Machine posted Awesome! The Euclid S-7 on lowboy,138hp, 9 yards 💪 Tim Winsor: Detroit 471 engine, had one just like it. What a beast to run all day. Earl Bougerolle: And no down pressure |
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| Richard Stanier posted Euclid TS-14 Richie George: I have run one of those before. We would hook like 5 of them together at one time. Randy Niesen: The TS-14 was a piece of junk in my views. Couldn't keep transmissions in the rearend, as they were constantly going bad. Just too light for the job at hand. The TS-24 was a descent machine though, and I've never had anything bad to say about that one. |
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| Richard Stanier posted Terex TS-14B [Delacy Fields: Screaming Detroits and not a fan of buck taler clays that come up in sheets and break over. They were popular-in the day but just give me an old Fiat Allis 260-B. Run circles around those green machines. To summarize many of the comments: The Detroit Diesel engine (2 471s, I think) was loud and high pitched. The transmission kept breaking. The seat had a bad (none?) suspension. They could run on a slope steeper than the Cat 21 could handle.] |
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| Jeff Gatewood commented on Richard's post Still using this one on some jobs we aren’t a big company but it’s pretty handy to have around. Wouldn’t trade it for two 627’s! |
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| Big Machine posted Interesting! Euclid but don't know model🤔 Bob Mack: TTS-14 2 Cans 3 Engines 1 Terrified Driver! In the Mountains Anyways! Had one on the Canadian side of the Libby Dam Project south of Elko BC, it was very unstable and flopped over twice before they unhooked the back Can! It is just a second Tub attached to the back if the First one! Rear engines were 471 Detroit Diesels. Hugues Danjou: For TEREX machine the name of TS means 2 engine one in front and one in back with 2 transmission , exemple TS24 in front 1 12v71 with CLBT 5960 and for back 1 6/71 with MT 600 , it was difficult to synchronize both machine set .The last machine have worked on the site of CARMAUX in France during the year 81 to 85 if i'm remembering well .The company was BALLOT. Clarence Lokken: Better known as the Screaming Jimmy , and Green Leaker . Peter Harris: I think that is TS14. The 24 had power down apron,this looks to be wire rope up and gravity,plus load down. |
This is a different tandem design.
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| Yellow iron posted Terex scraper. Ron Pearce: 64 yds or more heaped in a couple of minutes. One man . Nothing else comes close. Seen most types of scrapers but never a dual. Great pic. Adrian Reed: Spicaley Built by euclid for western Gale Gossard: Adrian Reed no built by Kenny Harris of South Dakota for his own company a dirt hogging hauler |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our January 2024 machine profile- on the Euclid S-18 scraper Caption: From a contemporary Euclid publication dated 1955, this is the first production version of the Euclid S-18. Notice the ‘dimpled’ front planetary covers, driver’s footstep inset into the frame, and the lightening holes cut into the rear scraper wheel hubs – all trademark features of an early 27LOT Euclid S-18. (Photo: Author’s collection) |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our January 2024 machine profile- on the Euclid S-18 scraper Physically larger than the first production 27LOT S-18 model, the 30LOT Euclid S-18 was the ultimate iteration of the machine. Comparison with the earlier model reveals new planetary covers, revised operators’ step, solid rear wheel hubs, a new scraper spill guard and a ‘beefier’ appearance. Image dated 1960. (Photo: Author’s collection) Chris Evans: This model still had the cable to lift the apron door. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid big single engine scrapers profile in our August 2018 magazine. Danny Larson: I ran one of the S-30s, blown and turbocharged V-12s. What a race car. Ran circles around the Cat 621s. JR Simplot Company, Fort Hall, Idaho Lance Rye: Never to be improved from the day concieved [A comment implied that Euclid and Terex were the same heritage.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid S-12 scraper profile that ran in our November 2017 edition. |
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| ES Equipments posted Euclid TS S40 . |
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| ES Equipments posted Euclid TS S40. |
I wish the magazine included a date with its photos.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid 16TDT scraper profile in our June 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid 16TDT scraper profile in our June 2019 magazine. Richard Quint: One of the more luxurious cabs of the day. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid 16TDT scraper profile in our June 2019 magazine. Des Smith: Now fully restored and with Paul Clarke see Wheels at Wanaka. Mike Brown: Was named Brutus when NZ Roadmakers had it |
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| Paul Clarke commented on the above post Here she is now |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid 16TDT scraper profile in our June 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid 16TDT scraper profile in our June 2019 magazine. |
Two comments on the above post by Alan Mascelle:
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| 1 Working at Winstone's quarry, Hunua. |
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| 2 Spent many hours servicing & repairing that machine in the 1960's. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid 16TDT scraper profile in our June 2019 magazine. Allen Cameron: I just realized that with the rear engine it would have had a power shift transmission. Again I didn’t realize they were around this far back I was a Cat dealer mechanic for 44 years and I constantly see how little I knew about the older equipment |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid 16TDT scraper profile in our June 2019 magazine. Chris Holford: Twin power. You hear could them for miles. |
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| Bruce Amos commented on the above post The much loved "Brutus" here performing at Wanaka, very lucky to have people to save it from the scrap heap, Thanks to all who made it happen. |
Mike Gunn posted four photos with the comment: "I spotted this old classic a quarry I was loading at a while back. It still gets used from time to time."
Richard Campbell: A Euclid 16TDT
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Paul Clark added three photos and a video to Mike's post. Here are the photos.
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A home-brew water tank.
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| NZ Ctontractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid big single engine scrapers profile in our August 2018 magazine. |
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| Gaylord Sheldon commented on the above post We had 5 S-28’s used to move overburdened from limestone quarries. We called them green Winnie’s ! |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Euclid SS-40 scraper profile in our August 2022 magazine. Tom LaFortune: J.A. Thompson and later Random Construction had a fleet of 30+ SS40's and I put thousands of hours on them in the steep hills of Southern California in the 1970's. These, along with the Huge Cat 660's cut down mountains and moved countless millions of yards during the massive development spree in the 1970's through the early 21st century. They were very fast and an awesome beast to operate..... Grant Shelton: I ran one of these in the mid 60’s. It was a great machine and a good ride for a scraper!! NZ Contractor magazine: Grant Shelton - 3-axle scrapers did give a much better ride than the 2-axle variety. Author |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Euclid SS-40 scraper profile in our August 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Euclid SS-40 scraper profile in our August 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Euclid SS-40 scraper profile in our August 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Euclid SS-40 scraper profile in our August 2022 magazine. Karyl May: Can’t be 1971… Cat 245 wasn’t released until 1974… |
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| Charles Jones commented on the above post A larger Euclid CH-150 coal hauler used at Peabody Coal Company's Universal Mine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Euclid SS-40 scraper profile in our August 2022 magazine. Mark Davison: And how you supposed to know when the back box is full?? |
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| NA Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Euclid SS-40 scraper profile in our August 2022 magazine. Neville Broadbent: Dual tyres on the scraper, not seen that before NZ Contractor magazine: Neville Broadbent - Some Cat 660’s ran on duals as well. Conditions had to be right for this to work - really well maintained haul roads, minimal grades and suitable fill material being carted |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our August 2024 classic machine profile- of the Euclid/Terex 8240 tractor Caption: Terex publicity photo of an 82-40CA push loading another of the company’s products, an S-24 motor scraper, in fairly easy dirt on the Illinois Toll Road extension. The 82-40 is equipped with a push block on the rear so it can be tandem pushed. Someone in Terex’s publicity department has airbrushed safety helmets on the operator’s heads although there is not a ROPS in sight!! |
Cat also made a water tank model
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| John Laws posted 631E Water Wagon, After Adding up the Hour Meter stickers, should have at least 50,000 Hours on it! Still running strong everyday! Allen Cameron: Water wagons are important on dusty jobs and sometimes needed to get compaction. [I after I read the word "compaction," I noticed that the lower front of the tank is beefed up and can be lowered to the ground. The Euclid tank above does not have the reinforced square front. It doesn't look like the white tank is big enough to fill the yellow tank.] |
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| NZ Ctontractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 615 scraper profile in our April 2019 magazine. |
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| Larry Schmidt posted in Historical Wheel Tractor Scrapers & Dumpers Here is my old Cat 619 water wagon loved hammer down after loading and watching the black smoke pour out the exhaust what a rush. |
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| Paul John posted 1948 DW10 Cat scraper. Been parked at the HCEA museum in Bowling Green, OH for years.... Bob Bergman: It’s a DW-10 with a D318 engine. I owned one for a while. My DW-20 is double that size. [Three comments claim it was a DW-15. But they appear to be wrong.] Carl Swanson: Bob Bergman really the DW15 Was pretty much the same machine. Only geared higher, d 326 ? Engine-- same as DW20/21 only natural aspirated but lots more power 10 speed transmission as opposed to the Dw10 5 speed, foot operated brake pedal, ( DW10 had hand lever brake) nicer seat higher top speed and capability of handily a larger scraper. I've run both of them. Both were rude and crude, neither offering nor accepting operator comforts. Bob Bergman: Carl Swanson if I remember correctly, the DW-20/21’s had the D-337 engines in them and were a fair amount larger than the DW-15 engines. [A comment is a video of a DW-20 driving by.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our February 2024 classic machine review- on the Allis-Chalmers TS-160 scraper. Caption: An image taken from World Construction 1959, shows an all-yellow Allis-Chalmers TS-160 self-loading in some tightly packed clay. The location is not given, but is almost certainly in the USA. This is an earlier production seven cubic yard model. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our February 2024 classic machine review- on the Allis-Chalmers TS-160 scraper. Caption: From an August 1960 brochure, this is the final form of the Allis-Chalmers TS-160 with the extended sidewall bowl raising struck capacity to 8.5 cubic yards. Keen eyes will note some cosmetic changes to the tractor unit as well Don Garzolini: Did these become Terex scrapers? NZ Contractor magazine: Don Garzolini - No, Terex had nothing to do with Allis-Chalmers. Fiat ended up with Allis which disappeared in the early 1990’s. Author |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our February 2024 classic machine review- on the Allis-Chalmers TS-160 scraper. Caption: Basking in the Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA, sun is this Allis-Chalmers TS-160 belonging to Leichty’s Construction. This old girl still has plenty of life left and has good tyres for its age. A credit to its owner Tom Behrens: Them old machines big or small you learned in about 2 rounds or less yeah they were dangerous and common sense prevailed once you got all the operating systems down you could move dirt around pretty well. Mervyn Pepper: TS160 and Euclid S7 were a goodsize smaller scraper, and would have had a good niche market. Cat must have decided the market was still there 50 years later, when they introduced the 611 |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted A view inside the TS-160’s bowl shows the three-section cutting edge – note the slight crescent shaped curve. (Photo: Author’s collection) Don Matsko: Usually that center blade had two rows of bolts they called them drop center blades when you got into hard dirt that center will cut a lot easier. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Fiat-Allis 161 elevating scraper profile in our March 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Fiat-Allis 161 elevating scraper profile in our March 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-200 scraper profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-200 scraper profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-200 scraper profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-200 scraper profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-200 scraper profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-200 scraper profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper profile in our October 2019 magazine. Orville Harris: Contractor I was working for in Okla. had a complete fleet of AC equipment ! Allis Chalmbers came out and put automatic air shift transmissions in 5 of the 260's! They messed around so long the owner said to get those things out and put the stick shifts back in!!! We weren't getting the highway built!! That was 1960!! |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper profile in our October 2019 magazine. Terry Brock: I got to run a AC 260, Got the job done but i would still take a cat any day. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper profile in our October 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper profile in our October 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper profile in our October 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-360 scraper profile in our July 2021 magazine Caption: A very early production TS-360 belonging to Paton & Sons of Pukekohe. Print is dated 1956 but the location is not noted (may actually be Pukekohe). These first TS-360s were all cable controlled apart from the steering. The relationship to the even earlier LaPlant-Choate TS-300 is very obvious, the bowl being unchanged. Allan Paton: Dad loved that scraper i spent many a hr seating on a swanni behind drivers seat. Patrick Dewitt: I hated this scraper it was blind. |
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| Big Machine posted Great! The Allis-Chalmers TS-360 scraper 🧡 Patrick Dewitt: Couldn't see what you were doing lot of gess work with this scraper. Roger Graham: Operated one of these in 70’s, ran out of fuel in winter time, took 2 days to get it running, after that foreman had us fill up at noon everyday, Vickie Whaley Jackson: Junk Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-360 scraper profile in our July 2021 magazine Caption: Brand new Allis-Chalmers TS-360 dumps its load on the fill in this factory supplied print from 1959. Items of note are the windscreen with rear vision mirror (which Allis-Chalmers supplied for free) and the general “no messing around” look of the entire machine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-360 scraper profile in our July 2021 magazine Caption: 1956 factory brochure photo of a TS-360 dumping a load. Allis-Chalmers actually did very little to these first TS-360s after acquiring the manufacturing facilities of LaPlant-Choate, only really tidying up the tractor unit to make it more user-friendly. Everything else was kept pretty much as-is. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-360 scraper profile in our July 2021 magazine Caption: Late model TS-360s at work on a highway relocation job in the USA in the early 1960s. Fleet photos of TS-360s are not easy to come by (total machine production was only 1176 examples over 7 years) so this is a rare image despite its rather poor quality. The machines are painted in the Persian Orange colour scheme with white wheel hubs. Snazzy! |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Allis-Chalmers TS-360 scraper profile in our July 2021 magazine Caption: A hydraulic bottom dump trailer option was offered for the TS-360 called the TW-360. It held 26 tons and was a direct copy of the former LaPlant-Choate TW-300 bottom dumper, but with sideboard to increase its capacity. Allis-Chalmers called them ‘Motor Wagons’. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Good, the Bad & the Ugly profile in our August 2019 magazine. Three scrapers- three design failures! Gary Atsma: That 2 stroke 213 cubic inch engine breathes like a 426 c.i. 4 stroke. So the 2 air cleaners are warranted. It ain't about the cylinder count. Only the ignorant use such terms. Virgilio Fermin: 3-71 Detroit Carl Grove: They had axel breaking trouble. Mathew Frank: That is no ordinary engine!! That 2 cycle Detroit diesel engine will lug right down to 650-700 RPM and will not stall out!!! They can be worked that hard all day, every day, and it doesn't hurt them! No other engine could take that type of use or abuse! You must be thinking that it has a useless wakashaw engine, that most of the oliver farm tractors had in them from factory! [I did not know that Oliver made scrapers.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Good, the Bad & the Ugly profile in our August 2019 magazine. Three scrapers- three design failures! |
Now that I'm looking closer, I see cables in this 1954 design.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 2T-55 & 2T-75 profile that ran in our September 2017 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 2T-55 & 2T-75 profile that ran in our September 2017 edition. To learn more about IH PayScrapers click bio link. [I could not find the link.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 2T-55 & 2T-75 profile that ran in our September 2017 edition. Chuck Mayo: And no safety cabs |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 2T-55 & 2T-75 profile that ran in our September 2017 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 2T-55 & 2T-75 profile that ran in our September 2017 edition. Donald Ewen: I posted a photo some time ago of 3 of Roadmakers Hiliners parked up a Mangare , I think Waikato earthmovers also had some working at mangare site. I Roadmakers also brought them up to Marsden Point to work In the sand and develop the Oil Refinery site Jonny Purdon was the site manager Jimmy and Riri Rufus btothers we’re drivers in the international machines and Scottish Jock drove be 6 Wheel TS 24. Once we had made the haul roads he charged around Creating massive corrogations on them, P in the soft white sand, We eventually convinced him how we work in the sand to prevent the corrogations Baldy Marian was a regular visitor to the job . There also used to a person who’s job was to collect tuatua from the beach at low tide, when ever he was not pretending to be a surveyor”s assistant. The shellfish were put on a hot shovel over a small fire so that the shells would open so the meat could be added to a slice of bread. Mussels and scollops were also obtainable for special occasions. Dry wide blown White sand was also something to commend with on windy days |
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| Des Smith commented on the above post A well restored example of a 2T-75 Payscraper on display at the Roger Mahan Heritage Centre Geraldine |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Bucyrus-Erie company profile that ran in our March 2018 edition. Peter Webb: I still have nightmares about recableing 3 of these. Doug Jeanneret: Wonderful machines. Had good power. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International-Harvester TD-24 heavy tractor profile in our March 2019 magazine. Caption: Early International TD-24 with Bucyrus-Erie B170 scraper at work on highway construction in the USA circa 1948. The tractor is also fitted with a Bucyrus-Erie PCU. With constant power to the tracks even during turns and a synchromesh transmission, the TD-24 was a good scoop tractor. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Bucyrus-Erie company profile that ran in our March 2018 edition. [Several comments indicated it is a TD18 instead of a TD14.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Bucyrus-Erie company profile that ran in our March 2018 edition. Doug Heath: My father had a TD 24 that started on gas then switched over to diesel so much better than the pony engines on cats of the that time. Jim Roth: Doug Heath guess which one lasted and which one didn’t. Peter David Main: The TD24 had a third valve in the head which when opened reduced the compression ratio which enabled it to start up on petrol, and when the bores were warm you threw a lever which closed the valve in the head by a dumbell, the lever switched of the spark plug ignition supply and shut down the carburetor, great motors with short slewing levers. Derek Crouch had them on the Durham Open Cast where I was working. NZ Contractor magazine: Peter David Main - All those earlier International’s (TD-14, TD-18 and the TD-24) had that kind of starting system. Norm Benson: NZ Contractor magazine A lot of the Farmall tractors used that system too. Peter David Main: NZ Contractor magazine And the TD9. John Knepper: Watch my TD 18 if you can find my YouTube channel. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the International Harvester 295 Pay Scraper profile in our June 2020 magazine. James Mahoney: Then Terex and Caterpillar took over... |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the International Harvester 295 Pay Scraper profile in our June 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the International Harvester 295 Pay Scraper profile in our June 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the International Harvester 295 Pay Scraper profile in our June 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the International Harvester 295 Pay Scraper profile in our June 2020 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Bucyrus-Erie company profile that ran in our March 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Bucyrus-Erie company profile that ran in our March 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Curtiss-Wright scrapers profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Curtiss-Wright scrapers profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Curtiss-Wright scrapers profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. Lionel Whitnell: Never seen one before, NZ Contractor magazine: Lionel Whitnell - By all accounts, the small CW-27 and CW-28 motor scrapers were good little machines - apart from the ‘Roto-Gear’ steering. Just a little bit ahead of their time. Author. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our June 2024 classic machine profile- of the Curtiss-Wright CW27&28 scrapers Caption: Photographed during smoko break on the Auckland Motorway job in the early 1960s, this Curtiss-Wright CW-28 has had its Roto-Gear steering removed and replaced with a more conventional steering system using a couple of hydraulic cylinders and some multiplier linkage a-la Caterpillar, making it far more reliable. This CW-28 is NZ Roadmakers’ fleet number 6 Ken O'Connor: What was the original steering system like? Donald Ewen: Ken O'Connor very jerky. When travelling empty after about 45 degrees of turn the inside back wheel of the scraper would lift off the ground when the steering was operate . It had a steering wheel which operated a valve, on or off . There was a Curtiss Wright, aAllis Chalmers 160 ?, and a LeTourneau Westinghouse Model D at a demonstration for northland contractors on a roading job site at Kaiwaka. None of the operators liked the steering on the CW , they liked the Allis steering , but the Model D was the preferred machine for best performance. Three of the contractors ordered a new LW Model D Hugues Danjou: GM engine 6/71 |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Curtiss-Wright scrapers profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. Graeme Addis: NZ Roadmakers had 2 smaller Curtiss Wright scrapers, real little hot rods. Great for stop bank and subdivsion work. One driver on them was Mati the Maori (good guy with rugby ears). The other was a young Jim Honey (RIP), a great lad from Waiuku. Jim was killed when he flipped his Curtiss Wright coming off the borrow hill, at the South end of the Lake Whangape stop bank job. Had it in "Maori Overdrive" and using the bowl for brakes (as a lot did) and entered on to the haul road on top of the new bank a smidgeon quick, and it launched off upside down into the swamp. Very sad at NZR for a while. Peter Dickson: Bit of Allis-Chalmers there. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Curtiss-Wright scrapers profile that ran in our February 2018 edition. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our June 2024 classic machine profile- of the Curtiss-Wright CW27&28 scrapers Caption: An interesting, colorized photo of two T-70 Cobrettes, one push loading the other with an additional track type tractor pushing at the rear. This is years before push-pull and twin-hitch loading so Mack Wooldridge certainly had a few good ideas up his sleeve. The mufflers are also noteworthy, as most of the machinery at the time had straight unmuffled engine exhausts. Tim Kuhn: Always wondered why they had push plates on the front, now I know . |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our June 2024 classic machine profile- of the Curtiss-Wright CW27&28 scrapers |
Caption: Pictured in better times is a genuine Wooldridge ‘Terra-Cobra’ motor scraper, one of the flagship machines in the Wooldridge range of equipment before Curtiss-Wright took over, and a predecessor of the CW-27.
As can be seen, it is not particularly pretty and is all cable controlled.
Dennis Dick: Todd Lake and people wonder why I have back problems and have to have my left arm joint replace
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| Ad Gevers posted Cat D9E-DW21 William Alan Tuson: Great cables scraper !! Eugene Urchyshyn: This is not a DW -21 |
This caught my eye because the load is so big. Some comments agree.
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| Machine World posted Stuart Busby: A sideboarded DW-20! Chris Hughes: This is what they had in the 1950's- notice the front axle steering. Patrick Hayes: The box should be only a few inches of the ground. Tom Corcoran Sr.: Some had rear engines also. Geoff Robb: Bit late to be checking tyre pressure [Some comments indicate this was cable operated.] |
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| Tony Scott posted 627s pushing and pulling. Location is the Stuart Hwy north of Pine Creek,Northern Territory Australia. Date is 1980. TD25 dozer doing the ripping. Bob Weight: Cut and fill ,Good old days. Tony Scott: Good old days for sure. Not a satellite assisted machine to be seen. Bob Weight: Tony Scott Just talent , my friend Tony Scott: Bob Weight Plus a few pegs and a string line. |
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| Larry Schmidt posted My 627 54K512 no cushion hitch 1972 model back in the early 80’s. Stan Olson: I was before the luxury of cabs. Cushions hitched were just being talked about. |
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| Brad Barnish posted If we ain't spilling, we ain't billing Brad Barnish: All you efficiency experts have no clue about my cycles, the extra isn't costing me, I'm gaining an extra yard per carry , so 120 yards / shift...go troll someone who doesn't have their ducks in a row. Brad Barnish: Brian McBride, if I can get it heaped ,and spilling, I am filling all the voids , and what all of you experts don't understand is that it's subjective to the material being loaded, I would never do this in clay or cobble, but with sand , I'm all about it, especially when the load time is under 15 seconds, and you guys keep fuel shaming me ? I guarantee there's no excess of fuel being wasted, in the sand this scraper was probably 60% throttle front and 75% rear. And what my experts are overlooking is the picture itself, do you see a bunch of spill on the ground between the center of the can and the rear tire ? The answer is no , and this was captured just a second before the hitch popped and he got gone . But if course all the critics know better than the guy who is actually there. [There are lots of comments on his post. Of note, Brad doesn't have side boards on this pan because it is a rental unit. They do extend the ones they own.] |
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| Big Engine posted Found Caterpillar product line 1969 |
John Morris posted two photos with the comment:
627E637E657EOn a job we done a couple of years agoI was on the 627 E that day got cheeky with the 657E for a few hrsWas a fun day
Zack Beavers: The sight of a 27 pushing a 57 … 🤦🏻♂️💀😂😂… like the old Chevy commercial where a colbt SS keeps rearending a vet!
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar D7 profile that ran in our March 2018 edition. Don Canne: Worked with an operator who could tip a Let. LP pan on its side and then get it to tip back up on its wheels. With a 2U. D-8 tractor. Harris Billigmeier: Been There Done That Floped One over On A Slope Tangled Ip Both Cables |
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| Mary Paul Sarsby commented on the above post |
They are pushing a scrapper that has a second engine in the back.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Feast & McJorrow hard at work in the Wharerata Hills in the mid-1960s. In the photo are an early Caterpillar D8H-46A with hydraulic 8S blade and No.8 ripper, Euclid TC-12 and two Euclid TS-24s. Feast and McJorrow were a real class act in their day and did not shy away from big machinery to get the job done. Peter Ferguson: Euclid and Caterpillar together must have moved at least half of the world. Garry Alley: Peter Ferguson Allis Chalmers was the front runner for years and years. Carl Smith: Allen Cameron , 1st TC-12 into the country 1960, followed later by a Terex 82-40 & 82-50. [Some comments indicate that a TC-12 could outpush a D9. It used a Detroit Motor.] Chris Evans: 235HP D8H |
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| Historical Construction Equipment Association posted By Thomas Berry, Archivist, Historical Construction Equipment Association Excavation for the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant on the shore of Lake Michigan just south of Ludington, Michigan, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was one of the largest all-scraper jobs on record. The work involved removing 48,000,000 cubic yards of sandy material from a bowl 2.5 miles long and, at its maximum, 110 feet deep and a mile wide, and from the foundations for the power plant and penstocks. The TS-24 motor scraper, first developed by the Euclid Division of General Motors in 1957 and continued by Terex until 1986, was an impressive machine. Its rated capacity was 40 tons, or 24 cubic yards struck and 32 heaped, and it was powered by two Detroit diesels, one in the tractor and another on the scraper. As of early 1969, the engines totaled 605 flywheel horsepower, and the machine weighed 91,000 pounds empty. Now imagine 81 of these big scrapers massed on a single project. Joint venture excavation subcontractor Walsh-Canonie Companies selected this enormous fleet to do most of the digging and organized it into as many as 15 different spreads working simultaneously. Each machine carried 22 cubic yards in place, compacted, adding up to 2,222 yards per scraper per day working two ten-hour shifts. Assisted by nine single-engine S-24s of like capacity for utility work, production reached 180,000 cubic yards per day. Project manager Jack DeSart said, “Our choice was based on capacity in relation to production schedules, terrain characteristics, various soil conditions, grades to be negotiated, and length of haul routes.” The hauls were up to 1,500 feet each way, with grades of up to ten percent out of the basin. Work started in the summer of 1968, and was on schedule as of December 1970. Completion on or ahead of the October 1973, deadline was expected. (Information and image from Terex Product Information S-19, April 1971). The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is a 501(c )3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of the construction, dredging, and surface mining equipment industries. With over 3,500 members worldwide, our activities include the operation of the National Construction Equipment Museum and archives in Bowling Green, Ohio; hosting an annual working exhibition of restored construction equipment; and publication of a quarterly magazine, Equipment Echoes, from which this text is adapted. Our next Convention is August 7-10, 2024, in Canandaigua, New York. Individual memberships are $35.00 within the USA and Canada, and $45.00 US elsewhere. We seek to develop relationships in the equipment manufacturing industry, and we offer a college scholarship for engineering students. Information is available at www.hcea.net, or by calling 419-352-5616 or e-mailing info@hcea.net. David J Lucas: I remember delivering parts there. They built a temporary bridge over US31 for the machines to haul from one side to the other. I think they lined the inside with clay. I don’t remember how, or where the clay came from though. I think that was the biggest project Walsh/Canonie had ever done. They were based near Benton Harbor. [Another comment said the borrow pit for the clay was about two miles away.] |
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| Big Engine posted Nice! The Terex motor scraper Peter Reed: There'll be a nice pair of Jimmy's in that. And it'll sound amazing too... Jim Macdonald: Peter Reed TS24.Push/Pull. Had them in the UK in the 60.s. Used to break the chassis in front of the rear power pack. Richards from Warrington drove them from England to Scotland on the road in the mid 60’s and worked them on the A74 when I was a diesel fitter in Scotland. They were muck shifting a long time before the Twin power Cats and 333fT Wabco’s were competing. The Terex TS24 pioneered Twin Power and Push Pull Scrapers and we used to push them with the twin engined Terex oscillating shaft Dozer when the going was tough. |
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| Mike Chrisman commented on the above post TS24 C with paint job |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December machine profile- on the Cat 613 elevating scraper. Caption: An image from the very first brochure issued by Caterpillar on the 613 in 1969. It emphasized the fact that the machine is versatile and can be driven job-to-job without a low loader. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December machine profile- on the Cat 613 elevating scraper. Caption: This image shows how simple the controls on an early 613 really were. In those heady pre-ROPS days, the only form of comfort offered to the operator was the Milsco air suspension seat, and note the lack of a seat belt! Ken O'Connor: If the machine is running don’t grab the steering wheel on the way up. Kenneth Siemens: The only thing wrong with the 613 was the 3208 engine they had if they would of had a inline 6 cylinder that why The John Deere 762 where better. Roger Horner: Kenneth Siemens I was a dealer field text. The little JD scraper was a good machine The 613 way outsold them. At Cat we had 3208s in 613,225 and generators. We really didn’t have that many problems with them. I heard complaints but when we invested it was all most always customer issues. 613 issues for us were mostly brakes. Next was elevator chains. Charles Talbert: I've operated all these machines extensively. Most would disagree for numerous reasons, but the IH 412 was literally my favorite in this size class. Power to spare and the easiest to maintain and work on by far. [There are lots of comments about how rough riding they were. The comments were mixed as whether or not they had a seat belt.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December machine profile- on the Cat 613 elevating scraper. Caption: Taken at Whitby (just north of Wellington), this is one of Connery Construction’s Caterpillar 613s at work on a housing subdivision, which was ideal 613 work. Items of note are the engine side covers, and the added rear view mirror. Photo taken 1975. Catskill Pete: Nice! A windscreen wiper! They thought of everything. Jim Hopkinson: Over 6000 hours on 623b. Good all-round machine just bloody hot. Jandals shorts and hat was the uniform of the day. Ruger Kuhntovah: Jim Hopkinson Yeah big difference between a 613 and a 623, absolutely hated 613's, rough riding horrible little buggers! 623"s were a lovely machine to operate, yeah I had the same uniform! Billy Henderson: Operated on brand new 1975 strong back. Thomas Joiner: That was an easy machine to haul. 623 not as easy. |
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| Kevin Barr commented on the above post Kevin Barr: Had one for years digging dams in west Queensland. Rough to sit in, but great little machine. |
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| David Williams commented on the above post Still running them today. |
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| Adrian Ross commented on the above post Our little beast, a wonderful machine for its size. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December machine profile- on the Cat 613 elevating scraper. Caption: This Caterpillar 613 belonging to Broadlands Construction in Auckland, is a very early production model (71M618) and has the Caterpillar 3160 engine fitted, and a single speed elevator. This was upgraded to a two-speed type later in production. Robyn Ray: Operated double barrel green lizard for years. Fred Snow: Ran one just like this. Good on streets. |
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| Ron Tatton commented on the above post Had these in Africa 1974 building roads. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December machine profile- on the Cat 613 elevating scraper. Caption: While the scraper unit of the 613B remained virtually unchanged from the previous version, the 613B tractor unit had a whole host of improvements, including the option of a ROPS cab. |
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| Luis Sanchez commented on the above post We love our 1980 613B. Even has A/C |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December machine profile- on the Cat 613 elevating scraper. Caption: A further revision to the 613 in 1993 resulted in the 613C-II. This was quite a different animal to previous versions, and featured a completely redesigned operator’s cab plus another new engine – the Cat 3116T. Why Caterpillar didn’t call this version of the machine the 613D is unknown, as it was quite different. |
Dan Shepherd posted two photos with the comment: "Got the 1974 613 all painted up and ready to move more dirt this summer. Really a nice outfit for us being a farmer to do dirt work with. Yep I know it's not the big boys I see on this page but does what we need it to do."
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 615 scraper profile in our April 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 615 scraper profile in our April 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 615 scraper profile in our April 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 615 scraper profile in our April 2019 magazine. Ken O'Connor: I spent a few years on scrapers and have often wondered are agricultural tractors towing scoops as good as small scrapers? NZ Contractor magazine: Ken O'Connor - It depends on the scale of the earthworks you wish to perform - tidy up work doesn’t really require a larger dedicated machine, but land shaping, contouring etc, would benefit from a proper scraper. Author |
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| Rob Roy commented on the above post Taggarts love operating this one |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 615 scraper profile in our April 2019 magazine. Randy German: The worst scraper cat ever made! Ian Whyman: Randy German well it is only a baby. |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar 619 scraper profile in our December 2020 magazine. Caption: Caterpillar 619B and 442B scraper at rest between jobs in the USA. It has survived in remarkably good condition and has obviously been well cared for during it’s 60 years on the planet. |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar 619 scraper profile in our December 2020 magazine. Caption: 1959 Caterpillar illustration of their new 619B with No.442B scraper. Worth noting is the “No.619” inscription on the bonnet, a curious carry-over from when most Cat products were prefixed with a number designation. The six-cylinder D337T engine is well in evidence. |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar 619 scraper profile in our December 2020 magazine. Caption: A very rare photo of a surviving Caterpillar J619 elevating scraper. In production for only one year, and with less than 100 units manufactured, the J619 served as the basis for the later J621, which was quite popular in its day. No J619s were imported into New Zealand. Peter Dickson: Simaliar to 621J. fitted with Johnson elevator. NZ Contractor magazine: Peter Dickson - The 619J was replaced in 1965 by the 621J. Author |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Caterpillar 619 scraper profile in our December 2020 magazine. Caption: A direct drive 62F series 619C with retrofitted ROPS structure. Again, another remarkably well-preserved example of the type. At some point in its career it has had the spillguard replaced with a smaller, tubular fabrication, but other than that the machine is in original condition. Jim Cooley: Running direct drive scrapers was fun. [I gather from some of the comments that not all 619s were direct drive.] Pete Peterson: Grant Philp the 619 had a 3sp range trans with a 3sp torq divider like a 99F 769 or a 16 grader thst had a D343. D340 - 4cyl version of a D343 / 1693 From what I can ascertain, the 619C was the only Cat earthmover that used the D340T. It was however, sold as an industrial engine |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Sneak preview of our October 2024 classic machine profile- the Caterpillar J621 scraper Caption: The J621’s predecessor, the J619, seen on a US highway improvement job in 1964. Notice that some bright spark at Caterpillar has messed up the numbers on the J619’s bowl, the decals reading “J919”! Neville Broadbent: I operated a J621 for McBreen Jenkins many moons ago. V8 Cat power , pre cushion hitch though. Lucky I had a cushion hitch spine . |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Sneak preview of our October 2024 classic machine profile- the Caterpillar J621 scraper Caption: W.Stevenson & Son, a major Caterpillar user in the North Island, had a solitary J621 elevator and this is it. This was well in the days before ROPS regulations but note should be taken of the mudguards (a Cat optional item) on the scraper. Just how long these lasted is anyone’s guess! |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our October 2024 classic machine profile- the Caterpillar J621 scraper Caption: From a contemporary Caterpillar publication dated 1967, here is a factory shot of a job ready J621 elevating scraper. Not a great deal to note really, other than the very clean lines of the machine, simple operators compartment layout, and the complete absence of Caterpillar’s cushion hitch. This was never offered for the J621 and made its first appearance on the J621’s successor, the 623. Tony Fryer: The J621 featured the twin cam V8 D336 engine and was first with the semi automatic 8 speed. Wouter Mol: More photos on |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Fletcher Construction were the only New Zealand contractor to own multiple J621 elevating scrapers, having two of them. They both saw extensive use in the Wellington area, particularly on the Whitby subdivision around the Pauatahanui inlet. This is the second machine delivered, in action |
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| NZ Contractor Magazine posted Sneak preview of our October 2024 classic machine profile- the Caterpillar J621 scraper Caption: Another American domiciled Caterpillar J621 in outstanding condition for its age. It is working in rural land development and has been fitted with a very substantial ROPS structure. Every panel is straight as a die and a good example of a well-looked-after machine. |
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| Thomas Kagerbauer posted Caterpillar 633C since 1975 in the same gravelpit. Owner says round about 50.000hr on it. And still running 4 days a week. Ron Campbell: That is a 633 elevating scraper. 631 tractor but a elevating bowl with the whole bowl bottom opening up to dump. Rick Bishop: I've never seen a 633 c , run 631c& d, peeled the bottom up on a 631 d, rolled up like a sardine can, double pushing with D8&D9 Ron Campbell: Rick Bishop we shoved them with a D11 and no bowl problems. 19 seconds to get 18 M3. Roger Horner: Yes those were cool machines. As a cat dealership field mechanic the story was a little different in the 70s and 80s Main frame cracks on D9G was common. We lost our minds on D8 and D9 combustion in the radiator calls. Bearing failure on all the high speed engines. We were dancing in the street when a D346 or D348 hit 10,000 hours. Never had to worry about that on D 343 as they never had a chance to wear it as they all blew up on over speed or over heat. All 12 and 14s were scrapped with broken mani frames. Now I just plug my computer in and change the bad sensor. I do miss the good old days ! Harry Wulff: Yep good in loose dirt but when clay especially wet had trouble dumping the load as the floor and ejector were one peace floor would slide up towards back of scraper and it would stick so had to find rough ground and hopefully it would loosen up [A couple of comments indicate that the D could not dig as well as the C.] |
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| Brian Partridge commented on Thomas' post, cropped Run them everyday |
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| Mark Gottardi commented on Thomas' post, cropped They were a great machine. I learnt to operate on this one. |
Lucibello Heavy Equipment photography posted three photos with the comment: "One of DW Whites Cat 631gs being push loaded by a D9T on a site job in New Hampshire. This is one of the few, if not the only, scraper spread working in the region."
[So CAT is up to the letter "G".]
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted A power shift Caterpillar D8H-46A series equipped with the full push dozer package – 8C cushioned push blade and rear push block – loads a Caterpillar 631B open bowl scraper on an Illinois, USA road job in the mid-1960s. |
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| Big Engine posted Mohamed Arbaoui: Scraper CAT 631. |
Carl Smith posted three photos with the comment: "Bill Butson, Cat 631 line up & a D9 in the back row, Twizel, Upper Waitaki Hydro Scheme, c1978, story go's Bill had GGH cover all service & maintenance, most well looked after fleet on the project & it paid, Keith Robertson."
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| Jesse Woods posted Doing a hitch change out on a 631E out on site a few years ago. Alex Nicol: Gavin Handley Brierty 631E, this would be one of the ones they imported from France that had full enclosed cabs but no a/c from factory. Larry Freeman: Been there done that so many times over the years. 637’s , 657’s and 666B scrapers. While working for dealership in Southern California. Peter Woodburn: thought the e model had integrated ac. Kayne Hayward: Peter almost all but a few scoops I've been in, in Australia have roof mounted ones because they handle the heat better than factory. Edgar Pearson: I helped change the pins and bushings on a 631 E but it was in a shop with an over head hoist. Denny Jamison: I rember back in 1970 we had only two acel trailers so the 31 s had to torn down and hauled a half on each trailer. Gavin Handley: The trick is to put a bit of downward pressure with the bowl when setting up the stands....that way it unloads the front tyres a little so it does'nt "pop" up when you seperate. |
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| 1:00 video of "Volvo A40F and K-Tec 1237 ADT Train getting push loaded by an Ox Block a few years back!" |
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| Machinery Planet posted K Tec 1233ADT scrapers |
K-Tec Earthmovers posted two photos with the comment:
66 yards, one tractor.The K-Tec 1233 Train doubles up efficiency by pulling two 1233 scrapers with a single power unit and one operator.On job sites with longer cut-zone and haul road areas, the K-Tec 1233 Train provides impressive production performance at the end of the day. This configuration has an added advantage since it can split into singles on your job site as conditions change.
[It is interesting how ag tractors have become big enough that they are showing up in more and more construction jobs.]
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| Big Machine posted Looks great! CAT Jeff Gore: Can't tell what size but it's a monster Dennis DeBruler: I can see 657B on the side. 550+400hp |
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| Jason Baron posted New work toy [637E rebuild] Ryan Walsh: Last of the triple sticks Chester Stafford: The E series is IMHO the best scraper cat ever built. Michael Jaska: Chester Stafford the series 2 was better than the 657 G by a long way. Jeff Fishpool: The "E" were a good series, looks great and no plastic ! |
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| Mike Chrisman commented on Jason's post |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 657 scraper profile in our Oct 2021 magazine |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 657 scraper profile in our Oct 2021 magazine Derryk Rainkie: Best invention cat made for a scraper, improves cycle time and keeps operator’s backs healthy! Pat Payne: I remember having to try and keep up with new 651 cats with a cushion hitch With a 641 non cushion on a long haul was standing more than sitting just ride it out. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 657 scraper profile in our Oct 2021 magazine |
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| Dabancens Bruno commented on the above post |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 657 scraper profile in our Oct 2021 magazine |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 657 scraper profile in our Oct 2021 magazine |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives - this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 657 scraper profile in our Oct 2021 magazine |
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Is this the same model as above? It also has a second engine in the back.
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| Machinery Planet posted Mike Chrisman: set up to Push Pull [I think push-pull means that it can hook up to another scrapper and push it while it is being loaded and then be pulled while this one is being loaded.] |
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| Beau Forchini posted Are 641s considered rare? Only one I’ve seen, sits in the back of the yard. Jim McIntosh: There was a time that they were king of the mountain in highway construction. Slam Dunk: Jim McIntosh, haul roads and diversion ditches too. Chris Evans: Here's a quick 600 series lesson. The 641/651/657 all introduced in 1962 shared the same tractor . 641 was 28 yards struck/ 38 yards heaped. The 651 was 32 yards stuck/44 yards heaped. The 657 was same capacity as 651. The 641 outsold the 651 until 1970, then the 651 outsold the 641. Some years they would build around (20) 641's & (150) 651's. All machines were upgraded to "B" series in 1969, the 641B lasted until 1982, the 651B/657B were upgraded to " E in 1983/84 , the 651E lasted until 2005. When the "G " series was introduced ,only the 657 continued (651 was discontinued) as it outsold the 651 a wide margin. Happily due to renewed interest the 651 was reintroduced in 2021, hopefully it survives. Rocky Ungaro: Watched a 575 Komatsu fold a 651 up like an envelope in Las Vegas in the nineties hard ground and a 300,000lbs plus bull dozer not good combination. [The 575 must be a bulldozer and it was the pusher.] They used those 575’s for ripping caliche. An amazing machine. Was extremely powerful. Wouldn’t want to pay it’s fuel bill. Joe Bromley: Rocky Ungaro. Only about 2L a minute! Then common sense prevailed and drill and blast was used! Not cheap when you get about 5hrs out of a ripper boot! Allen Cameron: They are getting more rare ever year People are having to part some of them out to keep the rest going Cat quit supporting a lot of the parts for them. Lex Lassman: That's a good load with the added sideboards. |
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| Dabancens Bruno commented on Beau's post Some models are more or less rare and this model is very rare because it's the first series of production 1962 1963 the fixing of cylinders of body are triangular and if it was possible to see the back it would be possible to see the rollers of ejector; the fender guards are special to the model 641 on the other series are the same for 651 657. |
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| Big Machine posted Will be ready for work soon , 657G. |
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| John Hahn commented on Beau's post 651. D9G and quad 9. In working cloths. |
Lucibello Heavy Equipment photography posted two photos with the comment: "Lucibello Heavy Equipment photography."
Terry Davis: Very rare to see the 651/657 on the East Coast.
Rory Kania: Terry Davis Looks like a Californication transplant, with those sideboards…
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So when the pan got bigger, the tractor went back to having four wheels. Some comments indicate that this pan was exceptionally big.
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| Jeff Fishpool posted 660B taken on highway bypass job , Berrima .NSW. 1986. Thiess . [The 666 had twin engines.] |
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| Comments on Jeff's post |
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| Jeff Fishpool posted Myself and 660B, River Diversion job in Victoria. We had 8x 660s on this project. Thiess, 1985 . Carl Faith: One of first 660’s built in Decatur, Illinois in mid 60’s. [There are more photos of Cat scrapers here.] Les Freske: Where is Victoria? Jeff Fishpool: Les Freske Bottom of East Coast, Australia. Jye Savage: Where abouts in Victoria? Jeff Fishpool: Jye Savage Morwel River. Larry Freeman: Working at Caustic Dam project when I worked for dealership in Southern California. They ran 660’s and 666’s. I loved watching the operators adjusting the hitch transfer load away from front axle of tractor going down hill in over drive. Yes kicking machines into neutral. It was crazy seeing the front axle with very little load on it. Only old Caterpillar people know the operator could adjust load from operators seat. 😳👍😎 D Cord Logan: Very cool that's the first one i've ever seen with a cab. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Euclid big single engine scrapers profile in our August 2018 magazine. Tony Fryer: I once worked with of a fleet of 72 of these beasts pulling bottom dump wagons, average load was around 120 tons and they were overtaking the road going Fiat trucks on the longer hauls, terrifying the Fiat drivers as the trailer wheels were wider than the tractor and would take out the truck wing mirrors! Alan Engnes: Always loved the big gals(666's) . A triple 6 was nothing but a 660 with a rear engine. Always considered them the easiest scraper to work on of all Cat's scrapers. To bad they've about became extinct. Not many around anymore. Buster Holt: D346 V8 ,be about 500hp in that early model 660,then later they went 550hp,early engines were 90 degree V8’s and known as the RM180 ,then later became 60 degree V8. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 660 scraper profile in our October 2018 magazine. Doug Weller: That’s a lot of good information. Remove the engine in an hour, how did we get to where we are now? You can’t see the engine in an hour for junk let alone remove it. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 660 scraper profile in our October 2018 magazine. Dick Hale: M&K used 660's to pull Athy Wagons John Dozer: From memory that one's a 650 stickered up as a 660 |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 660 scraper profile in our October 2018 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Caterpillar 660 scraper profile in our October 2018 magazine. George Gates: We had a 666 Cat scraper in Wyoming mine I worked. Converted into a water tanker to keep the dust down. We ran 657’s loaded with dirt and it was full of water and out pull us up hill. It had a rear engine the same as our front!! Gary Newbury: Holland belt loaders triple sixes with 3 wagons hooked on the 666s now that’s moving material Glenn Gosline: These look like Ralph Mitzel machine's. |
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| Jeff Fishpool commented on the above post |
Note that it has two bulldozers pushing it.
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| ES Equipments posted The Caterpillar 666 motor scraper . |
I didn't appreciate how big the 660+666 tractor was until I could clearly see the driver setting in it.
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| 8:40 video @ 0:29 via MachinesView via Facebook |
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| Roy Morey posted Another dream machine from the cat archives. I reakon you would take most of the back 40 to turn the thing around. [According to some comments, Cat was trying to emulate a Euclid design. And there were several comments saying there would be alot of welding because there would be a lot of cracks in the frame.] |
This strikes me as a more reasonable what to do two pans. But I think one would have to make sure the rear is not pushing too hard when turned at a sharp angle.
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| Ray Morey posted An early cat tandem bowl scraper from the archives again. I'ts what is known as a "concept" machine, they had to build one and try it to find out if it was feasable Steve Hires: Terex had a 2 pan triple engine screaming Detroits. Jamie Richter: Steve Hires it was a TTS-14! Les Behrendorff: Never seen one of those ,ohhhhh what fun on a wet clay haul road 👍🤣😂 Donald Templeton: I seen this machines before I watched them work one day. It takes a pretty wide turn for them to get turned around so they’re only good for Holland big dirt. |
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| Grant Shelton commented on Ray's post Here is a tandem Euc I operated back in the mid 60’s. 12v in front, v16 in the center and v8 in back. Was very fast and hauled lots of dirt. |
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| Ray Morey posted A couple of weeks ago there was comments made as to multi bowl scrapers. This is a Cat triple built by Peter Kewitt for a large contract in California (I think) Ben Clark: I believe it was operated by kewitt but mainly designed and built by Buster Peterson of California. Peter Drouin: Ben Clark yeah it's in the Peterson History book. They built it because of the Letoureau monster. There is even a picture they roaded it to job in San Leandro. They were all built for the California Aqueduct. Chris Evans: Brian Drinnan The photo is 1964/65, this was about 5 years before push pull was introduced. Gary Pinkston: There were two doubles and one triple set of 657 twin engine scrapers on the California aqueduct. I was the technical engineer with caterpillar on the project. Actual story the rear scraper came disconnected and went off thru the countryside at about 5 mph. Had to go get it with a field truck. Any more photos? Reo D Wright: years ago I worked off and on with a fellow who ran the 3 x657 we all thought he was full of BS till he brought photo albums to work. |
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| Ray Morey posted Here it is from the front. San Luis reservoir california 1965 |
I presume that S-11's happened before ts24's.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our May 2024 classic machine profile- of the Terex S-11 scraper Caption: Based in Napier, Fernhill River Shingle purchased the second S-11E series B machine to be delivered. Note that this machine has a non-standard exhaust system, designed to reduce the noise created by the GM 4-71 diesel engine. S-11E’s were noisy little critters! Roger Nelson: Its a Michigan 110 with Terex decals. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our May 2024 classic machine profile- of the Terex S-11 scraper Caption: Another South Island Domiciled S-11E at a used machinery dealer’s yard in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin in 1976. The locally manufactured cab is noteworthy. [One comment called it fantastic and another called it reliable. It sounds like it was a good machine.] |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our May 2024 classic machine profile- of the Terex S-11 scraper Caption: New Zealand’s first S-11E series B (18UOT series) was this unit delivered to Pool Bros in Rotorua. This contractor liked the machine so much it bought a second unit a few months later. Note the smooth bowl sides, the most obvious spotting feature between the older 16UOT and the later 18UOT series machines. |
A comment above says the Terex S-11 is really a Michigan 110 with decals. So here is the real deal.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Hancock 192/Clark Michigan 110-9 elevating scraper profile in our December 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Hancock 192/Clark Michigan 110-9 elevating scraper profile in our December 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Hancock 192/Clark Michigan 110-9 elevating scraper profile in our December 2019 magazine. Edd Burnett: Worked at the old Hancock plant in Lubbock, Texas back in the early 60s,help build the first 292 (twin engine scraper). Don Whiting: We had a Michigan 110-11B for a few years, worst scraper we had, load faster, travel faster and break down faster than everything else we had. At the end of the week the Wabco 111A and Inter E211 were way more productive. Tony Duncan: Don Whiting the Michigan 110-11B was the same machine as the terex S11E, the Wabco 111As and the E211s went good but the later model International 412 went even better. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Hancock 192/Clark Michigan 110-9 elevating scraper profile in our December 2019 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the Hancock 192/Clark Michigan 110-9 elevating scraper profile in our December 2019 magazine. |
I had never heard of Wabco until I came across these posts.
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. Aaron Thurman: 27 yd, 2x8-71 at 700 hp. Kinda wish Dresser would have bought the scraper line to keep them going a little longer. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 252FT scraper profile in our October 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 353FT scraper profile in our Feb 2022 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- This photo accompanied the Wabco 353FT scraper profile in our Feb 2022 magazine. Shaun Hurst NZ: “Brutish Elegance”…..what a perfect description ! |
Lucibello Heavy Equipment photography posted three photos with the comment: "Three Terex TS24s out on a strip job in western Pennsylvania."
Calin Finney: I guess the first terex ts24 12v71 Detroit diesel up the front and a 671 Detroit diesel up the back the second terex ts24 could be a 12v71 Detroit diesel up the front and a 671 Detroit diesel up the back and the third terex could have a 6110 Detroit diesel up the front and maybe a 671 Detroit diesel up the back do you think I’m right guys ❤️🤩🥰😍😉
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Lucibello Heavy Equipment photography posted five photos with the comment: "Two Terex TS24Bs owned by JDM on a site job outside Philadelphia. Both of these TS24 appear to be former Durkin & Sons machine based on the red paint showing through the green."
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| Big Machine posted Looks nice! TEREX S-24B, Scrapper |
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| Big Machine posted Cool! The Euclid/Terex S-24 scraper Todd Welty: Spent a lot of time on those scrapers. They sure were low on power. The guys running Cats DW21s could run rings around you. Kelly Willcuts: Don't see no rear engine. We had the TS-24. V-12 in front and 6 cylinder in back. |
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| Big Engine posted Nice! International 412 🥰 |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December 2024 classic machine profile- International-Harvester's 412 elevating scraper. Caption: Where it all started back in 1966. A pristine International-Harvester E200, 9 cubic yard elevating scraper with optional sun canopy awaits delivery to its new owner. As can be seen, the E200 was a very simple, easy to operate machine and at this point in history, ROPS had yet to make an appearance. Peter Dickson: Liked this E200, spent a few thousand hrs on one, IH DT361 motor coupled to 2 speed lock up clutch Allison transmission and Clark diff. Single speed elevator drive motor. ...E412 had the 2 speed elevator drive, DT466 engine, real good little scrapers. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Sneak preview of our December 2024 classic machine profile- International-Harvester's 412 elevating scraper. Caption: Mid-70s-era International 412 with the optional factory cab fitted. Note that this is a soft cab, ROPS still having to make an appearance when this machine was originally delivered. As can be seen, the cab (and machine), are quite narrow making for a ‘cosy’ work environment. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Early model International 412B parked up for ‘smoko’. OSHA has spoken, and the machine is equipped with a factory installed ROPS structure. Tyres are 23.5x25 E3s. |
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| Big Machine posted Nice! International TD25 Bulldozer pushing a 433 Pay Scraper🫰 Tom Behrens: Did that on both ends even though that scraper is powered with 2 motor it certainly helped to loader up more close to 1000 horsepower Loved every minute. Memories that will Never come to end |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 495 PayScraper profile in our December 2018 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 495 PayScraper profile in our December 2018 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 495 PayScraper profile in our December 2018 magazine. Chris Evans: I saw this recently in another group and notice the 562's. |
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| Big Engine posted Nice! The Allis-Chalmers 562 motor scraper John Mcintosh: GREAT Visual but Tad HOT 🔥 🥵 for the Operator John Frisby: You had a fly screen what more do you want. ES Equipments posted The Allis-Chalmers 562 motor scraper . |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 495 PayScraper profile in our December 2018 magazine. |
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Classic Machine pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the International 495 PayScraper profile in our December 2018 magazine. |
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| Ashland Industries posted Ashland 3013E with a massive self-loaded heap sent to us from Riverview Excavation out of Glasgow Kentucky!  |
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| Cover photo for Ashland Industries |
A segue between scrapers and bulldozers.
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| Ad Gevers posted Pull-Push-Pull-Push Bob Bergman: Two D-7’s and an International in this photo. Where is the D-8? [The post is in a Cat D8 group.] |
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| Machinery Planet posted Caterpillar Sixty Glenn Lennox: Prototype fitted with a marine diesel engine. Was so large they had to make the radiator taller to fit. Caterpillar soon after developed their own diesel engines. David Moore: The first Diesel powered caterpiller tractor, with the Atlas engine, imported from California by Peter Thomas |
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| Machinery Planet posted 1,050hp Komatsu D575A-1 super dozer Lorne Manary: Typical 575 , parked and in pieces ! |
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| Big Machine posted Really big ACCO dozer! 💪 Bob Lamky: That engine looks like a toy in the dozer. Doug Berry: Bob Lamky twin CAT engines horizontally opposed. Ron Bohm: The same Cat Motor as in the early 641 and 660 at most 500hp not much for that sized machine. [That is why the information that it had two engines is so important.] |
Gigantic Trucks posted two photos with the comment: "John Deere Unveils Its Biggest Bulldozer Yet at Conexpo."
Jay Raza: This was 2017 … now we’re at the 1050P.
[Some comments indicate this is about the size of a Cat d6, d7, or d8. I've noticed that Cat models go up to d11.]
Bradley Wayne Irvin: It’s a 1050 they been out still don’t have the power a D8 has.
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In case you think I forgot these notes are supposed to be about history.
Alen Kerr posted two photos with the comment: "Old Dick Collis transporter Dart."
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| HOLT CAT posted Rewinding the clock to 1945 with this distinctive track-type tractor, custom-designed to conquer both land and sea for the US Coast Guard! |
See sidebooms for more photos of dozers.
See Holt for Caterpillar's predecessor.
Before Scrappers Were Developed
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| MWRD posted A steam scraper removing topsoil in an area between Montrose and Lawrence Avenues on May 21, 1904. The Sanitary District of Chicago (now the MWRD) straightened and enlarged a portion of the North Branch of the Chicago River at the beginning of the 20th century to improve drainage and reduce flooding. The original river was a relatively small, curved and meandering stream between Lawrence Ave and Belmont Ave. By the end of the project, some portions of the river were widened and deepened, and other areas were filled in and replaced by a completely new channel. |
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| MWRD posted A steam scraper removes topsoil in an area between Montrose and Lawrence Avenues on May 21, 1904. Bruce Vee: There's an elevating grader being towed by this traction engine. The upper end of the conveyor is visible just above the front wheel of the machine. The horse drawn wagon is most likely a belly dump wagon receiving the scraped overburden. |
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| MWRD posted on Sep 25, 2022 An elevating grader is seen removing topsoil during the beginning of excavation for the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant in an area near 123rd Street on the north side of the facility site on November 18, 1920. |
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| MWRD posted An elevating grader removing topsoil during the beginning of excavation for the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant near 123rd Street on the north side of the facility site on November 18, 1920. |
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MWRD posted Nov 2018 Historical photo of the week: An elevating grader removes topsoil during the beginning of excavation for the MWRD Calumet treatment plant in Chicago near 123rd St. on the north side of the facility site on Nov. 18, 1920. [See Grain Elevator for location information.] MWRD posted Jun 2020 An elevating grader is seen removing topsoil during the beginning of excavation for our Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) near 123rd Street in Chicago on the north side of the facility site on November 18, 1920. In operation since 1922, the Calumet WRP is the oldest of our seven WRPs and currently serves a population of more than one million people in an area of about 300 square miles. |
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| MWRD posted An elevating grader is seen removing topsoil during the beginning of excavation for the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant near 123rd Street on the north side of the facility site on November 18, 1920. MWRD posted, same comment |
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| MWRD posted Removal of topsoil during excavation of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Summit, Illinois, on July 10, 1894. |
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| MWRD posted Excavation for construction of the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant on September 27, 1923, in Skokie. |
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| MWRD Excavation and grading for construction of the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant in Skokie, Illinois, on September 27, 1923. |
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| MWRD posted Excavation for the construction of McCormick Boulevard on May 9, 1925. The MWRD completed construction of McCormick Boulevard (originally McCormick Road) in 1926. It was named in honor of Colonel Robert Rutherford McCormick who was the Sanitary District's President during construction of the North Shore Channel. |
A more modern loader.
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| Ad Gevers posted 2x Cat D8+ Euclid beldloader [beltloader?] Bob Bergman: Those 14A’s are rolling coal! Great photo. [This post is in a group that features Cat D8.] |
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| MWRD posted A steam scraper removing topsoil in an area between Montrose and Lawrence Avenues on May 21, 1904. The Sanitary District of Chicago (now the MWRD) straightened and enlarged a portion of the North Branch of the Chicago River at the beginning of the 20th century in order to improve drainage and reduce flooding. The original river was a relatively small, curved and meandering stream between Lawrence Avenue and Belmont Avenue. By the end of the project, some portions of the river were widened and deepened, and other areas were filled in and replaced by a completely new channel. |
The beginning of scraper development
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| NZ Contractor magazine posted Pictures from our archives- this photo accompanied the evolution of the single axle scraper article in our June 2018 magazine. |
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| Ray Morey posted This is the prototype Twin 6 at work in a Huntly mine. The tie-bar and saddle over the front radiator were to add strength after the goose-neck started to tear the pivot off the front gearbox.. Later ones were beefed up. There was possibly 9 machines built?? and they were built in Aus. by "Steelweld Industries" I know of one assembled but unused and another still in the shipping crate in Aus. Kevin O'Regan: What a wonderful photograph. The Fordson major farm tractors became the power of many different applications. Alister Jane Nicholson: Were they still powered by the tractor motor or upgraded too the Ford six? Ray Morey: Alister Jane Nicholson nothing fancy, just the 4D 60 hp engines. Peter Orchard: Alister Jane Nicholson some were changed to trader 6 cylinder engines. Jim Chilton: How did they synchronise the two gearboxes,or is one reversed,or am I over complicating things??? Ray Morey: Jim Chilton yer overthinking things Jim, the rear tractor "crown wheel was flipped and the gearing was a pair of "Brockhouse " torque converters 3 speed--two foreword and one reverse. dual controls were air operated |
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| Senior Big Machine posted, cropped Never seen one of these ! |
A 1:58 video about the Ashland 15 yard Scraper.
This is the kind of video that I don't like: a lot of short clips. But it is an interesting subject.
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| 1:00 video @ 0:21 |
20 images from a brochure on "D7G D8K D9H DD9H and SxS D9H."
0:59 video of a restored Euclid being loaded (why can't people learn to turn the phones to a landscape position?)
0:27 video of a 6-wheel drive tractor pulling a K-TEC scraper
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