On the one hand, diesels are bashed and castigated.....on the other hand, there's simply no other way to move earth this efficiently! The symphony from this orchestra of CAT diesels.....is priceless
you took the words right out of my mouth sitting here in Alabama, listening to politicians from California talking about banning internal combustion engines and what not, yet if it wasn't for all this technology and over a century of industrial revolution and innovation, California would not exist as it is today. just amazing.
Holy smoke! This is EXCELLENT! I really like the drone footage. These operators are pros. That is a great looking job. I operated all kinds of heavy equipment in '60s, through mid-1970. Cushion hitch, air-ride seats surely helped these 657 scrapers. Nonetheless, still a young operator's job. Wonderful video series!
You sit patiently waiting for months for an SCEM video to come along and when it does it absolutely blows your mind. A vision of beauty in all the CATs and a symphony of sound in all those exhausts. Add that to some excellent photography and what more could an enthusiast of the "Big Metal" want, - just more videos like this one.
I have never seen so many scrapers on one job in my life! What a fantastic site. I’d love to be operating one of them with this crew. This is a great vid, I enjoyed it. Thank you.
Good evening !! Thank you for the video! Please keep them coming, it's so good to see such a large fleet of scrapers working. The drone footage is excellent!! Take care 👍😎🇬🇧.
Wow! I've never seen a video this interesting and so much fun to watch. My hat is off to you. Thank you for making these great videos. I wish you all the best! Thanks again.
Any one notice that when they get to the fill to spread their load they split tracks to help with compaction, not like a bunch of sheep. A loaded scraper compacts the fill material, a saves the rollers save a lot of time to pass the nuclear hydrometers test. Not like a bunch of sheep following in the same tracks. Which can cause uneeded problems I certain conditions, as an example, pumping the soil that is almost impossible to get compaction without digging it out, and hauling out the unsuitable and bringing in usable soil. It takes longer and equipment that could be used elsewhere. LOVE CAT YELLOW, AND THAT UNBEATABLE SOUND OF PURE POWER
It is the details that separate a good H. E. operator from a pretender. These operators are pros. That cut, the fill are being done by artists! That soil looks just right for tandem push, pull methods.
At $650k to $750k each, the CAT scrapers in this video represent a huge equipment investment. Adding into that the cost to operate, (the daily fuel bill must be staggering,) there must me an awful lot of site development work in SoCal in order to squeeze out a profit out of so much investment. Impressive video.
What an awesome video!! Fun watching these amazing operators and their 657 pan really move the earth!! Some of my favorite scenes is "riding on the back of the scraper", observing the action. Great video showing how those push-pull pans work in tandem to get each pan loaded. Seems like quite a haul from cut to fill, justifying using so many pans to get the yardage moved. Thanks again, you are the best for big-time California scraper action videos!!
I have never in my life seen a procession of scrapers like this. I suspect it may have been something close to this when I was too young to remember-- the interstate 280 in Northern California being cut near our soon to be Redwood City onramp/offramp. My dad used to go up and watch after work. I went with him, but only have a vague memory, as I would have been about 5-6 years old.
Wow! 3 out of every 5 scrapers Cat builds must be earmarked for this company!! I've never seen a line-up of so many in one place. Awesome!!! Would drop dead at the fuel bill though...
It’s crazy to think that there are a select few people who would gladly stand there all day in any weather and watch these gigantic dirt eating mechanical ants all day
Meus parabéns para vocês que pilotam estas maquinas pesadas, vocês são guerreiros valentes e destemidos gosto de assistir vocês trabalhando com suas maquinas e não me canso de assistir, é gratificante para mim, fica aqui o meu abraço para todos e que Deus os protejam abençõe a todos vocês Amém. João Martins - Gravatai - Rio Grande do Sul / BRASIL .
Does anybody know if this job is still going or if it’s done ?? If so, are they doing another job ?? Just wondering what they did with all those pans, if they finished it. That’s an incredible amount of money to be sitting and not working. I’ve never seen so many pans working on one job. What a sight to see !!
Amazing operation with beautiful, new, Cat scrapers. The drone footage is excellent - what brand and model drone was used? I have a DJI Mavic Pro which could likely produce this quality of video. Just curious.
Jody go and watch some of old jpaydirts videos to see how the hitch system and loading works. Wemen usually make the best operators for these machines as they treat them well
That is true. Generally, the least experienced operators run scrapers. Older guys move out to hoe, dozer, blade, etc. Or maybe to a lay-down machine or mill plainer. These guys in this video are professional and really skilled
Did anybody actually count the number of machines??? Where the hell do you keep that many machines when you got no work for them, even more important how did anybody raise enough wedge to buy them all, some look quite new.
K models have the steering and seat angled. G models can have the seat adjusted so it’s angled, but steering wheel and column are straight. E models are straight both ways.
