great video, i had a day on a site back in the 70,s riding on Terex scrapers and dozens,I've loved big machines all my life, now I'm 50, great stuff. but never worked in the industry.
Looks like they are pushing flathead don't make money that way take it down it's all got to go push on a decline those scrapers will load in half the time
I wish I had pictures of my father but i do not. The DD9 was used to build the circulation canals to cool the nuclear power plant in Virginia. This was in 1970. There were several DD9s used in West Virginia to build I-64 about the same time.
@@larryclemmer5583 what is name I thought they called those quad nines they set up side by side nines also. One operator that is when Engineers made something functional with out the necessity of computers and buttons wired to lengths of coated metal that possibly could fail in certain climates and weather conditions. Hurrah
is it a case of ... your going over the top,,, their is two of us ,,, and one of you,,, great postings ,, we do not have many heavy units like this in the uk,,,
Apparently SO CAL Earthmovers utilizes their Scrapers ALOT ! Just about every video of theirs features their fleet of Scrapers . Another thing to add they got some really ballsy Scraper operators. To come down those steep hills ….. smh. 👍
While your hear watching this maybe you can explain something to me, why do you guys in Canada not tag up the same way the Californians do? ie the scraper does not stop and is picked up on the run? you have cushions on your 11,s yet the 51 stops and you tag up slowly (as compared to the video)
Is there a reason why the noses of these machines have always pointed skyward? You know, like that cute blonde that you just smiled at? Does that angle help the digging somehow?
Why push the pans? Do they all need to be pushed? Seems like a shit load of work, hours, fuel, and everything to move one pan of dirt. Will it not dig under it's own power?
No. They won’t load as quickly. Limited by traction. A 657 (twin motors) will self load better or in a gang. 653’s have paddles to load. For moving big dirt these guys are king .
Why doesn't the first dozer to return start pushing instead of trying to keep in the same order. Seems like that would be more efficient, but then again I know nothing about scrapers. Biggest I ever ran was a 330CL
+PA diecast construction Production, don't let the scrapers stop just keep pushing...Most the time they stay in the same order but when one 651 loads out to long the other pushcat breaks off to tag the next scraper
I know it's years later but 651's use the dozers as propulsion power. The tractor engine of the scraper is more for hydraulic impliment control and functions. Twin engine push pull scrapers hook up and load over longer distances where as single engine scrapers need assist load in a short but deep cut.
Thought that one farthest from you was going to fall off the edge - from where you were filming that looked a bit hairy. Odd assortment of drivers they must employ - one virtually stopped dead half way down the slope then another goes past you with a virtually empty can.
That's because that scraperhand took way to long and that's how pushcat hands tell you that you fucked up. They leave your ass full or not. Good stuff. I hope it was dean.
+88bigbyrd I bet he went down that hill like 'a bat out of hell' as I presume the brakes had been removed. Wouldn't like to be the very first down on a job like that. The ground in the background looked very flat - had it already been graded.
+88bigbyrd Only thing better is when they stop in the cut or go on the wrong side and the push cat bangs the s#!t out of them to let them know! I love it!
