Brownsville has a running twin-engine Euclid rear dump named "Big Ugly". I thought the hard-to-read manufacturer's plate said "1LLD" but I could've been mistaken since it has twin Detroit 6-71 diesel engines. "Big Ugly" is taken out occasionally during one of the bi-annual shows and it's size and sound are impressive. Thanks again for sharing your video.
That has to be one of the straightest Euclid haulers left in existence. It doesn’t even look like the box is all banged up. Didn’t even see any broken glass. That one needs to be made a runner again.
What a truck that needs brought back to life and should be at one of those shows where they get together every year and show off and work old stuff thanks for sharing
Love your channel and ontent. This massive machines played a very important role on the development and creation of the big machines we see today. Thank you for keeping them in view. 👍
@@PAmining I always enjoy your work. Thank you for doing what you do and sharing it with us. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family
A friend of my Father worked many years for Rude&Fryberger. The biggest and the best scram miners on the Mesabi back in the day. He always spoke in the highest regard of them, they treated employees like family.
What a neat Christmas surprise! There were once hundreds of these and the 1FFD's in Minnesota. So far as I knew only one was on display at the Minnesota Museum of Mining in Chisholm. This one must be at the Hill Annex? When they were retired most lost their rear axles to make farm tractors out west. The rest of the trucks were scrapped when scrap prices were high. We knew these as 34 ton Euclids. Many lasted into the early taconite era with Hanna using them until around 1970 and scrammers like Rhude and Freyberger until the late 70's. On a hot summer night they sounded like a swarm of bees in the distance. I grew up with these things and still learn something new from each of your videos.
Now that's a interesting truck, every time I see a twin engine and transmission unit a part of my thoughts wonders how it got synced. Using the semi-auto units takes a whole lot of the guess work out and actually makes it somewhat easier to drive not just in a flat mine but one with switch backs and some decently steep elevation changes. Mainly so it's not slow rolling wide open because manually changing gears for two units, the gear change often resulted in mismatch engine and actual speed. If not causing a stall since one engine would be in mid shift while the other was trying to push the entire load. Whether fortunately or not, such units were limited for the world because of advancement in engine power to weight ratios, transmission reductions and so forth. Still though, seeing one of these still around to be testimony to how it was done back in the day. That heavy haulage builders now can probably get inspiration from looking at as a tangible piece instead of merely pictures and drawings.
Got a feeling that truck is going to be a yard display for the company. Fresh paint on the engines, mostly good glass and a locked door, jackstands etc.
As a kid in the late fifties I collected “Dinky Toys”., The larger die cast cousins to the Matchbox Series. I had a yellow Euclid dump truck. On the side of the box was the lettering. “Iron Ore Earth.” I always wondered how they decided which one! Still have the truck and most of those toys. Interestingly enough, it was the invention of “Hot Wheels” that spelled the death of the much less exciting Dinky Toys!
I am familiar with those toys! They have become quite the collectors item. Euclids were the face of a "big" dump truck in the 50s, so that's why toys were made of them.
I have that "Dinky Toys" Euclid dump truck with the little crank handle to raise and lower the dump body. It was originally made in 1955 and apparently produced for a number of years probably up to the mid 1960s.
@@WAL_DC-6B Yes, I’d forgotten about the rack and pinion mechanism that lifted the bed. Likely got it for xmas around 1958 - 1960. I hate how old I’m getting, lol.
Thanks, Pal nd never knew there was such a thing except for that HUGE tandem job that might've been electric drive. I'll take the 12V in the R-35 and the 16V in the 50 over a couple of Cummins that used to be in the 118 Gallion graders. Hope yall have a MERRY time this weekend and God Bless Yall!
The earlier units had the exhaust stacks coming right out of the hood. It would have been good to see the drive shafts and how the second one got around the front one. This unit looks like it's ready to go back to work. Nice,
This type truck was use lots in quebec canada.iron ore of canada when mines start they use fleet off them.then they start dams like mani 5,churchill falls,james bay progect lots excavation contractor keep them around include mack off road.tough truck.thanks video😊
There are a few euclids preserved on the mesabi range in mn. There was a euclid shop in Hibbing mn. These trucks hauled millions of tons of iron ore. Sad most are gone.
Nice. Have you done a documentary on the TC 12 dozer a my neighbor of mine was still running one in the early 80's for a coal company in Clearfield County. How about a documentary on the shovel next to the old uc
No I've never found a TC12 in my travels yet. The HCEA has one but I'm not one for heavy equipment shows. And absolutely, the shovel will be coming up! Thanks!
Not to sound cheeky, but just how many front axles does that truck have, and are they all powered by the left(or perhaps right?) engine. I believe you meant that 1 engine powered 1 of the rear axles and the 2nd engine powered the other rear axle, not the front axle as stated. cheers
It has a front drive axle and a rear drive axle. Pretty easy concept to grasp. If you really want to argue semantics the way you worded it makes it have 2 rear axles when it can only have 1.
That threw me initially, I was surprised it was 6x6 but I guess it’s actually 6x4 with one engine driving the middle axle and the other driving the rearmost?
@@Oliver66FarmBoy But I did not see a front drive axle, just s typical lorry drop forged? curved front axle, and I think I checked. I will look again though.
@myselfremade The answer to your question is NO. That would be a cardinal sin with heavy equipment operation. Never shift to neutral and attempt to coast. The end result if you did that would be a damaged or destroyed transmission.
@@williamhall9204 you wouldn't be coasting, there's a second transmission and second engine going on there. Clearly you didn't understand the question. The damage comes from over speed, not actually because heavy equipment transmissions can't free spin in neutral without damage
The 12V71 was not offered in this truck. In fact, it wasn't even manufactured when the truck was first introduced. The only single engine option was a 12 cylinder Cummins NVH. At this time in history, the downside to a big V12 was the replacement cost of components and the weight.
Truck is capable of moving 34 tons...narrator is delivering stentorian style 35 tons worth...lol... Now we know. 1955 was a good year for EUCLID.... Oh my.
