Koehring 1166E Documentary 

+Benjamin Beytekin Glad you liked it! Thanks

+CAT POWER (ALLDAY) Glad you liked it! Thanks

+J Gibson I'd love to film a 1266! Haven't found one yet though. Thanks

+PAmining I remember my dad took me to see a 1266 when I was about 10. I wanted to run it.

+Bruno Carneiro Thanks, and I will be doing the 375 in the future.

+TheMrKeys No this unit was in operational condition, just not being used at the time

+Oliver66FarmBoy Cool. I sure would love to see a 1266.

+legitasspirate Yes they are

+YensR That is correct

+lidsman2221 Yes, I believe it was sold and relocated to a different site.

+NeAZ Looks like it has a bad track adjuster seal

There was a nitrogen cyl. Behind the front idler, that provided the movement of the idler, track adjusting was by shims between the idler and the yoke. A very poor system, defiantly one of the weak points on the machine. Very common for the nitrogen to leak from the cyl and have a loose track, that’s what’s wrong with this one.

+bert26a I have come across many old Koehrings in my travels, but never have gotten to see one work yet

+Blake Budney Twin engine machines were normally designed to accommodate for the required output to run the excavator that wasn't available at the time from a single engine. Other reasons twin engine designs were used was to help reduce overall operational expenses. For example, if an excavator has two V-8's and one needs replacement, the cost to replace a single V-8 is way cheaper than replacing a single V-16 in the same class excavator. Make sense? Today, twin engine designs are still commonly used in larger mining class excavators but never in an excavator of this size. A lot of operators do frown upon the twin engine design, often calling it "double trouble" because of the double number of components to replace.

+Schneiderexc Yes, the older Koehrings were air over hydraulic. A very different feel to run one of those machines!

+PAmining yeah that air was hard cause it was all or nothing. No sit it down, easy. The C366 had two levers and 4 foot pedals. Two levers on each side of you was for the tracks.

+memyselfand ifarmer thats kuerig youre thinkin of lol

+Boomer617 The 1166 was comparable to the Cat 385/Komatsu PC800 class

+PAmining thats what I thought thanks!

+Selmir Ikanovic It was sold and relocated to a new jobsite

nickyc2027 that was my dad's machine

+Matthew Hoag It was just the design of the machine. No different than why most Bucyrus-Erie cable excavators had right-hand cabs and Marion was left-hand.

The reason for right handed cabs is because that's how Koehring's old cable excavators were setup. Koehring (along with other manufactures), kept the operators station on the same side when they developed hydraulic excavators to not confuse operators who were accustomed to a right handed cab