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- Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:39 pm
- Forum: Scrapers
- Topic: Using a scraper - a stupid question...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5008
Re: Using a scraper - a stupid question...
Hi, Hair Bear. Happy new year. What Ian has described is one way. (I would have sadi the scrapers were a mongrel of a thing 'cos the operator had to shovel each load out at the dump end.) How-wevver, some scrapers used combined systems to dump with the front part of the bowl floor moving back part w...
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:25 pm
- Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
- Topic: Rare backhoe/loader ???
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2939
Re: Rare backhoe/loader ???
Hi, Nick AKA digger. Int'resting'. There were a few of them made their way DowNunder around that time, Funny thing is I think there were possibly more of them used in nurseries and landscape supply yards than on construction sites, usually without the backhoe. They were a good size for loading box t...
Re: Twin D8
Hi, Westernc. You may be interested in seeing this video on Youtube about the building of the Garrison Dam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8wa7JLHbs and here are some others AC related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvaYWArTTU0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d83GoJRt9yU http://www.youtube.com/wat...
- Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:18 am
- Forum: Scrapers
- Topic: TS40C snaps.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5811
Re: TS40C snaps.
Hi, Modelman093. Don't see why they couldn't still be working in 30 years if they are treated right. There are 2 x Cat 660B scrapers, 2 x Cat 666B scrapers minus the rear engines and a complete 666B scraper still operating 5 and 6 days a week right here in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and they wo...
- Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:01 am
- Forum: Graders
- Topic: O&K G350 question
- Replies: 33
- Views: 37476
Re: O&K G350 question
Hi, Folks. Just wanted to assure people that the machine in this link is alive and well and based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. As far as I can tell, it is the same one that I operated in 1996-97 in Hervey Bay, Queensland. There is a (faint) possibility that it may even have brakes now. It did...
- Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:29 am
- Forum: Dozers
- Topic: 90 D9G 's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8813
Re: 90 D9G 's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, Folks. The 631's were the 2-wheel prime mover version and the 630's were the 4-wheel prime mover version of the scrapers. I think they both pulled the same bowl at 35 cu. yds heaped. There was a 632 version that used a 38 cu. yd bowl behind a 4-wheel prime mover. How-wevver, at that time - early...
Re: Twin D8
Hi, Modelman093. That is one very neat job. Thanks for sharing. I suspect that it might have required quite a bit of grunt for that job 'cos I've read that some of the mesquite they were dealing with grew to around 40 feet tall. I did e-mail King Ranch asking for more information about their Siamese...
- Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:07 pm
- Forum: Dozers
- Topic: WOTTIZZITT?????????????????
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7541
WOTTIZZITT?????????????????
Hi, Folks. Can anybody shed any light on wott this jigger might be? I won't post photos due to copyright issues but here are the links to the photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20121956@N03/5264654894/in/set-72157625606642938 http://www.flickr.com/photos/20121956@N03/5264644150/in/set-721576256066...
- Thu Dec 26, 2013 2:54 pm
- Forum: Dozers
- Topic: Allis -Chalmers HD41 & 31 At Lydney OCCS South Wales
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14517
Re: Allis -Chalmers HD41 & 31 At Lydney OCCS South Wales
Hi, Fowlerman. The HD 41 came with a V12 Cummins engine that produced 525 hp and it weighed in at around 70 US tons which, if I understand it kee-wreckedly, are only 2,000 pounds - commonly called 'short' tons outside the US. This gave it a working weight of about 64 tons in Imperial terms. This gav...
- Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:09 pm
- Forum: Dozers
- Topic: Whats this bit of history ????
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8844
Re: Whats this bit of history ????
Hi, FowlerMan.
Int'restin'. It's been quite a while since I heard or saw anything on this post-WW2 failure. Here is a photo of a Shervick and another of a Morpac rock drill based on a Sherman Tank.
Thanks for the photos and the information.
Int'restin'. It's been quite a while since I heard or saw anything on this post-WW2 failure. Here is a photo of a Shervick and another of a Morpac rock drill based on a Sherman Tank.
Thanks for the photos and the information.