The Classic Machinery Network

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.