What a great video! As are all in this series. I loved 657! I broke out in them AFTER cushion hitch and air ride seats were standard. But long before video game joy-sticks, GPS-cut control. Rght at first, no A/C or ROPS. THE next seasons worked with Big Horn Const. out of Sheridan, Wyoming. They were part of Peter Kewit&sons. They had GREAT equipment, great bosses and great jobs. I learned how to operate everything but the mine-based drag line shovel. They kept me busy operating equipment, driving equipment transport and working in the Rosebud, Hanna and Black Butte mine for short streches waiting on the next hi-way project to break. Lots of I80 work and lots of overtime since I could do what needed done on any of their equipment. Great job to feed a growing family&pay the house payment. I am greatful for those opportunities.
Spare a thought for the heavy haulage truck drivers. Not only do they have a stressful job driving & delivering these massive machine’s to sites, they also have to know how to operate them to get them off & on their trailers
Wow how things have changed In NJ in the early 80’s I used to move627’s on a 5 Axels 3 axel tractor and a 10’ wide Rogers with 2 axels. And a lot less horse power. Beautiful Equipment Great Video brings back great memories
In 1976, I and my crew rebuilt one of the two 639 scrapers shipped from South America to our Miami Shop. It took about 3 1/2 months for it to be completely rebuilt. Both engines/trans, hydraulics's, new bowl three inch thick steel, blade, tires and paint job! It was like new again! It is with satisfaction to do a job well!
@@philheese1728 Kelly Tractor hired me not just that I could do the job as a mechanic, but a special project as well! The lead mechanic for overhauling these two 639's, I believe that were the models, took the part numbers off the parts ordered and put that part number strip on his clip board that he new the part was there. Unfortunately, now all these parts didn't have a part number on them. My first job, because I had a degree in mechanical engineering power train, was to go through all the parts, one at a time, using micrometers/parts books/spec's sheets to put a part number back on each part. It took me over two weeks working ten hour days six days a week to get it done. Luckily, I had it done before the units arrived from South America. Each machine had a crew on them with Stan and his crew and I with mine. After that the bosses saw I had a brain besides mechanical ability, they put me with some marine mechanics to get knowledge in that field! I must have impressed Mr Brown and the Younger Kelly as when they opened the Key West shop, I was asked to go there with Bruce Beckstrom and Ray Ford. Living on my sailboat was a plus for them as well as they only had two houses on Stock Island for their employees. I docked just 35 ft from our shop that my commute was much shorter. After Kelly moved out of Key West, I stayed on working at Bill's Diesel on Stock Island until they cut back so Bob Chango GMC-Chevrolet-Cadillac-Pontiac was were I ended up until I met my future wife leaving to pursue her in 1984. We have been married for 35 years and I now am retired from Ryder Systems living in Lake Tahoe area.
I was a welder for Homer Mann trucking back in the 80s. They bought the first Goliath 9 axle with the rear steer assist. These trailers are a dream compared to the old 9 axles.
SoCal !!! GREAT VIDEOS !!! Liked the Drone footage along with the cameras on the lowboy !!! What was the Gross weight of the total units ??? Keep the videos coming & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!
Great Video, i envy the trucker & Brilliant sun shine ,Anyway, Like my Scrapper's & This being Brand New, & its a CAT. best in the world, Carry on Driving. God Bless America, 😊
I remember working for a Australian earth mover CB in Wollongong years ago they brought a brand new scraper and delivered it to the job site and the operator rolled it over before it even did any work it had a roof air conditioner so when he rang the workshop to complain it didn't work said to them the scraper was parked on its roof lol
There is always at least one clown operator in any crew that manages to break everything especially the brand new stuff. And they will never work for themselves. I wonder why?
the grade into valley center is a long one they have been moving mountians up there for a while. im at that dealership all the time for my cat filters and parts
I think that Caterpillar Scrapers are the `Gold Standard`of the industry! Could be wrong but ... Caterpillar built Tractors, then Graders & then Scrapers.
You guys worried about who gets that scraper must be a half ass operator anyway. A good operator already has a good piece of equipment. Sounds like you are bottom operators trying to move up.😂
@@alleycat1084 I run mostly dozer and 834 with this company and it's hilarious listening to the scraper operators gossip where our k model is at and who's running it. Plus, I just heard this brand new k model's rear engine already took a shit. But I don't know for sure
Hardly ever see scrapers out working in the Midwest anymore a few here and there and quite a few pull behinds behind tractors in the farmers field but not to often on a jobsite
Are there any formal break-in guidelines? Some people like to run new diesels kind of hard so that the combustion pressures seat the rings, but these engines are already probably run-in pretty hard at the factory. I would think that with modern oils and tolerances, you could pretty much give it hell right off the trailer.
Years ago I remember hearing about a now defunct earthmoving company in the lower peninsula of Michigan getting a job near Escanaba. They were too cheap to pay for trucking so they apparently drove several scrapers across the Mackinac Bridge and US-2 to the jobsite. That 140 miles in the UP, plus whatever distance they drove in the lower peninsula from their last job.
My dad was a scraper operator in the 60s. He would drive his scraper down the 10 freeway from LA to Riverside with a tow bar on the back, pulling his pick-up
Ok so I'm a lowboy driver here in nyc. And our trailers (Roger's, Talbert etc) use hydraulics to raise the neck. I saw the jeep back under the neck with the stays on, shouldn't the well have lifted up??? What I'm asking is how do they raise these trailers off the ground?? When they inflate their airbags??? That wouldn't be a good design?
Where are Cat scrapers made now, dont see any here in the u.k any more, my interest into diggers started at 10 yrs old in the 70,s with a ride in Terex scrapers on a coal site.
Who exactly are socalearthmovers? Are they a consortium of contractors or just one company? I suspected they were PEED Equipment out of Temecula California. PEED has a huge fleet of Cat machinery. But contacting Peed, their female office secretary says no. Somebody must know who they are and where in California they are located. .
Lmfao ha ha you called Amanda and she wouldn’t say lol 😂 it doesn’t have to be a company could be just 1 famous guy in south Cali lol I won’t say tho good old Hawthorne hailed a 349 there from Vancouver bc Canada great people there
What a great video! As are all in this series. I loved 657! I broke out in them AFTER cushion hitch and air ride seats were standard. But long before video game joy-sticks, GPS-cut control. Rght at first, no A/C or ROPS. THE next seasons worked with Big Horn Const. out of Sheridan, Wyoming. They were part of Peter Kewit&sons. They had GREAT equipment, great bosses and great jobs. I learned how to operate everything but the mine-based drag line shovel. They kept me busy operating equipment, driving equipment transport and working in the Rosebud, Hanna and Black Butte mine for short streches waiting on the next hi-way project to break. Lots of I80 work and lots of overtime since I could do what needed done on any of their equipment. Great job to feed a growing family&pay the house payment. I am greatful for those opportunities.
Spare a thought for the heavy haulage truck drivers. Not only do they have a stressful job driving & delivering these massive machine’s to sites, they also have to know how to operate them to get them off & on their trailers
Dont forget idiots driving cars(& trucks) recklessly all around them.
Some guys get all the fun.......and this is the first time I've liked drone footage. Great stuff.
Very nice video. Great looking scraper. Great looking truck and trailer.
Wow how things have changed In NJ in the early 80’s I used to move627’s on a 5 Axels 3 axel tractor and a 10’ wide Rogers with 2 axels. And a lot less horse power. Beautiful Equipment Great Video brings back great memories
A 27 is a lot smaller than this 57
Man oh man, that prime mover was a BEAST!
I like those shorty stacks on the Peterbilt.
Brings back memories of my early years.
Awesome video. I really enjoy your videos.
That was some nice camera and drone work SoCal.
That's impressive. Nicely done !
Nice. I honestly didn't think cat made scrapers anymore. Good to see
In 1976, I and my crew rebuilt one of the two 639 scrapers shipped from South America to our Miami Shop. It took about 3 1/2 months for it to be completely rebuilt. Both engines/trans, hydraulics's, new bowl three inch thick steel, blade, tires and paint job! It was like new again! It is with satisfaction to do a job well!
I worked at Kelly Tractor in Miami for 35 years. Who did you work for in Miami?
@@philheese1728 Kelly Tractor hired me not just that I could do the job as a mechanic, but a special project as well! The lead mechanic for overhauling these two 639's, I believe that were the models, took the part numbers off the parts ordered and put that part number strip on his clip board that he new the part was there. Unfortunately, now all these parts didn't have a part number on them. My first job, because I had a degree in mechanical engineering power train, was to go through all the parts, one at a time, using micrometers/parts books/spec's sheets to put a part number back on each part. It took me over two weeks working ten hour days six days a week to get it done. Luckily, I had it done before the units arrived from South America. Each machine had a crew on them with Stan and his crew and I with mine. After that the bosses saw I had a brain besides mechanical ability, they put me with some marine mechanics to get knowledge in that field! I must have impressed Mr Brown and the Younger Kelly as when they opened the Key West shop, I was asked to go there with Bruce Beckstrom and Ray Ford. Living on my sailboat was a plus for them as well as they only had two houses on Stock Island for their employees. I docked just 35 ft from our shop that my commute was much shorter. After Kelly moved out of Key West, I stayed on working at Bill's Diesel on Stock Island until they cut back so Bob Chango GMC-Chevrolet-Cadillac-Pontiac was were I ended up until I met my future wife leaving to pursue her in 1984. We have been married for 35 years and I now am retired from Ryder Systems living in Lake Tahoe area.
NICE!
Thank you for the ride along and the work you put into editing.
Have a Happy 4th.
Brings new meaning to wide turn!
You my friend are a true trucker...
I was a welder for Homer Mann trucking back in the 80s. They bought the first Goliath 9 axle with the rear steer assist. These trailers are a dream compared to the old 9 axles.
I spent many days in a Homer Mann truck in my youth with my uncle Big Lee in the 80s. Glorious times back then
Awesome Video Buddy!!
SoCal !!! GREAT VIDEOS !!! Liked the Drone footage along with the cameras on the lowboy !!! What was the Gross weight of the total units ??? Keep the videos coming & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!
That's a beautiful huge machine
Nicely done!
Great Video, i envy the trucker & Brilliant sun shine ,Anyway, Like my Scrapper's & This being Brand New, & its
a CAT. best in the world, Carry on Driving. God Bless America, 😊
❤ this is what boy aser l like so much my job thank you for this video😊
You guys n galls are the best
Looks like fun. The most I've run is a triaxle lowboy and tandem Peterbilt 379 with a 3406E.
Your Drone footage is Awsome...
fantastic footage!
Good morning, thank you for the video!! Keep um coming!!! 👍😎🇬🇧.
Hawthorne Cat ? Picked up there many times!! Looking good Bud!!
That's JMI's rig right there, hell yeah!!
Jim McMinn doing big things, that 1 of 4.
Bravo. Excellent video
I remember working for a Australian earth mover CB in Wollongong years ago they brought a brand new scraper and delivered it to the job site and the operator rolled it over before it even did any work it had a roof air conditioner so when he rang the workshop to complain it didn't work said to them the scraper was parked on its roof lol
There is always at least one clown operator in any crew that manages to break everything especially the brand new stuff. And they will never work for themselves. I wonder why?
I hope that guy was fired. Yes we all make mistakes on the job but there are some that are just too much.
Those are some really nice visuals you filmed.
Some body gonna have a sweet ride brand new
You are a darn good driver
the grade into valley center is a long one they have been moving mountians up there for a while. im at that dealership all the time for my cat filters and parts
nice drone footage
I think that Caterpillar Scrapers are the `Gold Standard`of the industry! Could be wrong but ... Caterpillar built Tractors, then Graders & then Scrapers.
Another great video.
How steep is that grade? Looks like Petey was working hard.
What’s your operating range on the drone?
i like the cargo/trailer combo. safe load.
That is a sweet looking buggy would love to take the first paint off it.
Sois geniales.👍👍🙋♂️. Todo lo que sea Caterpillar me encanta.🤷♂️😂🙋♂️😛🖐🏻😂
They are a lot bigger than I initially thought.
Imagine setting up the truck, driving all that way and your truck mate turns around and says he left the keys back at the yard lol
I do these loads all the time on American Truck Simulator on PC
You guys must have smooth roads , the ground clearance under that float is crazy small .
It takes a special kind of person to drive a truck like that.
Going to make a local #12 operator very happy.
The company I work for bought it. Non union scab company lol
@@tannermontana93 the bosses kiss ass will get that ride.
@@russellgraham1598 the worst operator with the biggest mouth I'll bet.
You guys worried about who gets that scraper must be a half ass operator anyway. A good operator already has a good piece of equipment. Sounds like you are bottom operators trying to move up.😂
@@alleycat1084 I run mostly dozer and 834 with this company and it's hilarious listening to the scraper operators gossip where our k model is at and who's running it. Plus, I just heard this brand new k model's rear engine already took a shit. But I don't know for sure
Sooo Pretty!
These guys just do cool stuff
Great views!
Can hardly wait to start moving things like this.
Once you get used to heavy hauling, you'll pull an end dump or belly dump and feel like you had a day off.
Recalling the work of Mr Dratchev!
Máquinas pesadas show parabéns.
excellent ! thanks.
That was some great footage. Thanks for posting!
Hardly ever see scrapers out working in the Midwest anymore a few here and there and quite a few pull behinds behind tractors in the farmers field but not to often on a jobsite
OUTSTANDING. !
These guys came out to pick up 657 scrapers at Prescott Valley the driver and pilot car are some awesome dudes!!! CLM Earthmovers
Wish I could one day haul one of those
Together Big PETE heavy-haul 389...Cat engineers did a good job on the reworked 657.
I think it looks kind of cheap however it is a machine its not for looks but still.
In the old days, we had to jeep and dolly the big scrapers
Great shots, particularly the on-board. Did like the front facing on-board looking ahead over the tractor unit.
I just bought one in 1/50 scale.
Still need a cdl for that behemoth :)
Me too
What a beauty
CAT is the BEST!11
Are there any formal break-in guidelines? Some people like to run new diesels kind of hard so that the combustion pressures seat the rings, but these engines are already probably run-in pretty hard at the factory. I would think that with modern oils and tolerances, you could pretty much give it hell right off the trailer.
Years ago I remember hearing about a now defunct earthmoving company in the lower peninsula of Michigan getting a job near Escanaba. They were too cheap to pay for trucking so they apparently drove several scrapers across the Mackinac Bridge and US-2 to the jobsite. That 140 miles in the UP, plus whatever distance they drove in the lower peninsula from their last job.
My dad was a scraper operator in the 60s. He would drive his scraper down the 10 freeway from LA to Riverside with a tow bar on the back, pulling his pick-up
Awesome. Use too my job. Be safe on road. God bless you gays......
Heavy hauling at its finest!
I could imagine just the cost for the tires. Michelen tires. No joke Expensive. Big 💰.
around 60,000 each
@@russellgraham1598 Each tire?? Damn. And that's US $ too. Going to hurt a lot more in Aussie dollars.
$14,000 give or take a thousand depending on the market
What final drive does that Pete have? 3.55 im guessing with an 18spd?
when the cat was turning and it made that snap i was like damn they already broke it
That was the operator popping the cushion hitch, helps scoops ride a bit smoother.
Saludos 🖐️ desde Santa Cruz 🇧🇴 Bolivia excelente el video okey 100puntos 👍 buenas tomas de la gravacion perfecto 👌 👀💚👀👏👏😁😀👍👍
From Hawthorne west of the 15 it looks like.Million dollar plus scraper.
America on the move ! nice SoCalearthmovers
I’m drooling 🤤
637 and 627’s hauled regular here in Georgia but no 657.
When you need to move a mountain you call Cat 😸
Ok so I'm a lowboy driver here in nyc. And our trailers (Roger's, Talbert etc) use hydraulics to raise the neck. I saw the jeep back under the neck with the stays on, shouldn't the well have lifted up??? What I'm asking is how do they raise these trailers off the ground?? When they inflate their airbags??? That wouldn't be a good design?
Where are Cat scrapers made now, dont see any here in the u.k any more, my interest into diggers started at 10 yrs old in the 70,s with a ride in Terex scrapers on a coal site.
Cat Scrapers are made in Cat's Decatur, Illinois manufacturing plant.
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What he said lol Decatur IL
Hawthorne Cat in San Diego, delivered a 950gc down there... slowly building up my experience to play with the big boys
What’s the best truck for hauling these loads ?
The best videos out there are taken from @socalearthmovers 👌🏽✌🏽
Who exactly are socalearthmovers?
Are they a consortium of contractors or just one company?
I suspected they were PEED Equipment out of Temecula California. PEED has a huge fleet of Cat machinery. But contacting Peed, their female office secretary says no.
Somebody must know who they are and where in California they are located.
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@@misiclover1658 go check out www.socalearthermovers.com in the about section.
Lmfao ha ha you called Amanda and she wouldn’t say lol 😂 it doesn’t have to be a company could be just 1 famous guy in south Cali lol I won’t say tho good old Hawthorne hailed a 349 there from Vancouver bc Canada great people there
I have 1.3 acres. I could use some dirt moved from.the back to the front...
Should take like 1 scoop. :)
So you are saying the cut area is kinda small does that mean you need a 11 to make some room first. Lol
@@scruffy6151 it would be best if he backed in for the 1st and only cut....
Very cool
Pristine equipment 👍🏻😍🍻
She's struggling up that hill a bit she will be fine 😂,God bless America, 😂
Wow Amazing Cars
Sweet vid !
#yellowiron #peterbilt #lowboy #dronefootage
Has that machine been sold out right to a buyer or is it a long term lease?
me encantan las mototraillas
Great video!! How much does one cost?
1.8 million
is the dealer san diego or los angeles
👍👍
What's the small trailer at the end for?
How many dollars per hour charged to operate that machine?
COOL
What year Pete is that?
Probably the last time it will ever have brakes
What year truck is your Peterbilt?