BigIron Melroe M870 Buffalo Coal Dozer

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  • Опубліковано 5 гру 2024

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  • @fedup3582
    @fedup3582 6 років тому +14

    People are quick to make assumptions. I spent a fair amount of time running an 880 multiwheel with a 45 yd U blade at the sweetwater uranium mill by Rawlins Wyoming in 2000. The machine was rather cumbersome, it required special techniques to steer it, as opposed to a track type dozer. It was a skid steer, but due to its size and weight, similar to a D11 cat, it didnt skid as well as expected, hence the techniques to steer it. But it was no slouch pushing. It could push that 45 yd U blade with full loads in 2nd gear with relative ease. We always pushed in second because it tended to break axles once in awhile when pushing in 1st. Repair was simple as they were floating axles, provided you had replacements. It was not as good of an all around dozer as a crawler, but it worked pretty well in fill and dump sites, or coal poles where you leveled and packed materials. It wasn't the best dozer ever, but it could definitely push.

  • @匚丹尺刀口ち口
    @匚丹尺刀口ち口 10 місяців тому +1

    Parece um rebocador de navios, mas esse é com pneus.

  • @karlk6860
    @karlk6860 6 років тому +38

    Hey guys thsi video does really give you the true sense of how big this machine really is, trust me its an extremely LARGE unit. It was a custom build engineered by a fellow named Sill Melroe out of Gwinner ND and I believe it was used primarily at he Kotuo coal power plant N of Bismarck and it was used with great success for many years, I know the engines have been rebuilt or replaced at least twice very possibly more times. I know when I first looked at and sat in the cab of this machine my thoughts were like some of yours, what a pile of crap, but after a bit more research at THE TIME this machine could move more coal than any other piece of equipment on site and it was that way for close to 9 years. When it was retired North American Coal Corporation donated the machine to Bonanza Ville in West Fargo ND and that is where it sits now!!

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +2

      Melroe came out with Bobcat didn't they? I remember the name being on the early ones.

    • @jacobmusgrove701
      @jacobmusgrove701 5 років тому +2

      His first Bobcat was the M60. It had three wheels and no cab.

    • @fabricationhintstipsmisc6192
      @fabricationhintstipsmisc6192 4 роки тому

      Good to know... I get back to Fargo every now and again to visit my family in SD...

  • @ronaldreeves4720
    @ronaldreeves4720 6 років тому +6

    I help build seven pf those machine's back in 1978.First time seeing it run. Always wondered what happened to them.

  • @1juanitosully
    @1juanitosully 5 років тому +5

    I a like how that little bugger goes forward and then later on it reverses very good and with stunning power.

  • @donaldbartram6315
    @donaldbartram6315 6 років тому +13

    Never seen anything like that before. Awesome.. love old American heavy equipment

  • @fedup3582
    @fedup3582 6 років тому +5

    Also, the machine is bi-directional and you can mount the implements at either end. The 880 in Rawlins had the 45 yd U blade at one end, and a cushion blade at the other. Later they brought out a 28 ft wide, 6 way blade. I tried to talk them into swapping it with the cushion blade, which we weren't using, so we could doze in both directions. We were doing reclamation, hauling dirt into the fill with huge belly dumps hauling 120 yes at a time. The dozer was just leveling and packing the loads. I thought it would work well, dozing in both directions in that scenario, instead of backing up for each push, besides giving the dozer the versatility of a functional u blade at one end and a 6 way angle at the other, but the bosses couldn't grasp that concept. There is a video on u-tube showing an 880 pushing, just put in 880 multi wheel.

  • @threynolds2
    @threynolds2 4 роки тому +1

    There used to be a piece of equipment with 8 wheels like this on the South side of Nashville, TN. I saw it back in the 1980s. It had no blade or ripper and I never knew what it was for. I thought at the time it might have been used by the railroad since it was close to the CSX tracks.

  • @Gus1966-c9o
    @Gus1966-c9o 4 роки тому +2

    That thing creates its own weather patterns

  • @andymalicki7202
    @andymalicki7202 6 років тому +5

    Man this is an awesome powerful machine! Never seen one that looks like this

  • @hughezzell10000
    @hughezzell10000 4 роки тому +3

    Looks like a cross between a dozer, grader and loader with a bit of snow plow and bicycle thrown in.

  • @rapidthrash1964
    @rapidthrash1964 8 місяців тому

    I know that its probably too late to ask but is this for sale still?

  • @MultiZaeb
    @MultiZaeb 5 років тому +5

    Больше вопросов чем ответов, зачем этот пепелац нужен? Не проще и дешевле бульдозер?

    • @ЕвгенДорогокупец
      @ЕвгенДорогокупец 5 років тому +1

      Оборотов не берет,дымит...про толкать что то вообще молчу)))

    • @ilvestfal2030
      @ilvestfal2030 5 років тому

      Как неуловимый Джо!

  • @foxsoul7899
    @foxsoul7899 6 років тому +4

    Maybe a stupid question but how does it turn around at curves? Like a tank?

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +1

      One motor pulled one side so yes. Slow one and hammer the other.

    • @gordbaker896
      @gordbaker896 6 років тому +2

      Skid Steer. Not much of a video..............

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +1

      That's all it is. Not much of a machine either really.

  • @johnhohfeldt7566
    @johnhohfeldt7566 6 років тому +13

    Would make one hell of a snow pusher though

  • @sebofo
    @sebofo 6 років тому +2

    Looks like a reasonable design, why not? I guess it pushes coal relatively long distances, no need for sharp turns.

  • @nomon95
    @nomon95 5 років тому

    2:30 any problems with the left transmission?? the righe wheels work,and the machine rotates,the engines work hardly,but the left wheels dont run. I think the engines are little to move this machine. Min 500 hp each. the left engine,sure the turbo is bad.

  • @АндрейИльин-д6ж
    @АндрейИльин-д6ж 4 роки тому +1

    он только по прямой ездит?

  • @hectortorres352
    @hectortorres352 5 років тому +7

    I like this beast to add to my Tonka collection

  • @nonamenolastname8600
    @nonamenolastname8600 4 роки тому

    How many tires do you change when turning?

  • @cat637d
    @cat637d 6 років тому

    Are there any plans to produce any more of these machines?

    • @SootyMangabey.
      @SootyMangabey. 6 років тому

      No, but there are a few still in service.. Hanford waste site uses one.

  • @GRADE8BOLT
    @GRADE8BOLT 6 років тому +4

    Like a terex dozer 2 engines running different sides

  • @ceejay960
    @ceejay960 5 років тому +1

    As is often the case with YT videos, the operator doesn't have a clue. I would love to see this in the hands of someone capable of giving it a real workout!

  • @Zlobusz
    @Zlobusz 4 роки тому

    What is this?

  • @stuletnikawaler9743
    @stuletnikawaler9743 6 років тому

    What was this machine built for?

  • @Tygard_93
    @Tygard_93 6 років тому +43

    That thing is cool but that was painful to watch.

  • @tripacer8259
    @tripacer8259 6 років тому

    Is this Gerald Gentleman power plant in Sutherland, NE? Sure looks like it, I wonder what the hours are I would imagine in the 10's of thousands!

    • @SootyMangabey.
      @SootyMangabey. 6 років тому

      Yeah, thats the place.. you can see this dozer on google maps. It had 7400+ hours on it.

  • @blakeb1992
    @blakeb1992 6 років тому +48

    I think it roals more coal than it could push!

  • @renanalves8461
    @renanalves8461 5 років тому +5

    Putz,aí sim e máquina,olha o ronco do motor, top 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷😎

  • @boatbound3300
    @boatbound3300 6 місяців тому

    The one were i worked at in the 1980's was powered by twin 8v92's

  • @listonoszpat233
    @listonoszpat233 4 роки тому

    Ten pług przy tym podwoziu to chyba jest do przesuwania wiór drewnianych ? :-)

  • @raincoast2396
    @raincoast2396 6 років тому +24

    Can see why it never caught on. Bad idea.

  • @jdan150
    @jdan150 6 років тому +5

    That looks like one that i saw in Nashville Tn but it didn't have a blade or rippers

    • @lawnfarmer
      @lawnfarmer 6 років тому +1

      jdan150 I remember that one. It sat in a small parking lot on Spence Lane. I never knew what it was. It's gone now.

    • @Clunk49
      @Clunk49 6 років тому +1

      I saw it too, actually stopped, took pics and checked it out.

    • @zacbrown650
      @zacbrown650 6 років тому

      I remember that too!

    • @m16ty
      @m16ty 6 років тому

      I well remember that one. It looks a awful lot like the one in the vid. It was custom built by a Nashville outfit though. It was built as a scraper pusher, but it never did go to its first job.
      It sat on that corner in Nashville for 20 years or more, they finally cut it up for scrap a few years ago.

  • @hectortorres352
    @hectortorres352 3 роки тому

    Where is located. its for sale

  • @gabrielm.marques4385
    @gabrielm.marques4385 5 років тому +3

    Hello, can I post this video of you on my Facebook heavy machinery page? I found this video very cool and the viewers will like it very much.

  • @bogoto247
    @bogoto247 4 роки тому

    Wow Big machine Quite a wheel horse Looks as if checking controls to verify everything functions

  • @AZdirtdog
    @AZdirtdog 5 років тому

    Lots of traction and black smoke but the attachment points don’t look like they can handle dozer power. The push blade looks like a snow plow and the rippers are no where near D10 strength. No my friend coal must not be very dense and heavy when broken up but the stock piles will compact apparently and that’s what the rippers are for

  • @nicholaspratt7934
    @nicholaspratt7934 6 років тому +9

    It struggles to move itself, cannot imagine what would happen if the ripper or blade was lowered!

    • @VancouverCanucksRock
      @VancouverCanucksRock 6 років тому +2

      Nicholas Pratt Its in low Gear you fuck!

    • @nicholaspratt7934
      @nicholaspratt7934 6 років тому +4

      This is how it should move if it was anywhere near fit.
      ua-cam.com/video/rFYPMjnXkFM/v-deo.html

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +1

      VERY good video link! Thanks, Nick!

  • @troyadamswaymarfarm5224
    @troyadamswaymarfarm5224 5 років тому +14

    Sounds and runs a bit Off.. This machine when new back in it's day would have moved My. Everest....👍👍👍

  • @cudwieser3952
    @cudwieser3952 6 років тому +8

    That's one big bobcat ;) :)

  • @markmcc78
    @markmcc78 7 років тому +68

    Looks like the wheelhouse off a tugboat!

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      @janeklund5152 6 років тому +1

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    • @sheridanbaldwin8629
      @sheridanbaldwin8629 6 років тому +6

      Mark McCormick they call that tug old somokey lol

    • @markmcc78
      @markmcc78 6 років тому +2

      Perfect!

    • @Spotacus1
      @Spotacus1 6 років тому +7

      Mark McCormick .... Or a Guard Tower from a prison yard. Well the top part anyways.

    • @markmcc78
      @markmcc78 6 років тому +1

      Totally! this bi#ch is SUPERMAX!!!

  • @georgeisaak5321
    @georgeisaak5321 4 роки тому

    that's a big dozer , never seen that type before but i am sure back in the day was a monster ! It seems to me she has some skid steering system going on . am i correct ?

  • @Ghostrider2999
    @Ghostrider2999 6 років тому

    Looks like its been sitting a while, I do understand the design of the cab and such.

  • @pro_fuze599
    @pro_fuze599 6 років тому +5

    So it plows coal while it rolls coal seems like logic too me.

  • @dinkchow
    @dinkchow 5 років тому

    Boat anchor for a Battleship?

  • @Steve.Vaught
    @Steve.Vaught 4 роки тому +8

    That sure wasn't click bait. It was areal picture.

    • @thomasberry1379
      @thomasberry1379 3 роки тому

      Click bait for heavy equipment enthusiasts.

  • @superchevys10
    @superchevys10 6 років тому +3

    Could repurpose it to move snow

  • @wrenchtheroo6557
    @wrenchtheroo6557 6 років тому

    Looks like a mad max vehicle

  • @АлександрСкиндер
    @АлександрСкиндер 4 роки тому

    Не понял, о чём видео?

  • @tacoenvy
    @tacoenvy 6 місяців тому

    First time seeing one of these what in the hell, what a unit.

  • @nickc2708
    @nickc2708 6 років тому +3

    Looks like the driver's dad was coming home soon and just went back and forth to prove a point.

  • @race8427
    @race8427 10 місяців тому

    An engineer by the name of Fay Garner at Melroe Muti-Wheel in Longmont Colorado was the brain child behind this machine.

  • @lesliewheeler1750
    @lesliewheeler1750 6 років тому +48

    dont look like it can push itself yet alone coal

  • @jdcustom4655
    @jdcustom4655 5 років тому

    Probably just doesn't get worked enough...cool to see...

  • @jimcub22
    @jimcub22 6 років тому +5

    I would think the comments about slow speed may be due to the gearing needed to push a large amount of coal

  • @oldridersteve217
    @oldridersteve217 6 років тому

    I'm sure maintenance costs killed that thing, like the old Terex dozers with 2 engines. Never seen one before. Probably not many produced

  • @Алексейигоревич-щ4й

    Да большая чудо машина базара нет. Но что если он сам еле поворачивается а с грентом вообще будет мне кажется фиаско.
    Как вариант не на той передаче все это демонстрировалось

  • @josh33025
    @josh33025 6 років тому

    So its a big ass skid steer.

  • @tripacer8259
    @tripacer8259 6 років тому

    Okay now I get it, there's a link from the selling page. I have seen these and they are HUGE beyond the small screen's ability to envision.

  • @canvids1
    @canvids1 6 років тому +3

    I have driven some pretty good size machines in my day but this one is pretty sick.
    barely enough power to move itself little own do some work.
    Guess that is why it is parked. no one wants it and too much money to fix it up.

  • @Brad772006
    @Brad772006 6 років тому +2

    I have see pictures of these but have not seen a video of one operating. I like the design in that the operator would have good visibility of the work area.

  • @wasimjaan3300
    @wasimjaan3300 6 років тому +3

    Cabin look like air trafic control tower😉

  • @gabrielm.marques4385
    @gabrielm.marques4385 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing this machine. Can i post this video in my facebook page, please?

  • @alineaparecidadantasribeir8050
    @alineaparecidadantasribeir8050 6 років тому

    tem que ter um taque de 30.000 litros de conbustivel atras dele

  • @alphonsotate2982
    @alphonsotate2982 3 роки тому

    Not enough power IT NEEDS THE BIG CATS THAT EMD USE IN THEIR LOCOMOTIVERS OR THE CUMMINS IN THE SEMINS CHARGER LOCOMOTIVES

  • @wcresponder
    @wcresponder 6 років тому +4

    This is what you get when you take the hull away from tug boat.

  • @clarkew1
    @clarkew1 6 років тому +1

    How does it turn/steer

  • @rosewhite---
    @rosewhite--- 6 років тому

    should be in a collection.

  • @rapidthrash1964
    @rapidthrash1964 6 років тому

    A good feature for a sci-fi film

  • @johnsomerset1510
    @johnsomerset1510 6 років тому

    Well, it's not exactly nippy, is it! But very interesting to see a giant skid steer wheeled vehicle.

  • @ต้นเออ-ฎ2ฬ
    @ต้นเออ-ฎ2ฬ 4 роки тому

    นี่แค่ติดเครื่องเฉยๆนะ ถ้าไปดันดินหนักๆกูว่าควันคงมืดฟ้ามัวดิน😆

  • @roberthillyer2888
    @roberthillyer2888 4 роки тому +1

    Reminds me of my exwife....blows a lot of smoke and makes a lot more noise.

  • @reginaldomoreia5179
    @reginaldomoreia5179 5 років тому

    Tem que mostrar e trabalho ndo para ver se desenvolve mesmo...

  • @piljahin
    @piljahin 4 роки тому +1

    Силён бродяга!!!

  • @watchthe1369
    @watchthe1369 4 роки тому

    007 Moonrover! or world's largest skidsteer.

  • @SootyMangabey.
    @SootyMangabey. 6 років тому

    Hanford nuclear waste site still uses one of these as a prime mover.

  • @sssr1987sssr
    @sssr1987sssr 6 років тому +1

    Что это такое ?

  • @wellingtonsousa7769
    @wellingtonsousa7769 5 років тому

    O ronco do motor é lindo

  • @lewiemcneely9143
    @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +27

    FRont motor has dead miss and a BAD knock. No thanks.

    • @boneheadpeterson
      @boneheadpeterson 6 років тому +13

      Lewie McNeely fuck bud couple jugs of Lucas oil oil stabilizer and that thing will be perfect

    • @frankvarner9599
      @frankvarner9599 6 років тому +5

      Probably needs an in frame rebuild, or it could just be injectors.

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +3

      Could be either but lots of smoke and regular puffs means something was out of whack. I've seen 335's in trucks and they are STRONG, or can be made that way right easily.

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +6

      Lucas IS good but I don't think it'd be THAT good unless the bottle had a new rebuilt 335 in it.

    • @wavywade8164
      @wavywade8164 6 років тому +1

      Lewie McNeely its cold

  • @BearwoodBrown
    @BearwoodBrown 6 років тому

    amazing machine what a beast what was it used for what is Buffalo coal ??

    • @earlgunman6325
      @earlgunman6325 6 років тому +2

      Bearwood Brown M870 Buffalo, Coal dozer...I'm going to go out on a limb here and say to push coal.

    • @rodbuilder3657
      @rodbuilder3657 6 років тому

      Only a fucking idiot would ask someone what a COAL DOZER was used for. Are you really THAT fucking stupid??

    • @SomeRando42
      @SomeRando42 6 років тому

      So much easier to post an inane comment that to search for information isn't it.
      ua-cam.com/video/rFYPMjnXkFM/v-deo.html

  • @PiotrTester
    @PiotrTester 6 років тому

    amazing machine

  • @ВиталийАлександрович-з5е

    Он сам себя не тянет

  • @mattberg6785
    @mattberg6785 5 років тому

    Obviously not very nimble. Maybe on a long it could perform much better but the wheel base is huge

  • @TheDieselStop
    @TheDieselStop 4 роки тому

    That should be in Grandtheft auto.

  • @199gonzo
    @199gonzo 5 років тому

    Stuff nightmares are made of ... awesome

  • @KirkHermary
    @KirkHermary 6 років тому +9

    Damn, this beast has enough torque to peel a priest off a choir boy!

    • @timfagan816
      @timfagan816 5 років тому

      Kirk Hermary good Christ!

    • @abdihakeemcisman6868
      @abdihakeemcisman6868 5 років тому +1

      Loool.....nice one

    • @hudsonhawk0016
      @hudsonhawk0016 4 роки тому +1

      That's the sickest thing I've heard on here in a while. Hilarious though. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @DC-yb7qd
    @DC-yb7qd 6 років тому

    Ironically it obstracts materials that it runs on

  • @gavinmcvey8177
    @gavinmcvey8177 5 років тому +2

    Monster snow clearing machine for motor ways 🤔🤔😨😨😨😨😎

  • @الحياةمتعبه-س7س
    @الحياةمتعبه-س7س 5 років тому

    زين هذا شون يلوف

    • @حبيبةالاحباب
      @حبيبةالاحباب 5 років тому

      هههه مادكول الروحك شلون يلوف تسأل😂

    • @الحياةمتعبه-س7س
      @الحياةمتعبه-س7س 5 років тому

      @@حبيبةالاحباب /اني سالت سؤال لان مشفته يلوف لاحضت شاصي واحد
      يعني مامقسم الى قسمين اوك
      وثانين ع شنو تضحكين يابه
      ماكو شي يضحك 😠

    • @حبيبةالاحباب
      @حبيبةالاحباب 5 років тому

      @@الحياةمتعبه-س7س اي اضحك على تعليقك الناس شتكول علينه ها ماواصل الهم

    • @الحياةمتعبه-س7س
      @الحياةمتعبه-س7س 5 років тому

      @@حبيبةالاحباب /اي مامواصله الي😠

    • @الحياةمتعبه-س7س
      @الحياةمتعبه-س7س 5 років тому

      @@حبيبةالاحباب /انت معليج بيه ماشي😡😠

  • @juansebastianburgos9887
    @juansebastianburgos9887 5 років тому

    Veo el video quería ver ala máquina trabajar

  • @Peterbilt359
    @Peterbilt359 4 роки тому

    Worlds largest skid steer

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 2 роки тому

    Floating axels

  • @TheRebelOne.
    @TheRebelOne. 6 років тому +24

    Dear Santa, Can I have a Buffalo coal dozer with not one but 2 cummins engines in it next Christmas please, even though I have been a good boy if you wish you can leave some coal in the yard also for me to push around. Thanks Santa, Sincerely.....Big engine fan.😁

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 6 років тому +3

      I'd like to run one with 2 8V-92's in it. The coal would fly then!

    • @jackgriffin9847
      @jackgriffin9847 6 років тому +3

      TheRebelOne hoho yes I will deliver it next week that will be 51.000000

    • @luzineidebisposantosjacint6152
      @luzineidebisposantosjacint6152 6 років тому

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  • @farmingandmercedesbenz4140
    @farmingandmercedesbenz4140 6 років тому +6

    have it on sileage pit :D

    • @uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759
      @uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759 6 років тому +2

      Excellent suggestion, but will be hard for the cattle to chew. :) 100 tonnes!

    • @tandemwings4733
      @tandemwings4733 6 років тому

      No, he means to BUILD the silage pit. Spread the stuff out and compact it.
      Not sure that it would be agile enough though. Besides, getting it to the site would pose a couple of problems at least.

    • @uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759
      @uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759 6 років тому +1

      Yeah. I meant the silage will be very compacted with a 100 tonnes machine. Not healty for the cows to eat the dozer anyway !

    • @darrennoah1000
      @darrennoah1000 4 роки тому

      That's what I thought........b great on concrete pad to push up corn silage and compact it very tight.......

  • @viseshseernam39
    @viseshseernam39 4 роки тому

    weirdest machine ever seen and i saw a large varieties of machines

  • @jacksonk5308
    @jacksonk5308 6 років тому

    Man imagine all the snow you could push with that eh..

  • @СергейЗотов-ь7ф
    @СергейЗотов-ь7ф 3 роки тому

    Нахера ему такой отвал , если он сам передвигается с трудом ?

  • @sasbad843
    @sasbad843 6 років тому

    Doesn't look like it'd pull a stick out of a hot bucket of lard.

  • @timchase4268
    @timchase4268 6 років тому +1

    This puts monster truck’s to shame lol 🤣🤣

  • @rodolfoenriquebonifaciofel192
    @rodolfoenriquebonifaciofel192 2 роки тому

    El que invento esa maquina estaba bien fumado el día que pensó hacerla