Back in 1962, I was the engineer(chief of survey) on a flood control project in CT. We had the original 657B's for moving material---we called them double barrels, aka push pull engines, those were big and from what I see they have grown a lot. We also had the single barrel 631B's to move earth with D-9 as pushers. The 657's also needed pushers to load, we were loading heavy bank run gravel. Retired now and worked construction as a super for over 50yrs and enjoyed every minute---hope you are too. Remember, you need dirt in your veins to love it!!!
You didn't see it here either. Those don't weight 250,000lbs. They DO when they have a full 100,000lb load in the bowl. But, empty, they are 150,000lbs. Still a lot. But nowhere near 250k.
That would've been a sight to see back then, when the truck engine horsepower wars were still going strong. 3408 Cats, 12V92 Detroits, and the KTA 1150 Cummins roaring through straight pipes would've been some sweet music.
During the winter when dirt work gets slow for me I help my old man doing heavy haul and fn love it. It’s always something different never the same and you get to operate some nice equipment. Would love a heavy haul series
Interesting, but your edit was too choppy for me. You could have simply had a cam on a tripod and shot the whole sequence of loading one, and edited to a time lapse so we could see the grand event in full. 🤙
Im a scraper operator, I load and unload them all the time, this is quite literally all it is. Disconnect trailer drive scraper on, drop bowl hook up truck and chains
The sights and sounds are incredible, just like the production quality of this vlog. I love discovering America through this. Always curious about what's deep down in those landfill sites...
Scrapper school I never had as a heavy equipment operator in the Seabees. But I got to drive a twin engine Cat around the base when it needed maintenance at the PM shop. But we mostly had what was called MRS's . They were a big 4x4 tractor some with cabs ,some without that you could detach from the scrapper and hook up a water tanker behind it.
Arron, Great video!!! Really appreciate the work of the heavy haulers. Loting of planning before the moves. Always a real spectacular show that these guys make look easy. Thanks!
Shout Out to Kidco, Calgary, Canada. 20 years old and running 631's? Crazy! What a fun job for young guys, I had to find my own path though, but still remember fondly!
I love the Cozad (Tom Pistacchio) and Murray (Chaz Murray) style trailers with 8 tires per axle. It gives you a 50,000 pound trailer instead of a 70,000 pound trailer. Unfortunate but, the further east you go they do not permit well. We worked about 30 states but in the east, we used 13 axle rigs to carry the same weight freight but the trailers weighed more so permit money is wasted. Tom at Cozad asked me to go to Guam to oversee the movement of a pressure vessel from the Naval base on the east side of Guam to a natural gas field on the north coast. I read that Guam has a lot of body lice in the jungle so I shaved the hair off my head and body. Then John McCain proposed 30 million be taken out of the Guam military budget, Guam puled the permits on the project, and I was left with no job and no hair. (Neither condition was permanent.)
@@phatboizbackyardkustomz9006 You are exactly right. Florida was a Real "bridge law" state, Virginia took a three times longer for a super-load permit than an oversize.
First time on a new crew bringing a scraper in for repairs pulled in the yard turned the cab sideways so mechanic had something to stand on. I always got the good repairs after that.
In the 80's I worked for Homer Mann Trucking in California. We moved 666's which were the largest ( definitely larger than 657's) with jeep and 3 axle dolly. Mike Brashier the foreman invented the 3 axle dolly and built them in the yard. We even made a roller plate that the 666 belly pan would hit and move up the jeep neck leaving the front tires of the two axle scraper head suspended in the air. We did this to be able to scale with permits and not have to separate the power tractor head from the pan
Great video, It's nice that you take the time to film all these behind the scenes of things most people don't care about or just take for granted when they see such heavy hauls on the highway.
I used to haul 647s and 637s but I don’t think I ever hauled a 657. Pans are some of the easiest wheeled equipment to chain down though. Drop the bowl to the deck and chain it up,,, easy peasy.
Those are some huge machines when they go on top of that trailer the trailers, enormous, and the scrapers make the trailers look like inconsequential equipment
Your said they wanted you to focus on the heavy hual you should be filming the loading. The whole driving to and unload. Focus on the hual the driving down the road man
Long time follower first time poster... what is the mechanism that allows the scrappers back end to lift up like that? I tried to catch it but dont know where to look!
@@AaronWitt ahhhhhh I was thinking that, but wasnt too sure! Sidenote: I think I might have seen the trucks yesterday morning coming down the 101 around 530-600am... was that you guys?
Aaron the federal limits on truck drivers is they can work 14 hours, but they can only be driving for 11. so stops and loading/unloading don't count towards driving. it's a little more nuanced than that but I'm not going to type it out here.
About 10 years ago Kewit moved 100 pieces of Heavy equipment over Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Moungtain. National Park which is the highest continuous road in the US. The Big Thompson flood had removed 27 miles of road. They had to build a construction road to start building the road.
Back in 1970, I saw three big scrapers moving through suburban Manchester UK under their own power to the M56 motorway site in Cheshire. I don't even recall an escort or police, and they were not hanging about speed-wise. Awesome sight, probably illegal in 2023!
Well when you said he'll lift the can ( the bowl) up & slide the trailer under it, well that part that's on the ' jeep' is the trailer gooseneck,then you have the trailer then you have called 1of 2 things, trailer booster or booster
Come up to Loveland Colorado and see how we change the tires on these big pieces of equipment at A & E Tire. I am what you call an OTR tire technician and those machines and large loaders are what i change tires on quite a bit.
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Mobilization for big jobs is critical to a successful project, moving scrapers or big crawler cranes or off road dump trucks is risky by the very nature of the weights involved and making sure the load is center and secured for transportation.
Would love to see some crane content. Huge, super cool part of our industry - would be great for you to break it down with the same curiosity as the heavy earth movers.
Them trailers seem a pain in the ass,,What's the dolly on the rear for?? Check out our Aussie Drake swing wing and swing wide trailers for heavy haul..Love watching big CATS get moved around.
Nice! First video I've seen of yours. Bloopers are awesome lol. Heavy Haul on my end is a lot less money lol. This is a company based move, so their own reworked equipment etc. Those Cozad 8 axle setups are a million a piece. 8 wheel axles etc. Lucky to get 5 dollars a mile out here with an open 8 setup. I'll be subscribing, good stuff😎
A heavy haul series would be awesome to see. Stay safe blue collar brothers.
Back in 1962, I was the engineer(chief of survey) on a flood control project in CT. We had the original 657B's for moving material---we called them double barrels, aka push pull engines, those were big and from what I see they have grown a lot. We also had the single barrel 631B's to move earth with D-9 as pushers. The 657's also needed pushers to load, we were loading heavy bank run gravel. Retired now and worked construction as a super for over 50yrs and enjoyed every minute---hope you are too. Remember, you need dirt in your veins to love it!!!
1962 ...????? A model was in late 70 maybe 80 s worked on a ton of these at central Ohio coal never in 62 clear b - e model
Hell yea, thanks for representation guys! Heavy haul gang 🫡
657 is Secraterat with yellow paint
Bet I didn't spell it right ran a bunch of biggest bad ass bitches you ever wanta thro your jaw flapping little butt on
Now that's something you don't see very often . 250,000 lb haul . Ouch . Those Kenny trucks must have well over 2ooo ftlbs of torque .
I work as a mechanic for rummel and these haul trucks break down because those 657 scrapets are too heavy
You didn't see it here either. Those don't weight 250,000lbs. They DO when they have a full 100,000lb load in the bowl. But, empty, they are 150,000lbs. Still a lot. But nowhere near 250k.
Props to the company for allowing filming!
Imagine hauling scrapers, D8s and 9s in the 70s from Gila Ben Arizona through tehachapi into the San Joaquin valley.
That would've been a sight to see back then, when the truck engine horsepower wars were still going strong. 3408 Cats, 12V92 Detroits, and the KTA 1150 Cummins roaring through straight pipes would've been some sweet music.
Tehachapi is a steep one with 80k gross can’t imagine 100-140k
During the winter when dirt work gets slow for me I help my old man doing heavy haul and fn love it. It’s always something different never the same and you get to operate some nice equipment. Would love a heavy haul series
Very keen for you to come to Australia!! I think you will be shocked at some of the things we do!!
I was a painter at Cozad Trailers in the mid 1980s. 6 days a week. Hard working painting crew. A couple of years of that was a lifetime supply.
Interesting, but your edit was too choppy for me. You could have simply had a cam on a tripod and shot the whole sequence of loading one, and edited to a time lapse so we could see the grand event in full. 🤙
Im a scraper operator, I load and unload them all the time, this is quite literally all it is. Disconnect trailer drive scraper on, drop bowl hook up truck and chains
I agree. The video was all over the place didn't see any actual loading and unloading. Was just all him talking about what the workers were doing.
😂 I was saying the same thing. I did a lot of fat forwarding😢
I Worked for Rummel for a year 1/2, until I moved back East. Rummel is top of the Class when it comes to heavy Site companies!!!
Get yourself out of the lens and show more action and your camera man is to fast to get you back in the shot
Hey Js.. when the machine is taking off or about to take off stop the music sooner we’d rather hear the engine than the music
The sights and sounds are incredible, just like the production quality of this vlog. I love discovering America through this.
Always curious about what's deep down in those landfill sites...
You really need to get to Australia to check out some heavy haul and mining there.
we're headed there soon
@@AaronWitt awesome!
Scrapper school I never had as a heavy equipment operator in the Seabees. But I got to drive a twin engine Cat around the base when it needed maintenance at the PM shop. But we mostly had what was called MRS's . They were a big 4x4 tractor some with cabs ,some without that you could detach from the scrapper and hook up a water tanker behind it.
Love the T800 wide hood
4:10 How heavy is this?
Mmmhhhh... Lets just say 250.000 pounds (since Im on camera and I want to keep keep my license...)
Arron, Great video!!! Really appreciate the work of the heavy haulers. Loting of planning before the moves. Always a real spectacular show that these guys make look easy. Thanks!
Shout Out to Kidco, Calgary, Canada. 20 years old and running 631's? Crazy! What a fun job for young guys, I had to find my own path though, but still remember fondly!
I remember in the 1960’s and 1970’s they used to move cat scrapers on the British roads!!!! I’ve seen them times whizzing past us on the motorway 😂
I remember these time as well.
I love the Cozad (Tom Pistacchio) and Murray (Chaz Murray) style trailers with 8 tires per axle. It gives you a 50,000 pound trailer instead of a 70,000 pound trailer. Unfortunate but, the further east you go they do not permit well. We worked about 30 states but in the east, we used 13 axle rigs to carry the same weight freight but the trailers weighed more so permit money is wasted. Tom at Cozad asked me to go to Guam to oversee the movement of a pressure vessel from the Naval base on the east side of Guam to a natural gas field on the north coast. I read that Guam has a lot of body lice in the jungle so I shaved the hair off my head and body. Then John McCain proposed 30 million be taken out of the Guam military budget, Guam puled the permits on the project, and I was left with no job and no hair. (Neither condition was permanent.)
Most east coast trailers are longer also for the bridge (east coast guy here)
@@phatboizbackyardkustomz9006 You are exactly right. Florida was a Real "bridge law" state, Virginia took a three times longer for a super-load permit than an oversize.
Yup, I am A Florida boy
Hell yeah Heavy hauling love doing the job.
Did you crash the drone in the passing truck?
First time on a new crew bringing a scraper in for repairs pulled in the yard turned the cab sideways so mechanic had something to stand on. I always got the good repairs after that.
Amazing, the spirit of work friend👍👍
Swamppin Scrappers!!!👍🤙👍
this really puts into perspective how big those scrapers are its hard to tell sometimes in video!
In the 80's I worked for Homer Mann Trucking in California. We moved 666's which were the largest ( definitely larger than 657's) with jeep and 3 axle dolly. Mike Brashier the foreman invented the 3 axle dolly and built them in the yard. We even made a roller plate that the 666 belly pan would hit and move up the jeep neck leaving the front tires of the two axle scraper head suspended in the air. We did this to be able to scale with permits and not have to separate the power tractor head from the pan
What’s your biggest load?
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my polo can take 300 Kg and it did
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@@dcelectric6689 😆
Great video, It's nice that you take the time to film all these behind the scenes of things most people don't care about or just take for granted when they see such heavy hauls on the highway.
Dudes probably drive 85mph on the highway too.
Smiles per gallon
In AZ, permit loads are restricted to 55 max, no matter what the road limit is
Like film every step they do/ go throw getting it on the trailer how the trailer works how much the trailer can handle,
I was haulin all over the state in the 70s scraprts we would run tractor on lowboy . Drag the can . A lot different now
Did your drone get taken out bu that puddle at the end?
Erratic Camera work, steadying up and holding your shot longer works to even out the coverage
It gave me motion sickness and had to quit watching.
Great vlocumentary!!
Been waiting on this video heck yeah
That drone abiut got smoked by the semi towards the end of th video. Haha
(3:08) in the video, is the tire suspended above the worker (your side of video) , just curious question. Thanks
How did you loose the trucks on the Highway?
I used to haul 647s and 637s but I don’t think I ever hauled a 657. Pans are some of the easiest wheeled equipment to chain down though. Drop the bowl to the deck and chain it up,,, easy peasy.
This is just heaven for us that live equipment and dirt = Travel !
You & your team really put together first class content... always a quality watch .
Where about is this in az I live in queen creek az
"Let's Just Say 250 Thousand". 😉😉
I always say, “ish”.
Those are some huge machines when they go on top of that trailer the trailers, enormous, and the scrapers make the trailers look like inconsequential equipment
Great video brother. Have a great weekend. It's always good to see equipment moving. Means good times and good beer and steak dinners. LoL 😂
Much more streamline on the video side as well. Good job young men!
thank you!
Your said they wanted you to focus on the heavy hual you should be filming the loading. The whole driving to and unload. Focus on the hual the driving down the road man
9 axles visibly, but those units have a total of 15 axles. On all segments of the trailer there are 2 axles side by side, Cool video!
We call them triple 16 west coast trailers
cozad trailers are one of the best out there.
Some Good Look'n Signs being used there. 😄 Great Video!
Long time follower first time poster... what is the mechanism that allows the scrappers back end to lift up like that? I tried to catch it but dont know where to look!
they have two cylinders on either side to push the cutting edge into the earth. If you fully extend them, it pushes the entire back end off the ground
@@AaronWitt ahhhhhh I was thinking that, but wasnt too sure! Sidenote: I think I might have seen the trucks yesterday morning coming down the 101 around 530-600am... was that you guys?
Aaron the federal limits on truck drivers is they can work 14 hours, but they can only be driving for 11. so stops and loading/unloading don't count towards driving. it's a little more nuanced than that but I'm not going to type it out here.
I would love to see a heavy haul series! that would be amazing!
About 10 years ago Kewit moved 100 pieces of Heavy equipment over Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Moungtain. National Park which is the highest continuous road in the US. The Big Thompson flood had removed 27 miles of road. They had to build a construction road to start building the road.
Great video man!!! Been waiting for this. Here in nyc we could never have a 57 in these streets. Hell a 345/49 is a pain in he ass to move here
Hell they used to load a Murray dolly with the scrapers front wheels and let the rear wheels run down the highway
Another stellar video bud……maybe some more shop ones ….maintenance season is upon us
Up at Ziegler Cat we will be moving a 657G for a Machine Rebuild in January some time! Can’t wait to get pictures of the move!
here in Connecticut DOT regs only allow driving for 14 hours daily then a 10 hour rest
Back in 1970, I saw three big scrapers moving through suburban Manchester UK under their own power to the M56 motorway site in Cheshire. I don't even recall an escort or police, and they were not hanging about speed-wise. Awesome sight, probably illegal in 2023!
Well when you said he'll lift the can ( the bowl) up & slide the trailer under it, well that part that's on the ' jeep' is the trailer gooseneck,then you have the trailer then you have called 1of 2 things, trailer booster or booster
Big boy work.
Saw more of the ijit xplaining stuff than the actual moving guys. Comemon man.
Come up to Loveland Colorado and see how we change the tires on these big pieces of equipment at A & E Tire. I am what you call an OTR tire technician and those machines and large loaders are what i change tires on quite a bit.
It was a 623 I unloaded friday buty was the same way pick the back up with the belly and pull the RGN out
Damn i wish i had that much help hauling them transfer buggies. This looks fun though!
Nice video aaron👍
Scraper, it's my first time to see and know such an earth-moving machine existing.
These 657 scrapers are pieces of shit. I am a mechanic for rummel, and there are always at least 5 of these down every day.
Interesting process,they go through,to move,these massive machines! Happy holidays, from Metro Detroit!! G
Come down to SoCal you’ll see it all day long
PERFECT commentary great job ty
what's the grease on the back end and the hook part.
It’s not for the sake of drowsy it’s for the sake of paying over time
Those two mechanics are badass 💪
I work with them, and they are hacks
This was a great video
thank you!
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How many 13 axle trailers were needed for that heavy haul?
What brand of vest is Witt wearing??
Is that a camera on the dirt? 1:16
And of course us video guys saw the clip of Eric almost smoking a truck with the drone. 🤣
We used pan dolly’s to move a lot of these back in the 70s thru the 90s
Cool shout out from Yuma Arizona
Mobilization for big jobs is critical to a successful project, moving scrapers or big crawler cranes or off road dump trucks is risky by the very nature of the weights involved and making sure the load is center and secured for transportation.
Getting it done nice cool video
Those t800Ws are so cool
Wow so informative and detailed
Camera dude turn the camera to show what he’s pointing at or talking about.
It was a very good video
Go team rummel!
Where can I buy that vest, I need the mug holder!!
ML Kishigo
Working at buesing in AZ I saw this stuff at the time.
My question is how did RDA move those XXXL sized scrapers from Earth to Pandora?
Ok the bes boy usa mesin monster..
Would love to see some crane content. Huge, super cool part of our industry - would be great for you to break it down with the same curiosity as the heavy earth movers.
I buddy used to drive TS 24s down the road from job to job.
Them trailers seem a pain in the ass,,What's the dolly on the rear for?? Check out our Aussie Drake swing wing and swing wide trailers for heavy haul..Love watching big CATS get moved around.
Nice! First video I've seen of yours. Bloopers are awesome lol. Heavy Haul on my end is a lot less money lol. This is a company based move, so their own reworked equipment etc. Those Cozad 8 axle setups are a million a piece. 8 wheel axles etc.
Lucky to get 5 dollars a mile out here with an open 8 setup. I'll be subscribing, good stuff😎
Great editing skills
SHALOM BROTHER. WHAT'S THE MAKE OF THAT HARNESS PLEASE THANKS ?