I have a pair of Clark/Michigan 35A loaders that are relatively small compared to this unit. Detroit 3-53 with 70 hp in each. 1 1/4 yd bucket. They’re very robust though with large bearings and lots of cast iron. Both axles steer though so that’s pretty cool. Thanks for posting these old gems! Your efforts are appreciated. 👍
Up until recently my uncle, who lives in Michigan, was still running his old (and small) Michigan loader. Rear steer, gas engine. Also, I know of a couple Michigan loaders sitting in the weeds all the way out here on Colorado’s front range.
I work just down the road from the Benton Harbor plant. It's sad to see it all empty there. There's railroad spurs, and a proving grounds. An older guy I work with's dad was part of the 675 team. Cool history. Thanks for the video.
A 275B was the first loader I ever loaded a Big truck with in the early 90s, it had a perpetual half flat front tire and Zero Brakes. You had to park your truck up hill at an angle so you didn't run it over or flip the loader over.
Mr Justin, I would like to see you do a video of "will it start"? Any one of those old derelict equipment you've been documenting, I would like to see a "will it start vidya" That would be MINT ! ! ! anyone else like to see that? :)
As a young man ,I put a considerable amount of hours on Dad's 275A!The video doesn't give the true measure of what a huge machine this was !If you look closely the thickness of steel everywhere is evidence of a bygone era.
I've got a 280 wheel dozer from the same era. Looks like it shares many parts with this machine, but mine has the 290 horse Detroit 8V71N. Mine still runs and works very well. I have a video of it on here titled "cleaning up a skid road with my wheel dozer". That loader looks pretty far gone, but I sure would like to have it for spare parts.
Thanks for reviewing the Michigan 275A. I hope you can spot and review the much rarer 275A Series II, a machine that was revolutionary back in its days due to its size and power. :) Clark - Michigan is part of my life since I was a kid.
Made about 15 minutes from where I live. Most of the area has be redeveloped. The axles and power shift were made at the Clark facility in the town I live in. Not much left of that either except the guard shack a couple workshops and the foundry slab. The Clark testing facility is still there and active. They go so good at destroying heavy equipment that they started doing it for other manufacturers and it kept that division afloat. The neighbors on either side of my parents house worked for Clark. The one took my dad to the test lab back when they brought the 675 serial number 1 in for evaluation and destructive testing. There are pictures somewhere of him standing in front of it. Seems like he said when that loader showed up in town it took either 7 or 8 rail cars just to transport all the components.
Better door design than an old hough, I got stuck in one once when it ran out of fuel when I was stacking a stockpile, had to wait for a truck driver to come back and pull me back to drop the boom.
@@scruffy6151 We had some sleet/hail/snow but not much. Maybe 5 minutes or so. More frost than anything. 20's and 40's to 60's and a 70 but not many 70's. We may not get anything till later looks like. Whatever. Stay warm and keep the snow blown off and GBWYou!
Great job as always. That was very informative and fun to watch. Thank you for sharing. My 1st encounter with one of those may years ago as a child I was actually intimidated by the way it looked... almost monster like.
Happy New Year Justin! Thanks for the vid, good stuff as always! A friend of mine has a 275C, which is a dinosaur in its own right. I remember seeing a place in NE Pa where a guy had a yard full of big old iron, I mostly recall a bunch of AC HD41’s but he also had some big IH loaders (I forget the #’s but they had v12 Cummins power) and some cool old Haulpaks. I remember the name of a nearby town being St Mary’s, I wonder if you’ve ever come across the place?
Happy New year to you and your family as well! Hmm, the AC 41s don't ring a bell. I have only come across a couple of them. I will look into it! Thanks!
I love your videos. Now a question. Why rear steer VS front steer? I understand articulated steering came a few years later and was a better option as it is still used today. thanks
Probably because having so much weight on the moving components of a steering axle on the front would be too hard to make strong enough. There is huge forces on the front axle of a loader.
Nice loader dont look like it was beat up. Neat to see some one took the time to put the railing and steps to get in the cab. What it that truck crane beside the clark Is it a quick way ?
Sucide arms! or could be... lol. Dang cool old loaders! I bet no heater though, a cab I'm sure was nice... i like the Michigan clark 125A. but now... this might be my new favorite.
Why did the industry move away from rigid to articulated frame machines? One big advantage of the rigid frame is that you wouldn’t lose capacity when turning.
Hahaha! So, for abandoned iron like this, I only film in the winter or early spring when bugs are dead lol. Also helps to see the equipment better with the foliage gone. I have run into bees before, never snakes. And l always check the machine for insects before I film so I don't have any surprises! Thanks!
Possible reasons is that they had no developed technology for articulation, consider things like frame strength etc, developing it is risky and costly. As mentioned, this is a tractor by their own name, and it even look like this, it is relatively easy to put tractor backwards so steer is on the back, rotate the cab and add the front attachment. What is a unique system is the loader config and cab access, this is very good.
Hough loaders were not only rear wheel steering, but were also faster in reverse. This explains the reason when I saw an operator driving a rigid-frame loader backwards downtown way back in the late 50's. I currently have a rigid-frame Case loader that I'm working on and with rear-wheel only steering, it takes some time to get used to it.
I have a pair of Clark/Michigan 35A loaders that are relatively small compared to this unit. Detroit 3-53 with 70 hp in each. 1 1/4 yd bucket. They’re very robust though with large bearings and lots of cast iron. Both axles steer though so that’s pretty cool. Thanks for posting these old gems! Your efforts are appreciated. 👍
Those sound pretty cool, never ran a 35 A. I cut my teeth on a 275B in the early 90s. It was a handful.
Up until recently my uncle, who lives in Michigan, was still running his old (and small) Michigan loader. Rear steer, gas engine. Also, I know of a couple Michigan loaders sitting in the weeds all the way out here on Colorado’s front range.
Very cool, do you possibly have any pictures of your loaders online anywhere?
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I work just down the road from the Benton Harbor plant. It's sad to see it all empty there. There's railroad spurs, and a proving grounds. An older guy I work with's dad was part of the 675 team. Cool history. Thanks for the video.
Get out, that's awesome! Thanks man!
@PAmining Small world sometimes haha.
What an awesome vintage machine! This should be restored, I guess there aren't many of these left ... thanks for sharing!
You're welcome!
A 275B was the first loader I ever loaded a Big truck with in the early 90s, it had a perpetual half flat front tire and Zero Brakes. You had to park your truck up hill at an angle so you didn't run it over or flip the loader over.
Haha, sound about right! When I started working, none of our equipment had brakes either lol. Thanks
Truck history: Nah.
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Gotta love this old iron. Iconic. Thanks for theses excellent videos.
Nicely put together Justin. Thanks for the post. Fred
You're welcome, thank you!
Mr Justin, I would like to see you do a video of "will it start"? Any one of those old derelict equipment you've been documenting, I would like to see a "will it start vidya" That would be MINT ! ! ! anyone else like to see that? :)
As a young man ,I put a considerable amount of hours on Dad's 275A!The video doesn't give the true measure of what a huge machine this was !If you look closely the thickness of steel everywhere is evidence of a bygone era.
What an awesome retirement project she'd make. And an interesting ride to the corner store.....
I've got a 280 wheel dozer from the same era. Looks like it shares many parts with this machine, but mine has the 290 horse Detroit 8V71N. Mine still runs and works very well. I have a video of it on here titled "cleaning up a skid road with my wheel dozer".
That loader looks pretty far gone, but I sure would like to have it for spare parts.
That's cool, thanks!
Thanks for reviewing the Michigan 275A. I hope you can spot and review the much rarer 275A Series II, a machine that was revolutionary back in its days due to its size and power. :)
Clark - Michigan is part of my life since I was a kid.
I haven't found a Series ll yet but I will be showing the 275B in the future :). Thanks!
I have a series 2 175 a gravel pit near me had a 275 A2 i think it was scrapped.... I'd love to have a series 1 275 like this one
@@culturaldivide6817 awesome if you can take a video of it all around, it would be cool. I wish the A Series II was there too.🙁
He's back ! Thanks man ! 👍
Haha, you're welcome!
Great video. Thanks. Love seeing these old machines.
Made about 15 minutes from where I live. Most of the area has be redeveloped. The axles and power shift were made at the Clark facility in the town I live in. Not much left of that either except the guard shack a couple workshops and the foundry slab. The Clark testing facility is still there and active. They go so good at destroying heavy equipment that they started doing it for other manufacturers and it kept that division afloat. The neighbors on either side of my parents house worked for Clark. The one took my dad to the test lab back when they brought the 675 serial number 1 in for evaluation and destructive testing. There are pictures somewhere of him standing in front of it. Seems like he said when that loader showed up in town it took either 7 or 8 rail cars just to transport all the components.
Yep, monster machine back in the day for sure. Thanks for the awesome history!
Your videos are still the best! It's a shame to see this loader sitting in the woods unloved. All the best and Happy New Year.
Thank you! :) Happy New year to you and your family too!
Thank you! I’ve always wondered how you were supposed to get in and out of them. It’s even more awkward than I imagined!
Another fine production, thank you
Your welcome, thank you for the support!
Better door design than an old hough, I got stuck in one once when it ran out of fuel when I was stacking a stockpile, had to wait for a truck driver to come back and pull me back to drop the boom.
Blahaha!
Interesting to see a loader like that without articulation. Thanks!
I agree, such odd machines. Thanks!
Happy New Year.
U 2 you old Scruffy individual you!
@@lewiemcneely9143 Happy New Year to you'll down in the swap.
Little cold up here with about a foot of snow.
@@scruffy6151 We had some sleet/hail/snow but not much. Maybe 5 minutes or so. More frost than anything. 20's and 40's to 60's and a 70 but not many 70's. We may not get anything till later looks like. Whatever. Stay warm and keep the snow blown off and GBWYou!
Happy New year gents! -PA
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Great job as always. That was very informative and fun to watch. Thank you for sharing. My 1st encounter with one of those may years ago as a child I was actually intimidated by the way it looked... almost monster like.
You're welcome as always! And I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
nice big loader! looks like the front rubber was brand new when parked . how about the lorain next to it
Another excellent and interesting documentary. Happy New Year to you and yours!
Well thank you and the same to you and your family!
@@PAmining Thank you!
What a sweetheart of a machine
Do you know what the weight of these machines is? Looking to get one and curious as to what it weighs
Great video how do you find these?
Seems like the old IH Hough loaders were set uplike thia and I ran a 966Cat and a smaller one with rear wheel steer. Thanks, Pal and GBWYou
Happy New Year Justin! Thanks for the vid, good stuff as always! A friend of mine has a 275C, which is a dinosaur in its own right. I remember seeing a place in NE Pa where a guy had a yard full of big old iron, I mostly recall a bunch of AC HD41’s but he also had some big IH loaders (I forget the #’s but they had v12 Cummins power) and some cool old Haulpaks. I remember the name of a nearby town being St Mary’s, I wonder if you’ve ever come across the place?
Happy New year to you and your family as well! Hmm, the AC 41s don't ring a bell. I have only come across a couple of them. I will look into it! Thanks!
I love your videos. Now a question. Why rear steer VS front steer? I understand articulated steering came a few years later and was a better option as it is still used today. thanks
That's a good question and I'm not sure why they chose rear steer over front. Thanks!
Probably because having so much weight on the moving components of a steering axle on the front would be too hard to make strong enough. There is huge forces on the front axle of a loader.
Nice loader dont look like it was beat up. Neat to see some one took the time to put the railing and steps to get in the cab. What it that truck crane beside the clark Is it a quick way ?
I'm not sure what that was. I wasnt really paying attention to it lol. Thanks!
I owned a 275 with a 180 HP Cummins. It was a beast! Just slow and took 2 acres to turn around. Lol
Ran 125A with cummins . Fast for snow removal . Akward steering from rear though.
I think " scoop mobile" had first artiticulating loaders.
I love old equipment
Sucide arms! or could be... lol. Dang cool old loaders! I bet no heater though, a cab I'm sure was nice... i like the Michigan clark 125A. but now... this might be my new favorite.
SO COOL
Is that a lorain in the background?
Yeah some old Lorain truck crane
You are a very smart man how do you find machines like that 🤔🤔🤔
Lorain crane near it ?
What i remember most about the Michigan loaders is how heavy built the chassis are. Thick steel everywhere.
Oh definitely, they were grossly overbuilt. You're cracking one of these in half lol. Thanks!
Good machines. I own the first 280 built.
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing
People would not believe just how many cubes that has moved
Love the video need to work on the audio
Are you having a difficult time hearing me lol?
Why did the industry move away from rigid to articulated frame machines? One big advantage of the rigid frame is that you wouldn’t lose capacity when turning.
That's an iron ore road. I think I know where this is. Sad that no one is maintaining the brush around the site.
My uncle once operated that crane.
Nice one
Lift up doors before Lamborghini Very dodging looking way to get to the cab
Hahaha, that's a good comparison!
The loader looks dead, but it is advertised with a such enthusiasm like it is brand new. :)
Haha, well thank you!
I LOVE your videos! But I often wonder if you ever run into BEES or SNAKES when climbing around on these machines. Please be careful!
lol, me too. He sat down in that seat, gave me anxiety, just waiting for the spiders to crawl out
Hahaha! So, for abandoned iron like this, I only film in the winter or early spring when bugs are dead lol. Also helps to see the equipment better with the foliage gone. I have run into bees before, never snakes. And l always check the machine for insects before I film so I don't have any surprises! Thanks!
I have an old Allis Chalmers like this
Time to trim some trees!
I kind of wish I could pick their engineers brains and know why they chose rear steer vs articulated for the first few years.
Possible reasons is that they had no developed technology for articulation, consider things like frame strength etc, developing it is risky and costly. As mentioned, this is a tractor by their own name, and it even look like this, it is relatively easy to put tractor backwards so steer is on the back, rotate the cab and add the front attachment. What is a unique system is the loader config and cab access, this is very good.
Wasn't Clark already selling rear steer backhoes and forklifts at the time?
Hough loaders were not only rear wheel steering, but were also faster in reverse. This explains the reason when I saw an operator driving a rigid-frame loader backwards downtown way back in the late 50's. I currently have a rigid-frame Case loader that I'm working on and with rear-wheel only steering, it takes some time to get used to it.
Well they kind of drive like a forklift just probably not as sharp.
Trenton