My dad had one of these machines.. if you ever want another one I know where you can find one, with the rebuild manual and everything.It weighed 62 tons. It was a nice machine to operate, low to the ground with one of the widest tables I've ever seen very stable.. These machines were said to have an 80 ton lift capacity at the pin.I Know for a fact that it will up root 36" dia. trees like their carrots. :) Thanks for sharing and bringing back good memories of a machine I use to operate and fix.
Excellent Video! There were a few of these around when I was growing up. Unfortunately they were all gone by the time I was old enough to run a machine.
The operator is correct about these L48-H's . Lorain didn't produce a great number of these . Koehring the parent company of Lorain had its own hydraulic excavator line so it would have competed against the Koehring 666 I believe . I remember seeing many in the northeast in the late 60's through the 70's.. The design was modern looking for its day, but the one drawback was the weak hydraulic bottom . The shaft from the hydraulic motors to the reduction gearing on the side frame were prone to breakage. Great video of a very rare 1st generation American hydraulic excavator. Would like to see more .
That control configuration with the thumb buttons is similar to Koehring excavators of that era. But it has levers you can use for the dipper and bucket, has to be smoother for fine work.
I know of two of these in NE Colorado, on is a parts machine and the other is sitting waiting on a job that may never come. He’s also got a P&H and a huge Koehring 1066 sitting there too. I’d hate to see them cut up and need to be saved
Granite Construction had one of these in Santa Cruz, Ca. In those days, their main yard was in Watsonville, half-way between Santa Cruz and Monterey. Santa Cruz was home to smaller Granite yard. Now most everything around here is Granite Rock, instead. They're related, but I don't know how they divvy up the work. Maybe they're completely separate companies these days.
im a big fan of lorain machines i appreciate the chance to see this very rare machine i run a lorain 80j and a tl25 i have some videos up if you guys wanna check them out will upload walk aroundd in near future
Sweet. I agree with CJ on the tunes. I have a couple of the official Koehring excavators. Just about the same control design with the trigger buttons. Mine has the air assist. Lookup Zagray farm on YT. :)
Lorain is a French heavey equipment and tank manufacturer Koehring was founded in the US but by german immigrants why do you speak of american engineering its american money with european engineering
My dad had one of these machines.. if you ever want another one I know where you can find one, with the rebuild manual and everything.It weighed 62 tons. It was a nice machine to operate, low to the ground with one of the widest tables I've ever seen very stable.. These machines were said to have an 80 ton lift capacity at the pin.I Know for a fact that it will up root 36" dia. trees like their carrots. :)
Thanks for sharing and bringing back good memories of a machine I use to operate and fix.
Nice video! Wish it didn't have the music though. I'd rather just hear the excavator.
Loved it,this is real rare,thanks for taking the time to do this!
Wow, that takes me back. The ones we had were 2 sticks, with large pedals for the dipper & bucket.
Great details and very informative. I've never seen until now one of these machines in action. Thanks for taking the time to produce and share it
Holy crap! What a flash from the past, my grandfather used to own two of those machines up until the mid nineties🙂👍
Glad to see old iron ,still making an honest living digging what she was made for. Thank you for posting this video.
Thanks for posting!!
Excellent Video! There were a few of these around when I was growing up. Unfortunately they were all gone by the time I was old enough to run a machine.
The operator is correct about these L48-H's . Lorain didn't produce a great number of these .
Koehring the parent company of Lorain had its own hydraulic excavator line so it would have competed against the Koehring 666 I believe .
I remember seeing many in the northeast in the late 60's through the 70's.. The design was modern looking for its day, but the one drawback was the weak hydraulic bottom . The shaft from the hydraulic motors to the reduction gearing on the side frame were prone to breakage.
Great video of a very rare 1st generation American hydraulic excavator. Would like to see more .
That control configuration with the thumb buttons is similar to Koehring excavators of that era. But it has levers you can use for the dipper and bucket, has to be smoother for fine work.
Same company more or less
I know of two of these in NE Colorado, on is a parts machine and the other is sitting waiting on a job that may never come. He’s also got a P&H and a huge Koehring 1066 sitting there too. I’d hate to see them cut up and need to be saved
Granite Construction had one of these in Santa Cruz, Ca. In those days, their main yard was in Watsonville, half-way between Santa Cruz and Monterey. Santa Cruz was home to smaller Granite yard. Now most everything around here is Granite Rock, instead. They're related, but I don't know how they divvy up the work. Maybe they're completely separate companies these days.
Great video too bad I hate to mute it halfway when the music started.
im a big fan of lorain machines i appreciate the chance to see this very rare machine i run a lorain 80j and a tl25 i have some videos up if you guys wanna check them out will upload walk aroundd in near future
Is that old beauty still in operation? Still intrigues me on operating those old beauties.
Holy cow that bucket cylinder is massive!
Cool old iron!
We had one It looked like the same size as this one Not sure of the year. I know it was a cable boom and hydraulic stick and bucket.
Can you email me? We are interested in making a scale model of this machine.
Sweet. I agree with CJ on the tunes. I have a couple of the official Koehring excavators. Just about the same control design with the trigger buttons. Mine has the air assist. Lookup Zagray farm on YT. :)
Nice video of an uncommon machine- made in Ohio. Now go find a Lima 4505!
was a good video until the music came on
Next time no annoying shitty country music. Would like to just here the machine
hey i know where there is 2 at my buddys you can come and take them message me i dont want to see them go to scrap
Lorain is a French heavey equipment and tank manufacturer
Koehring was founded in the US but by german immigrants
why do you speak of american engineering
its american money with european engineering
Sorry, Lorain is a city in northern Ohio near Cleveland, and Thew Shovel company (aka Lorain) was based and manufactured there. No French connections.
On E.28th street in Lorain, Ohio. Building still there in good condition.