BigIron Melroe M870 Buffalo Coal Dozer

Melroe M870 Buffalo Coal Dozer, 7331/7231 Hrs Showing, Power By 2 NTC 855 Cummins Diesel Motors: Front Motor Is Weak And Smokes, 335 HP Each, 2 Clark Torque Converters And Clark 4 Speed Powershift Transmissions, Each Drive Train Runs 1 Side Of Dozer, 1 Side Has Rockwell Hubs While Other Side Is Caterpillar Hubs, 23' Blade, Blade Has Plates Welded On It, 4 Shank Ripper, 65/35-33 42 Ply Tires, Full Swivel Seat, Weighs Approx 200000 Lbs. With Blade, Will Not Assist With Loading, SN: NONE

[@fedup3582]

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.

[@donaldbartram6315]

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

[@1juanitosully]

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

[@ronaldreeves4720]

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

[@andymalicki7202]

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

[@karlk6860]

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]

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

[@jacobmusgrove701]

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

[@fabricationhintstipsmisc6192]

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

[@hectortorres352]

I like this beast to add to my Tonka collection

[@renanalves8461]

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

[@threynolds2]

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.

[@cudwieser3952]

That's one big bobcat ;) :)

[@Tygard_93]

That thing is cool but that was painful to watch.

[@gusm5128]

That thing creates its own weather patterns

[@markmcc78]

Looks like the wheelhouse off a tugboat!

[@janeklund5152]

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[@sheridanbaldwin8629]

Mark McCormick they call that tug old somokey lol

[@markmcc78]

Perfect!

[@Spotacus1]

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

[@markmcc78]

Totally! this bi#ch is SUPERMAX!!!

[@johnhohfeldt7566]

Would make one hell of a snow pusher though

[@Brad772006]

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.

[@blakeb1992]

I think it roals more coal than it could push!

[@nonamenolastname8600]

How many tires do you change when turning?

[@stuletnikawaler9743]

What was this machine built for?

[@hughezzell10000]

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

[@alphonsotate2982]

IT GOT A TUG BOAT WHEEL HOUSE

[@wasimjaan3300]

Cabin look like air trafic control tower😉

[@tripacer8259]

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.

[@foxsoul7899]

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

[@lewiemcneely9143]

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

[@gordbaker896]

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

[@lewiemcneely9143]

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

[@listonoszpat233]

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

[@tacoenvy]

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

[@dinkchow]

Boat anchor for a Battleship?

[@sebofo]

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

[@nickc2708]

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

[@troyadamswaymarfarm5224]

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

[@rapidthrash1964]

A good feature for a sci-fi film

[@wrenchtheroo6557]

Looks like a mad max vehicle

[@fedup3582]

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.

[@gabrielm.marques4385]

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.

[@GRADE8BOLT]

Like a terex dozer 2 engines running different sides

[@bogoto247]

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

[@Ghostrider2999]

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

[@199gonzo]

Stuff nightmares are made of ... awesome

[@TheMNrailfan227]

How is it the stuff of nightmares?

[@johnsomerset1510]

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

[@pro_fuze599]

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

[@georgeisaak5321]

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 ?

[@rapidthrash1964]

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

[@gavinmcvey8177]

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

[@timchase4268]

This puts monster truck’s to shame lol 🤣🤣

[@raincoast2396]

Can see why it never caught on. Bad idea.

[@nomon95]

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.

[@PiotrTester]

amazing machine

[@jdan150]

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

[@lawnfarmer]

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]

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

[@zacbrown650]

I remember that too!

[@m16ty]

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.

[@ceejay960]

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!

[@oldridersteve217]

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

[@TheRebelOne.]

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]

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

[@jackgriffin9847]

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

[@luzineidebisposantosjacint6152]

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[@tylersutton7667]

I love this thing

[@lesliewheeler1750]

dont look like it can push itself yet alone coal

[@cat637d]

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

[@SootyMangabey.]

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

[@Erichb66]

Sounds like a cat or Bad Cummins

[@MultiZaeb]

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

[@user-qk9rj9vz7h]

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

[@ilvestfal2030]

Как неуловимый Джо!

[@bennytt7275]

It's kinda sick!

[@jacksonk5308]

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

[@user-vn2nx1yq9e]

он только по прямой ездит?

[@tripacer8259]

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.]

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

[@Zlobusz]

What is this?

[@1965Gindy]

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

[@thomasberry1379]

Click bait for heavy equipment enthusiasts.

[@piljahin]

Силён бродяга!!!

[@joemcgovern1125]

Love to go and play on that

[@wellingtonsousa7769]

O ronco do motor é lindo

[@AZdirtdog]

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

[@race8427]

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

[@Scribles]

awesome

[@wcresponder]

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

[@tandemwings4733]

Funnily - I had the same thought!

[@superchevys10]

Could repurpose it to move snow

[@metalsmyth6945]

thing is a beast

[@jimcub22]

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

[@azorkizopata8560]

It's like big Bobcat

[@coltoncarpenter3790]

I'd say who ever designed it was inspired by le tourno. That thing looks fun though.

[@user-zi1ld2hd7j]

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

[@nicholaspratt7934]

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

[@YouTubeDeletesComments]

Nicholas Pratt Its in low Gear you fuck!

[@nicholaspratt7934]

This is how it should move if it was anywhere near fit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHe8gYCgo72efK8

[@lewiemcneely9143]

VERY good video link! Thanks, Nick!

[@BearwoodBrown]

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

[@earlgunman6325]

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

[@rodbuilder3657]

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

[@SomeRando42]

So much easier to post an inane comment that to search for information isn't it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHe8gYCgo72efK8

[@cameco805bttnajlepszytrakt3]

monster machine

[@SootyMangabey.]

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

[@omarkalnin6526]

Grande, grande, trabalho nenhum.

[@roberthillyer2888]

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

[@gabrielm.marques4385]

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

[@3ormorecharacterstimes2]

go ahead

[@user-sf1oy7wp7y]

Не понял, о чём видео?

[@hectortorres352]

Where is located. its for sale

[@boatbound3300]

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

[@billsargent3407]

That looks like a Transformer that Michael Bay! refused because it didn't look real.. Oh and that KNOCK... my my...

[@buildthings79]

So you say you have a zombie apocalypse vehicle....well let me just show you mine.

[@jdcustom4655]

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

[@user-xk7bp4lr2f]

Вот это гусеница)))

[@user-pp7vm8jv2b]

Я такова ещё не видел

[@watchthe1369]

007 Moonrover! or world's largest skidsteer.

[@juanjosemascarell2167]

Bona makinaria mol bona. 😪🎗️

[@mattiadonatotaddei6263]

It seams like a tug boat..!

[@eduardoalcantara6126]

Que pinche monstruo

[@user-qs6qm2ox2t]

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

[@farmingandmercedesbenz4140]

have it on sileage pit :D

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

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

[@tandemwings4733]

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]

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]

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

[@clonSanG]

Imagine the fuel bill to run this id say shes like a sow on it

[@user-sy3lj4in8i]

Он сам себя не тянет

[@pravozaschitnik7488]

Сил хватило только отвал поднять...

[@user-ur3hk6yx2e]

Это вообще что за уйобище

[@user-qv8yz4jv8y]

@@user-ur3hk6yx2e это такой бульдозер

[@vanderleipulquerio1670]

Que monstro

[@paulthomas4243]

0k a

[@mattberg6785]

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

[@canvids1]

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.

[@KirkHermary]

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

[@timfagan816]

Kirk Hermary good Christ!

[@abdihakeemcisman6868]

Loool.....nice one

[@hudsonhawk0016]

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

[@Peterbilt359]

Worlds largest skid steer