Caterpillar 666 first road trip (largest motor scraper ever built by Caterpillar)

[@larryvandyke6073]

When I was a younger man, back in the early seventies, I drove a 631 from Kingsport TN to Nashville, over 300 miles. We had a convoy of two scrapers and two escort trucks. We took I-81 to I-40. I don't think we would get too far doing that now.

[@Bostonpowercat]

@Larry VanDyke,that was a long old tramp,I have taken my old 631b out 10 miles that was plenty far enough!,lol,they don’t ride like the 6wheelers,lol.Over hear you can’t move much big gear now without a lowboy.👍

[@horsehead8306]

I used to operate a 660B here in Australia 🇦🇺. They sound amazing. Good to see that there are still some of these old girls getting around

[@wmden1]

I'm like some other commenters. I would want to see this at a tractor pull, pulling in the unlimited class. With the weight, traction, torque, and horsepower I can see it being very impressive.

[@michaelthebarbarian3380]

It would win. Easy.

[@Draxindustries1]

It may be a heavy weight and have a relatively high torque output but it's only 450hp. It couldn't pull the scraper attachment with just the tractor engine, it needs the extra 500hp 6cylinder fitted to the scraper. It's doubtful whether this tractor would do very well in a pull.

[@tomfips4682]

@@Draxindustries1 Agreed. I've ran one. They are for hauling heavy loads and higher speeds, but could no even load themselves. And any hills you would be downshifting like mad. Big, but not that powerful.

[@wmden1]

@@Draxindustries1 Pulling a load that has already been loaded, I don't think would be much problem. Where the problem comes in is loading the carrier. Depending on the texture of the dirt, even the pusher engine is not enough, in most cases. Thus they have the pusher dozers, or they hook 2 scrapers together to help load each other. The force it takes to pull the weight of a tractor pull sled is nothing, compared to the force and traction it takes for the blade to cut into and load the compacted dirt. Traction is the main thing scrapers don't have enough of to load by themselves. This tractor probably weighs half again as much as most pulling sleds and at least twice as much as the pulling tractors. I believe it would have enough traction and could pull the max loaded sled out of the arena and head home with it, albeit not as fast as the high horsepower, highly modified pulling tractors, which are lucky to get a full pull. Of course, I could be wrong. My thinking is based only on a life of observation of heavy equipment working, not on much actual operation, on my part.

[@johndaniel3474]

@@michaelthebarbarian3380 it would never win you don't know how much money is invested in a motor like that for a pull ...if so belive me it would not be the only one left in country that could use this truck and every pull truck would use the motor.. but like they said it's the last one ...this is not turbo you don't bring a snail to a race

[@williamstamper442]

This is so cool! Reminds me of the V660 Cat Forklift I once drove and worked on. Weighed in at 94,550 pounds and was 14ft 8in tall! I had to pull the trans and repair the step down box housing. Felt like a king driving that thing around!

[@ata-allterrainadventures1186]

I can’t find your model of forklift, but am very interested in seeing such a monster. What is it exactly?

[@shaun2222]

Seems like a beast, it sure has the markings of one. 666 pun definitely intended.

[@douglasmeek9774]

Amazing! I worked for Ohio Machinery for 42 years and never saw one. The engine was only used in this application as far as I know.. very rare machine!

[@catsbyondrepair]

That is a big ass tractor

[@farmertrg]

This was the first time a couple of years ago that I ever knew that Cat made a scrapper like this. I thought that the scrappers was always built in one unit rather than a tractor unit and scrapper. The 666 looks amazing after the refurbishment and you lot must have put some very hard and long hours into it :D

[@Bostonpowercat]

Thanks for your kind words and yes it did take a fair effort getting all restored. Yes Cat started with the DW series of scrapers which were triple axle varieties and they were then superseded by the 600 series. They don't make any triple axle scrapers anymore, but having the "tractor" separate from the box as opposed as being all in one made them more stable at high speeds and uneven ground. Cheers

[@sarragount5141]

Bonjour y a-t-il des vidéos avec la restauration merci. ✋✋🇫🇷✋✋👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@weejohnbb]

@@sarragount5141 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ_CkqpraLOcZ68

[@dadsvespa]

My family's been in America for 400 years this year and I've never seen one of these before ! lol ! Its beautiful !

[@weaselman24]

The vehicle I never knew I wanted.

[@Bostonpowercat]

Lol love it 👍

[@kd253]

Maybe something Mad Max would use if he needed to do some road works.....

[@PabloPerez-ed9gp]

🙂😈😈😈

[@DoctorBrodski]

@@kd253 It's certainly something for a zombie apocalypse.

[@redlight722]

I’m glad to see one still alive!! Awesome!

[@ahah1785]

perfect commuting vehicle, greta approved too!

[@fujimandkimyates3206]

Daily driver commuter. I can imagine everybody's face at work when I pulled up in that. Respect the cat

[@RuralTowner]

Traffic jams would be no obstacle...

[@Bostonpowercat]

👍

[@Bostonpowercat]

Lol 👍👍

[@mfad-pz3uk]

awesome machine ! cant stop watching . u should upload a video after restoring it . i m in love with this beauty .

[@Bostonpowercat]

New video coming soon hopefully!!

[@mikep.541]

Mechanically it sounds great. Shift smooth, no engine noise. Purrs like a CAT

[@Bostonpowercat]

Cheers, and yes it’s in great running condition, currently giving it a bit of TLC with some fresh pant, but mechanically there’s nothing to do 👍

[@genelund1705]

That howling in the rear-end is not OK when reading it

[@genelund1705]

Roading.

[@DoctorBrodski]

@@genelund1705 I guess it's because it's running empty and would disappear with a decent load on it.

[@kadehefflinger2391]

Huge straight cut gears would be my guess. Listen to the transmissions in rally cars lol.

[@007TruthSeeker]

I have to echo Aallistairc123: What a brute! Yet a nimble brute, when compared to other such machines. Cat knew how to make great heavy equipment. Thanks for posting this video, for the big brute motoring grandly and proudly through the British countryside as well as the lovely country. I hope that they rebuild it for public view and enjoyment.

[@jamielombardo5292]

As an engineer in US Army I drove CAT 911 with 24 yard Westinghouse pan scraper. 140,000 pounds at 35 mph was thrilling and I still remember 40 years ago.

[@t_dorer6227]

I've got an caterpillar 666 in switzerland ❤💛love it !!! ( not the only one in europe 🙄😉 )

[@Bostonpowercat]

@Theo Dorer,if you check out our other vids you will see it’s sister restored.I would like to see some pictures of your Cat 666 if possible.Cheers👍

[@t_dorer6227]

@@Bostonpowercat yes shure ! 🤙🏻

[@markwright3161]

Having never seen anything like this before, my first thought watching this was it looked like a 2:1 or 3:1 scale version of a tractor I'd expect to be the same size as a Ferguson 35. :)

[@brallybear620]

That´s what I call a tractor!

[@Bostonpowercat]

👍👍

[@thomaswilkinson3241]

My goodness, what a big Beast of a CAT.

[@coinucopia]

Reminds me of an old girl friend I once had, liked fast food and candy bars!

[@JohnJohnson-qg2ub]

I can relate to that 😄

[@Bostonpowercat]

Lol 😂😂

[@dougsavery5442]

I know what u mean, money pit, wide and noisy as a tractor.and good at one thing feeding its fat drink hole or. Crushing you

[@wmden1]

Good one. Thanks for the early Monday morning chuckle. I needed it. Five years later, of course.

[@hannagoransson86]

Now we talking farm tractor!!! Love the name to 666. He'll of a beast.

[@Bostonpowercat]

@ketd9 Haven't got any pics on my laptop of the dashboard,but when I get chance I will take some. It has 2 hold positions on the transmission. A brief history of the machine:-New in 1968,and spent most of its working life (late 90's) on the East coast of the states building route 95,from Maine to Florida. In it's life its had several major component overhauls.

[@DRNEGOLICIS]

What engine is in it?

[@Farmallbarn]

That is amazing. Good luck on the restoration.

[@generationll]

A guy named Gavin has a 770hp D11N pushing a 660B.John Deere has never made a machine the size of a 666 unless its the current 850D LC exvacator.Enjoyed the ride!

[@anvrag]

U alive dude?🥺

[@allistairc123]

what a brute! whats the road speed? seems quick!, id love to see this monster on a tractor pull sled or on a chain with a big modern tractor!

[@fujifurov671]

looks so good without the roof

[@DarrenMatthews]

That was just the sweetest sound!!

[@Bostonpowercat]

Cheers 👍👍

[@GlobalistJuice]

It's the "Monster Truck" class of tractors! 👍

[@jimlondon1]

Nice healthy ring from its transmission. Looks like fun to drive on the road. 👏👍🤣

[@claudiosalvi5441]

Bellissimo video non avevo mai visto questo modello 👍👍👍

[@brianfalls5038]

Maa-aan! That is one BIG mother of a machine!!!

[@XSENTONEX]

damn that really is a beast

[@Bostonpowercat]

Cheers :-)

[@adhdrebel982]

When I was a kid I'd play on those when they'd park them for the weekend at the highway construction sites .The grease monkeys spent the weekends servicing and repairing them and chasing us away from them .After the second year they tolorated us and they let us watch and help change motor oil (handed them filters and refill lines ) we got as dirty as the monkeys , they'd let us stand where they could see us and cycle all the systems on each machine to work out air in hydraulic cylinders the ground shook as they were opened and closed ,, at ten years old we were impressed...

[@Bostonpowercat]

@@adhdrebel982 Great story ,Thankyou ,that was a great childhood and as a kid they would have seemed Monsterous!,as they still big today as an adult,I can remember seeing the 631’s when my brother and me used to go to work with dad in his lorry and they were like dianasours!👍

[@urubudopixinvestimentossa2521]

Caralho! Awesome old machine. 💪🥵🔥

[@Bostonpowercat]

@espeescotty Thanks for your great comments,much appreciated. Your right it would be great to see some more 666 footage,at the end of the day it was the biggest scraper ever produced by cat!!

[@Каракурт-о2ъ]

Монстр!😀👍👍👍

[@tessacleveland4463]

I'm very impressed that thing can move !!! What a piece !!!! Lol I want #1 !

[@kibe1146]

Damn that beast is massive!

[@alspeers6931]

Wow what an absolute bruiser, soo overbuilt, and so strong sooo impressive

[@SW-jw6il]

🇺🇸 Every Man should have 1 of these

[@Latsaaben]

Now thats a proper TRACTOR! :D

[@матвейМишкин-о8ж]

Восторг. Восторг. Восторг. И не меньше 😄😄😊

[@mickb6285]

Looks and sounds like a classic series land rover there on the rear guard.

[@leeisaac4642]

I love classic plant BUT I'd rather the landrover

[@Bostonpowercat]

@allistairc123 With the scraper box attached which also has a rear engine of its own the top speed when fully loaded (over 100 ton) is 42mph!! Not sure how quick the tractor unit is on its own,but i'm sure it must be around the 40mph mark,well that is according to the guy behind trying to keep up!

[@williamstamper442]

Starting about 1:00 I thought he was marking the road with the left rear drive tire! Turns out the road just looked like that anyway and the tires just followed!

[@Steve1766]

wow what a giant machine

[@ademirsoaresl6092]

Show de máquina, uma bela relíquia. Infelizmente aqui no Brasil o povo Nutella não valoriza essas excelentes máquinas que foram de fato o progresso... parabéns pelo vídeo.

[@cameronbooker445]

Never thought I'd refer an old rusty CAT as being gorgeous and pretty but just look at her!

[@clayboist]

Sucker moves out pretty good on the highway!

[@derrickwoods2803]

Man that thing can move

[@Bostonpowercat]

@glenn3rd2004 Unfortunately the box had been cut up for scrap,but the sheer size at 16 foot wide would make it very difficult to get back to the UK. If one ever came up on the East side of the US (easier to ship from the east to the UK) then it could be a possibility later on down the line,so keep your eyes peeled!! You are right thou it would be an amazing sight to see,I have never seen one in real life myself!

[@kevinrice4909]

Nice luck 👍 I'm jealous....bad to the Bone tractor!!!

[@miketee2444]

Seems to run like a champ. Not smoking or caughing. I bet these machines could really burn through some fuel when pulling hard.

[@DoctorBrodski]

That's what I was thinking when I saw it on the road. It looks like a sixties model so I reckon it'd drink like a fish.

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

I was hoping to see them E-brake it into a 180 and then rip some donuts!! Must be in another video. 💁‍♂️

[@mikethatguy27]

I would love to cruise around on that thing

[@richardk100]

You should restore this beast and place it in a museum somewhere.

[@Bostonpowercat]

@Richard Kok,she is all done now ,cheers.👍

[@jamesmorton8431]

666? that thing’s a BEAST!

[@Bostonpowercat]

@James Morton,she is !,but check our other vids and you will see her restored with the box on,👍

[@espeescotty]

Great video and quality. I love it! It's too bad that the bowl / box got scrapped. It seems to run very well. I'm glad you have the means and ability to have saved this one and move it over there. Of the millions of videos on KZbin, this is the only one that I could find of an operating 666 (even if it is only half of one), and it has to come from one that isn't even in the states anymore! Man, she's a fat, but beautiful pig! Take good care of her.

[@anvrag]

Are you alive? 🥺

[@Coffreek]

"Hey, buddy. What's 'dieselpunk'?" You see that machine, there?

[@legendaryexplorer8119]

AWESOME PIECE OF HISTORY

[@Bostonpowercat]

Thank you 👍

[@bigone9678]

thats a big damn tractor:)

[@nickcook7408]

Air suspension and stanced & camber’s would look f’kn DOPE!

[@samking73]

That thing is a behemoth. Looks like it's got a heck of a road gear too.

[@Bostonpowercat]

Hopefully in the next week or so we should have a new video up of it fully restored. Managed to source the rear scraper box for it so now it really is a behemoth!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

"Behemoth", as pronounced by Steven Wright whilst DJing K-BILLY's "Super Sounds of the '70s".

[@rickey5353]

Now THAT'S a tractor !

[@parakumwick6871]

That's a beauty !!!

[@Busdriver10122]

Jesus that thing could pull the Titanic out the water

[@Bostonpowercat]

Lol love it 😂😂

[@thomaswaddell9012]

In the 60s the US ARMY had 830-m tractors. 4 wheel drive oscillating steering. They pulled an 18 yd pan.

[@jrfranco3090]

Now that's the coolest thing ive see all day 😎

[@Bostonpowercat]

Cheers 👍👍

[@butlerproman]

I'd rather have this than a Lamborghini.

[@hamannshaikh7398]

butlerproman, I feel Pleasure 😂

[@djlau1]

mee to haha

[@legendaryexplorer8119]

Same

[@nonokastle8699]

Pick-up more girls than the Lambo for sure !!!

[@Bostonpowercat]

👍

[@M.V.1]

Cavolo quanto è grosso, dev'essere uno spettacolo guidarlo in strada. 👍👍👍🇮🇹🖐️

[@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т]

Сильный Великан

[@321minder]

Looks cool without the box :)

[@Bostonpowercat]

+321minder Yeah your right there, it is pretty cool without the box and slightly easier to manoeuvre!

[@starpuss]

Looks Fun!!!

[@FlatThunder]

I couldn't watch it in complete, she was a little bouncy for me. What a cool rig though! I never seen anything like this before. 👍😁

[@MadWolf_86]

Beautiful monster 🙂

[@Chase_01]

Nice tractor

[@husqv5147]

What a beast of a tractor!

[@Bostonpowercat]

Cheers 👍

[@jonathanbell7752]

Commuting to work on Monday morning 😎

[@jimciancio9005]

That's one bad ass looking tractor! Born and raised in upstate NY and surrounded by rock quarries and out of the thousands of pieces of equipment I've seen and run over the years I've never come across one of these Cats! Wonder if it's something more popular in other parts of the country here? 🤔 I've traveled out as far as the Mississippi River in the Bread basket of the US plains and don't ever recall seeing those out there either, mainly all farm equipment there. What was your need to have such a great piece of equipment like this? I mean it's a stupid question I guess? I'm just curious about what they main purposes were if you or anyone here would happen to know off hand? It's like they took a standard farm tractor and gave it a shot of some serious steroids lmao! But she definitely moves pretty quickly on the highways for transporting them to sites! I know Europe has some narrow roads so it really must be impressive looking to see such a bohemith coming down a small town road......! Lol. She sounds great, I know it's an old post but I hope she's still running well for you over there. Let me know if anyone happens to know what their main functions were from Cat? Thanks.

[@Bostonpowercat]

@Jim Clancio,hi thanks for your comment great to hear from you,yes it was a while ago but still have her all painted up now ,and have her Big Sister!,it is the front tractor from the Cat 666 motor scraper ,so she would pull a 54yrd box/pan with a rear engine on it,there would not be that many left in the States now ,Cat stopped making them many years ago.If you check out our other vids on the tube you will see her sister all complete !.Cheers👍

[@onemanandhistools9047]

I can't belive your driving that down the road your a brave boy

[@Bostonpowercat]

The great thing about driving it on the road is your bigger than most vehicles so the onus is on them to get out of the way 😁😁

[@aldenhaul2775]

I wonder ,if this might be one I saw. They were purchased to build the Bob Hope golf coarse, in Palm Springs, California. I saw a few of f these ,in Martin , Kentucky, several years ago . They were massive. It took every bit of the reach ,of a Michigan 175 ,high lift optioned, front end loader ,to reach out and load them . It's doubtful, seeing where they are now.

[@Bostonpowercat]

@Alden Haul,thanks for the comment very interesting ,actually the last job that these two old girls did was building of a large golf course in Newyork ,they belong to a very nice old gentleman from Rhode Island ,before they crossed the pond to home.👍

[@aldenhaul2775]

@@Bostonpowercat You know , it's a real possibility, that these are the same machines. Now that I know , you had them shipped to you , and that they had also built a golf course, in New York. It's been 35 or 40 years ago, that I saw them in Martin Kentucky. Glad someone like you has these girls , to preserve, and use as they were intended .

[@aldenhaul2775]

@@Bostonpowercat Just asked my Dad about them ,and he said it was in 1975 or 76 ,when we saw them , and he said ,they were headed to Brazil, to work on the Pan-American highway. Where they went from there I haven't an idea.

[@Bostonpowercat]

@Alden Haul ,that’s great ,does your dad have any idea what company owned them back then?,I love the history of these old machines it makes restoring them much more interesting .cheers.

[@jimstein8249]

A freakingly cool mega Rat Rod!

[@Bostonpowercat]

Cheers 👍

[@sidcostello7532]

I took care of 6 of these on a jobsite about 30 years ago. The parts and labor costs to keep them running ran the overall cost per hour of running them into the stratosphere. There is a very good reason that Cat quit building them.

[@Bostonpowercat]

The extra set of tyres alone on the triple axle scrapers would add up!! Did you have any quadtracs (DD9) pushing the 666’s on site? What was the company you worked for? Cheers 👍

[@sidcostello7532]

@@Bostonpowercat no quads, but I did work for the dealer that designed and built the first ones as well as the first twin engine scraper, Peterson Tractor. My 666 days were during my time at Berglund Tractor, which was the worlds second Caterpillar dealership.

[@Bostonpowercat]

Wow great stuff to hear, always nice to chat to someone who used to run them. Yes the great Buster Peterson designed the Quad along with a lot of other stuff. Peterson tractor have recently restored a Quad themselves and a Siamese D8.

[@sidcostello7532]

@@Bostonpowercat my most noteworthy work with the 600 series scrapers was to re power a D346 powered 660 water wagon with a Cummins K1160 for Prospect Point Coal at Point of Rocks, Wyoming in the early '80's. This made a very nice machine out of the 660. Jake's on the Cummins allowed for the elimination of the troublesome Cat retarder.

[@sidcostello7532]

@@Bostonpowercat yeah. I asked Bill Doyle why Peterson got away from the design and development that they were noted for. He said plain and simply - Liability. People are so sue happy that they (Peterson) just couldn't take on the risks involved anymore. Other than their track loader heavy demolition buckets, Peterson doesn't do any manufacturing or development of new products.

[@HoursFreeAOLsp]

The number of the beast! 🎶

[@marcfournier823]

How many tea cups were rattled off sideboards as you rumbled that beautiful behemoth down the road?

[@danw1030]

Great commuter vehicle. 😃

[@earllorange7418]

Awesome head turner

[@Bostonpowercat]

Thank you 👍

[@dan001427]

Very nice, was that Llanharry you were driving through?

[@lowboy1one1]

“The Devils Scraper”

[@Bostonpowercat]

😂

[@davewolf8869]

Lol. Here in America you'd have every fundy screaming it's the devils wagon

[@benjaminmatte5225]

I wanna modify it for my daily driver, that thing is cool

[@DOCTORDROTT]

The things you do to get into a show for free lol Well done

[@SubvenioArguo]

7:11 You activated the warning sign: 30mph SLOW!

[@lovefromindiavlogs6071]

Thats a big boy.

[@LT.X380]

What will you use this tractor for? 🚜 Stay safe. God bless you 🙏

[@Bostonpowercat]

@Lynn Tuten ,it’s now restored and is yard art !,along with its sister you can see on our other KZbin vids.👍

[@leisergeist]

People in the houses must have been like BLIMEY! THAT'S NO MINI COOPER! lol Good daily driver though. Traffic jams are a thing of the past

[@ogaugeclockwork4407]

What a monster!

[@jacz6131]

Know what I'm buying when I win the lotory 😂😂

[@Bostonpowercat]

LOL we could go racing 😀

[@jacz6131]

Haha chances are pretty low at the moment of winning the lottory, but when I do I will gladly accept that challenge 😂🍻

[@Bostonpowercat]

Lol you have a deal 😂@@jacz6131