Fleet of 657 scrapers bringing down hill

[@jacobmuchai]

Im absolutely floored by the capabilities of these heavy machines. They truly exemplify the term heavy machinery.

[@jamielacourse7578]

What a great time to be alive. I can watch these steel dinosaurs all day long without sunburn, bugs, dirt or guys in pickup trucks chasing you. And the fridge is within armchair range......

[@pauloferreira-jt9pj]

material muito seco e países da África

[@dennisholst4322]

Thank God it's still working and you don't have to grease it

[@phillipmoore6295]

We used to have 4 scrapers that ran materials from our rock Crusher (Fresh Kills Landfill, now closed). We also had 10 dozer pulled scrapers. Originally with D8Ks, then upgraded to D8Ls. Running an old cable scraper pulled by a D8 with clutch and brake pedals was part of the practical test for the job. Back in the day. IUOE Local 15

[@bazzinbulgaria4826]

I would really enjoy seeing what that site looks like now....a sort of 'before and after' update. Same goes for a lot of your older videos....maybe a short video which starts with a minute or so of the original video and finishes with a short descriptive narrative. I'm sure I'm not the only one who watches these great videos of yours and wonders what it is the planners are trying to achieve.

[@dermak2]

Agree 100%. Always good to know what it’s being done for!

[@robkeltchich6090]

@@dermak2 It was a school site in Santa Clarita, Ca

[@aprigio64]

@@dermak2 Wonderfull.

[@lrayvick]

@@robkeltchich6090 are you sure this wasn't Otay Ranch, San Diego county?

[@dennisholst4322]

@@robkeltchich6090 beautiful area

[@StereoSpace]

That is an awesome display of modern construction machinery at work.

[@BubbaAyers1969]

I remember back in the 80’s, we had 80 637 scrapers stripping coal mines and building haul roads.. it was around $1.10 $1.20 a yard to move the Earth then

[@dennisholst4322]

That's a lot what company where

[@andrewtoyotarees1379]

Love scrapers ,in the 70,s my dad's neighbour took us to Amanford in s w Wales to his work site for the day, we spent a full day riding around in Terex scrapers and big Cat dozers we were only about 10 yrs old,i loved it, been a big fan of machines ever since, but never worked in the industry, i remember it well.

[@GuntersGarage]

This was really cool to watch how orchistrated all this heavy equipment is and the massive quantities of earth being moved per hour.

[@Only-one-life-68]

It would of been great for a facts on how many cubic metres a day they moved on this site Including the fuel used daily

[@GuntersGarage]

@@Only-one-life-68 yeah that would be cool too

[@arshadawan781]

Very nice video all operators on this project are well experienced I love the scraper my father was become the best operator of the scraper when he was only 14 years of age

[@tomyousch7070]

I love those big double engine push/pull scrappers.lock them together and move mountains. Only real problem we had with them when running hard was an only 8 to 10 hour fuel tanks.usually refused at lunch to make a 10 to 12 hour day.

[@rjmyers5708]

Great yet they don't use as they were designed, which coupling up to increase pick up power and move through the cut faster. I see a lot of operators that appear to be afraid to do such efficiency. So shame on the dirt foreman!

[@sitatan]

I like heavy equipment. The operator is a very good skill. Very good sound. Thank you from Japan.

[@cardiackidjones2848]

Insane amount of cubic yards moved per hour......mind boggling to say the least! The cost to move it all isn't cheap either! Thanks for the video!

[@dodge8802]

Its the cheapest way to move massive amounts of dirt

[@montiro8999]

@@dodge8802 That is definitely not true. That one has to be the cheapest machine to move massive amounts of dirt around. haha en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288

[@stephenmoncrieffe2488]

Moving.all.that.dirt.cost.millions

[@dennisholst4322]

Don't use the word insane Dirt moving contractors are aggressive and competive with others

[@dennisholst4322]

@@dodge8802 put your backhoe on the lowboy

[@rp1645]

WOW the grader coming down that slope grading KOOL. Have watched in real life a set of 3 of the biggest graders CAT makes grade the haul road for the LARGEST dump trucks for open pit mining it was in Salt Lake city The mine just west of City it is open to public so you can go to viewing area and watch mining I got to see a blast go off and right after Blast the D- 11s. got to work RIPPING the ground back and forth. This is nice video. Thank you.

[@rogerclegg8230]

6+ miilion yard project 1985 in San Diego; lopped-off the mesas, 150+ foot fills in the canyons. 40+ 657 scrapers (between April 15th and Oct 15th: lotsa O/T in October). 2-man survey crew provided all the grade stakes (nothing robotic or automatic: just a theodolite and top-mount EDM; all hand recorded notes)

[@socalxplorer]

Kind of took me back to my surveying days 1977- 2005 in Ontario area. Enjoyed it.

[@jpk2420]

Took 7 mos to move 6 mil.yrds????? With 40 scrapers????What were you using, DW20'S, pushing with 2U's???

[@knowstress1]

Jp K yup we moved around 4 million in 9 months with 20 scrapers and a few rock trucks.

[@dennisholst4322]

I worked for Bob Fulton at San Marcos on golf course job running a Rock nine before that I worked for Templeton across the road 78 I think a Mexican blademan told me after asking him who's that contractor he said oh that's Fulton they are a highballing company you don't want to work for those guys. I drug up that day went to the union hall they sent me to that job

[@dennisholst4322]

Grade checkers tied the lathe on top of each other in the fill to keep up

[@daltonagronomo1652]

Here in Brazil, I must give my admiration, to the persons that made these machines and their work.

[@schneiderexc3557]

Could watch this all day, great video!!!

[@mattadey6728]

IKR like who doesn't love CAT equipment?

[@seabulls69]

Outside of a handful of John Deere folks, nobody I know. ;)

[@arisk.ramosbautista1283]

😂😂😂

[@aikiemarais6676]

This is like watching paint dry, but oddly satisfying. Is there any way you can make a kind of time lapse video to show the hill disappear?

[@dennisholst4322]

You won't impress GOD as much with your paint brush as what these are doing

[@dennisholst4322]

Enjoy the ride

[@dennisholst4322]

Your brush bristles couldn't move it

[@daltonagronomo1652]

I like to see machines working. I'm a Brazilian and I live in Brazil.

[@papaowl13803]

It is so cool to watch this. Getting to play with there toys in the dirt.

[@wmden1]

These are always interesting and fascinating to watch. I would think it takes considerable expertise and some courage to load on this very steep and long grade, especially with scrapers in front of and behind you. My hat's off to the operators.

[@robertfeeley9738]

That hill is nothing, seen cats push scrapers onto steeper cuts.

[@MichaelDavis-zf6nt]

I definitely interpreted that title completely wrong for a few seconds. I was like who has 657 scrapers in their equipment inventory. Then a few seconds later I was struck by how stupid I was, realizing the scraper model is 657.

[@clydesmith8560]

Same here. I ask myself: Where'd they get That many scrapers?? I ran a small Trex for a summer when I was a kid, then went into the military. Recruiter said yeah, sure thing, we'll put you in the maintenance career field. They'll train you on stuff like that..... NEVER saw the first scraper, dozer or anything close to it. Aircraft loaders and forklifts . ....

[@perry1559]

You got to admit that seeing 600 of those things working the same job site would be amazing. What are they, about 60 feet long. 600 at once would be like a horror flick.

[@kt.hehner5997]

That is a crew of excellent operators.👌

[@brentbarnhart5827]

These are all remote controlled off a computer program in the office. Run by a 14 year old who programs them each day after school for the next and between video games. But thank you very much. LOL

[@blaneycrabbe3390]

@@brentbarnhart5827 By your coment sounds like you're full of Shit! ! ! I bet you have never been on a field of scrapers, conceited bastard !

[@stevelopez372]

@@brentbarnhart5827 Would certainly make a good video game for Boys. But leave these machines for those who wear Big Boy pants. Lol

[@brentbarnhart5827]

@@blaneycrabbe3390 It was a joke asshole, and yes I have ran scrapers. It was complimenting how perfect they were organized and ran dick head.

[@dennisholst4322]

@@stevelopez372 I hope the engineers leave something great alone

[@slicedbacon2861]

Great video... Spent 20+ years of my life running buggies... Really miss it, to bad it's a young man's sport...

[@sunside79334]

bring down mountains with scrapers, they said. it will be great fun, they said. a saying hardly ever was more correct like in this case, i could watch that 24/7 tbh.

[@redshift1976]

Hold your horses there, John Mclain.

[@kt.hehner5997]

Yep I’d say that qualifies as a fleet of scrapers.👍

[@dennisholst4322]

Fat gals that don't bitch

[@fx4534]

モーターの坂落としは迫力ありますね💪

[@mantroid]

My dad used to call scrapers 'turnapulls', he was a backhoe operator, 49er.

[@kathyzeilinga258]

mantroid 8

[@taderdigger4115]

The Tournapull was made by RG LeTourneau that's where he got the name. Old school stuff there most has been worn away and scrapped by now.

[@dennisholst4322]

@@taderdigger4115 Latourneau had a vision in his sleep of how to design a scraper the goose neck is still the basic design

[@wailnshred]

@@dennisholst4322 LeTourneau invented scrapers as we know them today.

[@duradim1]

I get it now. The 657 is a model number? Forgive me for my ignorance.

[@bigdave6331]

Yes, 57 yard capacity

[@likeaboss860]

Second number is bowl size third number is a 1 that's single engine 3 or 5 is self loading 7 is dual engine

[@DeerPlot]

657s are huge machines too , I'm with Thompson grading out of GA and the biggest scraper we have is a 627f which is still huge , but the damn 57 are crazy

[@markjacobs1103]

I WAS... an Operator for 44 yrs. , looked at myself as A DIRT SCULPTOROUS... The world as my ball of clay... I carved and created a lot of pieces of fine art in So. Cal. starting in 1973... Enjoying retirement now , but DO MISS IT , A LOT .....

[@terrida5696]

Daley corp?

[@goofybri8949]

For those of you ever so curious how they move mountains ... well, this is your answer.

[@vonarg]

Good luck to build a mountain.

[@stevelopez372]

@@vonarg No Problem. Lot’s of people making Mountains out of Mole Hills these days. Lol.

[@robertwest6108]

Brings back memories....Great video

[@davidgerber3421]

The scrapers are so much fun to run that's what I like doing

[@alienhexican8017]

Like kids on a playground slide, each taking turns and yelling "oh yeah, well watch this!!"

[@rogerjohnson6218]

Dam nice to see a lot of dirt in less thin 30.sec..:-) full up as in 45 +yards.

[@grayswandir47]

Scraper ... Scraper ... Road Grader "Hold my beer" ...

[@dennisholst4322]

Girlfriends and wives are always there on payday

[@dennisholst4322]

You probably taught your school teachers a thing or two I married one

[@ralphaverill2001]

Moving a sand dune; no ledge, no boulders, no rocks. To do that in my home state of Connecticut you use a lot of dynamite and a couple of portable rock crushers. You turn a hill into big piles of various sized gravel.

[@labla8940]

Ralph I live in the end of they Valley just above new Haven and a little below Waterbury where glaciers came man my 680K is a rock digging machine

[@ralphaverill2001]

@@labla8940 Nice! What happens when you hit ledge? Lots of that up here in Litchfield County.

[@labla8940]

@@ralphaverill2001 ya you do I do radon testing and a lot up north especially there

[@superstarmcgee1128]

Teamwork there I never a beer just watching it.

[@clarencecornbinder6641]

water truck six wheel Drive?, nice wheel dozer👍

[@白谷康広]

バイクツーリング

[@白谷康広]

バイク ツーリング

[@markroeder2491]

Looks like the grader operator wanted a shot at it too!

[@bronto150]

Jealous as I sit here with my Tonka toys and diecast models and watch this. I need to go to the next level... RC models!!!!

[@victortenma5512]

Now I want a scrapper fleet.

[@christopherlovelock9104]

Lovely to see a longer excellent video than usual. Since in the UK now we have virtually run out of space where this type of machine is needed, and being a bit out of touch with prices, what is the cost overall of running just one scraper per day.

[@88bigbyrd]

Christopher Lovelock a 657 scraper like these can expect to burn 450 gallons of diesel in an 8hr shift.

[@christopherlovelock9104]

Thanks. Must take a fleet of tankers to keep that lot running, - I presume that is what we call 'red diesel' - it's cheaper for vehicles that do not run on the road as there is no 'road tax' on it. That would make it approx. $2.50 per gallon in the UK - although with the amount they use I expect they get it at a special rate. Nevertheless must be some bill per day with the number of vehicles they were running.

[@jmazoso]

That dozer is worse on fuel

[@rustynail914]

That's just the fuel. Add $200-ish per hour for the equipment cost and $40-ish per hour for the operator.

[@Jdigger4130]

Guy in my tractor group Ed P from petaluma Ca ran buggy for Independent n he said in the late 80s the budget was 1000000 yes a million an month to keep their iron running

[@rogernadeau3708]

I' ❤️ these Scrapper ! Thank's 💥🤙😎🇨🇦

[@ReveredDead]

A job that literally moves mountains.

[@BillRayDrums]

Dirt Sharks! That grader's like "I want some o' dat!"

[@samvt]

lmao exactly what i said, freaking grader man wanted a piece of the action

[@terrellscaife2411]

Hey I am wondering what are they building here it definitely looks fun going down a hill and a big old tractor

[@aussiebogan9896]

i love the sound of 550 Horsepower

[@BulldozerMighty]

Amazing Machinery, Best Video

[@johnbarrios1598]

I love machinery in action.

[@steeltaz725]

I’ve always heard these called pans when I operated heavys back in the 80’s and 90’s

[@jamielacourse7578]

And the bottom dumps were called belly dumps.......

[@donbowe8339]

If you live like I do, digging is by far the coolest job you can have.trust me

[@marcoscolmenares2810]

Súper bien,el sistema de trabajo de este equipo de maquinaria pesada,del corte y vote de tierra con tradillas 657D

[@tombeller4530]

GOD. DO I MISS WORKING WITH EQUIPMENT. GUESS I DIDN'T GET ENOUGH AS A KID OR BY TRADE.

[@shadetreelife3670]

Worked on a lot of 657s. High maintenance but they move a lot of dirt

[@dennisholst4322]

They are like an astonment

[@dennisholst4322]

So much power they will actually taer themselves apart to keep working

[@dennisholst4322]

If you push them

[@exelasantiago2440]

I can watch this all day

[@rubensjosedasilvajose2142]

K

[@terrellscaife2411]

Yeah me too much much better than a lot of those silly reality shows

[@wattsmilly01]

gravity saves diesel...

[@gford1491]

Yea but not brakes lol

[@celsojoven3525]

Cavite covid 19

[@slicedbacon2861]

No breaks where applied in this video lol

[@Kharnellius]

Until they have to go back up the other side lol.

[@dennisholst4322]

@@gford1491 brakes are seldom used on a scraper truck drivers use those

[@blackflagqwerty]

It"s like watching a looping GIF!

[@robertfeeley9738]

I was on night shift for California Tractor keeping a fleet of triple sixes in the dirt.

[@unguidedone]

whooa the power i feel overwhelmed

[@pastorlarrypotts8289]

Thank you for Excellent Covid 19 entertainment!

[@6lr6ak6]

Must have been a great job, Imagine the diesel used in one day.

[@dashaB-sl4pu]

hAVE A LOOK AT JUST HOW SMALL THE GRADER IS IN COMPARISON TO THE SCRAPERS AND THAT'S A BIG GRADER

[@markhall7222]

would like to see before and after pics and all of them parked

[@jimsvideos7201]

I wonder if Cat considers use like this when they design scrapers?

[@garysmedley6263]

This is standard operating procedure for these scrapers. The thing is that you always want to drag the cutting edge on the way down the hill. This does several things; 1) It keeps the rig slowed down and prevents engine overrev. 2) It helps keep a full load in the bowl and increases overall production in total yards of dirt moved. 3) It keeps the cut smooth for both the machines and operators. This is the type of job these rigs were designed for and there is none better than Cat.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Gary Smedley I wonder about all the fluid reservoirs though; the machines obviously tolerate such angles but I wonder if any of the design engineers would be surprised to see this.

[@garysmedley6263]

I spent over 40 years running this same type of heavy equipment in this same area of so. Calif. It was a common thing to see the design engineers at the job sites watching how their machines performed. You can go online and see the charts prepared by these different companies where they give the equipment travel time up and down all grades that their equipment can safely handle both loaded and unloaded. Trust me, they know exactly what these machines are capable of and this cut is very normal.

[@jimsvideos7201]

I'll take that just fine, thank you.

[@The01Ace]

@ Jim's videos What else are they supposed to do? Pull all that weight uphill and put tension on everything? Or, how about sideways? Silly. Since most of the oils/fluids are under pressure in some way or another and are pumped, the angle shouldn't matter. If the fuel is kept at least half full, it shouldn't matter either.

[@Sojourning_]

back in the day we used the 666, we took it down fast. I think at our peek we had 30 666 scapers.

[@jjqv-njjkoroxco9686]

is nice to operate this machines,l did it for some time and I really liked.

[@miltonjosedossantosjosedos4362]

Sou apaixonado por máquinas e gosto muito de ve las trabalhando

[@davidsolomon8203]

Around and-around they go: The hill is not surrendering!!! When will they stop? Does anyone know?

[@budrespini]

Wow. Nothing like that running here in Oregon. Any guess as to how much dirt was moved during this video?

[@Squat5000]

I believe this is a 25 million cubic yard residential project. This video alone... probably 2500 yds. A Cat 657E moves 44yds/ load, heaped... Roughly 100,000lbs, in an 8' wide swath. 600HP engine. Sorry... this is CA. 560HP to meet environmental requirements.

[@Kerry0101]

Never thought a company owned that many machines for one job. The fuel per hour alone no to say the people driving and fixing them is amazing.

[@larrycharles6023]

Most eqpt is leased, not owned by one campany

[@timmensch3601]

that wheel dozer has a BAD exhaust leak lol

[@brunomerlino2620]

timmensch bellisimo

[@malcolmmarzo2461]

A description of the project would be a good idea.

[@knowstress1]

It looks like hillside housing development in corona ca. It’s a pretty narly job, very steep.

[@stevelopez372]

@@knowstress1 Yea but good soils.

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[@remraf72]

Can any of my fellow subscribers tell me what the angle of descent is depicted in this vid. These 657 operators have nerves of steel as that angle or decline is freaking steep!

[@louiszierlein5814]

These monsters will go anywhere the operator has nerve to take them. Years ago as a new operator at a mine in Wyoming we had to load down a grade steeper than the one in this video. My firs trip down took me a couple of minutes much to the amusement of the old guys. My knees were shaking when I finally got to the bottom. Anything short of a sheer drop off they won't go over as long as you keep the nose down hill and the can in the dirt. To this day a scraper is my favorite piece of equipment to operate.

[@dennisholst4322]

Some guys don't want to work on the easy jobs

[@kevingilbert9695]

That rubber tired dozer is pretty fast too.

[@dozerblade]

great filming

[@apjack2553]

Awesome. Those scraper operators must be exhausted by the end of the day??

[@ferrazdeazevedo6045]

Esse trabalho é digno de respeito parabéns pela a riqueza que Deus te concedeu

[@dannylee5588]

No rocks? How nice!!

[@fcardona84]

How does one get a job like this? This is a dream job.

[@louiszierlein5814]

If you have a good work ethic and can think for yourself and pay attention, just get a job for a construction company doing grunt work. Do things that need done without having to be told and show an interest in your job and you can work up to operating equipment. Good employees are hard to find. It won't happen overnight. I worked for a few years before I got to run a scraper, but it was worth it.

[@duniaalber3178]

nice work 👍

[@randalljames1]

So... scraper is pulling material off top to bottom and spreading.. how does their job differ from that huge blade (D11?) pushing material off the incline? (efficiency) Looks like the blade and the ripper can get more work done? or no?

[@bramklaassen3999]

Awesome video

[@trulysurprised-bk7cy]

Your water truck has a leak. My dad was a dozer and scraper operator in the 60's

[@suzylarry1]

the poor grader just wants to be part of this party !

[@timothyholt2934]

John 😂

[@Recovering_Californian]

I'm not in construction so I don't know this.... what does a scraper do?? Does it just scrape and move the earth or does it collect earth and dump it somewhere? Thanks.

[@deflaytedwayz1]

Recovering_Californian it scrapes the dirt kinda like a cheese slicer. Then you dump it out in the fill

[@kathyzeilinga258]

Recovering_Californian 9

[@kevinkennedy8598]

organized madness. I love it.

[@kevinwaters5364]

Where in Southern California is this work being done at?

[@Uts9000]

i think this is 138 going into Lake Silverwood

[@MoreFormosa]

where... and why, what is the project trying to accomplis?

[@philbox4566]

So what is the collective noun for a group of scrapers?

[@dlmac]

Cattle

[@aidansharples7751]

When they are in a push pull pair I suppose it is a scrotum of scrapers.

[@bluesman7703]

Phil Box f

[@bluesman7703]

Fleet

[@wailnshred]

Spread

[@josesouzadeoliveira4275]

this is fantastic I remember when I worked with eartmoving

[@harpalbajwa8582]

My Fevorite Machine CAT SC 631 D. Coz i oprate thats Model very long back . I also operates TEREX twin engine , but CAT is CAT .

[@albertsmith6717]

I love to watch a massive project like this getting done. Wonder how many man hours and the final price this project cost?

[@chaddentandt9868]

On a job site of this size, how many 657s are needed? 30 plus?

[@willembeton]

wow very great video !!! thanks

[@juarezferreira9109]

Brunaviola

[@NoFear2473651]

I love snow cones!.. Nice loads!

[@Only-one-life-68]

Here in Uk 🇬🇧 Our fuel costs is around $9 per gallon..

[@TheHairybaz]

grader, superb!!

[@25mfd]

Really nice vid. But what's the motor graders role in this? Is he part of the attempt to bring down the hill or was he just tempted to run down the hill for the hell of it?...LOL....

[@deflaytedwayz1]

25mfd smoothing the haul roads to and from the cut and fill so the scrapers can run faster

[@BucketOfSuck]

Without graders most haul roads will get smashed out and eventually undrivable. If the haul road is being used by 797s the ruts can grow big enough to swallow pickup trucks and I'm not even joking. Graders are the unsung heroes of job sites.

[@conociendoelsalvador503]

que es lo que estan construyendo ahi en la montaña