LARGEST Caterpillar TraxCavator EVER Built in ACTION @ Weiach Historik

[@cullenosbourn3304]

Damn it sounds good , nothing like a good Caterpillar machine .

[@hu3raum]

Thumbs up to that! :-)

[@gordonpasha3126]

When I was a boy in my father's company there was a 977 and a 983. The last job they did was a 3 kilometer road halfway up the sea. They did all the excavations, including the foundations of the rock walls themselves. At the end of construction they were sold because the first hydraulic excavators had arrived. They were fantastic, reliable and powerful shovels. It was in the rock excavations that you could see the difference between Cat machines and others

[@hu3raum]

Thank you for sharing ! :-)

[@EricKirk-k2g]

I love cat machines especially the 983's

[@hu3raum]

Yeah, these are still impressive machines! 👍😊

[@richardkoprowski2537]

Love old Cats!!!

[@bottleforty1]

Big Beautiful 983 Cat.👍

[@benterbieten9540]

Good sounding old Cat. I've always wanted to run a track loader.

[@petermccuskey1832]

Have operated one and it is a sweet machine for its size

[@jimdouglas4387]

I still run a 963 today

[@paulpeters5199]

That’s why cat is the best hands down look how old it is and still runs great

[@hu3raum]

Yeah, impressive machines, indeed ! 😊

[@jefferykeeper9034]

I have seen 977Ls in action, But didn't know they made a 983.

[@brianmakoviney4521]

I noticed and read a comment about the 983 that the pads were to narrow, and if travelled in the same tracks loading it would start to cut in to the ground and somewhat start to make like a ditch. The reason the pads or shoes, which are definitions used by people for the name of them, were somewhat some might consider narrow, is the type you would want on it. Because the majority of the time, it was in a pit loading pit run or caused rock into dump trucks, and by being narrow, the machine was able to make faster times with being less track to turn or make a radius in loading. Narrower pads, less friction and using power to compensate for wide pads. And another reason is that the majority of them were not used in soft ground or muddy, which then the wider pads would be desirrrable. And last thing with narrow pads used is the same reason you see narrow pads on over 100 tons mining excavators or shovels, narrower pads, less power to Turing the heavy machine. And as for the comment about weak final drives, I never heard about them having them. Makes me wonder if the ones whom said that thier finals were weak, are the operators that when under heavy loads they do not ease off on the steering brakes and let them slam back on, releasing all the tourqe and power back Into the final drives, the same thing that happens when operators on dozens with steering clutches and turning brakes pull back on the steering clutch trying to make a turn, and when the track starts to spin, they just release the steering clutch slam back, letting all that power, tourqe and weight slam back on to the final drives, and bang, time for a final drive rebuild, undoing the swing frame, track and start breaking down the housing to get to the Axel, and hooking up the 100 ton puller to take the Axel out, standing back as your watching the pressure needle start climbing up higher and higher tons, and bonk, the Axel pops off, and breathing a sigh that nothing broke while doing that and things start flying if something gave loose. I operated a 983 while making the hour meter climb up a ways, and loved it. It was and felt the same as my uncles 977, but just bigger, more power and torque, and larger bucking meaning less passes when loading dumps and thier 4 Axel pups.

[@mauriliosilva7485]

Gostei muito do seu trabalho 😃

[@MTHDCS]

D8H with a loader on it! What a beast! Harry Kuhn had one that they'd use to tear up old concrete highways. Would plow thru say 18" slabs of concrete like nothing, get under the slabs and flip them over so they'd break up then a Gradall would load out the pieces. After that went thru the Cat 16 grader would start on the base...big stuff!

[@jorgeivansepulvedamarin2253]

Buenos días soy operador de retroexcavadora bulldozer y cargador frontal qué rico poder operar uno de esos me recuerda al D7 H bulldozer 😀😀😀

[@azizchkour6106]

❤❤

[@hu3raum]

Quite a machine - we love it too! :-)

[@chuxtuff]

That's more of a Traxloader then a Traxcavator. That's the first time I've ever heard that term and I have a friend who owns one of these. That still runs and loads dirt too!! And I've never heard him refer to his machine as a "Traxcavator"...

[@mackenziepeek9317]

same. we always called them traxloaders. it's what they are. loader arm and bucket on a tracked machine. we have some of the newer cat traxloaders that are built on Cats dozer platform and they are absolutely beasts

[@hu3raum]

Hi - Caterpillar themselves used the terminology "Traxcavator" for the 983 (and its predecessors). Just do a quick online search for e.g. the 983 parts book or the corresponding service / operator's manual.

[@Caje-zf8md]

The term "traxcavator" is derived from the former Trackson company which supplied Caterpillar with various attachments, including front-end shovels for their crawlers. Caterpillar eventually purchased the Trackson company in 1951. I've personally seen the name "traxcavator" on an old, original paint Caterpillar 955.

[@needsaride15126]

Always referred to them as a highlift.

[@jean-claudemuller4746]

I rember this machine when I was a younster, 70, 80 a company called Calmes & Garnich used such a type but without a ripper. Super nice type with a good arround view. 😊

[@catskinner7564]

I like 983 great machine turning like that full buckets pretty hard on the undercarriage other than that nice machine

[@ClaytonHartin]

That’s some sandy/dirt soil. Very soft material so it will push forever

[@arnaldocamargo855]

É um bom trabalho

[@noedesbarbosasilvajunior9623]

Traxcavator...são equipamentos injustiçados...tem muito maior opção de serviço em relação ao Trator de esteiras com lâminas... infelizmente ficaram pra trás Tive Cat 977L...já era um canhão...fico imaginando a força da 983

[@이최고지구조각가]

그런데 이거라도있어 없지 쓸대없는 말한버로 푸샵 200회 start

[@RomeKG471]

No quarry trucks to load???

[@blauer2551]

They used to get a lot of use demolishing abandoned houses

[@douglasarrington8461]

I've seen one 983 where I work at landfill at our paper mill don't know what happen to it

[@luismanuelfernandesferreir5969]

Saudades da minha 977L era pá carregadora e buldozer

[@cwdtransport2247]

They almost have to have extra large counter weights on the rear to rebalance the weight off the front idlers. Also wider track shoes are needed unless your working in rock. ChiefD

[@shandfan]

Yes...counter weight on the rear.That was the biggest problem with the later coming wheel loaders.Particularly if they had worn out tires on the front axle.When operating on slippery surface with fully filled bucket it was over and out! 200% spin!!

[@josellopiz4463]

Rompe mucho mando final

[@snertli]

MaximumCat!

[@jameslindley924]

Needs Tinted Cab Glass to be Original

[@shandfan]

In Holland were more Internationals(using Cat parts,such as tracks and engines) in the mid50s.(Drott TD9)The larger machinery consisted of Cats.

[@jameslindley924]

Some Tool !!

[@carlcarlamos9055]

You could put 20 trucks on one of these in bank run, and the operator would have plenty of breaks. Take care.

[@jameslindley924]

OP could do with some seat time !!

[@tealpaddles8664]

No depth perception , no point, just wear a machine out,

[@ZombieModz1]

reyt peice of kit still got mi grandads 951 fukin outrun any new modern shite

[@leewatkins1610]

as machines go ,this was not CATERPILLARS best!they had light duty final drives,had steering problems and the pads were so narrow,you could not load in the same place very long without cutting ditches under the tractor/////ALTOUGH cat made alot of good stuff,this was their worst!80,000 pounds