Jpaydirt's Caterpillar 637 Scraper History

A little history on Jpaydirt's 637 Caterpillar scrapers

[@Jpaydirt]

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[@SuperAliceleo]

Jpaydirt Merry Christmas From The Land Down Under and Best Wishes For The New Year. CHEERS !!!

[@michaelbrown8545]

Merry Christmas Jeff.Cheers mate 🍻

[@mhoff5777]

Happy Holiday's. I like the videos. I am a retired finish scraper operator like yourself....

[@changsan7077]

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[@chrisanderson9856]

Great info Jeff. My father ran scrapers and all heavy equipment for Carl Bolander & Sons out of Minnesota in the late 60's and 70's. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!

[@ssnydertrucking1121]

I have a brother in the dirt moving business who thinks you have to have equipment thats less than 5 years old to make money. I have sent him the link to your channel. Very nice equipment!!!!

[@sterff89]

Great video! Nice to hear the history on the equipment and what it takes to keep them going. I’m sure they will last longer than a new model! Merry Christmas!!

[@canvids1]

Merry Christmas Jeff and thanks for the great stories on your scrapers.

[@73DiamondReo]

love the history and going over all you've had to do to them. its amazing the abuse equipment can take. Just looking over all the old iron I've bought it makes you wonder what kind of life it had when you see some of the repairs. My latest machine is from the 40's and I'm sure its moved a lot of material in its lifetime.

[@DirtPerfect]

New to the channel my neighbor logger wade sent me your way but love seeing the old equipment in action !!!!! Great videos

[@justjim1027]

My old chap drove a 637 for 25 years back here in England. I loved them. He had me doing loads on them when I was very young. I could drive and operate one these better than most of the adults on site. That was a long time ago.

[@greathodgy22]

I now know more about scrapers than I ever wanted to, thanks. I try to learn something new every day, I can now retire to my Lazyboy and have a nap !

[@jonjohnson4144]

Thanks Jpay for the vid on the scrapers. I really enjoyed it.

[@mischef18]

Excellent video bro, my first scraper I ever saw was one that had push buttons for steering, this was back in the late 50s. First 2 engine ones were the 2 stroke Euclid's in the early 60s and still love that sound. Santa has been and left a T shirt again. Hey all the very best

[@wbball15]

Great job, Jeff. Merry Christmas

[@calraines6931]

Merry Christmas to you and the family. Thanks for sharing some history of your iron. All best and a Merry Christmas to all you happy subscribers out there! Ya'll got good taste.

[@DGruhot92]

I love my Cat scrapers. The one thing I miss from the 627B to the 627F is the hydraulic suspension seat. I also had a professor in college who ran a large contracting business, and he said if it isn’t green, then it isn’t a real scraper. So he gave us a hard time about that haha

[@Farmer_1776]

Being sick has consisted of binge watching your channel. Thanks for the content, from one dirt guy to another dirt guy.

[@dennisholst4322]

Capacity of the new isn't much different

[@nicklamb879]

I’ve enjoyed your history videos on these scrapers and the D9

[@don7406]

Call them what you want. I would call them money makers. I think yours look good compared to other 40 year old machines. Merry Christmas.

[@tater_relocater]

Merry Christmas Jeff I’m liking the history pics and videos

[@danielfarmer7495]

Jeff when I first started watching your channel and saw your pans I thought what in the world does he do with those . Back in the 80,s the strip mine companies would use them to pull topsoil and put it back and sometimes to cut highways . I don't think I have seen more than a couple in running condition here in eastern Ohio since the mid 90,s . Just not much to do with them here . You guys seem to keep yours really busy . Cat equipment is very popular here but most of the scrapers were Terex . Thank you for the vids and have a Merry Christmas .

[@joeking0593]

so I am curious about the history on your d 9 someday when you get some time

[@geedubb2005]

I remember those rates. I even had one that was floating. It was 2% over prime, another loan was 17%. That’s just the way it was, so we just had to make sure the yellow iron stayed busy. We survived it too. If people had to pay those rates today for equipment and vehicles, they’d drizzle down their britches leg, whine and bitch about it.

[@rc3140]

Merry Christmas to all on the paydirtrosa🎄🎁🎁🎄from an actual Cartwright....no my names not Hoss or Little Joe hahahahaha. Thanks Jeff for all the fantastic shows. ☕️🥓🥓🍺cheers mate.

[@ConstructionMachinesChannel]

Super video. Great job keeping those scrapers going. Would love to see a similar video on your D9.

[@richwielechowski5191]

Interesting to hear the history of the machines

[@zeeshan_engineering_services]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays

[@2searthworks421]

Love the videos! I appreciate all the time you put in to keep us entertained and I’m always learning new things from you. Keep the videos coming! If your ever up in Bozeman, MT let me know!

[@Jpaydirt]

Do you know Knox?

[@2searthworks421]

No who’s that? From Bozeman?

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Cool background of equipment video. Kids today think 4.75% interest is high: I well remember 21% and higher interest rates in the early 80's,as well as the first savings and loan crash. I went into the USN in 1981 during that recession. If memory serves I think I was making $670.00 a month as an E-3 then Reagan was elected and we got a decent raise to $740.00 I think lol.

[@stevewilson9792]

Scraper operation is a young man's job! Jeff said he likes running them. Therefore he must still be a youngster? Regardless of a cushion hitch or air ride seat, 8-12 hours on one of these is a long day! I was 657 hand for quite awhile. Saw&did some interesting stuff back then. Still glad when I changed for the day to a 988, D8 or 9, or the blade or even the water job. Seems like I always wound up back on the scrapers...good money for a punk-ass kid.

[@forestlawrencegrading9154]

I remember working for a guy that had three T-Rexes two of them were Push Pull and one of them was not he had one of them 637s but I never seen it run they all said it would work circles around those T-Rexes butt it was too expensive for the guy I guess to fix up so it just sat there I didn't think those Allison Transmissions were all that good in the T-Rexes I couldn't assume what somebody was thinking other than price only why they would trade down to a T-Rex from a caterpillar I can't remember anybody enjoying one of those T-Rexes anybody that claims they like the sound of a Detroit should have to sit between two of them on one of those T-Rexes just my opinion

[@accomack100]

Ditto on the Christmas!!!

[@briangardiner1015]

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Would a rubber block like their cushion dozer work for the plate in the front of the scraper? Also when you are hauling between the cut and fill do you only use the front engine and let the rear engine idle? Do you watch So Cal Earthmovers? I saw a scraper on there where they welded the rear hook on the stinger of a 651 so it could pull a twin engine scraper with it.

[@stanpatterson5033]

Rubber block would never hold up to the up-and-down abuse. It could probably withstand the crushing for a short while, but eventually even the crushing alone would begin to tear it apart. If you want an example of rubber blocks not being able to withstand up-and-down abuse for a long period of time, go look at the rubber blocks on the backs of freight trailers, and also the rubber blocks on freight docks on buildings. The motion of forklifts running in and out of trailers at loading docks causes a fair amount of up-and-down motion where the trailer experiences added weight and the whole back end tends to dive down, or during unloading, suddenly the weight of the forklift and skids being removed causes the trailer to ride up high until the airbag system bleeds off the excess pressure and returns to "normal height". That example of block abuse would be a light version of the up-and-down abuse that the stinger and pushblocks get subjected to on the front and back of these machines. That is why only steel and grease are used, because rubber just would not last. There is too much up-and-down motion, and while it's undesired movement, it's pretty much unavoidable due to the terrain and also the motion of the machines and the flexing that they do while filling their pans, lowering and lifting.

[@briangardiner1015]

@@stanpatterson5033 What do they use on Cushion Dozers?

[@stanpatterson5033]

Don't know, Brian. What do they use, and what kind of abuse do they see compared to what the stingers and push blocks experience? If the stinger of a scraper rides up suddenly, will the pushblade rise up with it, or will the pushblade stay exactly where the operator has set it? I'm not being sarcastic, just asking.

[@briangardiner1015]

@@stanpatterson5033 I think the top part of the cushion dozer blade has rubber blocks to absorb shock when it contacts the stinger on the scraper. But I don't think you could put one on the push plate on the front of a push pull.

[@Bowiiihowdy]

Usually when they dont leak is when im scared, means i need to add oil to the machine haha

[@dennisholst4322]

That's funny a contractor had fuel truck like that when it quit smoking you shut it off and engi oil

[@browninp55]

MERRY CHRISTMAS JEFF. I bet you would have made a great teacher on heavy equipment. Russell Browning of Saint Clair, Missouri...

[@snodgrassindustrial7830]

Why do you not run covers on your air filters?

[@Jpaydirt]

There's no such thing, the air filter is the cover

[@nicke1903]

New sub,I like the Videos.I do have a Question tho,I see you moving big dirt alot,and mechanicing on heavy equipment and trucks.So what is your Job? Owner Operateor?

[@dennisholst4322]

ACI put extended center bits on

[@kevinhenry7273]

Great video!

[@halon7476]

CAT #1

[@dennisholst4322]

37s are some times too heavy mud job they went to Terex

[@Jpaydirt]

I doubt a T Rex of the same capacity would weigh less, or be enough to really make a difference in mud

[@dennisholst4322]

Ran a 37 for Blatner the bowl was sprung. Probably frost

[@dennisholst4322]

Grease those push plates and stingers. They do in cal

[@dennisholst4322]

Dangerous to leave that bail up on 3 when it's parked

[@dennisholst4322]

C models never broke the v8 D models couldn't take it

[@dennisholst4322]

HUD ran a B. Or a C 57 turned up he is was the only one that could stay with us on the new E s at that time for ACI

[@guacamoleweiner69]

The 637g and 657g are my favorite. The h and k models are straight garbage

[@dennisholst4322]

57 E could rip ass

[@dennisholst4322]

Sparky bent the squirrel cage on a 37 c when Frasure was pulling him. Strunk Bros job

[@claudioc6502]

E.a.musica.da.serie.bonanza.

[@G-Man-kc2nm]

That history lesson thought me..nothing came easy for you!....You’ve worked your ass off...Thanks for all you do for us...Merry Christmas and a Happy and profitable New Year.

[@mytmousemalibu]

Jay, could you do more equipment overviews/stories like this? I really enjoy these kinds of videos! Thanks buddy, keep up the great work!

[@imdavid28]

Yes!

[@den220]

D9 history!

[@stephenwagar2663]

Can You Do This Same Kind Of Video On The D9 ??? Love It Marry Christmas Yall !!!

[@mattharte7334]

Really enjoyed this, thanks for posting, interesting to learn the history of these machines and how you came to own them. Please, please, post a similar film about your D9G, bet there's another great story here.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

I loved this video! The history you have with these is amazing. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours and to all the other followers.

[@grandpajim329]

😊😊😊 LOVE the rundown,,, worked on a crew in Southern Minnesota in 1969, they had just purchased 2 (637) and AWESOME DIRT MOVERS back then..... They were retireing a😱 couple electric toggle control [I believe westinghouse machines] What beasts they were, especially when the switch shorted out and immediately 90 degree right turn ...... you damn well knew where the pan drop switch was!!!! 😳🥴😵 ALWAYS AWESOME VIDEOS 😍😍😍😍😍 HAPPY NEW YEAR 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@dennisocallaghan1380]

Classy scraper still making money

[@rogermarshall8991]

I never knew where J.R. Simplot was, but I've worked on countless pieces of machinery for them out of a Seattle shop. All ways wondered why you called #3 filthy ??? I just figured it spilled more than it loaded. ....

[@stanpatterson5033]

Also has to do with having an open cab, no A/C, no doors, no protection from dust, bugs, or the elements. You are absolutely filthy after a shift of operating one of those things.

[@larslarson5969]

Have a Great Christmas. Love your videos.

[@dozer1642]

Merry Christmas. Thanks for the posting.

[@lorenmorelli9249]

Perfect!! Sure reminds of the song "American Remains" by the Highwaymen...

[@Jpaydirt]

You were a DJ at one time, I'm amazed at how much Music you remember, and your from the sixties lol

[@wedontplay03]

Damn that would be like paying $220000 today

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

Jeff, I am starting to see a lot of contractors going away from power units and going to bih ag tractors pulling 2 or 3 17 yd. Pans. Just wondering what your opinion was on that method. Thank you.

[@Jpaydirt]

It's because new scrapers are over one MILLION dollars, so the farm tractors are affordable, everytool has a purpose and those are good for jobs where high production is not required, I asked a guy selling this stuff the very same question you just posed at ConExpo and he said well how much is a new 637? I told him and he said well you can have one of these for 250k to which I said I can buy a ton of 37's for 250k and bury that JD LOL people don't understand that for very little money you can rebuild an old machine and it will run like it was new, I can't use farm tractors for what I do as they won't pick up rocks, I have a friend with 631E's and he had a couple of farm type scrapers, he said all they were good for was to do clean up as he had lasers on them, but again it depends on what your doing, every tool has a special purpose and momma said this special tool is supposed to keep this old stuff running LOL

[@sigarius1783]

@@Jpaydirt bettcha you slapped some jpaydirt stickers on the tractor scraper aswell eh?

[@iusetano]

I like history. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family Jeff.

[@charlie5234]

Merry Christmas Jeff, that was a great history video. Keep up the good work.

[@williamgleaves1954]

Like a proud Pappa

[@mog5858]

good stuff love the info about the girls. keep up the good work merry Christmas

[@leejamestheliar2085]

Pritty lizards ya got there. Seems tame too. Remember this,SOMEONE KNEW how to MOLD GRANITE like CLAY thousands of years before is ra el was a thought. The SUN is the reason for the season. Interesting and educational! Thankya.

[@johndouglasdawson7298]

U always been a CAT man 👨 look after your machine and the machine will look after YOU.all the very best for Christmas and the New Year hope 2019 will be a Good year for all

[@memyselfandifarmer]

I have a few. Nylint, buddy l and tonka. Merry Christmas.

[@joshjones3408]

Did you ever thank about being a historian jeff you would be good at it👍👍👍👍iv watched the one where you dad rolled the 9 off the high while in Montana at least 10 times 👍👍👍👍👍

[@waynecompton7612]

Thank you for the info Jeff very interesting, Happy Holidays 😎👍🇬🇧.

[@vince6056]

These are my favorite machines. We call them pans. Not sure why

[@keenankelley187]

The legend tells all. Jpay Dirt!! Merry Christmas

[@Tm-gt8us]

Good job keeping them scrapers going. Keep that 9 going also.

[@Uranium-vb2rc]

Alot of 637c in Vegas. Everyday there is a call for them for some parts

[@dhewitt2514]

Really great history there! Great video mate

[@vastylebbq5203]

How much fuel do you use for all three in a long day, Jeff? I guess that's why you bought that tanker. Not just for burning trees!

[@samschneider9524]

Old iron is hard to replace

[@jtupp23tupp43]

Love the video. You bought 2 and 3 from my grandpa. It's so awesome to see this.

[@ronniemctaggart8722]

Best scrapers ever built the c model 31s and 37s

[@Digginok]

Very cool Jeff!!!

[@oldshep2695]

AHH the paint idea is catching on. Wonder if hammerite does a CAT yellow..You could set the mrs painting the trailer, while shes on a break from the kitchen sink..Have a good time ALL.

[@user-xi8uf2mz6e]

Dad has Operated Heavy Equipment for over 50 years

[@Adiiii87]

Jeff surely deleted all the def and egr on his machines

[@catleefs]

Take care of these girls, love scrapers !!

[@tdi1505]

Great video it’s hard to beat the old cat thanks for bringing back memories happy Christmas and happy new year love your videos 👍

[@mhoff5777]

I operated the 631C and 637C scrapers for several years. These scrapers are nose heavy when turning, I found when turning empty, have the cushion hitch locked down and the bowl right on the ground, then turn fast and quick to line up with the cut. The 631C's are more nose heavy because no rear engine for weight.

[@skipman8yard]

Merry Christmas from good old England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎄👍😎

[@asherdie]

They bought Terex and regretted it.

[@Jpaydirt]

Yup, 160,000 less for the package, then when they were delivered there were no stingers on them, that was an option lol so they didn't save anything

[@barryhansen6854]

Wish you, the family,your worker and all your subscriber a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year from NZ.

[@dplant8961]

Hi, Jpaydirt. Good video. Thanks for sharing some of the history - and some of the 'technical stuff' about your 637s. I have just located a 637D down around Los Angeles for the Santa Margarita Ranch for some projects that they have coming up on the ranch. Now bought and paid for, it should be arriving here on the ranch on December 27 or 28. I'm looking forward to that. BTW, don't wait too long to come down to one of the Best Of The West shows at the ranch on Memorial Day Weekend each year. Our mutual friend, the late Glen Ghilotti, was a HUGE contributor to all the shows that have been held here, the first in 2010 and then every year from 2015 onward. Merry Christmas to you and yours too, and thanks again for the video. Just my 0.02. You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

[@catdieselpower193]

Such a fine vid buddy! On them ole girls God there beeuuteefull and #1 is still the sexiest of the crowd! But I love all them girls all the same!!

[@woodgeorge1]

When I was 20 I spent 1000s of hours in a push pull that took me back a few years love watching with them

[@DC-1]

Love them scrapers Mr Jeff!!!! Merry Christmas 🎄👍🇺🇸

[@jmwarden1]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to Jeff and Family, love your videos.

[@briansworldandmechanic8437]

Pretty neat little bit of history! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁

[@NiceMuslimLady]

21% interest. Thanks to "we must not have any unemployment" Jimmy.

[@FishFind3000]

14000 hrs when you got it. Damn. How many hrs do all your equipment have?

[@seantatham9960]

Christmas bonus video!!! Thanks!! Hope you and yours have a fantastic day! Merry Christmas!

[@jimzivny1554]

Interesting history, thanks for sharing. Have a great holiday!

[@owentansley2750]

Merry Xmas to you and yours an affectionate look at your machinery happy new year silver stone England

[@GRADE8BOLT]

As long as job isn't rocky ......nothing compares to production of push pull cat pan .....with cushion hitch and 8 gears

[@neils7221]

Merry Christmas Jeff Neil Strong Colorado

[@tituspullo1957]

Interesting video on your scrapers Jeff.Next you'll have to do one on the D9 and the 988.Don't forget the Wabco's.I enjoy listening to you talk about your iron.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Merry Christmas and a happy new year thanks for sharing

[@souria25]

My dad was one of 2 people that can operate these back in the old country, I remember I used to sit inside with him when he was working on building the highway.:)