Cutting through hills with CAT 657 Scrapers to build a new roadway

Sukut using CAT 657 scrapers to build new road near San Clemente California

[@grasub1]

The best dirt shifting video yet - all noise (no distraction music) and mega power - transmission whirling. The power of diesels 😊

[@dennisholst4322]

Those 8 speed transmission did something

[@dennisholst4322]

Where is our Engineering now bunch of wire heads they were launching rockets to the moon before the 8 speed tranny was put into production

[@dennisholst4322]

We are coming through whether you like it or not

[@huvvy]

Ur a nerd

[@finnfan]

love how the machines work together for more power and traction , push and pulling !

[@ryburnsjr]

I'd have a lounge chair some refreshments and just watch mesmerized at all this

[@jacobmuchai]

The level of precision these heavy equipment machines display while performing massive tasks is beyond impressive.

[@dennisholst4322]

These guys work together unlike our congress

[@dennisholst4322]

It's steeper than you think otherwise they would be hooked up

[@dennisholst4322]

No weigh scales either

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

🧡 Much scraper action - I love it! 🧡

[@vancochran7344]

Nice video! I worked in an Iron Foundry in Illinois for 38 years. We made castings for CAT the entire time I worked there. I was their Core Room Supt.

[@misiclover1658]

Mapleton foundry. 40 yr CAT man myself. international sales.....Canaada, Europe, Asia. super great company,

[@MachineCambodia]

You have a lot of experience on this

[@vancochran7344]

@@misiclover1658 M brother lives in Mapleton at Lake Camelot. He handles the tackle sale they have there in February every year.

[@Eddie_Schantz]

Great video. This is the first one I ever saw where the scrapers push & pull each other to get loaded. Great idea as it frees up the crawler tractors to do other jobs. I grew up farming and have ran all kinds of machinery, but the one thing I have always wanted to do, even for just a few minutes, is to drive one of these scrapers. I have always been told, though the biggest drawbacks to driving them is that they will beat you to death over time. Maybe these newer ones are not like that.

[@huvvy]

They don't beat u to death they just are high production iron told to go like a bat out of hell

[@neftalirosado6167]

Excellent job and great video!!! Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@machinist5828]

I love watching these machines go! I went to a diesel mechanics school in Nashville Tennessee in the mid 70s and eventually got a job at the local Cat dealer. I had to move back to Florida and transferred to a dealer in Tampa. I worked the repair floor and machine shop but the 88 mile round trip to work got too much. Family situation got in the way and had to leave Cat behind. I got to operate every machine on the lot including "other color" trade-ins. I came close to operating heavy equipment in the service but it didn't happen. Instead I had a parallel path in machine shop work and it has served me well. I'm 63 now and fully disabled so I get to relive the days I got to run these magnificent machines. Cheers Terry

[@jaimerios4706]

Wonderful experience my friend Terry. Greetings from Huacho, Peru.

[@MDIsmailKhan-cf2pv]

লপ্রেপ্রদপ😅😮❤😅

[@dennisholst4322]

Life is an expression running big iron you never forget

[@dennisholst4322]

We can getcha in the seat bet you can still get a load

[@jamesa.rodriguez8598]

These Cat Skinners are serious! God bless them.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

When I was a kid in the 1960's we lost our farm to interstate 79. We had to walk a mile to our bus stop. I remember these scrapers or pans as they were called at the time coming down off the top of a hill fully loaded with yellow clay and they would deposit in what was our cornfield.They were Green Euclid brand.

[@scottdickens1454]

was the clay helpful for the cornfield?

[@dennisholst4322]

These guys scared the scarecrow away

[@australiantruckspotting8883]

Great video, always good to see a bunch of scrapers in action

[@dennisholst4322]

Load make the boss some money he will keep you

[@jrd02wilcox]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@jcadult101]

I love watching these! CEE an Australian repair youtube has some videos repairing the bail arms including 1 released last night "Repair Bail Arm BROKEN Into 3 Pieces". It's great seeing these machines running after seeing how they break!

[@dennisholst4322]

Good welders can fix just don't them

[@jerryhammack1318]

The scrapers are impressive! Let us not forget the cat 9t ripping for them to keep going! The lone ranger to speak of . Its a team effort ! 👏 Go team!

[@dennisholst4322]

I love moving dirt I don't need an allegiance the people I worked with and for have given me.the experience that isn't going to be put in the library

[@dennisholst4322]

God has his best crew and no body will be better

[@dennisholst4322]

Appreciate this magnificent accomplishment

[@dennisholst4322]

Ripper cats are directional

[@wandaj.guzman9874]

Beautiful video i love scrapers my friends driving the whole life heavy equipment

[@secondgear6079]

Cool finally a video with a couple tidy boards ,lots of tire spinning but hey keep it floored ,the 11 looked lonely he needs to b invited too

[@kingahmahn7753]

Dear Lord scraper Paradise nothing but raw CAT Power!!!!!!!!!

[@lifelong5425]

Like grasshoppers in unison...what an awesome visual of industry going at it.....

[@CHRIS-xm1do]

When I first got into heavy construction in 1968 there were 657s on site building the sea wall up, they were awesome bits of kit then and still are. Thanks C A BLACKWELL for introducing me to them.

[@Romany1111]

Did not think they were anywhere near that old. I used to skin 627s in the 80s.

[@huvvy]

Bits of kit?

[@alistairherron7398]

I operated 657s in the Australian mines 20 years ago . A great machine. One needs a good experienced partner when hooking up the two machines

[@dennisholst4322]

You bet

[@dennisholst4322]

When you get hooked up along a slope or a ledge once the front scraper is loaded he has to over compensate and stay over farther or he pull his partner off not good

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

That is a crazy amount of machines! Love it!

[@dennisholst4322]

They were meant to do it better than anyone

[@garytompkins3761]

Eating those hills up like a bunch of hungry, well, caterpillars!

[@dennisholst4322]

They aren't a Amish

[@deconteesawyer5758]

@@dennisholst4322 Putting down big horsepower either way.

[@wonsik-kim]

hello friend, good job with heavy machinery🇰🇷🙋👍

[@vf5126]

The kid who’d have various on-going excavation projects around our house, I didn’t follow that path, but still love this stuff!

[@brianzybura8633]

A great video. I love it when these earth moving machines roll a little coal.

[@hughnelson5737]

Looks like a whole bunch of fun

[@kevinlee-qo6tv]

That is some beautiful country and them guys are doing some awesome work the fuel the oil the labor that would be unreal for a day

[@mr.jheavyequipmentoperatio9245]

love seeing video like this i miss being on the field

[@jonallen2988]

Great teamwork 👍

[@user-eg7kc5fg4j]

That yellow iron working its magic !!!

[@victortenma5512]

I can watch this all day.

[@ronaldmolinasandoval1849]

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[@callmewheels4806]

SoCalEarthMovers laying down more Awesome Vids! The subs miss seeing the Top-Quality Content but Love It when it comes down. Loved seeing the board dressing the slope as a little bonus. Hands down, BEST HEAVY EQUIPMENT and GRADING CONTENT on KZbin.

[@SoCalEarthMovers]

Thank you!

[@dennisholst4322]

Greatest show on Earth

[@dennisholst4322]

Those are the guys that can put a shine on dirt

[@dennisholst4322]

Pulling up hill is more like government style

[@dennisholst4322]

The guys I worked with new better

[@alspeers6931]

Wow some amazing use of weight and momentum and crazy power wow literal mountains being moved, impressive to say the least

[@ryanbrausa4325]

Left CA for AZ 2 years ago but man do I miss the coastal clouds to keep the temps down. No such luck in PHX Thanks for the great video content.

[@danhard8440]

ive been to Phenix and its hot AF !! in the summer i have relatives there and in Scottsdale

[@dennisholst4322]

Maybe it's global you have solar power available to run your air conditioner.send it up North in winter

[@dennisholst4322]

Sand fleas wear head bands and deorderant

[@northwexpress]

Phoenix a great place to be FROM

[@mariooperadordemaquinaspes5556]

Wow good work freind

[@chriss1728]

I love these electric cars doing all this work!!!

[@dennisholst4322]

Maybe Chevy Chase could wire it

[@brianzybura8633]

Just remember, electric power is only a horses ass compared to diesel.

[@ryanyoung7433]

Comparings oranges to suitcases are we?

[@brianzybura8633]

@@ryanyoung7433 Your question is obviously a non sequitur.

[@ryanyoung7433]

@@brianzybura8633 its adorable you're trying out new words. Doesn't quite work in this example though, but you'll get it someday =}

[@ted70281]

Great Video

[@rodneyferguson446]

At one time, we were running 19 of those 657 Scrappers. The guys ran in Pairs and once they were loaded or after they Dumped, it was "Off to the Races", they didn't screw around.

[@CanyonRunVideos]

I worked with Sukut Construction for many years as an Owner/Operator and Sukut is number one in my book. Kent Elliott

[@dennisholst4322]

Did he work for ACI or lumsdain

[@CanyonRunVideos]

Who are you talking about in your comment?

[@CanyonRunVideos]

@@dennisholst4322 I did a couple of jobs with Lumsdain before I became an Owner/Operator in 1989. I always worked in rental as a slopeboard hand just like my father was. I never worked for ACI but I see Bob Tally once in a while.

[@dennisholst4322]

@@CanyonRunVideos Bob tally and Troy Ward were the boss es Chuck Masterson at Chino hills Herman Schroeder how is Steve I loved his dad Bob Fulton they are the best

[@dennisholst4322]

@@CanyonRunVideos how is Jimmy Jenkins

[@races5675]

A lot of good operators

[@LeadfootPTM]

Damn that’s a lot of scrapers

[@dennisholst4322]

Symbol of greatness

[@MCatSHF]

Hello SoCalEarthMovers: AWESOME!!! These guys know how to move some dirt in a hurry. 4:38 Filling 44 yds. in under 25 seconds.

[@dennisholst4322]

Double double

[@dennissmith460]

Went to school with one of the Sukuts back in the 70s.

[@abrahamgonzalez3322]

Sukut good company in so cal 👍

[@jameskett5241]

Where is this, and what exactly are you guys building?

[@Machines-TV]

Wow huge heavy equipment

[@kubotatractor1422]

I like this video 🚜🥰🥰🇰🇭

[@cearaceara3070]

já trabailhei com 637 aqui no Brasil, hoje estou aposentado conheço bem essas máquinas.

[@BenjwrightD11]

Ain’t nothing as cool as the sound of a good ol 657 scraper and a good ol dozer

[@brianzybura8633]

I agree with you a 100%. For once someone said something proper, and logical on this comments section.

[@dennisholst4322]

They are like a buffalo at a tea party

[@brianzybura8633]

@@dennisholst4322 Can you explain what you mean by that--your non-sequitor statement?

[@dennisholst4322]

@@brianzybura8633 God is the greatest Earth mover this planet rotates one thousand miles per hour every day let us not brag we can change something that he gave us I remember one morning in cal the sun was rising the moon was setting on the west I told the guys that is power of God another job it rained there were ten rainbows in the sky somebody took a picture in the eightes it was on the front page of the newspaper God is with us I think his favorite toy is a 57

[@brianzybura8633]

@@dennisholst4322 I see that I have a real problem talking to Californians these days and the reason being is that a lot of you are a bunch of lefty liberals holding that baloney environmentalist card. That is what I understand for your statement. It really annoys me that any new trend that comes along, Californians embrace it like a new savior. A lot of trends are just sheer nonsense. In this video, in case you dud not notice, these men and their machines are not moving the earth, they are only EXCAVATING, a small part of it, which as I understand it is for homes and shopping malls. They are NOT creating wars, diseases, and starvations. This is all part and parcel of the beauty of free enterprise and entrepreneurship. Lefty liberalism is the modern day form of communism and nobody in their right mind ever wants that!

[@jimsvideos7201]

I get what scrapers do, but this job definitely needs a before and after photo to understand the job as a whole.

[@dennisholst4322]

It ain't scribbling

[@Dinoxt12]

Hope you Guy's are Rockin' A/C in those 57's cabs.

[@guyh.4121]

Man, the guy in the 2nd scraper’s got it made 😂

[@wbball15]

No worries about "Gov't Juice" on this job.

[@supercuda1950]

That's the first time I have seen them working in tandem.

[@willkastens5585]

Nice to see "SEABEES" doing a great job

[@faustinpippin9208]

it would be nice to see a time-lapse from like 1 week of recording, so we can see how the mountains disappear on video :D

[@Mywhtjp]

I was thinking the same thing.. but even with just one days worth.

[@dcos5]

Yeah, earth moving and excavating is tough to just watch it at normal speed. Time lapse is the way to go, and just have some cut scenes to regular speed spliced in and it makes it a lot more satisfying to watch.

[@dennisholst4322]

Without photography u have a different relm

[@dennisholst4322]

@@dcos5 some of these guys have pretty fat wives us guys weren't so fortunate

[@dennisholst4322]

Dumb guys are more intruvuretive it is a place Educated people don't know

[@langdons2848]

Can you imagine walking into a Cat dealership and saying "Yeah, I'll take 50 of the 657s - and throw in a couple of D10s as well thanks. We've got a big job coming up!".

[@bradleyjmiller2563]

I see this as one city coming up.Your right the fuel bill 150 to 200 gallon of fuel per tractor. And there are a lot stuff on this site.

[@hectornava1644]

Is this another landfill? Last couple of years SUKUT has worked on several Landfills.

[@dennisholst4322]

These guys are good

[@scottnowlin1692]

I was on a job site in so cal in your Belinda Calif a pain stwart designed golf course in 1995 they had 2 piggy backed scrappers with a Dozer pushing them I have never seen that much dirt moved that fast it was on a oil field property I had to go in with a backhoe and get the flow line pipes so they didn't get. Cought up in the scrappers PAIN STEWART'S PLANE WENT DOWN ABOUT THAT TIME

[@trkonkal]

What are they preparing the ground for, housing development?

[@marcoscolmenares2810]

Que bueno encontrarme con este video de motortradillas de este tipo de serie 657 y el rendimiento que producen estos equipos,se pueden cargar entre si en cadenas

[@parkerwhite8289]

Where are those Benjamin Holt Tourna-pulls moving all that terra?

[@josebatista202]

Moto eskliper da hora parabéns

[@brianspencer3192]

How many letters a day would one of these use ? Great to watch

[@jimjackson5836]

Bring on more videos please!!! Awesome 👌

[@johnpurdum8126]

Curious where this is and what is being developed?

[@chemech]

Where the heck is CalTrans allowing a new road to be built in SoCal these days?

[@jacobkemp1183]

Be nice to have some 657s over here, unfortunately there a little heavy for our ground conditions, 637s are pretty much it on a gud day, 627s 623s and 613s rule the roost the rest of the time

[@1959rossco]

I’d like to see how the go electric crowd would power this fleet

[@bigiron3304]

Long extension cords and solar panel trailers attached to the backs with windmill props on the fronts like planes

[@Zewestcoaster]

That would largely be the same crowd that does not want to see roads built....

[@dennisholst4322]

Stick a wire there up there they wouldn't get much more done

[@dennisholst4322]

Power shift on a cloudy day

[@dennisholst4322]

@@bigiron3304 and a helmet with a twirrley thing mounted on it that would probably get down the haul road

[@jasonbarthel4155]

LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!! Can anyone on here approximate how much dirt this team relocates in an 8 hour shift? It's got to be mind blowing!!!!

[@dennisholst4322]

They used to work tens

[@Mywhtjp]

Hmm.. 8 to 10 yards in each scraper. maybe 5 to 7 minutes a round trip times 60 then times 8 hours a day. Times that by 15 to 20 scrapers.. So that's about "mind blowing" as it gets or almost 1000 yards per machine x 15\20. I'd hate to pay their fuel bill.

[@dennisholst4322]

@@Mywhtjp load limit on 57 is 104000 t hat is more than 8 or 10 yards

[@Mywhtjp]

@@dennisholst4322 I found this: Heaped Capacity 44yd3 or Rated Payload 104058lb

[@davidrhodes7655]

12000 to 15000 BCM ( bank cubic metres)

[@cesar216]

Making hole for landfill?

[@ethanmcwhirter8415]

Is the side blade on the dozer for doing slope cuts? Don't see them in indiana

[@spectatorjim1993]

When was the last time it rained there? It looks like they're working on the moon.

[@tomhoffman9729]

Here's my question....with 12-13 scrapers running how do you keep up with the compaction??

[@davidrhodes7655]

Scrapers will do most of it themselves as long as the water is kept up to fill area

[@ILikeDoritos456]

Lord have mercy on the man who pays the fuel bill. That can't be cheap.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

You should see the labor bill...

[@arym1108]

@@michaelmccarthy4615 what’s labor?

[@bigchuckyinkentucky6267]

@@arym1108 The organic computers that control those machines and make them profitable.

[@ralphaverill2001]

The contractor probably has a fuel cost adjustment clause in the contract. Also, the contractor, given his huge fuel consumption, can likely negotiate a fixed cost for a particular contract and include that as part of the bid. Either way, or some other way, the contractor will protect himself from fuel price spikes.

[@Manoffire260]

That’s your tax dollars at work right there! YOU are the man paying the bills!

[@stevegonzales6018]

Where is this located at. Old job or current job

[@huvvy]

Apparently those white lines painted on the planetaries are for show they sure weren't back in the day at ames

[@GSUS-fc6ss]

Maybe I'm jumping the gun but when do motor graders come in? And could you drive a compactor down that grade?

[@RachelTS]

I’d can just imagine the daily fuel costs for those group of scrapers and few dozers doing the ripping as well as trimming them sidewalls down, as well as the loaders pulling them little scraper boxes behind them. Ouch!

[@user-eg7kc5fg4j]

Making a mole hill out of a mountain !!!

[@BUDSBEAU]

where does the dirt get moved to ? i see it being scooped up, but not where its being deposited.

[@fx4534]

９の法面用のアタッチメントが凄いですね💪

[@rosewhite---]

So it never rains in San Clemente?

[@shanemac5199]

some colorful language will be going on in some of those cabs

[@dennisholst4322]

That's getting loads

[@franciscofontes9112]

Very, god, top 👍👍👍👍🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@dennisholst4322]

Kick it up those 57s will come off that

[@jesusdominguez5843]

I have no knowledge about this, I see many machines and moving fast, is this the average process or are they in a rush? _Saludos._

[@CGT80]

Time is money! They have a lot of material to move and operator pay for prevailing wage in California is $85 an hour or so right now. Union guys won't get a lot of that for pay but the rest goes to benefits they get. Some jobs require a lot of precision and/or can be done slower. The slopes in this job are probably the final work and get set more slowly by the dozer with slope board, but the scrapers will remove many feet of material so it just matters that they fill their hoppers as fast as possible and move it where it is getting dumped. They still use stupid amounts of fuel even if they go slower, so overall efficiency is what the construction company needs.....the job has to be done fast, correctly, and with as low of expenses as possible so that they meet the deadline and make as much profit as possible......same as many jobs/companies.

[@dhewitt2514]

Would love to see a Timelapse of how much these move in a day

[@Construction.Cambodia]

Amazing mega machinery power moving soil

[@stevealber9779]

Just think of the operating costs per day on that job.

[@CGT80]

Fuel is insane just for one large machine per day....a 349f excavator will eat easily 100+ gallons per day at only filling 150 super 10 dump trucks per day. If used non stop it is much higher. I don't know how much grease scrapers take, but a big excavator sucks it up quick and smaller equipment can have many grease points. Imagine how much grease a service truck goes through each day and then how much fuel the fuel trucks will go through. Don't forget diesel exhaust fluid. We used 2 55 gallon drums for loading 4200 dump trucks with dirt over 8 weeks and running a little d6 finish dozer and a work truck. This is a massive scale compared to the jobs I work on. It is a lot to wrap your head around, but all their numbers are bigger.

[@UrsulavonB]

57-36 spin those tires...maybe operator related to tire salesman.

[@dennisholst4322]

Wonder if they kept Boink

[@richardalexander8797]

Bad ass

[@kennyirish5021]

Crazy to think all this for a new road that leads to new homes with our water shortage. Oh wait just open the water gates a little more at the Delta. Oh shit did I say that out loud.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

Ponzi schemes all require new blood.

[@Bn200Ltly]

Any relation to So Cal Grading