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

[@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

[@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

[@GAMMA_AF]

​@@dennisholst4322They are hooked up

[@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

[@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.

[@donaldmendes184]

I was heavy Equipment operator 35 years , operating Engineering Local #3, I ran 657 , 641 and 637 pus pull scrapers for few years , most did dozer, motor graders and Excavator work, retired now.

[@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

[@GAMMA_AF]

​@@huvvyThey do beat the piss out of you. It's one of the roughest pieces of equipment out there.

[@huvvy]

@@GAMMA_AF fuck they are run a blade through a mine field of rock a clods of shit at 30 mile an hour or anything else with small tires and u will break ur back or neck doing it twice 27s and smaller are bouncy as hell but 37s on up are not a horrible ride u haven't run enough iron obviously

[@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

[@dougberry1011]

Great video. Great scrapers and operators

[@kingahmahn7753]

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

[@ryburnsjr]

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

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

🧡 Much scraper action - I love it! 🧡

[@alspeers6931]

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

[@finnfan]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@jamesa.rodriguez8598]

These Cat Skinners are serious! God bless them.

[@finnthinkin7695]

Awesome work! I bet there is a lot of gold in that dirt!

[@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

[@deere7227]

Powered with screaming Detroits

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@hughnelson5737]

Looks like a whole bunch of fun

[@neftalirosado6167]

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

[@victortenma5512]

I can watch this all day.

[@australiantruckspotting8883]

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

[@dennisholst4322]

Load make the boss some money he will keep you

[@Ken-e3c]

That yellow iron working its magic !!!

[@jrd02wilcox]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@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!

[@jonallen2988]

Great teamwork 👍

[@lifelong5425]

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

[@wandaj.guzman9874]

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

[@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

[@wonsik-kim]

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

[@ronaldmolinasandoval1849]

🇧🇴 Fans n1 bolivia okey 💯 puntos 👏 amigos me encanta me gusta ver este tipo de videos 📹 📹 okey saludos cordiales desde Sudamérica Santa Cruz bolivia 🇧🇴 👍 excelente 💜 👍 😀

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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 =}

[@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

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

That is a crazy amount of machines! Love it!

[@dennisholst4322]

They were meant to do it better than anyone

[@Machines-TV]

Wow huge heavy equipment

[@eddypierrothiuj1594]

Un sueño hecho realidad, trabajar en un mega proyecto cortando con los raspadores❤

[@mariooperadordemaquinaspes5556]

Wow good work freind

[@jameskett5241]

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

[@brianzybura8633]

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

[@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

[@dennissmith460]

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

[@mr.jheavyequipmentoperatio9245]

love seeing video like this i miss being on the field

[@supercuda1950]

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

[@kubotatractor1422]

I like this video 🚜🥰🥰🇰🇭

[@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.

[@geedubb-q1u]

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

[@brianspencer3192]

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

[@abrahamgonzalez3322]

Sukut good company in so cal 👍

[@daveschneider4723]

So what site prep is needed before a scraper starts shifting sand by the seashore? And is this the 241 or a local development road?

[@parkerwhite8289]

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

[@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)

[@BUDSBEAU]

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

[@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

[@races5675]

A lot of good operators

[@wbball15]

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

[@dennisholst4322]

Symbol of greatness

[@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!".

[@TimKincaid-ki2uv]

Caterpillar get them stickers on there.😊

[@Dinoxt12]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@tommyk1073]

Im surprised those pans aren’t solar powered..being out there in Cali.

[@CGT80]

last time I walked outside, the 60 solar panels on our roof were covering our electric bill but they don't do anything for my diesel pickup to haul small equipment and my mail says California (should be komnifornia) not state of liberal utopia. Yeah, I live in the real world and their solutions only cover a small fraction of our real world needs.

[@chemech]

Where the heck is CalTrans allowing a new road to be built in SoCal these days? Well. San Clemente is is deepest. darkest South County OC, so the county is going to approve.

[@dennisholst4322]

Fogs in there once in a while

[@ted70281]

Great Video

[@GSUS-fc6ss]

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

[@BigMeepsadventures]

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

[@huvvy]

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

[@LeadfootPTM]

Damn that’s a lot of scrapers

[@trkonkal]

What are they preparing the ground for, housing development?

[@cearaceara3070]

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

[@willkastens5585]

Nice to see "SEABEES" doing a great job

[@hectornava1644]

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

[@spectatorjim]

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

[@danhard8440]

ya gotta wonder how many gallons per min is being burned from all those dozers and scrapers lol

[@franciscofontes9112]

Very, god, top 👍👍👍👍🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@dennisholst4322]

Wonder if they kept Boink

[@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.

[@davidrhodes7655]

A grader blade attached to the dozer that's novel we just get up on the dozer shape the batter 2_1 at most or get a 16 grader in to do it very innovative like it

[@scottparsons2031]

I worked on a site like that and if you spun the tires you were fired on the spot

[@maxhengstenberg908]

Who ever dose the videos for this outfit dose one hell of a job. What’s the paint line on the wheels for ?

[@dennisholst4322]

The boss can tell who is spinning tires might be your load on that job

[@maxhengstenberg908]

@@dennisholst4322 I kind of figured. But wasn’t sure. Thank you.

[@dhewitt2514]

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

[@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?

[@Travis-kw3mo]

I would love to know gallons per hour of fuel consumption on that job.

[@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

[@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.

[@hernaldofuenzalida5499]

hay traduccion ?en los comentarios?

[@cesar216]

Making hole for landfill?

[@peterrowlands6406]

I'd liked to have seen the end product.

[@UrsulavonB]

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