Terex TS-18 GM9258

[@TerminusHostilia]

When I was a young man, the old timers taught me that those Detroit's were designed to be run wide open, all the time. "Don't pussy foot around with that machine boy! Make it do work!" Well...that somehow developed into end of the work week "Scraper Races", across the flat bottom of the landfill that I worked at. And even when something did break, it was super simple to replace, (provided you had a boom lift for the heavy stuff). Terex Pit trucks were beasts too. Got damn I miss that job and those machines. I really did have some sort of feelings for them.

[@dennisholst4322]

They didn't rough up the haul road so much

[@dennisholst4322]

That Cushman seat wasn't bad

[@kevinking3402]

Got to work around ts32 tandems in 1979. Got to run ts24s in 1981. Ears are still ringing😂

[@dennisholst4322]

Those 32 s were 12 s weren't they

[@robertmccardle5113]

PTSD lm havin flashbacks. Green grenades.

[@mikekelly2423]

I operated this in 1980 I was 21 yrs old rex pruitt

[@farwest571]

Great machines Almost impossible to get parts for now tho That's why you hardly see them on construction sites anymore

[@nemobigiron]

This must be why the sale price was a bit disappointing!

[@dennisholst4322]

@@nemobigiron steering pump and hydraulic were kind of week

[@dennisholst4322]

Weak

[@parkfarm233]

The best way to wreck a GM diesel...leave it idling for a long time. Not a bad looking old scraper.

[@marcusmervernviola6225]

exactly the equiptment i operated year 1982 in a brazilian com. in Ramadi iraq.

[@warrenscott8491]

turning diesel into sound oh yeah

[@kevinkurtz9889]

I do believe Terex was the only company to make a triple barrel. I seen one in the mid sixties.

[@dennisholst4322]

Johnny Edwards had a double pan forteen I saw a triple fifty sevens cat the operator sat in a tower over the middle pan when they dug a water canal in California in the fifty's or sixys

[@kevinkurtz9889]

@@dennisholst4322 ya, I believe the days of the Big Dirt are behind us.

[@dennisholst4322]

I heard some are going to haul trucks

[@carlosalbertofredericolope5019]

Ronco bonito 😄😄

[@albertlopez6620]

No me gustó Terex España pero si son una gran empresa en muchos países y yo conduci uno de estos de este color con motor detroit una gran empresa sobretodo en EEUU espero verlo en el trivial pursate

[@arthurtomczak8474]

871 Detroit.

[@dansmith5730]

the screamer

[@LORDSTRISH-PSN]

Now that’s some junk right there

[@roderickdaniels3918]

Green weenies I used to hate those things but that's what I learned on and then after that it was 6/27

[@andrewking4885]

Don't put put Detroit's around or idle them too much they glaze up the liners

[@wailnshred]

Where's this machine located?

[@miketorres3597]

On the ground

[@wailnshred]

@@miketorres3597 No shit? I thought it was floating on the water.

[@miketorres3597]

@@wailnshred 😘😜😘

[@danielsutton9322]

Is this unit for sale?

[@nemobigiron]

Yes! This unit and its twin are selling May 26th on BigIron unreserved online auction. www.bigiron.com/Lots/1974TerexTS-18Push-PullSelf-PropelledScraper-2 www.bigiron.com/Lots/1974TerexTS-18Push-PullSelf-PropelledScraper

[@maplemanz]

Why do they choose to put a man or woman on a machine to demonstrate that has never operated anything of than a car ??I I were demonstrating this Machine I would of at least self loaded one or two passes to show a interested buyer that it had the capability to do what the machine was designed to do .just driving a unit around and not working it like it was designed to do is a discredit to a potential buyer.

[@nemobigiron]

You make an excellent point and I agree with you for the most part. But first, to clear things up, that is actually the owner operating the machine. I always like to show as much functionality as possible, but sometimes we are limited by what the seller is willing or able to do. In this case, the location did not allow actually scraping dirt with the machine, as it was filmed in an adjacent farm field not owned by the seller. In other cases, it's just as valuable to see and hear a video of equipment running empty and stationary as seeing it in use. This is a requirement for all operational mechanized equipment we sell. But I also do like to show equipment in use when and where possible.

[@jimmychanbers2424]

Looks like a 6v71t on the rear. Front must be an 8v92t

[@SootyMangabey.]

@@jimmychanbers2424 6v71 in the rear 8v71 in the tractor, both are naturally aspirated.

[@jimmychanbers2424]

@@SootyMangabey. I ran the 24tts scraper. Big bastard. 12v71 front and 6v92 on the rear. It could move some dirt. After lunch. You put a gallon of oil in the 12 and half gallon in the rear.

[@willcojak9650]

low hours