Moving the WORLD'S BIGGEST Scrapers | Heavy Haul

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Published 2022-12-02
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In this episode, we visited a landfill south of Phoenix to check out a heavy haul of scrapers in the desert. (aka the middle of nowhere)

We've shown a lot of earth moving on the vlog before, but this time we thought we'd focus on how Rummel Construction moves scrapers from location to location. In this case, they were moving the biggest scrapers of them all... Caterpillar 657 Scrapers… Enjoy! #caterpillar #heavyequipment #construction

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:28 - Release the 657G's!
3:58 - 250k Pound Trailer
6:04- Prepping the Scrapers
7:58 - Loading Scrapers on Trailers
10:00 - Outro

All Comments (21)
  • A heavy haul series would be awesome to see. Stay safe blue collar brothers.
  • Back in 1962, I was the engineer(chief of survey) on a flood control project in CT. We had the original 657B's for moving material---we called them double barrels, aka push pull engines, those were big and from what I see they have grown a lot. We also had the single barrel 631B's to move earth with D-9 as pushers. The 657's also needed pushers to load, we were loading heavy bank run gravel. Retired now and worked construction as a super for over 50yrs and enjoyed every minute---hope you are too. Remember, you need dirt in your veins to love it!!!
  • @ddorn04
    Imagine hauling scrapers, D8s and 9s in the 70s from Gila Ben Arizona through tehachapi into the San Joaquin valley.
  • Arron, Great video!!! Really appreciate the work of the heavy haulers. Loting of planning before the moves. Always a real spectacular show that these guys make look easy. Thanks!
  • @magpieblue
    The sights and sounds are incredible, just like the production quality of this vlog. I love discovering America through this. Always curious about what's deep down in those landfill sites...
  • Very keen for you to come to Australia!! I think you will be shocked at some of the things we do!!
  • During the winter when dirt work gets slow for me I help my old man doing heavy haul and fn love it. It’s always something different never the same and you get to operate some nice equipment. Would love a heavy haul series
  • @jimbeam2705
    Scrapper school I never had as a heavy equipment operator in the Seabees. But I got to drive a twin engine Cat around the base when it needed maintenance at the PM shop. But we mostly had what was called MRS's . They were a big 4x4 tractor some with cabs ,some without that you could detach from the scrapper and hook up a water tanker behind it.
  • Great video, It's nice that you take the time to film all these behind the scenes of things most people don't care about or just take for granted when they see such heavy hauls on the highway.
  • this really puts into perspective how big those scrapers are its hard to tell sometimes in video!
  • @jmonk831
    I Worked for Rummel for a year 1/2, until I moved back East. Rummel is top of the Class when it comes to heavy Site companies!!!
  • @jameseloe
    I would love to see a heavy haul series! that would be amazing!
  • @ryanc8188
    I used to work next to a trans loading metal recycling place, and they loaded probably 12+ belly scrapers on train cars to haul them somewhere. If I remember right they were loading them with cranes. Pretty interesting to watch.
  • Great video man!!! Been waiting for this. Here in nyc we could never have a 57 in these streets. Hell a 345/49 is a pain in he ass to move here
  • @noelgarcia6707
    Man I did heavy hauling for a month or so and every now and then here and there, and let me tell you this ain’t no joke every one needs to be in order for everything to work
  • @timdwyer4229
    I was a painter at Cozad Trailers in the mid 1980s. 6 days a week. Hard working painting crew. A couple of years of that was a lifetime supply.
  • In the 80's I worked for Homer Mann Trucking in California. We moved 666's which were the largest ( definitely larger than 657's) with jeep and 3 axle dolly. Mike Brashier the foreman invented the 3 axle dolly and built them in the yard. We even made a roller plate that the 666 belly pan would hit and move up the jeep neck leaving the front tires of the two axle scraper head suspended in the air. We did this to be able to scale with permits and not have to separate the power tractor head from the pan