Glimpse at one of history's largest scraper mass grading projects. Caterpillar 657E 657G 651B
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Published 2019-02-11
All Comments (21)
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I am 83 years old and started running equipment back in 1956 my first was a D 6 cat dozer with a pony motor when i watch these videos it takes me back to the good old days of my youth
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My great grandfather was one of the last mule skinners that cut road through the hills of LA. Many of those roads are now our freeway systems
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I watched this about a year ago when it was posted. About half way through the vid, those are some brave operators going down that steep slope right next to the edge ! Damn son ! Excellent video !
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In the 70s my grandfather leveled the Tulare lake bottom for J. G. Boswell, he had over a 100 pieces of equipment on the job. No enclosed cabs. His cellphone was a radio phone in his car. Diesel was 34 cents a gallon brought in by 1/2 tanker loads. The equipment here is an amazing modernization of caterpillar. The yards of dirt moved per machine is probably double on 1/2 the diesel.
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Hill today, gone tomorrow...very impressive action, and great video shots too.
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Thats impressive.Kind of an art form. We cant do that often in the granite state. Brings back memories of servicing the Terex units in Lincoln when they built the 93 Notch Bypass. No way a 12 year old could ever get to run a scraper today. Osha would have a stroke. Thank you Tom Palazzi. A true road builder. May you rest in peace. Thank you for your service and letting this kid get an education. You can't learn how to move the world at school. Its a hands on old school thing.
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The drone footage was beautiful! That’s the only way to grasp the size of the project. Thanks phor sharing.
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That was the Best 23 minutes I spent today. Awesome videography and great subject matter. 👍👍👍👍
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Thank you SCEM! This is a well edited video many hour spent making this video for us to watch. When i see that you have posted a video i know it is going to be good you never fail. How do you make a mountain disappear scrappers of course the fastest and cheapes way. So many different sizes of scrappers in this video all coming together on one job SWEET.
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It would be cool to see a time lapse video of the hill going away over several days
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I used to own a sand and gravel operation and have always enjoyed earth moving equipment and understanding the nuances of how to move dirt more efficiently. This one IMPRESSIVE operation
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Nice to see operators that really know how the scraper works.
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Fantastic, surely the greatest show on earth. Thanks for sharing.
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I looked it up. They are building a swimming pool for Rosie O'Donnell.
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When these machines are lost to time, it's records like this they'll be remember by. Great work
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Wow scraping on a biblical scale,loved the view of the "bowl" filling up. Simply awesome!
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beautiful video! pro work. and the camera on board; Great... thank you. greetings from France.
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As a Diesel and Heavy Earthmoving Equipment fitter who has worked for a Cat dealer for 35 years I cannot imagine the work going on to keep 100 x 657's running. Cheers mate 🍻
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I ran the 637 and 657 back in the late 1980s and early 90s in a surface mine in east Texas this brings back some good memories!!
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I watched this before, and I'll probably watch it again. Going down those steep slopes must be a trip!
