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    Cat 666 traction control

    JOHAN7. According to Caterpillar specs----the 657 turning radius is 47' 10" (14,58 m) where the 666s turning radius is 46' (14,02 m). I don't think it would be anymore than 90 degrees, all I know is you can only turn as sharp as the stops will allow. On a single engine scraper tire I've seen...
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    Cat 666 traction control

    Good-morning, johan7. Turning-brakes. I always slipped the transmission into 1st gear first lifting the front end up then I'd turn one way or the other using the turning brake handle--remember there was 0 visibility with the width of hood and the front fenders--you could turn fast or slow using...
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    666 rubber tire pushers

    I'm looking for a Shepherd tractor EARTH MAGAZINE article, scra, 1970, '71, '72-------'74, '75? On the cover of this Earth Magazine it shows 3, 666 rubber tire tractors pushing a new Silva and Hill 651 scraper, in the desert, with a two or three page article on the jobsite on the inside of the...
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    666 CAT polished up some

    I've heard of S.J. Grove. I never had any dealings with that company. Did you notice the 666 six tractors don't have serial numbers? Your single 666 tractors doesn't have one does it? I got a special article on the 666 tractors I'm looking for, then I tell you about it OK. Mike Nebergall
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    The Ultimate Small Dozer

    Give me a good old 33000 serial number D8H with a ripper and a straight dozerblade. That the perfect dozer to run. Mike Nebergall X Quad Operator
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    666 CAT polished up some

    bostonpowercat. Good morning, America time. Is your 666 the one somebody made a Video of you traveling through those quaint towns taking up the whole width of the street transporting it to your house, with no scraper attached to it? If so, did you find that 666 scraper somewhere close, not...
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    Quad-DD9

    old-iron-habit Good morning, old-iron-habit, When and where is that show at? What was your expertise in the wonderful world of old iron. I enjoyed my 45 years in the seats of equipment. I think my most memorable moment was being pushed for a couple of months by 5 D9Gs, I was running a 666...
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    Quad-DD9

    Anybody seen any new Quad videos lately? X Quad Operator
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    Cat 666 traction control

    That front end lift works great in close quarters. The 666 turns into a 657 at this point, easy dumping. Mike Nebergall X Quad Operator
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    666 CAT polished up some

    Brings back such good memories. Denny McCoy in San Clemente California, moved 100,000,000 yards on one subdivision in the late '70s or early '80s with a fleet of 100 scrapers made up of 666s and 657s. Now that was one neat looking spread of scrapers. ACI has a spread of SS40s they still use...
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    DW20's

    Hi alan627b, I happed to run across this forum article, where I asked about the hydraulic front lifts on the DW20's. Your reply was you had a brochure on the 5 DW20's 88E1576, 78, 79, 80, and 88E1581. I'm wondering if there would be away for me to get a copy of that brochure, from you, for my...
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    Caterpillar dual d9 pushing scrapers

    You might like this. Gavin, Good morning. I would think you dudes on the Heavy Equipment forums.com might enjoy this. Here in the United States, in Bakersfield California, at the Famoso drag strip it the winter nationals. Its all nostalgia, Funny Cars, AA fuel cars, and lots, and lots, and...
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    Caterpillar the original 657 scraper early 1960.

    original Cat 657 Thanks Nige. I can remember, like I'm standing this instant next to 'a 657 hearing the crowd/ejector rolling back hearing the unusual sound the starter hydraulics made, then finally the bang as the crowd hit the back of the scraper disengaging and the rear motor starts...
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    Caterpillar dual d9 pushing scrapers

    You know I saw my first set of Quads in 1962, fell in love with them then, and I'm still in love with them now. I was fortunate to run Scarsella Brothers in the middle 60's for three years, on the 395 job for them. Its nice to see that video on YouTube even though the operator could of worked a...
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    Dozers with Wings

    I done quite a bit of finish work grading bottoms in the dumps in the Southern California area, been retired going on 7 years now, I know I got lots and lots of hours pushing a foot of sand over the bottoms with a late model 5, when we got done pushing sand then we'd have to pus the dirt over...
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    Caterpillar the original 657 scraper early 1960.

    High guys. I haven't asked any questions in quite a while. The rear starter, on the first 657 scrapers, some people call them the A model now, was it a air starter? I remember standing there listening as the mechanics started the scraper, the crowd would comeback by itself as the starter turned...
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    What do you think about this Dozer?

    Holey-Christ, Nige. What Contractor is pissed off at Caterpillar? Pepto-Bismal Pink. Makes me shiver just looking at it. You agree or am I !#!!$@up. Mike Nebergall.
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    DW20's

    Good morning durtmvr, what horse power were the Cumming motors? I'll bet that was hard to get use to at first, I'm talking about the difference in sound between the quieter Caterpillar motors, verses the noisier Cumming diesel motors. You know, ACI in southern California changed their motors in...
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    Caterpillar dual d9 pushing scrapers

    Good afternoon, muckshifter631c, I use to own 10 scrapers, 6, narrow nose 637C's and 4, 657B's push pulls, and all the support equiptment, I'm not trying to be nosey, how did you find the video of the Quad-D9G? I ran Scarsella Brothers Quads in Washington for 3 1/2 years, 10 years ago. Loved...
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    Caterpillar dual d9 pushing scrapers

    That was an exciting era, I worked on a job in 1962, there was a brand new Quad-D9G on the job, they teamed it up with a single D9G triple pushing new 657's before there was push pulls. That was exciting. Nothing like moving dirt back in 62' in California. Mike Nebergall
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