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  1. Wyoming

    IUOE Local 12 Apprentice

    FloridaIron It has been far to long since I started with the IUOE to give you reliable information but, as I recall if you buy a book you go on a C list when all the people on the A and B list are working they call up the C list. When you get called for a job you move to the B list and...
  2. Wyoming

    IUOE Local 12 Apprentice

    Hi Ronnie I am not sure about the mines (never worked in one) but I think they are union also, but hire non-union as well. I know the pay is good people talk about making 50 - 60 g a year. With the skills you already have I am not sure the apprenticeship program would be the way to go you for...
  3. Wyoming

    IUOE Local 12 Apprentice

    Hi Ronny, Please be more specific okay, what would you like to know about the IUOE? I suspect the non-union hiring you referred to is because NC is a right to work state. Basically the non-union people are hired because the contractors don't have to pay Union wages or benefits. See below...
  4. Wyoming

    Largest dozer?

    Hay Joey I will post the link for you okay, hope you dont mind. Cool video Thanks.... http://www.youtube.com/v/OsCLBS870nY&rel=1
  5. Wyoming

    Euclid TC-12 Dozer

    Great information Dug thanks I added the book to my list! If the takedown time was 15 hrs and like Deas said "getting the two floats aligned closely enough to re-assemble the two halves was a REAL hassle" it had to have a bearing on its demise. Added to that keeping one of these things running...
  6. Wyoming

    Euclid TC-12 Dozer

    It has been well over 40 years since I last worked as a mechanic so all my shop manuals are long gone, however I have started ordering books online to refresh my memory and learn more. I just added "Caterpillar Farm Tractors And Bulldozers" to the list and I will read suggested pages for sure...
  7. Wyoming

    Euclid TC-12 Dozer

    My brother in-law is a old time cat mechanic and he told me the first D8 stood for diesel with 80 horsepower, also I read that on the net. If I can find the link again I will post it. According to my literature the 671 is rated at 238 horsepower x 2 = 476 HP. Also I understand the TC12 had...
  8. Wyoming

    A BIG Green Thingummy.

    I was just going from the pics I posed I have never even seen one. Your pics do seem to show vent holes in the back of the tractor, where was the fuel tank? How did the radiator fan work, was it electric or what?
  9. Wyoming

    Screaming Jimmy

    Before I started with the Operating Engineers I was a mechanic working for the Allis Chalmers dealership in Bakersfield. They were the dirtiest engine I ever worked on. I am sure it was because they were a two stroke. The dirt was not just dirty oil, it has a very high soot quality to it
  10. Wyoming

    Screaming Jimmy

    That is some good information Dug thanks I will see if I can get the book! I was working for Western contracting (1966) building I-5 south of Gorman California when I ran it so that fits as well. I cant imagine how nosy it was to see one of these beasts being pushed by two TC12's ouch. If...
  11. Wyoming

    A BIG Green Thingummy.

    Contrary to popular belief the Euclid TC-12 was not two C6 crawlers put together. The TC-12 from the onset was designed as a twin engine split frame machine. The first TC-12 prototype started its engineering evaluation in July 1954 with the production model being introduced October 1956...
  12. Wyoming

    Screaming Jimmy

    I like your Jimmy Barns m8 he is much easer to listen to than the "Screaming Jimmy" for sure. I have friends in Brisbane and Perth are you anywhere near those places? http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jimmy+Barnes&search_type=&aq=-1&oq=
  13. Wyoming

    Screaming Jimmy

    Yes they are very similar, I cant believe they are all gone. There was a bunch of them in the 60-70's but I sure cant find a picture of one now, its weird I tell ya! I did order the book "Colossal Earthmovers" from the link you posted above, Thanks :notworthy.
  14. Wyoming

    Euclid TC-12 Dozer

    Euclid and Terex are one in the same see link below. http://wiki.gmnext.com/wiki/index.php/Euclid_and_Terex_History
  15. Wyoming

    Euclid TC-12 Dozer

    I am not sure anything can equal a Cat (I am a big cat fan) but that would be a close comparison. The Euclid with 2 671 inline Detroit diesel engine is rated at 238 horsepower X 2 = 476 HP 'D8' originally stood for stood for Diesel with 80 horsepower compared to a D8T shows 347 gross...
  16. Wyoming

    Euclid TC-12 Dozer

    Great video stretch, just curious since you have been there you may know. Can others run these machines or are they for display only? I never ran one but sure would like to, my hearing is already shot from all the years in the industry. It was a Euclid scraper when I first got in the trade...
  17. Wyoming

    quad 9"s

    I will be wating also!
  18. Wyoming

    Euclid TC-12 Dozer

    Wow I haven't seen one of these for years. Here is a couple links to a Euclid TC-12 Dozer, it had two GMC 671 Detroit Diesel Engines (a engine for each track) and.... well just click the links and see what I am talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdcj33G3P7U...
  19. Wyoming

    Screaming Jimmy

    If you have never seen or heard a Screaming Jimmy or just miss the sound of one here is a link that will refresh your memory.... LOL Just crank up the sound on your computer and it is pretty close (depending on your speakers)to what they sound like when you are running them in real life...
  20. Wyoming

    Screaming Jimmy

    I am looking for a TS 40 I think, it may of been called a TSS40 but in any case it was a single bowl, it was a three axel scraper. Now that I have been reading the forums I think it had a V16 in front and a V8 in the rear. This was way back in 1966 so I may have forgotten a "S" and a few...
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