660/666 Cat Scraper info

[Gavin84w]

Surfer Joe, so where are the pics and stories??!!!!!!!

 

[9420pullpan]

this is my favorite pic of 666

 

[Gavin84w]

Is the D10T/666 pic from a book, looks like it was scanned from one which by the look of that pic it would be a good book.

 

[637slayer]

those 51es look like something the company i used to work for would do, the a/c quit working so you take the door off, or just cut the a/c belt right away then the operator would never know what hes missing.

 

[Mr Euclid]

A few more pictures of 666's. These are all in California and I think they were owned by Independent Construction.

These are not my photos I got them awhile ago from the photo galleries on the DHS Diecast site.

 

[Mr Euclid]

Two more including a better version of the D10T photo.

 

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Mr Euclid! :drinkup

 

[JDOFMEMI]

More 660's

I was driving the other day and got behind 2 of ACI's 660's on the move to another job somewhere. I got a few pics of them on lowboys. 1 was on a 9 axle Murray, the other had the tractor on a 5 axle Murray, while the scraper was on a 16 wheel basket. Sorry for the poor pics, but it was the best I could do while driving

Also, there are 10 660's for sale at the upcoming Las Vegas area Ritchie Brothers auction. They have some pictures on their website if anyone is interested.
Just go to equipment search for Henderson NV auction, then click scrapers

 

[Construct'O]

Great pictures while driving!!!!!!!!:notworthy

Some of them looked like it would have been fun getting them loaded on the trailers to get them moved.

Now thats what you call overload(oversized) machine.Thanks for sharing:drinkup:usa

 

[bushcat]

Great pics, looks nice and warm there too!

 

[JDOFMEMI]

Great pics, looks nice and warm there too!

Its terrible. All the way down in the 40's this morning. I almost had to put on a jacket

 

[alan627b]

Link to the RB Auction
http://www.rbauction.com/form_redir...ch=Search&submit_keyword_search=keywordsearch
Some of the machines are located 40 miles North of Wickenburg AZ
Hwy 93 Mile marker 161 on W. side of highway.
I noticed they weren't on Machinery Trader any more.
The 650 up in Madera was sold for $11000.00 Biggest toy in the sandbox!
Since I'm currently on Vacation in Phoenix, I think a road trip is in order....
Stay tuned....
alan627b

 

[surfer-joe]

Ah yes, I did make a mistake in my post of January 4th. I meant to indicate that Cat switched from the 90 degree D346, to the 60 degree D346 model in the 641/651B and 657B scrapers. It had many of the same problems however.

I checked Washington's boneyard in Missoula this summer. All the big iron is nearly or completely gone. The yard is also much reduced in size. The 660's that were north of Wickenburg are also gone, I know not where.

 

[alan627b]

I got an auction list from Ritchie Brothers listing sale prices for all the machines they auctioned in the last year....the most expensive of those
660/666's sold for only $14,000...how the might have fallen.
Any board members in Tennessee that could check on these units?
http://www.impact-enterprises.com/1320.htm
Alan627b

 

[Dug Overburden]

666 Scrapers (SoCal)

These machine's were common at one time in So Cal. Many contractors had large fleets of these. These machines in the right application could move a tremendous amount of material. Most were pushed by tandem D9G's & in later years single 76X D10's & tandem Komatsu D375A's. Company's that I know of were McCoy Const Co,Tutor Saliba,Ebenstiner Co.,C.A Rasmussen Inc, Kirst Const & Carver Corp. I never saw any 666B's, all were 666A'a (64H & 77F)

Must have been 40-50 around, although some were probabaly the same one's changing hands. Most of these were retired or sold off by the late 1980's. I know Tutor Saliba held on to theirs untill 2000 & sold them at a Ritchie Bros sale in Perris Ca. I think Dennis McCoy and sons had the last fleet running in SoCal, I saw them in 2003,don't know where they went to. I think Independant Const in Corcord Ca still has some active 666B's if anyone can confirm that chime in.

As a side note, many of these machines were seperated & hooked to bege drag scrapers.

For those of you that don't know the term "SoCal" it's a slang for Southern California.

 

[Dug Overburden]

Large Cat 660 Job's

Someone ask if there are any 660's still running. Most are parked right now due to slowdown in const in SoCal. I think ACI has about 25 of the 660B's & about a dozen Euclid SS40's. They are sitting in thier yard in Corona Ca. They are the same machines that Jerry posted pictures of. If you want to see them it is hard to close enough to view.

 

[Gavin84w]

Hey Dug, sounds like you have been priviledged to see the big 3 axles in action at some time. I think you are right in that some machines changed hands. I was supplied a series of pics of Tutor Salibu machines from a bypass job and i also have a pic of an Independent Construction 666 and if you look real hard down the side of the bowl are the very same indentations from where a corner tip had been dragged down it in both pics.

You just wonder where some of these big old girls now are, sure many likely scrapped but it is always a treat to find some. Down here you can count how many were around on 2 hands and that is it, we are lucky that 1 guy still uses them and no EPA laws to hold em back!

To this day i believe if the current maintenance methods were adopted and the machines kept in good order they would still do an honest days work and not require a rocket scientist with his laptop to fix.

Take the 8 speed transmission for example, how many times has a shifting problem with these been rectified by pulling that humongous stack of valves apart and cleaning them and then refitting and all is new again, with todays better oils and much greater focus on cleanliness these trannies would likely benefit a lot.

Anyway good to see the thread still has something left in it, much like the machines discussed it seems

 

[Kenny R]

Here are a few pics of McCoy's I was able to shoot just this last Wednesday, these are their last 2, they completely torched their 666B for parts and to sell as Iron...sad sight to see all the parts all scattered around:crying

 

[stretch]

I was looking at Peterson Tractor's site yesterday and it noted that 24 660's (20 bottom-dumps and 4 scrapers) worked for Oman Construction on the Oroville Dam project. What happened to them after the project was completed?

 

[992G]

Here are a few pics of McCoy's I was able to shoot just this last Wednesday, these are their last 2, they completely torched their 666B for parts and to sell as Iron...sad sight to see all the parts all scattered around:crying

I had seen on McCoy's website that they do work in Wyoming. The picture shows some 660's and a D11. Wonder if they have some more there still?