tonka
Senior Member
Largest i ran was a jd 850Dlc, smallest a beach sand shovel!
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Who's Run the Largest Equipment?
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MrKomatsu
Senior Member
nice avatar......
tonka
Senior Member
thanks man:drinkup
MrKomatsu
Senior Member
:drinkup:drinkup:drinkupRight back at ya tonka.....:drinkup:drinkup:drinkup:usa
Eric
Senior Member
I'm with you, I work in a mine. P&H 4100A with a 56 yard dipper, D11N and R, Komatsu 475, Komatsu 930E 320 ton truck, Cat 793D 240-265 ton truck, 16M blade, Cat 994F loader, and a Cat 5230 Hydraulic Shovel. We aught to start a mining thread!
I ran some big stuff in CA and The old school D10 that later became the D11N. An big O&K excavator that I can't remember the # on but it had a 12yd bucket. Here in East TX the biggest hoe is 50 tons and a dozer is 20 tons.
!0-4 to that I allso wish there way a mining thread here..
Koehringman
Well-Known Member
Big machines
Me, a Koehring 1066.:usa
Me, a Koehring 1066.:usa
Wolf
Senior Member
no big hoes in Texas?
Why do you think the hoes in Texas are smaller, only 50 tons max? I thought everything is bigger in Texas.
Why do you think the hoes in Texas are smaller, only 50 tons max? I thought everything is bigger in Texas.
Lee-online
Senior Member
I don't operate equipment, i fix it but i do get to run it and play with it. i have played in d11R, 385c, 777F, 990F, 988G, 836G just to name a few but i have played with most cat equipment. I was recently in a 521, that was really cool.
goodearth13
Active Member
100 Scrapers Really Move the Dirt
In the early 70's I worked at the Chatfield Dam constuction project & I think they had about a 100 scrapers on site most of the time. 631's. 641's, 651's & a string of about 40 657's. I ran all of the different scrapers, but the 57's were really impressive with the amount of dirt that they moved in a 10 hr shift. I think the D9's were as big a pushcat as they had at that time, but sometimes they would tripple hit you from the back on the run. Boy you could jamb 50+yds in that bowl almost before you could get the lip closed. Talk about just being a number on the payroll list. As long as you could get it back & forth & not get in anybody's way they kept you on. Good experience though.
C Ya, Patrol Man (Dan) goodearth13 :usa
In the early 70's I worked at the Chatfield Dam constuction project & I think they had about a 100 scrapers on site most of the time. 631's. 641's, 651's & a string of about 40 657's. I ran all of the different scrapers, but the 57's were really impressive with the amount of dirt that they moved in a 10 hr shift. I think the D9's were as big a pushcat as they had at that time, but sometimes they would tripple hit you from the back on the run. Boy you could jamb 50+yds in that bowl almost before you could get the lip closed. Talk about just being a number on the payroll list. As long as you could get it back & forth & not get in anybody's way they kept you on. Good experience though.
C Ya, Patrol Man (Dan) goodearth13 :usa
redline
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- Joined
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- 201
- Location
- Caboolture south east Queensland
- Occupation
- Plant operator and Tenkate plant hire
D9H
D9L
D150-A
Volvo A35 artics
Case W20b
Volvo L90D
Komatsu pc220-6
New Holland 360hp Forestry Mega Mulcher
big BUD 525 with a 24ft drawn grader blade
24ft Drawn Grader Blade (behind a Steiger KP1360)
64ft Scarifier behind the same Steiger
D9L
D150-A
Volvo A35 artics
Case W20b
Volvo L90D
Komatsu pc220-6
New Holland 360hp Forestry Mega Mulcher
big BUD 525 with a 24ft drawn grader blade
24ft Drawn Grader Blade (behind a Steiger KP1360)
64ft Scarifier behind the same Steiger
There is big Iron in most other parts of TX. The weight mostly the ground is really soft we have a lots of gumbo clay. Once it gets wet your working in 2+ of mud and we get a bit of rain. I think there kind of cheap too. I know lots of guys that think you can do anything with a tinker toy JD450 dozer.
hydmech
New Member
We work on the stuuf. The biggest so far was an EX1200. 8 yd bucket. Twin engine.. Its a monster!!
bigrus
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- Location
- Southern Queensland Australia
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- Joystick attendant
A Friggstad tractor/laser bucket combination (Big Buds big brother) with 2 671 GM's bolted together pulling 3 20yd3 buckets for land development in 1983
MrKomatsu
Senior Member
pc8000...........Alcola mine.........small enough?
fyrwood guy
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tdozer
Well-Known Member
When i was around 12 years old, I climbed all over a 1466. Does that count?
Otherwise, Deere 850D, D8L, TS24 and 637D, Bucyrus 61B Dragline and a whole bunch of 980's.
lets move dirt
Member
biggest dozers i have operated D10N, also a Fiat/Allis hd40 what a piece of junk, scrapers cat 631/637, blades cat 16g, hoes cat 375,
oldseabee
Senior Member
I helped build and field test the worlds largest log skidder back in the 70's Clark Ranger 880 had 903 Cummins engine, basically 275 Michigan loader power train. Carco G80 Winch, 13 1/2 foot tilt blade on the front and blade in the back to hold the tractor when winching heavy logs. Made for the far east logging. Most of them ended up pulling choppers over logged out areas. I also ran a 675 Michigan 24 yard loader with twin 1710 Cummins engines 700 HP each. Main Hydraulics used 4 92 GPM pumps, steering used 2 80 GPM pumps. tank held 650 gallons of hyd oil.