Terex 82-80 Euclid TC012 wanted

Hi Craig had a brain surge last night. I have seen a custom built twin drum gravity roller set up on a direct drive D7E in rotorua.
possibly was lakeland plant hires. Think they also did a twin drum setup driven off a logging winch on a komatsu D85.
Got some pics somewhere of Lars Rosenwarne on his D7F scrub rolling around tutamoe [?] on back road to kaikohe from maugatapere.
Still plenty of land that could be crushed and planted in pines in nz. All that work that was done in the 80s is the reason for all the logging work going on in nz today. We just need to put a few of the greenie politicians in front of the roller when its going to eliminate all this green b.......t were faced with today
Merv

Another of Johnson's scrub roller conversions, this time on a Euclid C-6.
Note the additional height on the grousers achieved by welding extra bar on, and the winch setup.
Must have been real fun sitting on top of that 6-71 !!

hi guys just a quick comment i did a bit of reserch into the welclose downs tractors and they still survive they belong along with im told a couple of others down on the darling downs the question i hav is that acouple of guys iv worked with in the past hav told me including one of the operators of the welclose tractors is that the english built euclids had a version of the tc12 accept yhey were cummins powerd apparently they were of a slightly different dimention afew guys i talked to said this isnt so but iv no reason to dought the guys thatn hav told me has any one got any pics or info on this subject

that 8250 was sold by blackwood -hodge in CAIRNS,QLD last one no the saleman still have a workshop manual for the 8280/tc12

Euc-c6 cummins powered

The TC-12 in Western Australia was sold by the local agents, Blackwood Hodge, to a big limestone quarry, about 40 or 50 kms North of Perth.
It was purchased to rip the limestone caprock, which previously could only be broken up by drill and blast. The TC-12 was the only tractor capable of ripping this caprock to expose the softer, sought-after limestone below.
The TC-12 was retired when the new D10 appeared, and the local Cat agents, Wigmores tractors, did a demo, proving that the D10 could rip the limestone caprock with ease.

There was a funny story associated with this demo. The D10 was transported to the limestone quarry in preparation for the ripping demo in front of the quarry owner and any other interested parties.
All the sales reps and head honchos of Wigmores - along with other assorted interested "watchers" - were all standing around the ripper, when the operator cranked the D10 up, fed it to her, and sank the shank in.

They reckon the scene was hilarious, as the caprock burst and exploded out of the ground like artillery rounds, and huge chunks of caprock lobbed right in amongst all the gawkers around the ripper!!
They reckon the mob scattered like a bunch of rabbits that had sighted a fox, after a few of these huge chunks of caprock landed in their midst!! LOL

This TC-12 was parked up and effectively abandoned, when Gary Brookes purchased it in the late 1980's from the limestone quarry owner.
The TC-12 in Western Australia isn't fully restored - but it's in working order, and on display in the first-class Dardanup Heritage Park Museum - and the last time I sighted it in early 2009, it had a collapsed track adjuster, that was stopping it from working.
There's a picture of it in the DHPM photo gallery.

http://www.dardanupheritagepark.com.au/

If anyone is looking for an Euclid TC12, there is one coming up for auction in February here in Central Queensland. Also an Allis Chalmers HD41 if something a little bigger is desired. Many other crawlers also on the block. Go to www.hassalls.com.au and select antique tractor auction for photos.

John

There are some nice old tractors in the sale. Thanks for the link.

in huntly back in the 70s/80s i had some seat time on feasts tc12,cable blade and hyd tilt,it was pushing ts32s untill downer took over and tandem pushed with 2 x d9hs,i am sure it was sold to bakers who turned it into hyd blade.

I am looking for a TC 12 also preferibly ohio michigan indiana area any leads or know where one is out in the sticks give me a shout thank you for any help or leads

There is one in Oz for sale next month....

I don't think i could pay the shipping on that one lol guess I could break out a paddle boat and row it home???

the downer one was an 8250 when the d9s came it was down graded to ripping for the ts18 as the d9 tandem pushed and ripped for the 32. in the mid 80s the 8050 then went to tauranga to push wood chip at the wharf. it was either the wharf company or lamberts that had it then i think it was lamberts it had a big chip blade put on it and they liked it because with the radiator on the back there was no chip blown around i think it was replaced with the d11

yeah; just refreshed this one for Ben from oz, about gravity rolling

There is a beautiful restored TC-12 that stays at the National Pike show in Brownsville,Pa.