To my knowledge there was only about 75 ever made. And that came from an old friend that worked for the company. Price is VERY subjective depending on condition, transport costs, etc. Its an impressive toy til you need parts or specialized services. Or even a weeks worth of fuel.How rare are these to find? My wife's grandpa still has one left (had 2) that he is wanting to sell, but is wants more then what it is worth in my opinion.
Justin
Just curious, Justin. Did those machines come from Washington state ?How rare are these to find? My wife's grandpa still has one left (had 2) that he is wanting to sell, but is wants more then what it is worth in my opinion.
Justin
Ugg, that gives me heartburn just thinking about keeping all those Jimmys running with all that ash in the air.
Well, I believe he got number 22, 23, and number 30 from the Mourer construction auction at the Ritchie Brothers site in Maytown (Olympia) WA. I was there with the machines doing the last minute care and feeding to get them across the block. (as a matter of fact, I drove #25 across the block) I do believe I passed a few words about the machines with your grandfather. I did speak with a lot of the potential buyers that day.Yes they did. Come to find out he actually had 3 of them. He sold one to a guy over here in east Texas and has 2 left. One had the wiring ripped out of it which was stolen for scrap money. Father-in-law said it could be put back together.
But back to your question my wife's grandpa bought 3 of them from a guy in Washington state that had somewhere around 30 of them. Heard he used them on one job for the government to clean up the volcano after that happened.
I still like to hear a Jimmy scream. That ash sure did put a premium on air filters for a while. We could see the haze all the way over in North Dakota a few days later.
Steve was one of these one of the 353 that A.V.Jennings had in Qld Brisbane to gold-coast Hwy back in the late 70 remember seeing it atWABCO yard E/farmI am Steve Weakley from NSW Australia, director of Footstool Earthmoving Pty Ltd, we have the only 2 Wabco 353's in Australia, one in use, one being restored as funds permit (very slowly..)
website - www.footstoolearthmoving.com.au
here is a bit of video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQrvreVqW3E
which has a glimpse of the front drop box if you are observant!
and a couple of pics from our first job with the big turtle - Keepit Dam auxiliary wall/spillway removal and rebuilding, coffer dam construction
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Finally got a picture. Had my little boy standing in front of it. Knabbed a couple pics of his HD41 also the other day.
I've worked around some older 33 yard Michigans with hydraulic drive elevators and just like 633 Cats they never had the elevator power the electric Wabco elevators had. If I remember correctly a Wabco 333 had about 150+ elevator HP at 284 feet per minute. Way above and beyond what a 45 series Vickers hydro motor can put out. That reminds me, Euclid/Terex S-35E's sadly lacked in that department too. But they did have the variable input torque convertor like a Wabco that cut down on tire slip and sent more HP to the elevator.I ran an old Michigan prime mover with an Hancock elevating scraper that was the same animal in principle as these Wabcos and it was fun to watch one in action here.It brings back the old days.Mine had a a 6V53 in it but only the one engine.I have posted pics of it in the past.I know the company that I worked for folded and I heard third hand that it had been cut up for scrap(.Ron G