a fresno?

[637slayer]

i was learning how to run a scraper,{631c} and had the privileage of pulling in front of a growly old timer, he wasnt a very big guy but he loked mean sitting in the h, {solid dozer} if i didnt pull in right, wam, all day long seemed like i didnt do a thing right, im sure the stinger on that 31 was about a foot shorter than when i started running it. he called me and this other kid the fresno twins. after i started to do better we got along alot better, one day i finally asked him what a fresno was, he said it was the first scraper ever made and he could move more dirt with a fresno than i could with the 31. after i finally seen a fresno i realized the joke. has anybody ever moved dirt or have pics of a fresno?

 

[RollOver Pete]

Info on the Fresno Scraper


http://valleyhistory.org/FindingAids/FresnoScraper/FresnoScraper.html

 

[bushcat]

Horsepower at it's finest.

 

[Turbo21835]

Thanks for the pic ROP. Around here everyone calls them drag scoops. Horsepower at its finest is true. Those rigs sip very little fuel in a day, but you gotta watch out for tailpipe emissions. They might not be able to pass CARB rules.

 

[637slayer]

good pics rop, the best ones ive seen of them working, looks like they were the pioneers of picking up windrows, the way they are staggered i think thats what they are doin.

 

[dirtwhore]

The only other time I seen a Fresno was on a sticker on the side of a pickup beloning to a contractor in New Mexico a few years ago. ( top side off the sticker was a fresno, the bottom end was a 631, cant remember the contracors name) I had no idea what they were till now! The origanial Horse and Can!

 

[Northart]

Cat 60 and Fresno

Cat 60 and Fresno

 

[rabbit]

Fresno

Hey, I got two of them sitting in my driveway..:usa

 

[diggerop]

Someones T model Ford is missing their roof.