Euclid Belly Dumps

[JDOFMEMI]

Graham

I believe the B-70 is the same tractor as the SS-40, but I am not 100% on that

 

[Northart]

B-70 being hauled

Just seen one going up the road the other day. One I used to work with many times.

 

[stretch]

Nice pics Northart...green iron never dies!

 

[Dozerboy]

Ya its hard to kill it when its always hiding in the grass.

 

[Northart]

Green Iron ?

HuH ? The B-70's are something else, in a class by themselves, with no competition. Perhaps by the combo Athey and Cat 768's .

I worked with the B-70's spreads ( various contractors ) over many years, as the equipment went from one contractor to another.

They are extremely well suited for the work in our contracting environment.

I sincerely wish Caterpillar would entertain a new product to compete. I know it is a limited market place but ???? Make it happen ! Globally the market is there.

 

[petersfamilytru]

Childhood Memories

Wow, the second to last picture on the first page of this thread brings back childhood memories... We had a Euclid scraper with the same cab when I was a kid... We called it "The Green Machine" and it moved a lot of dirt. I'd be on an old Michigan and my brother would run up behind me in the Euclid and ram me.

The poor old girl went to the scrap yard, in pieces, about 3 months ago.

 

[euclid]

old euclid

This is a really cool thread about the B-70 and the re-tooling new Cat motors. I never operated those but I did operate a 1952 that had the 2-stroke Detroit and the 5 speed stick for over 3 years! I can tell you the original cold weather starting equipment didn't work and the ether did! Sometimes I'd have a hard time with keeping my air pressure up so I could dump and also close my bottom doors. I have had to use a rod to spin the dump actuator to drop a load. And I'll say I didn't get bit doing such a dangerous job. We didn't have any power steering it was all armstrong, and the air clutch would work sometimes, and my brakes....well I can say if it weren't for my e-brake I wouldn't have any. I had major leaks in the air biscuits or whatever they are called so I used my brakes when I needed them in a last ditch effort to stop!

Since I don't know how to insert pictures from my computer to this site I guess you'll have to refer to my avatar back in 1994.

 

[euclid]

Old Iron

I have a few pictures here and the first picture is back in 1993, next is of me and my friend back in 1985, and the last is a picture I got off ebay a while back.
I regret the fact I didn't get more pictures of me running equipment because these old pieces are a dying breed.

 

[alan627b]

I saw a Euclid side dump at a large scrap dealer in Phoenix Arizona, that Kiewit has their hand in 2 weeks ago while I was on vacation. Between upper and lower Buckeye down in the area where all the auto salvage yards are. Not sure what model exactly, thought this might help if someone lives out there.
Happy hunting, thanks for the pics!
alan627b

 

[euclid]

I found another photo of me back in 1994.

 

[YankeeFlasher]

WHERE ARE THEY NOW??
Interested in any bottom/side dumpers or holland haulers, >100t capacity??
Does anyone have one two...ten???

Tom Williams

 

[EUC-B30]

B-30's and 23-TDT's

Northart,

The pics of the B-30's are great - did you get them from www.earthmoverssupply.com ? Just teasing ! thrilled to see my pictures posted somewhere else !!!!

Do you operate some B-70's ? You seem to know quite a bit about them.

-kenb

 

[EUC-B30]

The B-70 size trailer is still available NEW - could be matched up with a NEW 769 Cat or 400 Series Euc - If you know of someone needing them, let me know

-kenb
www.earthmoverssupply.com

 

[EUC-B30]

CAT ENGINES in EUCLID B-70's

Northart,

I am curious if you know why everyone up north chose to re-power with CAT ENGINES - ............ --- just DON'T SEEM RIGHT ! A EUC needs a DETROIT in it !

All of the B-70 203-LDT's in TEXAS have been repowered with 60 Series Detroits. seems like a much nicer fit to a ALLISON RANSMISSION.

-kenb
www.earthmoverssupply.com

 

[Lashlander]

Northart is on a runway job in western Ak. It may take a while for him to answer you as I doubt he has internet access.

 

[Northart]

Euclids

Hi EUC-B30,

Well now , I'll have time to make the replies , as my season is done.

These are at the Minto Airport job.

I seen some B- 23's in Fairbanks , in some lot, way in the back . Gate was locked and 1' of snow on the ground, but I wrote the phone numbers down, said "Equipment For Sale "

Ph 907-322-5980, 907-590-0833, 907-488-2700

3 sets of numbers, so one of them has to be good. Just in case anyone is interested.

Don't know why ? the repower choice.

Quality Asphalt Paving did hook up their B-70 trailers to their Cat 773 tractors. So I heard. For the Port of Anchorage job.

 

[alan627b]

This is sort of related, found this pic of an old Euc, probably a scraper tractor, converted to a roller! I found this Googling, on an old auction site.
Euclid Model 23TD SN#T24376
Compare it to the 630B similarly converted, probably with Hyster wheels.
I've also seen a DW20 converted like this.
alan627b

 

[alan627b]

Robbed a few pics off of Ebay form brochure auctions you might enjoy....

 

[alan627b]

I'm not done yet....

 

[euclid]

I ran a Euclid for a number of years and what'd I'd do to run one just once more!