Wyoming
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The first scraper I ran was a three axel Euclid ts40 as I recall. It had a V12 71 series Detroit Diesel engine in front and a V8 71 series in the rear. The rear engine had twin stacks that were curved at the top so they pointed at the scraper following.
It was a highball job (as are most) and we often were almost end to end from the cut to the fill and back. The noise from following a screaming Jimmy for 8 or 10 hours that close was unreal even with earplugs, I have a hearing problem today because of that job ouch!
The seat was on a steel post with no ride cushioning other than the seat pad, that is why my back hurts now days! There was a point in time on that job that we loaded under a belt, all we had was a ROP cage and just breathing while loading was a job in itself! The dirt and dust just poured down our shirts into our pants and well you know, it was not a pretty site!
At times we would get to much material loaded and couldn't open the apron in the fill. The only way to get it open was to bounce the pan with the raise lower lever while pumping the apron lever at the same time. More than once I had a hydraulic hose break on me right at my control's and would be sprayed with hot hydraulic fluid, it happened to everyone that was on the job for a long period of time. The hydraulic fluid combined with the dust and by the end of they day I/we didn't even look like people anymore.
Anyway I cant find a picture of one, the closest I have found is shown below. If anyone has a picture of one of these beasts I sure would like to see it.
It was a highball job (as are most) and we often were almost end to end from the cut to the fill and back. The noise from following a screaming Jimmy for 8 or 10 hours that close was unreal even with earplugs, I have a hearing problem today because of that job ouch!
The seat was on a steel post with no ride cushioning other than the seat pad, that is why my back hurts now days! There was a point in time on that job that we loaded under a belt, all we had was a ROP cage and just breathing while loading was a job in itself! The dirt and dust just poured down our shirts into our pants and well you know, it was not a pretty site!
At times we would get to much material loaded and couldn't open the apron in the fill. The only way to get it open was to bounce the pan with the raise lower lever while pumping the apron lever at the same time. More than once I had a hydraulic hose break on me right at my control's and would be sprayed with hot hydraulic fluid, it happened to everyone that was on the job for a long period of time. The hydraulic fluid combined with the dust and by the end of they day I/we didn't even look like people anymore.
Anyway I cant find a picture of one, the closest I have found is shown below. If anyone has a picture of one of these beasts I sure would like to see it.