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PartTimeDweller
September 18th, 2008, 20:39
I was hauling on this job all day. Most everything is parked as it is still a slight bit wet after the monsoons we had over the weekend. This site is a future industrial park, with a million sq foot building going up first.

This is what you need if you want to move 25- 30,000 yards a day.
Cat 631 scrapers

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/ptdweller/S6300282-1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/ptdweller/S6300283.jpg











A couple 450 Deere's to top load the 631's or the 740 off road trucks

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/ptdweller/S6300289.jpg






Some D9's with pull scrapers

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/ptdweller/S6300285-1.jpg




There was also a D9 push dozer , a D10 with a ripper, and about 4 D8's running around the back of the site trying to dry the site out today.
Kranky 1
September 18th, 2008, 22:46
Quite a collection of firepower they've got there.

Biggest scraper in our arsenal is the 623, which is a self loading "elevating" scraper:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/Trico05019.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/HKJr23/Trico05020.jpg

It's got a 3406 in it, sounds mean as hell when it's working.
PartTimeDweller
September 18th, 2008, 23:43
Quite a collection of firepower they've got there. That is only the equipment they have on one job.



A 623 is no toy. Is that comparable to a 621 size wise? Or a 627, minus the rear engine?

Herb, notice the green paint on the D9 tracks? Know what that is for?
Kranky 1
September 19th, 2008, 07:00
A 623 is no toy. Is that comparable to a 621 size wise? Or a 627, minus the rear engine?

It's supposedly a 23 yard bowl, so I guess it must fall somewhere between the 621 and 627. The 623 doesn't have a rear engine, but it does have the elevator "paddles" to lift the material into the bowl.

Herb, notice the green paint on the D9 tracks? Know what that is for?

Never seen anyone put paint on one grouser like that before. What's up with that? Is it so they can tell if the machine has been moved since the paint was put on there?

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PartTimeDweller
September 19th, 2008, 22:55
Never seen anyone put paint on one grouser like that before. What's up with that? Is it so they can tell if the machine has been moved since the paint was put on there?

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Yes it is so they can tell if it moved. That way the guy who fuels the "fleet" every night isn't going around checking every machine to see if it needs fuel. The machines with intact paint he skips over. On the rubber tired machines, he stripes a tire.