It's great to see old iron restored. Wish I could help but my job has me tied down. Hope to retire in about 5 yrs then I'll volunteer. Maybe I can be of use. Great video and good operators.
@328DLCR Yes, the equipment in the video is still at the museum except the 627B scraper. We were lucky enough to borrow that for a little over a month, but it went back to the owner back in '06.
As always, we are looking for new volunteers to come help us restore, maintain and operate our heavy equipment. We volunteer every Tuesday and Saturday. We also welcome donations.
Rush, New York which is a few miles south of the City of Rochester and only one exit south of NY State Thruway exit 46. If you click on the banner at the top of our main YouTube page, it will take you to our website for more details.
A year before, that poor girl was sitting dead in a local yard headed to become paper clips. We arranged for the machine to be donated, moved to our museum, and then spent a winter returning her to operation. Arguably, paint and some cosmetics are still needed, but she is running at least. Donations are always welcome to help us continue to maintain & restore our equipment.
It doesnt have enough traction, so in those conditions he'd move dirt more efficiently by taking a long, shallow bite with a firm subsoil providing the maximum traction.
Everytime he spins the tires, or makes a washboard by moving the pan up and down to get rolling again, he makes it harder to keep rolling and maintain traction in the next pass.
When taking a shallow bite without breaking traction, you can maintain a smooth cut lane and its easier to maintain the cutting depth in the next pass
best way to do it is rip the ground with the dozer to make it easyr to scrape the ground,then if needed the dozer can push the scraper to prevent tyer slip and to give it traction and then rip at the same time jus keep the ripers goin all the time. Its really needed in clay
Yup! Dozer is the way to go. As I posted below, this was a weekday evening volunteer work session where we had only two trained operators available. The two guys running the machines have over 60 years combined experience in heavy equipment operation. You can see our Cat D7E sitting in the back which was used extensively to move the dirt and push the scraper. On this night, they wanted to exercise the recently returned to operation Cat grader vs. pushing with the dozer.
Thanks for the comment. Loading downhill was just not possible at the time given how narrow our property is and where the dirt had come from. . As you see him leave, he is passing our restoration shop. It is pretty tight clearance for such a large machine.
It would help if he stop dropping the bowl everytime after he gets going when he get a wheel slip. Glad that isn't my machine. Tires are too expensive to let them slip like that, and that hidden sharp rock will he cut the hell out of the rubber.
chuckrl, The gentleman running the machine has over 30 years heavy equipment experience much of that in scrapers. No tires were harmed in the process and the owner of the machine was perfectly happy with its condition when it was returned. We had work to get done that day and only two volunteer operators available thus we had no one to run our dozer to help give him a push. Plus we wanted to exercise the grader as it was only recently brought back to life in our shop.
It's great to see old iron restored. Wish I could help but my job has me tied down. Hope to retire in about 5 yrs then I'll volunteer. Maybe I can be of use. Great video and good operators.
c931D9 1 year ago
Is any of the equipment still at the museum?
328DLCR 1 year ago
@328DLCR Yes, the equipment in the video is still at the museum except the 627B scraper. We were lucky enough to borrow that for a little over a month, but it went back to the owner back in '06.
As always, we are looking for new volunteers to come help us restore, maintain and operate our heavy equipment. We volunteer every Tuesday and Saturday. We also welcome donations.
Thanks!
rgvrrm 1 year ago
were is the museum at
loyalton1200 1 year ago
Rush, New York which is a few miles south of the City of Rochester and only one exit south of NY State Thruway exit 46. If you click on the banner at the top of our main YouTube page, it will take you to our website for more details.
rgvrrm 1 year ago
the 627 is so beautiful! why not let the grader so beautiful? poor girl, is so rusty ..
nightriderlopes 2 years ago
A year before, that poor girl was sitting dead in a local yard headed to become paper clips. We arranged for the machine to be donated, moved to our museum, and then spent a winter returning her to operation. Arguably, paint and some cosmetics are still needed, but she is running at least. Donations are always welcome to help us continue to maintain & restore our equipment.
rgvrrm 2 years ago
thank you. Greg.
floodedcar123 2 years ago
can yo do a video of the grager starting up? Greg
floodedcar123 2 years ago
I am sure we can get one for ya. Stay tuned!
rgvrrm 2 years ago
poor old grader working like shit, u shouldent have the blade so low and then the grader might not work as much
cooknsmurf 2 years ago
you think you could do better lets see a video.
sunsetreptiles 2 years ago 2
You have to be the worst scoop operator I have ever seen?, and if you were working with us it would be a case of "Thanks anyway"...usless
ianfraser 2 years ago
I don't think he did so badly considering he didn't have a pushcat or another 27 to hook up with.
wailnshred 2 years ago
It doesnt have enough traction, so in those conditions he'd move dirt more efficiently by taking a long, shallow bite with a firm subsoil providing the maximum traction.
Everytime he spins the tires, or makes a washboard by moving the pan up and down to get rolling again, he makes it harder to keep rolling and maintain traction in the next pass.
When taking a shallow bite without breaking traction, you can maintain a smooth cut lane and its easier to maintain the cutting depth in the next pass
RenzeZielman 2 years ago 5
fuk using a grader on clay can be a nightmare
brettis26 2 years ago
best way to do it is rip the ground with the dozer to make it easyr to scrape the ground,then if needed the dozer can push the scraper to prevent tyer slip and to give it traction and then rip at the same time jus keep the ripers goin all the time. Its really needed in clay
brettis26 3 years ago
Yup! Dozer is the way to go. As I posted below, this was a weekday evening volunteer work session where we had only two trained operators available. The two guys running the machines have over 60 years combined experience in heavy equipment operation. You can see our Cat D7E sitting in the back which was used extensively to move the dirt and push the scraper. On this night, they wanted to exercise the recently returned to operation Cat grader vs. pushing with the dozer.
rgvrrm 3 years ago
gotta open the apron up if you want the dirt to go in! loading downhill makes a hudge difference when possible.
Deere4400 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment. Loading downhill was just not possible at the time given how narrow our property is and where the dirt had come from. . As you see him leave, he is passing our restoration shop. It is pretty tight clearance for such a large machine.
rgvrrm 3 years ago
Also, it sounds like the machine needs a good grease job...
chuckrl 3 years ago
It would help if he stop dropping the bowl everytime after he gets going when he get a wheel slip. Glad that isn't my machine. Tires are too expensive to let them slip like that, and that hidden sharp rock will he cut the hell out of the rubber.
chuckrl 3 years ago
chuckrl, The gentleman running the machine has over 30 years heavy equipment experience much of that in scrapers. No tires were harmed in the process and the owner of the machine was perfectly happy with its condition when it was returned. We had work to get done that day and only two volunteer operators available thus we had no one to run our dozer to help give him a push. Plus we wanted to exercise the grader as it was only recently brought back to life in our shop.
rgvrrm 3 years ago
disclaimer: no tires were harmed in the making of this video.... ;-p
RenzeZielman 3 years ago
Haha, thats gold, how appropriate!!!
Gavin84w 2 years ago
that blade...is it a 12E perhaps with out the rear ripper?
panhead55 3 years ago
exiting -_____-
iHornyBoy 3 years ago
self loading works good for stripping topsoil,
anything else get the dozer.
maplemanz 3 years ago 2
or open his apron and have a push cat
cornfed52 3 years ago
He'd get more work done if he'd load downhill. Good video though.
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alan627b 3 years ago