I love Terex and Detroits. Maybe because they are from a by-gone era I will never see. Cats from that age are cool, but they all seem slow and old, ran at half throttle just ticking down the strokes. But Detroits.... detroits make me think of the industrial society that we were in the 60s. Full throttle, all go. You'll find many a tired old Terex, but they hide it as well as possible under that beautiful lime green veil.
I worked for road building outfit 1965 out of high school. We had a Euclid S7 and 12. A 7 Cat pushing and Allis Chambers 16 cable blade. I hate Detroit!
I would have liked to have seen what he did with it after it was collected. I have never seen one of those work. The bucket on the exhaust made me laugh. We had an old hand crank Farmall when I was a kid, and put a small coffee can over the exhaust to keep the rain out. Worked fine. If you forgot to remove it before cranking, it would shoot the can off like a rocket when it cranked.
you can tell he's done that before, usually they spin the hell out of the rear tires from too much down pressure. I used to run ts-24's. just put an engine in one and they have an air horn that would go off if they lost oil pressure, well as I was putting away tools the operator took oil pan off with a stump then wide open until it scattered the new engine, horn just screaming away
I am 70 years old. I ran one of the beauties back in the early 70’s during the hest of summer when i was in college. How i avoided heat stroke i will never know. The heat coming off that engine felt like the surface of the sun. In the deep south in georgia. Cut a yellow jacket nest up stripping top soil off new subdivision streets and bailed off that sucker while it was rolling. Laid the pan down and jumped. LOL
Haven't seen video yet, but brings back great memories. Operated TS-14 back in 74-75.Probably why I have back trouble today. One operator was traveling the haul road with a full bowl. Hit a bump and unintentionally turned left into a twenty foot pond. His last words were "send me my check".
Just a great video. Neat old scrapers like that, just aren't seen in British Columbia. That TS14 is in good shape, Justin's a good operator, and those 2 stroke Detroits have lots of life left in them. That was a great video.
It's been a few years back I worked for a guy nights and weekends running highlift and a selfloader. Was only a 11 yard bowel on it. Did that for about 6 years until I bought my own highlift. We did subdivision roads and small county road jobs. Never a flat piece of ground. It sure would have been nice to be able to do a job like that.
I love Terex and Detroits. Maybe because they are from a by-gone era I will never see. Cats from that age are cool, but they all seem slow and old, ran at half throttle just ticking down the strokes. But Detroits.... detroits make me think of the industrial society that we were in the 60s. Full throttle, all go. You'll find many a tired old Terex, but they hide it as well as possible under that beautiful lime green veil.
When diesel fuel was cheep..
Gotta love the screamin Detroit, only engine in the world that converts fuel into noise and noise makes it go
I worked for road building outfit 1965 out of high school. We had a Euclid S7 and 12. A 7 Cat pushing and Allis Chambers 16 cable blade. I hate Detroit!
I would have liked to have seen what he did with it after it was collected. I have never seen one of those work. The bucket on the exhaust made me laugh. We had an old hand crank Farmall when I was a kid, and put a small coffee can over the exhaust to keep the rain out. Worked fine. If you forgot to remove it before cranking, it would shoot the can off like a rocket when it cranked.
I want to operate one again…..last time I operated one it had Euclid labeling on it…….summer of 1965.
Buy that guy some earplugs while he can still hear. Seriously. He needs hearing protection.
They're cool for about the first 2 loads and then you just want to get off of it.
you can tell he's done that before, usually they spin the hell out of the rear tires from too much down pressure. I used to run ts-24's. just put an engine in one and they have an air horn that would go off if they lost oil pressure, well as I was putting away tools the operator took oil pan off with a stump then wide open until it scattered the new engine, horn just screaming away
Tremendous sound of screaming Detroits in their happy place.
I am 70 years old. I ran one of the beauties back in the early 70’s during the hest of summer when i was in college. How i avoided heat stroke i will never know. The heat coming off that engine felt like the surface of the sun. In the deep south in georgia. Cut a yellow jacket nest up stripping top soil off new subdivision streets and bailed off that sucker while it was rolling. Laid the pan down and jumped. LOL
Haven't seen video yet, but brings back great memories. Operated TS-14 back in 74-75.Probably why I have back trouble today. One operator was traveling the haul road with a full bowl. Hit a bump and unintentionally turned left into a twenty foot pond. His last words were "send me my check".
love watching these old machines working. thanks for the video!
Just a great video. Neat old scrapers like that, just aren't seen in British Columbia. That TS14 is in good shape, Justin's a good operator, and those 2 stroke Detroits have lots of life left in them. That was a great video.
only thing good about a Detroit is that after running all day you can't hear your wife rag on ya.
All that great music from a couple of screaming Detroits. miss that sound now over 20 years ago.
I operated one in A school when I was a Seabee at Davisville RI. Heck of a machine
Worked on many of these great machines while i was with The Iron Peddlers years ago good to see one in action again
It's been a few years back I worked for a guy nights and weekends running highlift and a selfloader. Was only a 11 yard bowel on it. Did that for about 6 years until I bought my own highlift. We did subdivision roads and small county road jobs. Never a flat piece of ground. It sure would have been nice to be able to do a job like that.
This sound is a beautiful song for me! 👍