Universal trencher OC-3

Universal trencher demo.

[@HansOvervoorde]

Wonderful to see that that this machine was brought back to life! With a little care and fresh grease it is perfectly able to do today what it did 70 years ago. Amazing.

[@waynep343]

my friend had one of those... he also had a version that instead of dipping.. had big drive rings and fixed buckets. his was equipped with a ford layman diesel instead of a gas engine. he dug foundations for housing projects from the late 40s to the late 70s all over so cal.. he had a second big ring type that he sold to a gold miner who turned the big wheel around to dig upward as they backed it into cliff faces... he had mini hydraulic cylinders that lowered a rod that looked like an F with a bunch of flat lines.. so he could follow the construction cord he had laid out.. he went to the fixed bucket on the big ring as it dug faster.. over the 40 year that he dug foundations.. when he retired he had almost 7 million dollars cash in the banks.. and worked alone mostly. when he moved out of the property he had years later.. all the trencher parts were scrapped. he had bought all the parts from Challenge when they quit production.

[@buckwheat7424]

i was an oiler on a cleaveland 247, 320 and 400, ican't remember if the 247 had cable hoist or it was hydraulic.all three were production ditchers, the 247 were a bit smaller and seemed to be pretty nimble. the 320 and 400's we'd get6 or 7 ft ditch x 3ft a mile at least in 8 hours. always near a hot line. once in coalinga california we'e hit these little knob of a hill and every thing would come to a dead stop, sometimes breakin buckets ( oh that was me hammering the bucket in mud,) but the knobs were, 10 hours a day and maybe 3 or 5 ft, and the company thought the world of us, i got valley fever on that job, there were fossils of shells like shelll oil company. they're beautiful machines.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

OML the trench is super clean and the spoil pile isn't scattered all over hell half acre. excellent machine design.

[@Sny734]

Back in the 70s my dad had 3 cleveland trenchers digging farm drainage. We used to carry and lay 4" clay tiles. On a good day we could dig and lay 1000 to 2000ft. Life got easier when they came out with 250ft rolls of corrugated plastic pipe.

[@mariocesaragostini798]

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[@karlk6860]

That machine look a whole lot of thought to design and build this, there are a whole lot of things going on when it working! Talk about handy, its sure a compact unit and includes the blade and all for back filling one heck of a neat machine!

[@michaelwills1926]

No doubt brother that is some very creative engineering

[@jerryhammack1318]

What a wonderful find! Cletrac trencher running good for its age!

[@steveanderson9290]

Very cool, thanks for sharing, you guys didn't even look scared navigating the trailer ramp. (There isn't much that scares me, but steep, slick, trailer ramps do it.)

[@tonydeleo3642]

I like the conveyor belt, gets the spoils away from the trench. Great little machine!

[@AGRIMOVIEemi]

Great Video 👍👍👍
Great Channel 👍👍👍
👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@thuanvlog8060]

máy đào đất hiện đại quá đỡ bao Công sức của con người chúc bạn luôn mạnh khỏe để gia những clip tiếp theo nhé mình cùng đăng ký kiênh cho nhau nhé

[@jamesaustin6095]

I like the cobweb most of all. The spiders sure have a history of that old contraption.

[@phillipcleaver7063]

It might be 70 years old , but it,s still going , & still doing it . Rock on .

[@Cartoondude135]

A bulldozer with a trenching bucket ladder? That's gotta be a neat attachment for modern bulldozers today.

[@RangieNZ]

That thing is an OSH violation with it turned off! Awesome!! :)

[@heitorcassiano5682]

Interessante máquina de cavar parabéns

[@mariomarrer2058]

Great Machine 👍 Thanks for sharing.👍

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Sweet rig! Definitely built to last!

[@archangel729]

Awesome machine love to see it being rebuilt and painted up new like a show room floor model lol

[@Lukey-Dukey-AUS]

What a cool machine.
The original ditch witch.

[@ryanslipper7869]

Awesome machine!!! Perfect for digging footers 😈

[@patrickpat8878]

How genius was it back in time …. I like it , still working, need some love …

[@bigchuckyinkentucky6267]

I saw a modern version of this on a job I worked back in the mid 90's. Made by Vermeer. It cut a trench in solid rock, two feet wide and up to ten feet deep. If I remember correctly. Guy that ran it said it was $300 an hour.

[@duginvirginia5737]

Great looking machine. I see you have several Fordson road graders too. I'd love to see some vidoes of those and the other equipment you have. Also, any update vidoes on this machine would be great.

[@juandadovilo6954]

Wow! What a heavy contraption, man 👍👍👍👍

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

WOW!!! I once swapped a 20?22?R Toy and 4 speed into a junk Cletrac. Wish I still had it.

[@MW-nOttawa]

Great - Now I want one...

[@gford1491]

Top of the line equipment back then

[@mattywho8485]

Matt from Diesel Creek is major jealous right now !

[@teamidris]

It must have cost a small fortune when new :o So many buckets and motors. $200k in todays money maybe.

[@junaidiibrah9782]

The tractors...good friend.

[@mattmopar440]

thats an amazing machine how deep does it dig ?

[@alexanderkramer6047]

Somebody definitely scratched f*ck on the left of the front blade

[@PauloHenrique-ol3sm]

Legal muito bom

[@TsunauticusIV]

Sweet machine! Thanks for sharing

[@mrredpill3121]

Looks pretty safe to operate I'll say.

[@Happy357mag]

How cool is that!

[@benjimenfranklin7650]

Sounds like it needs a lot of TLC and a few cases of some good grease . It's definitely different from what I have used.

[@fordaiffa6022]

nice where is it ? NJ , newark ?

[@kp7castin150]

Today don’t have computer parts to finish the product plus will last six months operating because the def system is shorting down the machine just sad but true

[@jamesburns8247]

awesome machine, I love it

[@raincoast9010]

Quite the neat machine.

[@lonewolfwildernesssurvival9443]

Thing is pretty cool

[@garycenter7408]

I have ran a buckeye and a red seal

[@scottmorse1798]

sure looks like fun! im so jealous.

[@johnnygoins7457]

Would love to have that little gem

[@parceirodoagro2068]

Sensacional 👍

[@atomargentfishing]

Amazing 👍🏻

[@mazzerrattiest4880]

Cool old tool

[@mog5858]

very neat thanks for sharing

[@marfy01]

Just awesome

[@waynefoulds1973]

no OSHA back in them days, looks like a people grinder too me

[@deere7227]

Original ladder trencher?

[@FULLSCALEDISCOVERIES]

Ever consider selling it? Im in Alturas, CA

[@johnnycash578]

i love shit like this so cool

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Nice machine! Restore that one.

[@scottkelley883]

watsonville ca?

[@4468861989]

Probably jumps like a grass hopper when you hit a bolder

[@2bigbufords]

dang ground is like concrete

[@robertdinicola9225]

I hear bearings gettin tore up!

[@H4rleyBoy]

A bit one dimensional but great if you need a trench dug.

[@willcojak9650]

too cool

[@jesusisalive3227]

I love it!

[@micahhenry4998]

A little bit of grease and it b like new

[@thomascatford2627]

That looks like a Cletrac

[@RomeKG471]

Oliver OC 3

[@carlosceballos5991]

oiling the machine would work much better

[@reinaldof.deoliveira3025]

HAHAHAHA 😂🐐

[@willcojak9650]

looks like low hours.

[@scania1982]

Please grease this machine. It looks so dry.

[@kevinhoffman8214]

good lord oil it first