Caterpillar 666 first road trip (largest motor scraper ever built by Caterpillar)
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- First road trip with the massive Caterpillar 666 tractor unit, driving on public roads to a local show. Check out our website www.bostonpowercat.com for more videos, pictures, forum and blog.
When I was a younger man, back in the early seventies, I drove a 631 from Kingsport TN to Nashville, over 300 miles. We had a convoy of two scrapers and two escort trucks. We took I-81 to I-40. I don't think we would get too far doing that now.
@Larry VanDyke,that was a long old tramp,I have taken my old 631b out 10 miles that was plenty far enough!,lol,they don’t ride like the 6wheelers,lol.Over hear you can’t move much big gear now without a lowboy.👍
I'm like some other commenters. I would want to see this at a tractor pull, pulling in the unlimited class. With the weight, traction, torque, and horsepower I can see it being very impressive.
It would win. Easy.
It may be a heavy weight and have a relatively high torque output but it's only 450hp. It couldn't pull the scraper attachment with just the tractor engine, it needs the extra 500hp 6cylinder fitted to the scraper. It's doubtful whether this tractor would do very well in a pull.
@@Draxindustries1 Agreed. I've ran one. They are for hauling heavy loads and higher speeds, but could no even load themselves. And any hills you would be downshifting like mad. Big, but not that powerful.
@@Draxindustries1 Pulling a load that has already been loaded, I don't think would be much problem. Where the problem comes in is loading the carrier. Depending on the texture of the dirt, even the pusher engine is not enough, in most cases. Thus they have the pusher dozers, or they hook 2 scrapers together to help load each other. The force it takes to pull the weight of a tractor pull sled is nothing, compared to the force and traction it takes for the blade to cut into and load the compacted dirt. Traction is the main thing scrapers don't have enough of to load by themselves. This tractor probably weighs half again as much as most pulling sleds and at least twice as much as the pulling tractors. I believe it would have enough traction and could pull the max loaded sled out of the arena and head home with it, albeit not as fast as the high horsepower, highly modified pulling tractors, which are lucky to get a full pull. Of course, I could be wrong. My thinking is based only on a life of observation of heavy equipment working, not on much actual operation, on my part.
@@michaelthebarbarian3380 it would never win you don't know how much money is invested in a motor like that for a pull ...if so belive me it would not be the only one left in country that could use this truck and every pull truck would use the motor.. but like they said it's the last one ...this is not turbo you don't bring a snail to a race
I used to operate a 660B here in Australia 🇦🇺. They sound amazing. Good to see that there are still some of these old girls getting around
This is so cool!
Reminds me of the V660 Cat Forklift I once drove and worked on. Weighed in at 94,550 pounds and was 14ft 8in tall! I had to pull the trans and repair the step down box housing. Felt like a king driving that thing around!
I can’t find your model of forklift, but am very interested in seeing such a monster. What is it exactly?
Amazing! I worked for Ohio Machinery for 42 years and never saw one. The engine was only used in this application as far as I know.. very rare machine!
Mechanically it sounds great. Shift smooth, no engine noise. Purrs like a CAT
Cheers, and yes it’s in great running condition, currently giving it a bit of TLC with some fresh pant, but mechanically there’s nothing to do 👍
That howling in the rear-end is not OK when reading it
Roading.
@@genelund1705 I guess it's because it's running empty and would disappear with a decent load on it.
Huge straight cut gears would be my guess. Listen to the transmissions in rally cars lol.
This was the first time a couple of years ago that I ever knew that Cat made a scrapper like this. I thought that the scrappers was always built in one unit rather than a tractor unit and scrapper. The 666 looks amazing after the refurbishment and you lot must have put some very hard and long hours into it :D
Thanks for your kind words and yes it did take a fair effort getting all restored. Yes Cat started with the DW series of scrapers which were triple axle varieties and they were then superseded by the 600 series. They don't make any triple axle scrapers anymore, but having the "tractor" separate from the box as opposed as being all in one made them more stable at high speeds and uneven ground.
Cheers
Bonjour y a-t-il des vidéos avec la restauration merci. ✋✋🇫🇷✋✋👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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Daily driver commuter.
I can imagine everybody's face at work when I pulled up in that.
Respect the cat
Traffic jams would be no obstacle...
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Lol 👍👍
As an engineer in US Army I drove CAT 911 with 24 yard Westinghouse pan scraper. 140,000 pounds at 35 mph was thrilling and I still remember 40 years ago.
Having never seen anything like this before, my first thought watching this was it looked like a 2:1 or 3:1 scale version of a tractor I'd expect to be the same size as a Ferguson 35. :)
awesome machine ! cant stop watching . u should upload a video after restoring it . i m in love with this beauty .
New video coming soon hopefully!!
New Caterpillar 666 video uploaded now its been fully restored, more pictures and information available at www.bostonpowercat.com
I love all of y'alls equipment I'd love to run a dinosor like that I just run small equipment
Caleb Cunningham Thanks very much!! She sure is a real dinosaur especially when she starts pushing 40mph!! So what you running?
A johndeer 700k and komotsue pc160
Caleb Cunningham Slightly more modern than our old stuff, but still moving dirt which we love :-)
That V-8 was humming at times! Blew the cobwebs out on that run! Bet when you got close to home those that knew you and met you were thinking "What in the world have they gotten now"?? Without the pan it looks like some of the farm tractors they have in Russia. Good Video(s).
The vehicle I never knew I wanted.
Lol love it 👍
Maybe something Mad Max would use if he needed to do some road works.....
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@@kd253 It's certainly something for a zombie apocalypse.
Reminds me of an old girl friend I once had, liked fast food and candy bars!
I can relate to that 😄
Lol 😂😂
I know what u mean, money pit, wide and noisy as a tractor.and good at one thing feeding its fat drink hole or. Crushing you
Good one. Thanks for the early Monday morning chuckle. I needed it. Five years later, of course.
My family's been in America for 400 years this year and I've never seen one of these before ! lol ! Its beautiful !
Seems like a beast, it sure has the markings of one. 666 pun definitely intended.
I’m glad to see one still alive!! Awesome!
Pictures of this beast now it has been fully restored can be found here bostonpowercat.com/caterpillar-666-motor-scraper-fully-restored-pictures/
And really does look amazing
Bostonpowercat
what a beautiful machine
Never thought I'd refer an old rusty CAT as being gorgeous and pretty but just look at her!
perfect commuting vehicle, greta approved too!
@espeescotty Thanks for your great comments,much appreciated.
Your right it would be great to see some more 666 footage,at the end of the day it was the biggest scraper ever produced by cat!!
I have to echo Aallistairc123: What a brute! Yet a nimble brute, when compared to other such machines. Cat knew how to make great heavy equipment. Thanks for posting this video, for the big brute motoring grandly and proudly through the British countryside as well as the lovely country. I hope that they rebuild it for public view and enjoyment.
I love when rich people spend their money on something awesome. Hell yeah
+Bibb Todd ,it’s what makes us all different.👍
We've got a couple of hydro dams need building in the South Island of NZ. Probably need a dozen of these on each. Green planners would get lost under those huge tyres. Maybe? Yeah/nah.
And it's great that they share with us
My goodness, what a big Beast of a CAT.
That´s what I call a tractor!
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Now we talking farm tractor!!! Love the name to 666. He'll of a beast.
@ketd9 Haven't got any pics on my laptop of the dashboard,but when I get chance I will take some. It has 2 hold positions on the transmission.
A brief history of the machine:-New in 1968,and spent most of its working life (late 90's) on the East coast of the states building route 95,from Maine to Florida.
In it's life its had several major component overhauls.
What engine is in it?
You should restore this beast and place it in a museum somewhere.
@Richard Kok,she is all done now ,cheers.👍
Lol. Here in America you'd have every fundy screaming it's the devils wagon
Восторг. Восторг. Восторг. И не меньше 😄😄😊
looks so good without the roof
It's the "Monster Truck" class of tractors! 👍
A guy named Gavin has a 770hp D11N pushing a 660B.John Deere has never made a machine the size of a 666 unless its the current 850D LC exvacator.Enjoyed the ride!
U alive dude?🥺
Nice healthy ring from its transmission. Looks like fun to drive on the road. 👏👍🤣
"Hey, buddy. What's 'dieselpunk'?"
You see that machine, there?
I'd rather have this than a Lamborghini.
butlerproman, I feel Pleasure 😂
mee to haha
Same
Pick-up more girls than the Lambo for sure !!!
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In the 60s the US ARMY had 830-m tractors. 4 wheel drive oscillating steering. They pulled an 18 yd pan.
Caralho! Awesome old machine. 💪🥵🔥
Монстр!😀👍👍👍
Jesus that thing could pull the Titanic out the water
Lol love it 😂😂
Looks and sounds like a classic series land rover there on the rear guard.
I love classic plant BUT I'd rather the landrover
Maa-aan! That is one BIG mother of a machine!!!
People in the houses must have been like
BLIMEY! THAT'S NO MINI COOPER! lol
Good daily driver though. Traffic jams are a thing of the past
I operated 1 for 12 months at a Cooper Mine open pit in AZ and I had a Good scraper they call it a double barrel one engine in front and one in back V8 IN FRONT AND and a six-cylinder in the back boy were they funded to operate and and loaded you can pull out of the pit at about 15 or 20 miles an hour add a hell of a lot faster going back down at 81year old I would love to get on one two day they were so smooth and fun jk
@James Keene ,yes they are a great old machine ,we got the double barrel one also,if ever you on holidays over here in the uk you would be welcome to fire the old girl up.👍
Sucker moves out pretty good on the highway!
I was hoping to see them E-brake it into a 180 and then rip some donuts!!
Must be in another video. 💁♂️
If one like this were mine, I would smile often, until I had to do any serious repair on it. Then I would suffer through it, and probably smile again, later.
@allistairc123 With the scraper box attached which also has a rear engine of its own the top speed when fully loaded (over 100 ton) is 42mph!!
Not sure how quick the tractor unit is on its own,but i'm sure it must be around the 40mph mark,well that is according to the guy behind trying to keep up!
damn that really is a beast
Cheers :-)
Wow what an absolute bruiser, soo overbuilt, and so strong sooo impressive
That is a big ass tractor
That thing is a behemoth. Looks like it's got a heck of a road gear too.
Hopefully in the next week or so we should have a new video up of it fully restored. Managed to source the rear scraper box for it so now it really is a behemoth!
"Behemoth", as pronounced by Steven Wright whilst DJing K-BILLY's "Super Sounds of the '70s".
I would love to cruise around on that thing
I'm very impressed that thing can move !!! What a piece !!!! Lol I want #1 !
🇺🇸 Every Man should have 1 of these
wow what a giant machine
@glenn3rd2004 Unfortunately the box had been cut up for scrap,but the sheer size at 16 foot wide would make it very difficult to get back to the UK. If one ever came up on the East side of the US (easier to ship from the east to the UK) then it could be a possibility later on down the line,so keep your eyes peeled!!
You are right thou it would be an amazing sight to see,I have never seen one in real life myself!
I can't belive your driving that down the road your a brave boy
The great thing about driving it on the road is your bigger than most vehicles so the onus is on them to get out of the way 😁😁
Seems to run like a champ. Not smoking or caughing. I bet these machines could really burn through some fuel when pulling hard.
That's what I was thinking when I saw it on the road. It looks like a sixties model so I reckon it'd drink like a fish.
Now thats a proper TRACTOR! :D
That is amazing. Good luck on the restoration.
That was just the sweetest sound!!
Cheers 👍👍
thats a big damn tractor:)
Great video and quality. I love it! It's too bad that the bowl / box got scrapped. It seems to run very well. I'm glad you have the means and ability to have saved this one and move it over there. Of the millions of videos on RUclips, this is the only one that I could find of an operating 666 (even if it is only half of one), and it has to come from one that isn't even in the states anymore! Man, she's a fat, but beautiful pig! Take good care of her.
Are you alive? 🥺
I wanna modify it for my daily driver, that thing is cool
To bad they couldn't show it in action. Dirt work/excavation is the job I enjoy more than anything else. One company I worked for had the Terex 14 scrapers. We called them double barrels because they had two engines, one in front and one in back. Those things would go almost anywhere.
Damn that beast is massive!
Air suspension and stanced & camber’s would look f’kn DOPE!
Bellissimo video non avevo mai visto questo modello 👍👍👍
Show de máquina, uma bela relíquia. Infelizmente aqui no Brasil o povo Nutella não valoriza essas excelentes máquinas que foram de fato o progresso... parabéns pelo vídeo.
I couldn't watch it in complete, she was a little bouncy for me. What a cool rig though! I never seen anything like this before. 👍😁
Nice luck 👍 I'm jealous....bad to the Bone tractor!!!
Commuting to work on Monday morning 😎
666? that thing’s a BEAST!
@James Morton,she is !,but check our other vids and you will see her restored with the box on,👍
Know what I'm buying when I win the lotory 😂😂
LOL we could go racing 😀
Haha chances are pretty low at the moment of winning the lottory, but when I do I will gladly accept that challenge 😂🍻
Lol you have a deal 😂@@jacz6131
what a brute! whats the road speed? seems quick!, id love to see this monster on a tractor pull sled or on a chain with a big modern tractor!
I've got an caterpillar 666 in switzerland ❤💛love it !!! ( not the only one in europe 🙄😉 )
@Theo Dorer,if you check out our other vids you will see it’s sister restored.I would like to see some pictures of your Cat 666 if possible.Cheers👍
@@Bostonpowercat yes shure !
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Now THAT'S a tractor !
“The Devils Scraper”
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AWESOME PIECE OF HISTORY
Thank you 👍
Looks like something from mad max
Lol yes very true 😁
Thanks for all the comments its much appreciated :-)
@ketd9 Thanks for your comments,yes it is a hobby and I am going to restore her over time. It is one of the earlier ones with the 3x3 semi automatic transmission.
My ultimate goal would be to get a box so it's a complete 1000hp monster!
3 times so that's a 6 speed
The Trans sounds like u take off and it's auto to the next gear then u shift and it's auto to the next gear and u shifted 3 times so is it a six speed Trans maybe ? The 1 time u turned left in the video from a stop and that's what it sounded and looked like 2 me so cool I love big old tractors!!
And I'm probably totally wrong maybe u just let off the Throttle and then it shifted
@Ricky Bailey,yes she has a torque converter ,9 speed ,you have a 3 speed tranny which has 3 speeds in each gear ,converter drive/direct drive/overdrive.,giving the 9 speeds.
Cheers👍
Gotta love old Iron
thats one way of pushing back the trees an bushes in a lane
Nice tractor
That's a beauty !!!
That's one bad ass looking tractor! Born and raised in upstate NY and surrounded by rock quarries and out of the thousands of pieces of equipment I've seen and run over the years I've never come across one of these Cats! Wonder if it's something more popular in other parts of the country here? 🤔 I've traveled out as far as the Mississippi River in the Bread basket of the US plains and don't ever recall seeing those out there either, mainly all farm equipment there. What was your need to have such a great piece of equipment like this? I mean it's a stupid question I guess? I'm just curious about what they main purposes were if you or anyone here would happen to know off hand? It's like they took a standard farm tractor and gave it a shot of some serious steroids lmao! But she definitely moves pretty quickly on the highways for transporting them to sites! I know Europe has some narrow roads so it really must be impressive looking to see such a bohemith coming down a small town road......! Lol. She sounds great, I know it's an old post but I hope she's still running well for you over there. Let me know if anyone happens to know what their main functions were from Cat? Thanks.
@Jim Clancio,hi thanks for your comment great to hear from you,yes it was a while ago but still have her all painted up now ,and have her Big Sister!,it is the front tractor from the Cat 666 motor scraper ,so she would pull a 54yrd box/pan with a rear engine on it,there would not be that many left in the States now ,Cat stopped making them many years ago.If you check out our other vids on the tube you will see her sister all complete !.Cheers👍
I'm super surprised at it's agility.
I feel like they finished the thing...... And someone finally said...., "Uh how about a seat?".
America needs one. Call it the, "protestor 9000"
Very true, it’s pretty nimble for its size... it was imported from America, they were made there and pretty much all of them stayed there 👍
Sounds like the gear box could have used a couple of quarts!
A couple of quarts each mile.
straight cut gears in gear box , you should hear what they sound like without lube !
it's got two transmissions - a 3 sp range transmission and a 3 sp torque divider giving 9 forward spds. The range transmissions were pretty tough....the torque dividers, not so much. Horribly labor intensive to clean a trans lube system contaminated due to component failure, hence the systems were rarely ever cleaned which resulted in premature failure of the next components...and the snowball effect would begin.
Sound like Porsche gt2😂😂😂
7:11 You activated the warning sign: 30mph SLOW!
No chance. This old war horse would be blown away by the most modern ultimate machines of today
What a monster!
Now that's the coolest thing ive see all day 😎
Cheers 👍👍
It has the stencil logo so you know it's old gold.
That thing is big, i bet no body got in your way, LOL
Thats a big boy.
The number of the beast! 🎶
The things you do to get into a show for free lol
Well done
Caterpillar said I need the biggest pan tractor. The devil replied " hold my beer. I give you the 666🍻
I took care of 6 of these on a jobsite about 30 years ago. The parts and labor costs to keep them running ran the overall cost per hour of running them into the stratosphere. There is a very good reason that Cat quit building them.
The extra set of tyres alone on the triple axle scrapers would add up!! Did you have any quadtracs (DD9) pushing the 666’s on site? What was the company you worked for?
Cheers 👍
@@Bostonpowercat no quads, but I did work for the dealer that designed and built the first ones as well as the first twin engine scraper, Peterson Tractor. My 666 days were during my time at Berglund Tractor, which was the worlds second Caterpillar dealership.
Wow great stuff to hear, always nice to chat to someone who used to run them. Yes the great Buster Peterson designed the Quad along with a lot of other stuff. Peterson tractor have recently restored a Quad themselves and a Siamese D8.
@@Bostonpowercat my most noteworthy work with the 600 series scrapers was to re power a D346 powered 660 water wagon with a Cummins K1160 for Prospect Point Coal at Point of Rocks, Wyoming in the early '80's. This made a very nice machine out of the 660. Jake's on the Cummins allowed for the elimination of the troublesome Cat retarder.
@@Bostonpowercat yeah. I asked Bill Doyle why Peterson got away from the design and development that they were noted for. He said plain and simply - Liability. People are so sue happy that they (Peterson) just couldn't take on the risks involved anymore. Other than their track loader heavy demolition buckets, Peterson doesn't do any manufacturing or development of new products.