Euclid Earthmovers

EUCLID, INC., was one of the world's leading firms in the manufacture of off-highway, earthmoving, and hauling equipment. The company began in 1926 as part of the Euclid Crane & Hoist Co., a firm founded by Geo. Armington in 1909. In 1931 Armington's son, Arthur, took over a small shop adjoining Euclid Crane at 1368 Chardon Rd. in EUCLID and incorporated Euclid Crane & Hoist's off-highway division as a separate firm, the Euclid Rd. Machinery Co. Beginning with 300 employees, the company produced as many as 20 15-ton trucks per month for the construction and mining industries. Euclid tripled its production during World War II and continued to prosper in the postwar period. In 1946 it built a new plant at E. 222nd St. and St. Clair; bought another nearby plant 3 years later; and gained an international reputation for quality equipment. When General Motors acquired the firm for $20 million in 1953, Euclid Rd. was a $33 million business with 1,600 employees turning out 170 trucks per month-over half the nation's off-highway dump trucks.

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  • @lassepeterson2740
    @lassepeterson2740 Жыл бұрын

    The best wheel barrow ever so to speak .

  • @50mi55ile
    @50mi55ile Жыл бұрын

    I started out on a euc ts14 motor scraper at 17 yrs of age

  • @clfhnt
    @clfhnt Жыл бұрын

    I remember when wearing a Euclid watch fob was considered an honor among construction workers.

  • @rodneycody8746

    @rodneycody8746

    Ай бұрын

    Million cubic yd club😊

  • @leeisaac4642
    @leeisaac4642 Жыл бұрын

    Tough machines but tougher men on the levers

  • @davidlamont5793

    @davidlamont5793

    2 ай бұрын

    Nonsence fat lasy slobs on the levers not a bit physical graft in any of them

  • @jimbeam2705
    @jimbeam2705 Жыл бұрын

    Operated them in the Seabees 78-83 and in a union rock quarry in South Bethlehem NY back in 88. I can't believe after running heavy equipment for over 40 years I can still hear. What a great video.

  • @buildItplace

    @buildItplace

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I am looking for more of these types of videos.

  • @trevorgwelch7412

    @trevorgwelch7412

    Жыл бұрын

    Say " What " i drove a bus to the moon . Kramden bus co 😄

  • @Ray-lo4hr

    @Ray-lo4hr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@trevorgwelch7412 I worked for Kramden bus co on moon station 3 to.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ray-lo4hr ?

  • @gomer52
    @gomer52 Жыл бұрын

    My first trucking job in 1971 was driving 1959 8TDT to feed gravel plant.

  • @Joellikestobox
    @Joellikestobox Жыл бұрын

    OSHA was a dream Detroits are cutting edge

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    These machines a just awesome to be around. We have a TC12 Dozer at our show that will be getting one of the engines replaced during our May show in Brownsville, PA. Thanks for your comment.

  • @colinmccauley3301
    @colinmccauley3301 Жыл бұрын

    just imagine - this truck could fit in the bed of many present day quarry sized dumps of todays pit dumps, amazing

  • @awboat

    @awboat

    Жыл бұрын

    A 777 fits in the bed of a 797.

  • @ducewags

    @ducewags

    Жыл бұрын

    @@awboat And that 797 fits in the bed of a Belaz haul truck.

  • @samcoon6699
    @samcoon6699 Жыл бұрын

    Back in the 70s my Dad drove 85 ton Eucs in Pennsylvania. He took us up one time and we went for a ride in one. It was incredible.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    My grandson just started a driving Euclid dump at our earthing demo show this past August. He enjoys driving it around our show grounds.

  • @dennishipsley8703
    @dennishipsley8703 Жыл бұрын

    In the early 60's I attended a boys camp in Black Mountain, N.C..Next to the camp was a quarry of some kind and we would watch Euclid bottom dumps roar down a wide lime rock road and they were really rolling. The tractors had fully enclosed cabs and I swear they had to be traveling 40-45 mph at least... quite an impressive machine.

  • @buildItplace

    @buildItplace

    Жыл бұрын

    I enjoy watching them at our shows. My grandson just started driving one this year.

  • @richleskovec4075
    @richleskovec4075 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up living right next to I90 in Cleveland by the first pedestrian bridge overpass by 185th. I remember they would not fit under the bridge, taking them downtown to load on freighters for shipping around the world. I remember watching them drive through the grass off the side of the freeway with lower height to be able to fit under the bridge.

  • @jimmccormick6091

    @jimmccormick6091

    Жыл бұрын

    I had totally forgotten about the pedestrian bridges!

  • @richleskovec4075

    @richleskovec4075

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimmccormick6091 the first one by 185th was slammed into by a raised bed dump truck about eight years ago and destroyed and they had to tear it down then have rebuilt it. But I’m not sure why they spent the money to rebuild it because those two pedestrian bridges the one by 185th St., and the other one closer down near 152nd were built after the freeway went through because so many people worked at Collinwood yards in the factories that walked over those bridges on the way to work. Of course today there’s hardly any of that volume of pedestrian traffic walking to work anymore so I’m not sure why they rebuilt that one.

  • @cristianhrvatin3543

    @cristianhrvatin3543

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember going to Euclid Mall or visiting friends in the eastern suburbs during the early 80s and seeings one parked off of I90 .

  • @Joe_Dirt82
    @Joe_Dirt82 Жыл бұрын

    I saw a Euclid still bein used at Cleveland Cliffs steel mill on the Cuyahoga River back in April or May. I'd never seen or heard of one. Glad this popped up cuz I was curious about it.

  • @kurtolsson9557
    @kurtolsson95572 ай бұрын

    Fantastisk film

  • @davewilson7565
    @davewilson7565 Жыл бұрын

    I used to work a Euclid in a quarry in Scotland. It had come from ravenscraig steel works . It had a wide quarry body .

  • @Oliver66FarmBoy
    @Oliver66FarmBoy Жыл бұрын

    Shame how Euclid died and got sold out. They were one of the best at building super sized excavation equipment by the standards of the time.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    We have several Euclid machines at our show. I like to hear them run during the show.

  • @garymuse9009

    @garymuse9009

    Жыл бұрын

    The first true heavy duty off highway dump trucks and they built the first twin engine scrapers too

  • @MyHMMWVaddiction

    @MyHMMWVaddiction

    Жыл бұрын

    I hear ya 🍻🇺🇸

  • @mtbalot

    @mtbalot

    Жыл бұрын

    Did Terex buy them? My dad worked at Terex Scotland, but they all called it Euclid. Cool stuff, giant Tonka toys 👍

  • @wbball15

    @wbball15

    Жыл бұрын

    Clearly weren't among the best if they disappeared.

  • @crippleguy415
    @crippleguy415 Жыл бұрын

    No Air conditioning in the Nevada desert must've been brutal .

  • @jasonhaire8897

    @jasonhaire8897

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't even think they had cab fans yet. They did have heat for the winter.

  • @jimmccormick6091
    @jimmccormick6091 Жыл бұрын

    The Euc plant was on E222 in Euclid (duh!), Ohio. it was just down the street from TRW, but, TRW never parked enormous construction equipment out front of their plant. As a little boy, it was always a special treat to drive by there, and see those massive earth movers. Failing economy, global competition, and who knows what else led to the end for the EUCS...

  • @HVWeight

    @HVWeight

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here...a rid down St Clair to Euclid Square Mall was all I wanted to do.

  • @johns4584

    @johns4584

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe Euclid was absorbed by Terex, also another GM acquisition......

  • @jameskundmueller8410

    @jameskundmueller8410

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure Lincoln Electric now owns that building and it is the welding school.

  • @Sjanzo

    @Sjanzo

    Жыл бұрын

    It merged into VME, Volvo Michigan Euclid. Only the L320 descended off Michigan designs, the rest were Swedish designs. Only in recent years, Volvo bought the line of Terex rigid haulers

  • @hisaddle
    @hisaddle Жыл бұрын

    Those tractor powered bottom dumps crack me up. Those poor guys out there in the open, they must have went home aching every evening.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 👍

  • @dancingtrout6719

    @dancingtrout6719

    3 ай бұрын

    Speed'''' time is money

  • @rodneycody8746

    @rodneycody8746

    Ай бұрын

    Beats being on pick and shovel

  • @user-wr9dr6qj2c
    @user-wr9dr6qj2c Жыл бұрын

    always liked euclid earthmoving & hauling equipment. I have always like older equipment.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    I fell the same. I am envolved with several groups that have these older earthmoving machines. I will be posting more videos of these events as they happen.

  • @edchavez6101
    @edchavez6101 Жыл бұрын

    I ran a euc r22 back in 1989 when I started in an open pit quarry in Poughkeepsie ny.still there.thanks for the channel.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @ebf82234

    @ebf82234

    Жыл бұрын

    "Po-town", huh?? I lived on Hooker Ave opposite Vassar, for 7 years...awesome town.

  • @larrydunlop378
    @larrydunlop378 Жыл бұрын

    What a Gem! Thanks for posting it.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @rbmccloskey
    @rbmccloskey Жыл бұрын

    James D. Morrissey from Philadelphia is still running 40- and 50-year-old Euclid rear dump and bottom dump haulers, he keeps them in great shape...and paints everything Morrissey Green.

  • @saulharrison5272

    @saulharrison5272

    Жыл бұрын

    i remember seeing these up at the rushvalley quarry off of swamp rd

  • @johnharrisonpippin7126

    @johnharrisonpippin7126

    Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of my high school summers working construction for Tipton Construction...in the mid-seventies. Everything was 40 +years old...cable Bantams and Koehring excavators, Cat D8 cable dozers and a cool old Euc rock back dump with screaming Detroit!! Nothing had brakes...true wonder no one was killed! Always welding and getting a bigger hammer to fix stuff!!! Man, those were the days!! One day the old D8 got in bind and we had to take a track off. The mechanic was beating the heck out the link pin with a 12 lb sledge and it wasn't going to move. I said why don't you use the 90 lb pavement breaker with moil point. He stopped, looking at his helper, cursed, told him to pull the compressor over...we held that point up on that pin with 3 seconds on the lever - out it popped...

  • @rbmccloskey

    @rbmccloskey

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnharrisonpippin7126 I worked as a field Mechanic for S. J. Groves, the equipment manager, Jim Hammel had us use the same trick, handheld rivet busters also worked well. We also had a 6" diameter shaft about 6 LF. long, held by a cable, used it as pin driver, was also VERY effective. ==

  • @Wilett614

    @Wilett614

    Жыл бұрын

    @@saulharrison5272 Yup I Travel to Rusland Feed mill Every Month and remembered them Well ! JD had a Host of those Eucs at one time Luv'em : )

  • @puppyduppy9811

    @puppyduppy9811

    Жыл бұрын

    I worked for Morrissey in Bethlehem Steel , drove an R-35

  • @chadakoin1
    @chadakoin1 Жыл бұрын

    Hard hats? We don't need no stinking hard hats!

  • @coldspring624

    @coldspring624

    Жыл бұрын

    Their minds were not warped

  • @boossersgarage3239

    @boossersgarage3239

    Жыл бұрын

    I know

  • @boossersgarage3239

    @boossersgarage3239

    Жыл бұрын

    @@coldspring624 , but their heads where dented, that's better.

  • @catman5546

    @catman5546

    Жыл бұрын

    Love the past movies

  • @missesmew
    @missesmew Жыл бұрын

    My dad drove one in the 60’s in the winter. He said they used a fire pail. A steel bucket burning a small fire for heat. Amazing how tough the earlier generations were.✊🏽👊🏾

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    I could not imagine having a fire burning to keep warm. Have you noticed how thin the guys were in these old videos?

  • @missesmew

    @missesmew

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EarthmoversofthePast yes, they were thin but so tough. Sure built a lot of highways and other projects with these mechanical marvels.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    @@missesmew They did make a big change in our world. My father-in-law was a operating enginner from the 60's and he was surely a tough man.

  • @ebf82234

    @ebf82234

    Жыл бұрын

    You've got that right! Just look at "today's" machinery...air-conditioned cabs surrounded by tinted glass!! I'm 72, and -- when I was a kid, I was fascinated by earth-moving equipment. Euclids always captured me...especially scrapers, with diesel engines "fore-and-aft"...and, loud ones at that...probably Detroits.

  • @missesmew

    @missesmew

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ebf82234 nothing like them “screaming jimmies “!

  • @karlalton3170
    @karlalton3170 Жыл бұрын

    Euclid dumper was the first quarry plant i worked on when i started my apprenticeship as a plant mechanic in UK back in 1976 , retired now but miss the old days 😁😁👍👍

  • @buildItplace

    @buildItplace

    Жыл бұрын

    We have about 10 of them at our show in Brownsville, PA USA.

  • @johndonohoe3778
    @johndonohoe3778 Жыл бұрын

    These type videos are right up my alley. Thank you. I just subscribed to your channel. Good luck!

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for subscribing. Hope that you like my future videos.

  • @budlistar5312
    @budlistar5312 Жыл бұрын

    50+ yrs ago we used to hang out at Buckeye Sports Center (still there I think) in N/E Ohio. It was owned by the founders grandson.

  • @VAHOSS
    @VAHOSS Жыл бұрын

    The little man on the Euclid sticker is Pioneer Pete.. he's pointing to progress One of customers said he's pointing to the shop 😄

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    I did not know that man have a name. Thanks for this comment also.

  • @dancingtrout6719

    @dancingtrout6719

    3 ай бұрын

    pointing towards the Future'' Charge'''' Battle Cry

  • @HorseMalone

    @HorseMalone

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes..a lot of old hands used to say ..." To the workshop" Funny thing is the dump trucks R series.were virtually unbreakable.

  • @piatpotatopeon8305
    @piatpotatopeon8305 Жыл бұрын

    I can't stop thinking of the Euclid classification of SCPs.

  • @mikeray1544
    @mikeray1544 Жыл бұрын

    As of 1990 we had Euclid rock dump units, Detroit diesel screaming & truck at walking speed- they did a good job - Old navy mechanic report.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    We have about 5 of them at our show grounds. I always like watching them haul dirt.

  • @luizeduardorodriguesfreita2644
    @luizeduardorodriguesfreita26445 ай бұрын

    Eu como mecânico trabalhei com alguns caminhões EUCLID na decada de 70 aqui no Brasil. Quem assumiu a EUCLID aqui no Brasil foi a TEREX. Durante muitos anos a TEREX manteve muito componentes da EUCLID até anos 2000. Que época boa...

  • @barriejones2890
    @barriejones28906 ай бұрын

    Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 uk ... R35s Detroit & Cummins power also R50s V16 2strokes hauling iron ore & scrap in the 1980s great time fantastic machines 😎

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    6 ай бұрын

    We have several of these machines at our show and I got a change to drive one dump trucks this year to move some old asphalt, it was fun to drive around our haul roads.

  • @Ray-lo4hr
    @Ray-lo4hr Жыл бұрын

    I operated a Bucyrus Erie 88-B series 3 in Tasu BC Canada in 1968.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you have pictures or video of you operating this machine?

  • @Ray-lo4hr

    @Ray-lo4hr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EarthmoversofthePast No the mine site location was in Tasu bc for Falcon bridge CO also Bucyrus Erie 71-B 6-71 engine and a 110 Bucyrus electric, year 1968. i am 75 years old.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ray-lo4hr Ok, thanks. I was 8 years old.

  • @deltavee2
    @deltavee2 Жыл бұрын

    A "commercial" for prospective customers back in the day. Fascinating machinery.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    We have several of these machining operating during our earthmoving show in Brownsville, PA. I will be posting videos of them on this channel.

  • @deborahchesser7375
    @deborahchesser7375 Жыл бұрын

    Slower, louder, less fuel efficient and uncomfortable to operate but, built to last, something not seen anymore.

  • @ShainAndrews

    @ShainAndrews

    Жыл бұрын

    Such bullshit.

  • @wingrovedl
    @wingrovedl Жыл бұрын

    We still use these "B-70's" up on the "North Slope" of Alaska, in the oilfields up there. Of course they have all been extensively refurbishment with new motors, cabs, hydraulics for the extreme cold of winter. But still a mighty strong truck for hauling gravel. And I used to operate some with water tankers for making "Ice Roads" as well.

  • @barrysims9906

    @barrysims9906

    Жыл бұрын

    did`nt Parker schnable have a couple of these? Im sure his granpa had at least one.

  • @jakemocci3953
    @jakemocci3953 Жыл бұрын

    I always thought it was “yuk”, that’s still what we call site trucks around here, never seen one of these before.

  • @davidkean1487
    @davidkean14873 ай бұрын

    Back in the 60's, my Dad would drive us down by Republic Steel in Cleveland, the Euclids would drive by on Independence Rd. Hauling red hot slag. Cool to see as a kid!

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    3 ай бұрын

    Back in August of 2023 I got some time behind the wheel of a Euclid R20 truck moving some broke up asphalt, that was my first time operating a truck that big, hope to get another chance to do it again. I have always like watching and operating old earthmoving machines. Thanks for your comment.

  • @SuperIanjohnson
    @SuperIanjohnson Жыл бұрын

    I LOVED watching this. You have a new subscriber in England !

  • @MadsWorld34
    @MadsWorld34 Жыл бұрын

    i love videos like this keep it up

  • @roberthudson4822
    @roberthudson4822 Жыл бұрын

    "BIG UNIT" at 15:30 is Workin!!!! Hell Yeah, Big Unit! ...hellsyeah. 🍻 ...now I'm Subscribed!

  • @jamescampbell7780
    @jamescampbell7780 Жыл бұрын

    Impressive historical presentation. Well done!

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @craiger9313
    @craiger9313 Жыл бұрын

    There used to be a Euclid assembly facility in Guelph Ontario not exactly sure what year it changed but they build Hitachi there now some big iron comes outa there

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome.. as boys get older their toys get bigger 👍

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    We have some of these trucks from the past at our show. My grandson just started driving them this year and really has fun doing it.

  • @MemorialRifleRange
    @MemorialRifleRange Жыл бұрын

    Thank You!

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @Daddyjohn1971
    @Daddyjohn1971 Жыл бұрын

    We still have 2 18 ton eucs. Twist the key and away you go. Also have an 8 ton dumpster and petty one loader. Have to tinker with them to play.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    We have about 7 trucks and 1 dozer at our show in Brownsville, PA.

  • @TheBeingReal
    @TheBeingReal Жыл бұрын

    15 ton capacity…huge at the time. Today 400 ton capacity is big.

  • @megashovelmanam1517
    @megashovelmanam1517 Жыл бұрын

    I like these Old Eucs because if you got ran over by one of these, it would bust the ghost 👻 out of you.

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 Жыл бұрын

    Tires still look much the same in 2022 😊

  • @VAHOSS
    @VAHOSS Жыл бұрын

    I worked for Eucid dealer for 14 years. I was lucky enough to go to Guelf Ontario a couple of times for training on R40 & R60/65. I miss working on them. Volvo owned them, and then Hitachi.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment. We have several of these machines at our show in Brownsville, PA.

  • @dant.3505
    @dant.3505 Жыл бұрын

    I remember the euclids. Heckett hauling hot loads thru the exploranium to see if the scrap was hot. If not, dump it in the pile. If it was hot, haul it to the back for sorting. I kinda miss multi-serv

  • @wendylaca1783
    @wendylaca1783 Жыл бұрын

    Back in 1964 I rolled a three window 18 ton Euclid. The old truck only had a parking brake all other brakes were non functional. As I header up the dump ramp I shifted into number one gear guess what the rear axel broke. The parking brake on the truck was the only brake on the truck and it only worked on the drive shaft. Here I am No brake no drive shaft,the truck started heading down the ramp. I was just 18 year old I opened the driver side door and bailout of the truck went off the road and rolled over. I had no training prior to driving the old truck.😮

  • @tazsnoop1044

    @tazsnoop1044

    Жыл бұрын

    I drove one in the late 90s what a beast. Screaming demon ,rrrrrrrrr

  • @dalemcconnell8015

    @dalemcconnell8015

    Жыл бұрын

    I love old stories form older generations u can Learn a lot

  • @kelvintorrence5994

    @kelvintorrence5994

    Жыл бұрын

    Your training day was over when you jumped out for your life

  • @Ray-lo4hr

    @Ray-lo4hr

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you OK now.🚛

  • @wendylaca1783

    @wendylaca1783

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ray-lo4hr yes

  • @markor4102
    @markor41022 ай бұрын

    B70s at the Calmat plant - Irwindale Ca - 1988

  • @korhing1066
    @korhing1066 Жыл бұрын

    American Muscle getting the job done

  • @cherryt72
    @cherryt722 ай бұрын

    Kiriburu Iron ore mining, Bihar, India used to have a fleet of 27 tons Euclid dumpers from 1963 before switching over to licence built Haulpak Wabco BEML 35 tonners.

  • @fullflavor5
    @fullflavor5 Жыл бұрын

    Yep power assisted steering and brakes unless your engine died then you had about 5 seconds to steer into something big enough to stop you with 75 tons pushing you!!!

  • @nilselgenstierna3282
    @nilselgenstierna3282 Жыл бұрын

    Euclid didn't die. There was a 70s merger between Volvo Construction Equipment, Michigan and Euclid named VME Construction Equipment. After a couple decades Volvo bought up the outstanding shares and and all but the Volvo trade Mark disappeared

  • @johnharrisonpippin7126

    @johnharrisonpippin7126

    Жыл бұрын

    Wondered about VME...what it meant. Thanks!!

  • @VAHOSS

    @VAHOSS

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@John Harrison Pippin yes.... Volvo Michigan Euclid. Hitachi owns them now

  • @johnwade5747
    @johnwade5747 Жыл бұрын

    Back in the 1980s, my brother-in-law moved to Euclid Ohio to work for the Euclid corporation he had worked for Rudd equipment Company in Louisville and got a chance to move up.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    That would have been interesting working on those big trucks. I would have wanted the job of moving the trucks out of the factory to the storage area.

  • @HeavyEquipmentFactory
    @HeavyEquipmentFactory Жыл бұрын

    nice video bro

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comment. Hope to find more like it.

  • @fasx56
    @fasx56 Жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know about what year this video was produced. I remember seeing the Euclid Earth Movers in action in 1956 when a road was being built near my home in 1956.

  • @warrenjones744
    @warrenjones744 Жыл бұрын

    Those BV loaders were something else. I wonder if there is anything today that can move that much material in such a short time other than a large spread of scrapers. I have been out of the moving game for too many years to know for sure. Really good stuff here. It would be cool to see some of the large FFD or LLD truck that came in later years in action. Cheers

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope to have some Euclid video from a historical earthmoving show in Brownsville, PA.

  • @shadovanish7435
    @shadovanish7435 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! These towed conveyor excavators towed bottom dump trailers are interesting! But I can see why they are no longer used(?), because of maintenance & service on four machines instead of maintenance & service on one machine (a scraper, which seems to do the same job).

  • @gomer52

    @gomer52

    Жыл бұрын

    2

  • @casedoumasr656
    @casedoumasr656 Жыл бұрын

    Well back in the 60s by Seattle they were building I-5 from my aunt and uncle's it was 1/2 mile we would use binoculars and watching all this heavy-duty equipment building I-5 that was neat 🏆🇺🇸🤔

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    We still have several of these trucks running at the National Pike Steam Show in Brownsville,PA. I will be posting them operating after the shows this year.

  • @barrysims9906
    @barrysims9906 Жыл бұрын

    I service vending machines at a Euclit manufacturing plant in ontario Canada, amazing place 450 tonne earth movers . they modified the building to get the dump portion out just to ship it to the mine for assembly. The trucks in the first five minutes look like todays road dump trucks. they carry 70 to 80 thousand pound loads at 100 kmh.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    That would have been a sight to see. I have liked earthmoving machines sense I was a kid and still at 62 years old. Thanks for the comment!

  • @dancingtrout6719
    @dancingtrout67193 ай бұрын

    i drove past the Euc Manifacturing Plant alot on the 70's Euclid Ohio .. one guy we did some house Construction for said he worked for a company that employed Euc Trucks ,. He Said they dismantled them and Cut them Up and put the pieces down a elevator Shaft that Reached Under Lake Erie '' then would Weld & Reassemble them and Put Them too Work Moving Salt..

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    3 ай бұрын

    That is interesting, would have liked to see that in person. I just love being around these old machines. Sorry for my delay in reading your comment.

  • @williambryant5946
    @williambryant5946 Жыл бұрын

    Hope you keep videos like these coming. Awesome! Do you know what year this video was made?

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    No, sorry

  • @bm81577
    @bm81577 Жыл бұрын

    My first haul truck was this same truck but it was in 1996 !

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    These trucks are still running all these years later.

  • @FunkAddict
    @FunkAddict Жыл бұрын

    0:57 an example of the past “safety last”

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Even back then that should have been not acceptable.

  • @rodneycody8746

    @rodneycody8746

    Ай бұрын

    More common sense than having to be told every move these days

  • @DARKSIDEOFURANUS
    @DARKSIDEOFURANUS Жыл бұрын

    So at some point the loader and bottom dumpers were superseded by scrapers ?

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    Жыл бұрын

    >> at some point the loader and bottom dumpers were superseded by scrapers ?

  • @R.U.1.2.
    @R.U.1.2. Жыл бұрын

    Looks like rear view mirrors were optional equipment on the trucks. Dangerous? Safe?

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    If you watch you will see that they drive by the dumping site to make sure nothing is in that area then back in. Somewhat safe?

  • @treetop5752
    @treetop5752 Жыл бұрын

    Ran an R22

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    6 ай бұрын

    I ran one for a couples of hours prior to one of our shows. I was very loud in the cab but was an enjoyable experience.

  • @johnkoury1116
    @johnkoury1116 Жыл бұрын

    Euclid's are so awesome. I am looking for a Euclid tractor scraper or /and bottom dumper or a 20 ton wide body dump with either a cummins or a Detroit Diesel

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    They are awesome, we have several of them at our historical earthmover show in Brownsville, PA. My grandson is just starting to drive one of them at the show.

  • @johnkoury1116

    @johnkoury1116

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EarthmoversofthePast That is awesome. I would love to find one to actually put back in use. I am a chemical engineer however a little over 18 months ago I was leaving my house in Phoenixville to make the hour and a half commute (sometimes less) on my 1957 fully restored Harley Panhead and I was hit, flipped up , over and wrapped around a telephone pole by a Ford F350. The rear tire ran over my right leg nearly severing it .Thank God I fought and fought with the surgeons who had said I had less than 6 minutes left to live when I got to the hospital. I was struggling to breathe and it felt like I was drowning. The blood clots from the leg had dispersed to my heart and lungs. It has been a very hard lesson to learn that we are not invincible. To make a long story short I realized that life is too short to be doing something that we do not enjoy. I love welding, fabrication and machining along with small engine repair. I started a small engine repair business along with mobile welding and fabrication. I am slowly putting to gather a machine shop. I am also putting together a mobile machine shop as well because I am running into obsolete equipment with no available parts. I need a relatively small milling machine and a few other pieces of equipment.. As I said I am in Eastern Pa out near conshohocken. I would love to purchase one of those smaller Euclid trucks or even maybe a bottom dumper. One of those steaming 12 Euclid tracked crawler would be awesome.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@johnkoury1116 That you for sharing with me about your life. God sometimes has plans for of lives that my not make sense at first. I also enjoy working on just about anything mechanical. I have a shop that is setup for woodworking and metalworking. I am currently working on two old cable shovels and a crane. I don't know anyone that is selling any Euclid equipment but if you would like to see some of these old machines operating, we have two shows at Brownsville, PA. Best of wishing on your full recovery and your new career. Thanks for your comments.

  • @johnkoury1116

    @johnkoury1116

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EarthmoversofthePast Really cool, thank you. Hopefully we can get together sometime. I am really close to being able to start my YT channel. I know where there is a 1983 Yamaha three wheeler that was scrapped and left in the junk yard for 10 years . I found it three years ago when I was going to pick up a flatbed for my welding rig. Right now it is in an old barn with tons of stuff on top. I plan on using that to start my channel and then keep going. I found a Porsche 914 GT6 factory Race car clone in a Barnyard out near you. It is still on the trailer and I want to start restoring it. Are you on Facebook?

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnkoury1116 It sounds like you have plenty of projects for starting a successful KZread channel, it is interesting to me about how some of my videos do good and other just get less. I would recommend after starting your KZread channel is to check the analytics of your videos just to see how your well you are retaining your viewers. I am not currently using my Facebook account. You can always find me at the National Pike Steam Show in Brownsville, PA during and after the show events.

  • @bbracing3925
    @bbracing3925 Жыл бұрын

    I have been around dirt track racing my whole life and always wondered why they called then "EUC" tires. 😅

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    Now you know. These trucks are much slower that your dirt track racing machines, but they are awesome to be around during our shows.

  • @bbracing3925

    @bbracing3925

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EarthmoversofthePastMost dirt tracks use EUC tires to line the infield or around a light poles etc. I've learned not to hit them with a racecar, it doesn't end well. 🤕😅

  • @diesel71
    @diesel71 Жыл бұрын

    Euclid mostly used Detroit engines and some Rolls Royce. They also built crawlers too. I still have a manual for C6. Lol

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    We have one of the crawlers at our show grounds in Brownsville, PA. Thanks for the comment.

  • @alexhayden2303
    @alexhayden2303 Жыл бұрын

    Aswan Dam: Russian trucks weren't up to the job. So, Euclids were brought in. The UK identity marks, were painted out!

  • @willross4125
    @willross4125 Жыл бұрын

    How is baseball Oldboy goin'

  • @anttimaja9931
    @anttimaja9931 Жыл бұрын

    💪👍💞💞💞🙏

  • @Hogger280
    @Hogger280 Жыл бұрын

    20 cu. yds of coal would weigh 46,000 lbs.; but these trucks are heaped up and are carrying more that 20 cu. yds.!

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    That would be one heavy truck. We have a Euclid at our show the has dual engines and dual rear axles. The bed on this truck is wide with short sides, they named it "Big Ugly". Thanks for the comments.

  • @stantaylor3350

    @stantaylor3350

    Жыл бұрын

    They always had the weld fab shop put extended side boards on our haul trucks. I was in the crusher control room and asked the operator how much was the 240 ton haul truck was hauling. He said I'll tell right after this one dumps. He said the digital scale on the conveyor belt registered 300 tons. After I retired I heard they got 300 toners. I suppose they haul 380 ton on them.

  • @chrisstaylor8377
    @chrisstaylor8377 Жыл бұрын

    No mirrors

  • @woodhonky3890

    @woodhonky3890

    Жыл бұрын

    "What's behind you is not important."

  • @robertthayer5779

    @robertthayer5779

    Жыл бұрын

    What's in front of you is the future, what's behind you is history. If you see flames, step on it!

  • @chuckmiskel6553
    @chuckmiskel6553 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone notice no mirrors? Wont see that today

  • @ducewags

    @ducewags

    Жыл бұрын

    @Chuck Miskel Sure you will. Trucks now days use cameras for the sides rear and front, with a warrning system like cars have now days for backing up, only way better of a system.

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    They had to be attentive back then, know their surroundings. I hate to be around today's construction sites with constant beeping sounds from all directions. Is that safer or would just being attentive work? Thanks for your comment.

  • @tomharmon5198
    @tomharmon5198 Жыл бұрын

    This company still in business?

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    The Euclid company is not in business. Here is a link to the Wikipedia article about them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_Trucks.

  • @bgreen8853

    @bgreen8853

    Жыл бұрын

    In 2004 became Hitachi owned

  • @zaksklods2054
    @zaksklods2054 Жыл бұрын

    IronYore

  • @TheMudDragon
    @TheMudDragon Жыл бұрын

    where SCP foundation at?

  • @rikijett310
    @rikijett310 Жыл бұрын

    Bought out by the Chinese??

  • @EarthmoversofthePast

    @EarthmoversofthePast

    Жыл бұрын

    In 1959 the Department of Justice under Attorney General William P. Rogers initiated an antitrust suit, under the Clayton Act, against General Motors Corporation. It charged that GM was too dominant, and its business methods stifled competition in the off-road hauler and earthmoving market. GM fought the suit for eight years, finally surrendering in 1968, agreeing to sell the Euclid Division. Article from Wikipedia.

  • @JMazzaTaz
    @JMazzaTaz Жыл бұрын

    15-30 tons is laughable! Nowadays, off road trucks used in quarries and open pit mining can haul 20X that. That is a HUGE difference. Although, at the time, they were a huge step up from a donkey and a cart. Believe that!

  • @SamSung-mo6se
    @SamSung-mo6se Жыл бұрын

    ผมดูแล้วผมชอบมากเลยครับโดยเฉพาะรถโบราญและต้นกำเนิดรถสแค็ปเปอร์สุดยอดครับ

  • @dacealksne
    @dacealksne6 ай бұрын

    that's what I thought. toxic masculinity

  • @theshyguitarist
    @theshyguitarist Жыл бұрын

    1:57....sir, you can't park your car there.