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4 years 3 months ago #219510 by kal
Replied by kal on topic Pictures from the 50's
Thanks,I will try to remember that.
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4 years 2 months ago #219526 by .RC.
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Probably killed the operator.

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4 years 2 months ago #219528 by kal
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Operator was bruised a little. Remember Dad saying he got off in time.
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4 years 2 months ago #219581 by dewets
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Bet the operator had some 'brake marks' in his underwear after that little incident..:jaw::lol::lol:
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4 years 2 months ago #219616 by Tracklayer
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kal,

Do you happen to know who owned that equipment? Would it possibly be in Minnesota? It looks like a McCoy Special D8 in that one photo. Danens excavating had a McCoy they were using with their DW21 scrapers in the 1957 era.

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4 years 2 months ago #219624 by Rome K/G
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kal,

Do you happen to know who owned that equipment? Would it possibly be in Minnesota? It looks like a McCoy Special D8 in that one photo. Danens excavating had a McCoy they were using with their DW21 scrapers in the 1957 era.

Sure looks like a McCoy!
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4 years 2 months ago #219639 by D4Jim
Replied by D4Jim on topic Overturned Scraper
The old picture of the overturned scraper reminded me of a fatal accident on a "Uke" back in 1972 near Cheney KS. He was a friend of mine and was working on a highway near there and was heading downhill with a load and something malfunctioned in the steering caused it to overturn right on top of him. He was only 22 at the time.
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D47U 1950 #10164
Cat 112 1949 #3U1457
Cat 40 Scraper #1W-5494

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4 years 2 months ago #219643 by kal
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The job site was by Dubuque Iowa. The contractor was Mickle and Ross based in Newton Iowa. About the D8,the few that Dad talked about and I have seen were called bull 8's. They were D8's with 337 engines and torque converters.
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4 years 2 months ago #219649 by D4Jim
Replied by D4Jim on topic From 1948 and 1949
These photos were from the construction of the Medicine Creek Dam in SW Nebraska in the late 1940's.
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D47U 1950 #10164
Cat 112 1949 #3U1457
Cat 40 Scraper #1W-5494
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4 years 2 months ago #219650 by Deas Plant.
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Hi kal.
Sounds like McCoy Specials.

Just my 0.02
You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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