BIG BOY at the auction

[RedMF40]

Probably overkill for a few landscaping projects around my place. On the plus side the tires are almost bald, easy on the lawn.

I remember one working in a local borrow pit when I was a kid, loading up tandem axle Macks one after the other to provide fill for a section of I 95. Was always fascinated by how huge it was. Interesting stat: over 80k lbs breakout force. The machine itself is just shy of 100k lbs.

 

[joeysmith]

Imagine getting that stuck in the creek

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

I would hate to buy a new set of tires for that and hate even worse having to change them.

 

[RedMF40]

My uneducated guess is that someone may buy it just for the bucket, which appears to be in very good shape. Scrap the rest.

 

[560Dennis]

Should do the job .

 

[scootergmc]

Fooled me:

 

[trackrat]

I worked at a cement plant for 2 years as a contractor using a bobcat and a dump truck cleaning up in the plant their major loaders were Komatsu loaders they weighed 212000 lbs. and had over 200000lbs breakout force, holding over 30 yards of rock, ever so often they would bring one of them for me to clean out the rock and dirt packed in the bucket, I would crawl my bobcat into the bucket, the bucket is that big, no problem until they thought how funny it would be to start the loader, when I felt that motor start I about had a heart attack, loader operator couldn't possibly see me in his bucket so if he drove off I was a goner.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

I’ve never seen an open station 988 boy what a dusty day that would be. You would have to pay attention to the wind for sure

It always amazed me as well the size difference between 980 and 988. 988 was more popular among the rock pits here. I remember there being three in the shop at once and upper management wondering why we didn’t think we had room for a combine demo day.

950 966 980 I had delivered a few back after repair by sneaking down the road even 20 miles or so. With a 988 nope you are trucking it and bucket comes off. And it’s not a quick attach either it’s pull pins and a dogbone off.

I think tires stayed attached if I remember right the 992 was in complete pieces tires came separate bucket separate

 

[Jim.ME]

I see a mount pad that appears to have had something bolted to it at one time. It would not surprise me if this had a cab which ha been removed for transport.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

I see a mount pad that appears to have had something bolted to it at one time. It would not surprise me if this had a cab which ha been removed for transport.

That’s possible I don’t remember that occurring very often but it’s a b series so it’s pretty old the cabs would have been a lot simpler

I do see a window wiper so it must have

 

[JD Dave]

Whoa! That is a big machine. I'm amazed at the size of the machines back in the 1960's and 1970's like the drag lines they used in mining. Check out the Bucyrus-Erie Big Muskie model 4250-W.

 

[rick n ohio]

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Probably overkill for a few landscaping projects around my place. On the plus side the tires are almost bald, easy on the lawn.

I remember one working in a local borrow pit when I was a kid, loading up tandem axle Macks one after the other to provide fill for a section of I 95. Was always fascinated by how huge it was. Interesting stat: over 80k lbs breakout force. The machine itself is just shy of 100k lbs.



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I run one in a coal mine moving over burden around 1980 great machine but this one in the picture is missing the cab .pretty sure they all came from the factory with a cab.

 

[rrlund]

I’ve never seen an open station 988 boy what a dusty day that would be. You would have to pay attention to the wind for sure

It always amazed me as well the size difference between 980 and 988. 988 was more popular among the rock pits here. I remember there being three in the shop at once and upper management wondering why we didn’t think we had room for a combine demo day.

950 966 980 I had delivered a few back after repair by sneaking down the road even 20 miles or so. With a 988 nope you are trucking it and bucket comes off. And it’s not a quick attach either it’s pull pins and a dogbone off.

I think tires stayed attached if I remember right the 992 was in complete pieces tires came separate bucket separate

No cab so you can get it in the barn to clean calf pens. lol

 

[trackrat]

I see a mount pad that appears to have had something bolted to it at one time. It would not surprise me if this had a cab which ha been removed for transport.

They take the cabs off to transport them, too tall normally when they go to a sale, they have their cabs pulled off for transport

 

[used red MN]

They take the cabs off to transport them, too tall

Yep, if you look close you can see the windshield wiper arm is still sticking up.

 

[RedMF40]

This must have a cab somewhere because in the auction listing it mentions AC. Could be wrong but I recall the one as a kid operating with no cab. They’d dug down To bedrock at that site and regularly set off explosives to loosen the rock so they could extract more fill. Difficult conditions for any machine.

 

[joeysmith]

No cab so you can get it in the barn to clean calf pens. lol

Remind me to stay away from your bull if I ever visit
He must be huge

 

[showcrop]

I drove one of those once to load my truck. When I picked up a load the operator told me that he would be off for lunch when I came for my next one, so I could either wait or load it myself. It took less than two buckets for twenty yards. Most of the quarries had 980s or equivalent.

 

[RedMF40]

I drove one of those once to load my truck. When I picked up a load the operator told me that he would be off for lunch when I came for my next one, so I could either wait or load it myself. It took less than two buckets for twenty yards. Most of the quarries had 980s or equivalent.

I likely would have stuck around and loaded any trucks that came along. Or just moved some rock around for the fun of it.

 

[showcrop]

I likely would have stuck around and loaded any trucks that came along. Or just moved some rock around for the fun of it.

The company that hired my truck may not have appreciated me not getting back with my load.