daveigou Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Seeing the Sterling chain drive picture in another topic reminded me of a little story.These pictures were taken somewhere in west/central Pa. R.R. Schubert was moving my grandfather's Bucyrus Erie 54B shovel when they had a little problem crossing this bridge. They unloaded the shovel, picked the tractor up, walked the shovel through the creek and loaded it back up on the other side. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1MACK1 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 great photos of the good old days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Too bad its black and white, if it wasnt you could probably see the brown stain on the drivers drawers in the photo. Cool photos thanks for posting. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Barrett Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 HAHA AWESOME!!! nice pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Great pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Thats cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildirt Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Dave- I never did hear the "rest of the story". How did they unload the 54B? Over the side? Over the back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Dave- I never did hear the "rest of the story". How did they unload the 54B? Over the side? Over the back?The early Rogers "wobble wheel" trailer is fixed at the front, and the running gear detaches from the rear, and rolled away by hand, the shovel is run on and off from the rear, all done manually with blocks and jacks. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Great story and those are some great photos to back it all up! Pretty rare that those guys would have had a camera with them while hauling a shovel - I bet someone came up that wanted to use the bridge or some state boy to document everything!That is one really large bulldog you are standing in front of in your new ID photo - what do you feed him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Great story and those are some great photos to back it all up! Pretty rare that those guys would have had a camera with them while hauling a shovel - I bet someone came up that wanted to use the bridge or some state boy to document everything!That is one really large bulldog you are standing in front of in your new ID photo - what do you feed him?I just thought I needed a change. The bulldog picture is on a wall at the Mack Customer Center. It would make a great wallpaper picture. 1 Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamied625 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 great pictures they are really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Anyone know what that shovel weighed? Looks like a heavy monster. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Great pics and story. Is that the trailer Roger has now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 No, the trailer Roger has now is a cable detachable gooseneck that came from Hawthorne's in Philadelphia. The gooseneck on his trailer could be detached, or the running gear could be detached, one or the other, or both.The Bucyrus Erie shovel in the picture was probably from the late 1940's, and the working weight was right around 150,000#. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Thank you for the pictures and story. It is so nice to see photo's from the past and I like how they worked out their problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Ahhhh the GOOD OLE DAYS man do I miss them. It was when I only had a bicycle and got a pair of jeans once a year.mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75T Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 The men that drove this Sterling called it "Gram ma" . It made alot of bridges and other road problems surface ,at the wrong time...At the Schubert auction at closing,, they sold sledge hammers that were mushroomed on both faces, I never seen that before. The day of the sale was quite a history lesson of sorts . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Dave, The rear detach I was thinking of only has four tires? What is the history of that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Trailer had eight tires. I don't know anything about the history of that trailer, probably been cut for scrap by this time. Another thing I noticed about the picture is that most of the tires were well worn. My grandfather mentioned to me that during the years of WWII, tires, fuel and new equipment were all hard to come by.He operated the 54B shovel stripping for brick clay. He owned the shovel, a couple big Cletrac dozers (because Cat's were impossible to find) and International dump trucks. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Whats the history of the four tire Roger has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveigou Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Roger has a Nelson Beam trailer with only four tires, I don't know the history. It must have been built for a very special purpose, because it is really short, and not all that heavy.The Rogers cable detachable Roger has is eight tires, and I believe it is a 100 ton trailer. Quote See my Flickr photostream page http://www.flickr.com/photos/96692978@N05/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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