Popular Post countryboy5487 Posted October 1, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2013 Here are a few pics of the transtar getting loaded. Lil bit of contrast between the 988 and the 908 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Is that a 988B, old machine there, pretty slow loading out trucks, they are solid performers though. I think almost all the quarries around here have 980G-H size loaders for the yard work and 988F-G or 990's in the pit loading haul trucks. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy5487 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Well that is a small coal yard that has this one most have the newer loaders one has a 992 of about the same vintage. We have a old quarry (they still have old cranes to bust up the big rock and a lima shovel) that has 988 i think from about 1950's vintage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Sweet, most of the old stuff is long gone around here, its just too slow for em to load however many tons per hour they want to load. I remember Hurst had 3 or 4 old 988b's and c's they were neat old machines that would run for ever but they got sold off like everything else, I thin k the oldest loader in a quarry around herre is Hoovers 988F, I think its the newest version of the old 988 frame, it looks nearly identical to the one in your pic but the newer CAT paint job and its on joystick controls inside no steering wheel, I think they got it when the 988G series came out as a new old stock loader. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I'd say the 988 is "70's.I've been loaded by MANY of them through the years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I do not know about today as I am not in the dump truck business any more but back in the day they had been a dump truck loading sob. All the pits in and around the area had 988b's 1 or 2 had a 980 and then you started seeing Komatsu's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenlunberg Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 That truck is pretty good especially the machines. CAT machines are really good at work. Quote Heavy Hauling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I do not know about today as I am not in the dump truck business any more but back in the day they had been a dump truck loading sob. All the pits in and around the area had 988b's 1 or 2 had a 980 and then you started seeing Komatsu'sI think the 988's were king until the 980G models came out, they were so much faster and more precise than a 988 they could load trucks out faster even with a smaller bucket. There are some Komatsus around here too, i dont know theyre numbers, WA500 and WA600 seem to stick in my mind, basically the same size as the 980G series but most I have seen have been joystick control machines. I think I remember being loaded by the 988C's with two buckets and they would be close but the guys that loaded two good buckets and one smaller bucket got your weight closer, the 980G's and H's are the same 3 buckets and your gone with 24 tons, theyre just quicker back and forth to the pile and seem to keep your weight closer to gross than the older 88's. I wish theyre were more old CAT loaders around here, the sound of the V8 engines was awesome, the newer loaders are all 6 cylinders with emissions and quiet mufflers, they suck. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I think the 988's were king until the 980G models came out, they were so much faster and more precise than a 988 they could load trucks out faster even with a smaller bucket. There are some Komatsus around here too, i dont know theyre numbers, WA500 and WA600 seem to stick in my mind, basically the same size as the 980G series but most I have seen have been joystick control machines. I think I remember being loaded by the 988C's with two buckets and they would be close but the guys that loaded two good buckets and one smaller bucket got your weight closer, the 980G's and H's are the same 3 buckets and your gone with 24 tons, theyre just quicker back and forth to the pile and seem to keep your weight closer to gross than the older 88's. I wish theyre were more old CAT loaders around here, the sound of the V8 engines was awesome, the newer loaders are all 6 cylinders with emissions and quiet mufflers, they suck.I always thought the 988's sounded funny as hell. My how times change. Just to hear a big bore V-8 now a days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy5487 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Most everything around here is cat ony japanese caterpiller's i know of are at a local stone company has a few yards and the have komatsus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy5487 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Had to haul away some broken concrete yesterday Hand loading the skidsteerThe block company i haul sand and gravel for has two lil cat loaders roaming about their yard. This one and one a size or two smaller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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