my friend had one of those... he also had a version that instead of dipping.. had big drive rings and fixed buckets. his was equipped with a ford layman diesel instead of a gas engine. he dug foundations for housing projects from the late 40s to the late 70s all over so cal.. he had a second big ring type that he sold to a gold miner who turned the big wheel around to dig upward as they backed it into cliff faces... he had mini hydraulic cylinders that lowered a rod that looked like an F with a bunch of flat lines.. so he could follow the construction cord he had laid out.. he went to the fixed bucket on the big ring as it dug faster.. over the 40 year that he dug foundations.. when he retired he had almost 7 million dollars cash in the banks.. and worked alone mostly. when he moved out of the property he had years later.. all the trencher parts were scrapped. he had bought all the parts from Challenge when they quit production.
@thuanvlog8060
3 жыл бұрын
máy đào đất hiện đại quá đỡ bao Công sức của con người chúc bạn luôn mạnh khỏe để gia những clip tiếp theo nhé mình cùng đăng ký kiênh cho nhau nhé
@HansOvervoorde
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see that that this machine was brought back to life! With a little care and fresh grease it is perfectly able to do today what it did 70 years ago. Amazing.
@buckwheat7424
3 ай бұрын
i was an oiler on a cleaveland 247, 320 and 400, ican't remember if the 247 had cable hoist or it was hydraulic.all three were production ditchers, the 247 were a bit smaller and seemed to be pretty nimble. the 320 and 400's we'd get6 or 7 ft ditch x 3ft a mile at least in 8 hours. always near a hot line. once in coalinga california we'e hit these little knob of a hill and every thing would come to a dead stop, sometimes breakin buckets ( oh that was me hammering the bucket in mud,) but the knobs were, 10 hours a day and maybe 3 or 5 ft, and the company thought the world of us, i got valley fever on that job, there were fossils of shells like shelll oil company. they're beautiful machines.
@jondavidmcnabb
3 жыл бұрын
OML the trench is super clean and the spoil pile isn't scattered all over hell half acre. excellent machine design.
@karlk6860
3 жыл бұрын
That machine look a whole lot of thought to design and build this, there are a whole lot of things going on when it working! Talk about handy, its sure a compact unit and includes the blade and all for back filling one heck of a neat machine!
@michaelwills1926
3 жыл бұрын
No doubt brother that is some very creative engineering
@Sny734
3 жыл бұрын
Back in the 70s my dad had 3 cleveland trenchers digging farm drainage. We used to carry and lay 4" clay tiles. On a good day we could dig and lay 1000 to 2000ft. Life got easier when they came out with 250ft rolls of corrugated plastic pipe.
@mariocesaragostini798
3 жыл бұрын
⁰
@phillipcleaver7063
2 жыл бұрын
It might be 70 years old , but it,s still going , & still doing it . Rock on .
@steveanderson9290
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool, thanks for sharing, you guys didn't even look scared navigating the trailer ramp. (There isn't much that scares me, but steep, slick, trailer ramps do it.)
@Cartoondude135
3 жыл бұрын
A bulldozer with a trenching bucket ladder? That's gotta be a neat attachment for modern bulldozers today.
@jamesaustin6095
3 жыл бұрын
I like the cobweb most of all. The spiders sure have a history of that old contraption.
@tonydeleo3642
3 жыл бұрын
I like the conveyor belt, gets the spoils away from the trench. Great little machine!
@mattmopar440
Жыл бұрын
thats an amazing machine how deep does it dig ?
@bigchuckyinkentucky6267
3 жыл бұрын
I saw a modern version of this on a job I worked back in the mid 90's. Made by Vermeer. It cut a trench in solid rock, two feet wide and up to ten feet deep. If I remember correctly. Guy that ran it said it was $300 an hour.
@jerryhammack1318
3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful find! Cletrac trencher running good for its age!
@duginvirginia5737
3 жыл бұрын
Great looking machine. I see you have several Fordson road graders too. I'd love to see some vidoes of those and the other equipment you have. Also, any update vidoes on this machine would be great.
@patrickpat8878
3 жыл бұрын
How genius was it back in time …. I like it , still working, need some love …
@AGRIMOVIEemi
2 жыл бұрын
Great Video 👍👍👍 Great Channel 👍👍👍 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
@fordaiffa6022
10 ай бұрын
nice where is it ? NJ , newark ?
@Lukey-Dukey-AUS
3 жыл бұрын
What a cool machine. The original ditch witch.
@mattywho8485
2 жыл бұрын
Matt from Diesel Creek is major jealous right now !
@RangieNZ
3 жыл бұрын
That thing is an OSH violation with it turned off! Awesome!! :)
@teamidris
3 жыл бұрын
It must have cost a small fortune when new :o So many buckets and motors. $200k in todays money maybe.
@archangel729
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome machine love to see it being rebuilt and painted up new like a show room floor model lol
@fourfortyroadrunner6701
3 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! I once swapped a 20?22?R Toy and 4 speed into a junk Cletrac. Wish I still had it.
@heitorcassiano5682
3 жыл бұрын
Interessante máquina de cavar parabéns
@mariomarrer2058
2 жыл бұрын
Great Machine 👍 Thanks for sharing.👍
@benjimenfranklin7650
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like it needs a lot of TLC and a few cases of some good grease . It's definitely different from what I have used.
@ryanslipper7869
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome machine!!! Perfect for digging footers 😈
@ericcoffedgp40
3 жыл бұрын
Sweet rig! Definitely built to last!
@gford1491
3 жыл бұрын
Top of the line equipment back then
@FULLSCALEDISCOVERIES
3 жыл бұрын
Ever consider selling it? Im in Alturas, CA
@scottkelley883
3 жыл бұрын
watsonville ca?
@kp7castin150
2 жыл бұрын
Today don’t have computer parts to finish the product plus will last six months operating because the def system is shorting down the machine just sad but true
@juandadovilo6954
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a heavy contraption, man 👍👍👍👍
@mrredpill3121
3 жыл бұрын
Looks pretty safe to operate I'll say.
@alexanderkramer6047
3 жыл бұрын
Somebody definitely scratched f*ck on the left of the front blade
@deere7227
3 жыл бұрын
Original ladder trencher?
@junaidiibrah9782
3 жыл бұрын
The tractors...good friend.
@johnnygoins7457
3 жыл бұрын
Would love to have that little gem
@PauloHenrique-ol3sm
3 жыл бұрын
Legal muito bom
@TsunauticusIV
3 жыл бұрын
Sweet machine! Thanks for sharing
@MW-nOttawa
3 жыл бұрын
Great - Now I want one...
@4468861989
3 жыл бұрын
Probably jumps like a grass hopper when you hit a bolder
@Happyfacehotwheels
3 жыл бұрын
How cool is that!
@garycenter7408
9 ай бұрын
I have ran a buckeye and a red seal
@waynefoulds1973
3 жыл бұрын
no OSHA back in them days, looks like a people grinder too me
@lonewolfwildernesssurvival9443
3 жыл бұрын
Thing is pretty cool
@scottmorse1798
3 жыл бұрын
sure looks like fun! im so jealous.
@jamesburns8247
3 жыл бұрын
awesome machine, I love it
@mazzerrattiest4880
3 жыл бұрын
Cool old tool
@atomargentfishing
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing 👍🏻
@raincoast9010
3 жыл бұрын
Quite the neat machine.
@MitzvosGolem1
3 жыл бұрын
Nice machine! Restore that one.
@robertdinicola9225
3 жыл бұрын
I hear bearings gettin tore up!
@H4rleyBoy
3 жыл бұрын
A bit one dimensional but great if you need a trench dug.
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