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Harris Blade/Raygo Giant
- Thread starter Dug Overburden
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Eric
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Didn't someone on this forum have a design for someting like this????
pactractor
Member
a guy in so cal had one made from a 651 I don't have any pics of it but Signs and Pinnick used to rent it from them.
And that one didn't have a moldboard it had dual sheepsfoot rollers for the rear wheels
And that one didn't have a moldboard it had dual sheepsfoot rollers for the rear wheels
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Dug Overburden
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Signs & Pinnick Raygo Giant
In the late 1980's Signs & Pinnick actually bought an old Raygo giant at an auction in Lousiana & brought it to San Diego. Used it on one or two jobs & it did not work out. They put it up for sale & someone ended up buying it for the tires & they sold the rest for scrap to Grape Sales.
I'll bet Grape still had the two 8V71's & Allison Tansmissions sitting in his yard in Lakeside Ca. Grape is a "scrap steel" packrat!
Dug.
In the late 1980's Signs & Pinnick actually bought an old Raygo giant at an auction in Lousiana & brought it to San Diego. Used it on one or two jobs & it did not work out. They put it up for sale & someone ended up buying it for the tires & they sold the rest for scrap to Grape Sales.
I'll bet Grape still had the two 8V71's & Allison Tansmissions sitting in his yard in Lakeside Ca. Grape is a "scrap steel" packrat!
Dug.
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Dug Overburden
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651 compactor
Pactractor, are you refering to "Franken-Stomper" the hybred 651/5x5 compactor? I wrote about in another thread.
Dug
Pactractor, are you refering to "Franken-Stomper" the hybred 651/5x5 compactor? I wrote about in another thread.
Dug
Super Roel
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Ray-Go
I found in my picture archive two pic,s of this graders that i will share with you .
I found in my picture archive two pic,s of this graders that i will share with you .
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Dug Overburden
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A lot of difference
Hi Super Roel, thanks for sharing the photos
By looking at the two photos, the original version is shorter & has a different way of mounting the moldboard. I believe the blade was fixed and the machine moving up and down adjusted the cut. Anyone know how many Raygo built & when they were produced?
Dug
Hi Super Roel, thanks for sharing the photos
By looking at the two photos, the original version is shorter & has a different way of mounting the moldboard. I believe the blade was fixed and the machine moving up and down adjusted the cut. Anyone know how many Raygo built & when they were produced?
Dug
stretch
Senior Member
The Harris Blade was built sometime in the late 60's, and the Giant was manufactured during the 70's.
https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=5098
More info and pics starting from post #6
https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=5098
More info and pics starting from post #6
machlove
New Member
Yes, Dug, my cousin Leslie operated the original Harris Blade for Gustfson Construction Company in the late 60's and early 70's in South Dakota, Gustafson Construction went out of business around 1978 or therabouts. I remember seeing it, but never with a full blade, mostly they used it for rough "trimming" on interstate highway construction.
RDG
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Over on the EMF forum and youtube there is some vids of the S18G which is similar but thats about all. Cheers RDG
loron51
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I ran one at GCOS site in Fort McMurray Alberta in about 1971. 871 in front and back,it had all the rotten TS24 habits like weak steering etc.; You couldn't angle the blade enough to roll your dirt and it would duck walk at the drop of a hat, Steering wheel out of a ship, leaky controls with full hydraulic flow to keep the cab good and toasty. Worst machine I ever ran! It was sold< went to Pakistan and then baqck to Canada to a Sask owner and now rests at Devon in a heavy equipment society display.
Jimbo
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I couldn't resist the urge to bring this back up; there is one of the Giants for sale on Craigslist not far from me. While I would love to have it for a toy/yard ornament, even that is not practical for me.
http://amarillo.craigslist.org/hvo/4724520792.html
http://amarillo.craigslist.org/hvo/4724520792.html
Ductmaster
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Look what I found. Was suppose to be moving dirt, but it was promised to a museum by someo0ne but got sold to this guy and now he is trying to keep it. Some misunderstanding over the sale. Everything is on site cab and blade just not assembeled after transporting. Could not believe I got to see one up close, very cool. Hope everything gets settled would love to see this work.
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Ductmaster
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Also pictured is a kumagotzoo scraper also a cool findDuctmaster
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Ductmaster
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Ductmaster
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Make one hell of a side walk cleaner. The snow is just about here, a guy can allways wish
jxm7202
Member
That blade sat at the Brookings Co landfill for many years. Halsteds also had two komatsu scrapers, I believe they were sold as a pair to a hutterite colony in central SD.