Love watching the videos, although they also make me sad that I never got to see this world. I barely remember the very end of this era when I was a little boy. I saw the old square trucks, and the black smoke in traffic. The soot stains on the roof of every semi trailer. The screaming of a Detroit diesel. Men in trucker caps and jeans and checked shirts, beer and Skoal, women with big hair. Corded telephones and rabbit ear televisions. Now we have whatever we have, I don't even know.
Ahhh, the good old daze when men were men, and sheep were afraid. When machinery was built with the expectation that it would be worked hard, yet hold up for a long time (with decent preventative maintenance, of course). The stuff coming out today leaves much to be desired, no thanks to sensors and compukers micromanaging everything.
From my understanding clark sold out in the mid 80s maki g clark equipment a rare find, I'm 21 and work at a rock quarry/cement plant and we have two clark 125 s, one that I oporate on a daily its the 125B model and the other is a 125 c and its getting restored. I have to say working at a quarry filled with newer cat equipment Im impressed with the performance of the clark and its capabilities
I drove clark mich loader it was old. BEAT TO DEATH abused,,, tuff as nails old Detroit that had not seen a oil change in years till he hired me.too bad the unions shut them down.
I've recently purchased a disused mine in outback Queensland Australia. Part of the deal was a whole bunch of plant and equipment including a 175B, 475B, Wabco 75T Haulpak and some other random gear.... None have been operated since 2005, but I'll get 'em going! I've posted a few small vids if you're interested.
Wonder if they bothered to take that loader back out of the shaft after they were done or if it's still parked down there, too expensive to be worth recovering? It's worth some scrap value by it might not be worth the expense.