Euclid brand and heavy machinery information, euclid terex

[barracane]

hello, as you have understood, I have a bad mental pathology, I like old irons and the more rusty they are, the more I like them, I accidentally found green "EUCLID" machines on the web like the legendary Hydromacitaliano. could you give me information about the brand and earthmoving machinery, the information is all in English, I believe that the dumpers are now being built by Hitachi, the earthmoving machines terex, I believe that a mythical machinery of the brand was a bulldozer similar to D 9 caterpillar weight about 40 -50 tons with 2 motors, one for each track, then some loaders, dumpers and scrapers, I couldn't find anything else, please let me know thanks greetings to all.

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EUCLID MODEL TC-12

 

[V8Druid]

a very 'big' name once in earthmoving machinery

 

[Bri963]

a very 'big' name once in earthmoving machinery

The dozer was the TC-12, which was their first dozer. They then produced the C-6 which was one half of the machine. When GM ran into legal issues and Euclid became Terex, the dozers were re-named as the 82-80 (TC-12) 82-30, 82-40 and eventually the 82-80 was superceded by the 82-50 which was conventional with a single v-12 Detroit, and roughly the same weight as the D9G. All had rear radiators (like the new Komatsus) and single hydraulic rams (Like the electric drive D7E)

 

[barracane]

thanks for the clarification, however, I noticed from the layman that they were beautiful sturdy and muscular powerful and unstoppable machines. thanks for your intervention regarding the mechanical shovels ^ from what I understand they made tracked buldozzer wheel loaders and tractors to tow trailers like dumpers and graders, am I right? on the net there is no news about this brand only faded photos and some discussion of tractor frum. Thank you

 

[Bob]

Eucid were more known for there ridged dumptrucks and ts7 and ts14 motor scrapers

 

[V8Druid]

Eucid were more known for there ridged dumptrucks and ts7 and ts14 motor scrapers

the Euclid name, when i was a kid, was to dump trucks, what JCB was to diggers .....

 

[Bob]

Just seen this on faceache

 

[Vinpetrol]

Eucid were more known for there ridged dumptrucks and ts7 and ts14 motor scrapers

I remember the rigid dumpers . I worked at a quarry in Egham in the 80s and they had a couple of them . From what I mind they were bullet proof things

 

[Bob]

They might have been bullet proof but the back knew it by home time

 

[GazCro]

They might have been bullet proof but the back knew it by home time

And from what I'm told the brakes were sh*te if you missed a gear coming downhill ur ass clenched big time

 

[V8Druid]

fitted my first set of Tiretrac chains on a Euc./terex loading shovel in Wenvoe quarry - 1980 ... green monster

 

[barracane]

thank you for your testimonials tracked mechanical shovels and excavators, I believe they did not produce any, however sturdy and solid machines, in my humble opinion.

 

[Bri963]

After the legal issues in the states (anti-trust laws, I believe) they set up the Motherwell plant where they produced the small scrapers, the rigid trucks and the 82-40 dozer with the V8. The army and the coal board were big users of Terex/Euclid kit. I briefly operated an ex-NCB 82-50 which was an experience. My ears are still ringing thirty years later.

 

[barracane]

thank you for your experiences and testimonials.
I have seen the tracked loaders in euclid terex net am I wrong?

 

[Bri963]

Strictly speaking, not Terex, but Hanomag branded as Terex from when they both fell under the IBH banner. It was an attempt by a German financier to build a construction equipment empire that failed due to lack of finance and bad timing. There were a lot of good points about Terex/Euclid equipment, sadly they were held back by cost to produce, reliability and Detroit engines, which were good on highway, arguably not as good in plant as they needed to rev high to work well and didn’t have the low down grunt needed by a scraper or dozer when lugging hard in the cut. Add in thirsty, noisy and leaky and you’ve got the perfect advert for a Cummins re-power. Mind you, didn’t stop them selling in spades in the sixties and seventies, but not many left now.

 

[barracane]

thank you for your clarifying intervention and your additional information.