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Mac

05-15-2003 09:41:06




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Anyone know when IH started making 360 degree excavators,was it their own design or somebody they bought out.
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Taylor Lambert

05-15-2003 20:38:56




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 Re: IH Excavators in reply to Mac, 05-15-2003 09:41:06  
They seperatted from thje French maker Yumbo Alot of them had the crowd cylinder under the boom. Some where Case got in on the Drott name to. Go to www.polytrac.com under the english section and theres a few in the archives i believe. I think some of the older Dresser excavators hailed from Germanys Eder Company also made a few Cat hoes.



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Deas Plant.

05-15-2003 12:16:35




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 Re: IH Excavators in reply to Mac, 05-15-2003 09:41:06  
Hi, Mac. I don't know for sure when IH started making excavators but I was operating one in 1978 that was around 18 months old then. From what I could gather, it appeared that they had either bought out or purchased rights from a French manufacturer. I think the model I was operating was a 3978 or something like that.

The machine was not the most 'ergonmically luxurious' I have ever operated. (I think that is a polite way of saying it was a lemon.) To slew left, you pulled the right 'joystick' toward you. To slew right, you pulled the left 'joystick' toward you. The 'joysticks' were not true joysticks because there was no 'away' function on them. No major problem there except that this left the bucket being controlled by two pedals offset outside the left travel control pedal, one pedal to open or dump the bucket, the other to close or crowd the bucket and you had to change your left foot from one pedal to the other as you wanted to crowd or dump.

On top of this, it had probably the most front-heavy boom-dipper arm-bucket combination I have encountered on any excavator. This led to the machine spending a LOT of time on tip-toes which was not good, especially in view of the fact that I was working at the edge of a 12-13 foot drop.

Hope this helps.

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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Gordon.

05-16-2003 13:55:12




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 Re: Re: IH Excavators in reply to Deas Plant., 05-15-2003 12:16:35  
Deas plant, i worked for an IH dealer and i've never come across such a machine as you have described. They were as follows 3944, 3964, 3965(wheeled) and 3980. Later becoming 620, 630 ,640, 650. Wheeled versions of 620 and 630 where available. The 6 series came out in 77/78.



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Deas Plant.

05-16-2003 15:43:16




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 Re: Re: Re: IH Excavators in reply to Gordon., 05-16-2003 13:55:12  
Hi, Gordon.
As mentioned in my earlier post, it was back in 1978 that I operated that machine and the memory could be a little foggy now about the model number and it may have been 3980. However, I can assure you that the rest of the memory is not as foggy and the way the controls were configured and the machine handled have stuck very firmly in my mind as one of the less user-friendly set-ups I have come across in my lengthy travels around earth-moving machinery in Australia.

If I am in error on the model number, I thank you for pointing it out. I know I am not in error on the rest of it. If you have no recollection of such a control layout, maybe geographic location has something to do with it due to different machines being released in different countries. I am not a full bottle on IH's total product line.

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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