Caterpillar Crawler Loader 955 / 977 / 983 all sizes, in Action!

This is some footage my grandpa took of me with his 955K crawler loader some time ago and some footage I took from a 977L and a 983 from the "Ebianum" Bagger Museum in Switzerland, in Action at Weiach Historik 2022.

[leroyminkiewicz]

Worked as Cat mechanic in '70s and early '80s loved the big loaders

[pierodemichele]

Sono cresciuto con questo rumore, fantastico. Mi ricordo da piccolo passavo ora ad ascoltare e vedere questi bellissimi trattori lavorare. Da grande ho avuto la fortuna di girare per l Italia come lavoro ed appena sentivo la marmitta che emanava quel suono unico mi recavo sul posto dove lavorava il cat 955 k e il 977 L. Ormai è difficile vederne uno al lavoro, peccato mezzi fantastici

[davidzamora]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful machines. I was lucky enough when I was kid to operate 933, 955, and 977. My dad was the superintendent. I'm 70 now. Thank you again for sharing your video with 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[jerryhammack]

Have operated the 933, 955, and 977. Never got the opportunity on the biggest one ! Great machines!

[sstocker]

The CAT D8 with a bucket...what a machine!!

[KennethSmith-whgl]

I remember watching an operator with a 955h model tearing down houses when i was 11 years old. I loved the sound of the cat engine. Later on I saw many versions of the 977 and one 983. All beautiful machines. I miss the old cat sound that is missing in the newer models.

[koreanature]

Wow... My best friend, Made an excellent video. I really liked it. Beauty is extraordinary. Thank you very much for the video.

[philippeperrin]

Quelle belle mélodie, ❤❤ ces moteurs Caterpillar font vraiment un bruit extraordinairement beau ..
La vraie puissance brute et viril 💪💪💪💪

[ronlawson]

Just an amazing video…..those track loaders are awesome

[juanortegavega]

Eso es una reliquia... Muy buena maquina.. es histórica...

[antoniofarina]

La cat 966 y la 977 las mejores máquinas de cat
Que tiempos aquellos

[Lone-Wolf-]

Spent many thousands of hours on a 77L, those sweet old girls could dig and made beautiful noise doing it.
Moved onto a 73 and they’re in a working class all of their own.

[terrybandit]

All gud tools but the 955 is on fa small trucks.
I operated 977k n 977l n 983 loading r35 eucs during 1970 's but the 983 can dig .

[mikepettipas]

YOUR GREATEST TRACK WEAR OCCURS IN REVERSE WITH NO LOAD !!!!

[gumballer]

Is it just me or does the 983 seem kinda tired? Whereas the 977 was an animal.

[Carla-tzqw]

I'm looking for a small track loader with clamshell bucket.

[AlexLindley-uf]

TBH I dont see a 953 being any faster than a 55K /L

[deep]

Love these machines, but realistically speaking unless in a demo application these old bueties are brutally slow with low productivity and very expensive to maintain in today's standards, that's why you can pick them up for next to nothing these days ❤

[leonardguccini]

Good video but we need to see more production and less machinery movement too much driving around wasted movements

[charleswalton]

If you’re going to make a video at least get the weight specs right. 955=16tons 977=18tons