When you gotta move a mountain fast...

...You bring in more scrapers than you can count. Independent Construction Company and Peed Equipment Co scrapers moving 25 million cubic yards in 1 year for new Southern California housing development.

[merxtian]

Who else played construction when they were kids? Little bulldozers and trucks...

[MrGaiden]

Okay we need a time lapse of this.. That would be incredible to see a mountain of dirt being moved!

[bbruce]

the belly scraper was my favourite machine to operate, so much fun

[MrLeslloyd]

Amazing operators all know what they're doing, hope they're well paid.A consultant engineer once told me scrapers are very high maintenance, he was brought in to oversee company that had gone bankrupt and he turned the company around so well they bought all brand new Cats, whole fleet, early 80's.

[aslanmane]

I used to run a dual engine scraper. It burned about 180 gallons of diesel per 12 hour shift x 6 days a week. I miss that job!

[ChapmanClips]

I wholeheartedly believed companies like this didnt exist!! The amount of money, fuel and resources these men and machines need daily is unfathomable!

[jerryferdun]

As a 2nd generation and lifelong dirt hawg this brought back amazing childhood memories of some pretty cool scraper shows we ran, please post a video of the lineup at quitting time and the warmup in the morning as the PM team work through all the iron, that would be a real cool look for everyone to see that kind of pit stop!!

[dozerboy]

I miss working on a big dirt crew, it’s a good feeling knowing that you’re a part of doing something like that. Nice synchronicity between the push cats and the scrapers, that’s when you know you’ve got good hands. They make it look easy. 🇺🇸💪👊

[MrWestsiderider]

You guys are doing a fine job, all the equipment is moving, the job site looks clean and organized. Dam I miss it. I am an operator . Its a love hate relationship with grading . I love the machines and the challenges that you face constantly. I love the crews, they become like brothers to you. We all look out for each other, we all carry our own weight too, we all respect the machines, safety first always. The part that sucks was sitting on a machine for 8 hours a day doing the same thing day in day out . Very monotonous . You really do not talk to anyone while you are working and you are usually in a remote area where you never see people other than truck drivers and operators . That is the part that wore me out the most . Driving in circles ... But someone has to do it ! Much respect for those folks on the machines and especially the foreman for keeping everything rolling . Sometimes that is hard to do . You hiring ? lol

[dozerblade]

Best videos on you tube, no shaky hands and great clarity, always a pleasure to watch !
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[tyroniousyrownshoolacez]

Much better than my prescription sleeping meds! Gonna watch this everynite and get off those Damn things, Thanks!

[TuffBurnOutTeam]

Now these Blokes have got heaps of experience in the field Now thats what i like too see Great video thanks for Sharing Australia

[communityracecar]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ post a time laps on the next video. It would be very cool to see time laps at the start of the day, end of the day until the project is complete. Should have an average haul distance and a cube counter as well.

Awesome footage anyway! Thanks for posting!!! 👍👍

[Ironhorse]

Like watching a beehive at work, havent seen that many motor scrapers working together before .... impressive

[davewylie]

I use to be project manager on jobs like these in northern and southern calif. they work with yards moved and placed and compacted. the average 33 yd heaped scraper can haul min 1500 yds a day depending on length of haul. so you do the math. how many scrapers times yds hauled a day and youll be close. that is heaven to me. I miss that work.

[DieselandIron]

What an absolutely incredible project. I really want to get out your way to see those big projects.

[ramcycle]

I’m seeing an ultimate motocross track!!

[s.roberts]

Just Brilliant!! Thank you so much for sharing! It would be awesome just to see it live for 5 minutes!!

[SidTheSquid]

My grandfather had one of those scrapers sitting broken down in the back corner of his mobile home park for years. Always wondered how it worked.

[popsplinter]

I was a surveyor on a job this size in 1989. At peak we worked 84 hours a week. Income over $3000 each week.