anybody have pics of an insley 3500? or anyone know if they made any large over 100,000 pound machines? . brian

yeah i saw that too. must be a scarce machine

Great pics Lashlander, I've never seen this machine before. It sure will make a great model Brian, good luck sourcing more images. Perhaps you could try posting over on the ACMOC forum. Although it is vintage CAT machinery, perhaps someone over there may be able to help you?

http://www.acmoc.org/

Rowan.

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1:25th scale CAT 375L excavator

So, it's what you want to build next, is it??
Sound interresting!!
Those 3 boom cylinders make the 3500 look like a one of a kind machine!!
Max.

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Cat 245.....Now and Forever

I am looking for industrial auction brochures from Ritchie Bros, Miller & Miller, Forke Bros, First Team Auction, Max Rouse, etc from the 70's, 80's and 90's.I am a collector and heavy equipment enthusiast and these pamphlets are loaded with nice pictures of cleaned and freshly painted equipment.Thet don't have much value once the sale is over but they are a great help to me in preserving the memory of machines that are no longer being built.Please, help my hobby by looking in your old storage boxes and file folders for these old auction sale brochures.Your help is much appreciated.

Hey, Bri...

If I recall correctly, the last Insley excavator ever made (a 3500D) was built in 1991.

There is a NY City foundation contractor who, before Insley stopped production, was very fond of the Insleys and had a number of 2500's and 3500's. The company is Mayrich Construction. They may have a website, but I'm not sure.

I had the opportunity to demo an Insley 2500 in 1986. I have to tell you, the thing was an absolute dog. I think the dealer was Formula Equipment at the time. The machine may have just not been PDI'ed or set up properly, but I mean, this thing was a pig. It was thrown off the job after a one day demo and a new John Deere 792 was brought in to demo...my dad purchased the 792 in after a two day demo. That was a great machine for it's time, one of the early Hitachi-built John Deere's.

There are a few Insleys around here, but they're becoming hard to find. Mayrich dumped all of theirs some time ago in favor of an all new Hitachi fleet. I guess they just love "orange".

Regards,
Tony

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If it wears lipstick or has wheels, it will give you problems.

Here are some of the 3500 B






A few random others

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Chris


To see our equipment in action:

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that 3500b is the next custom. the 1066e paint is drying as we speak. thanks for posting the pics. brian

I got to thinking I might know where one of the old Insley I used to run was so went to see. Sure enough. The company I used to work for bought 2 of these from the auction after the pipeline was finished. These were special machines made for the pipeline and were called pipeliners. They made 14 of them. I don't know what all the differences were but I know they had beefed up swing cases for working on steep ground. I think its the end of the line for this one. I had a tough time to get used to the foot controls for bucket and stick and swing being forward and aft instead of right and left.

Thats a cool looking machine. Like the 3 cylinders for the boom. Can someone tell me whats up with all the older Excavators having the cab on the right side of the body. It seems like this was almost standard back in the day and then like over night they all went to the left side. Whats the deal with that?
Mike

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Local 21 Steam fitters FTW!

the cab is on the right because most older cranes were right side cabbed. made it easier for operators to make the jump from cable to hydraulic