Terex TS40

I've got a TS40 here, and I don't run into many people talking about them. Works well on coal with those greedy boards. I'm mostly a CAT operator myself, but I still jump on one of these from time to time just to stay sharp!

I've operated some TS24 units before but haven't come across a TS40. Are they basically the same machine with different naming? What engines and transmissions do the TS40s use?

I can't remember if Terex made a TS32 or not, but I'm thinking it's basically a TS24 with a bigger bowl for coal work. Happy to be corrected on that!

I'll dig up the full specs over the weekend – can't recall them right now, that's not my strong suit!

Back when I was working in a manganese mine, we ran TS 32 Terex O/B scrapers alongside some 657B Cat scrapers. I preferred the 657s for the better ride, but those old "Green Lizards" handled the wetter ground better and loaded easier in some spots. We'd either push-pull them together or have a D9 or Hough 500 rubber tired dozer push load them. Those were good times!

Terex made three dedicated coal scrapers, all built from conversions of their existing machines. The main changes were higher bowl sides compared to standard models, plus an extended apron for extra height. The lineup was the TS-36, which was based on the TS24, then the TS-40 that also came from the TS24 and replaced the TS-36, and finally the TS-50 built on the TS-32.

That's probably a TS32, not a TS40. Could be a TS24, but the sideboards look too big for that—if it's a TS32 you're looking at 50+ yards. Euclid did build a TS40, but that was a three-axle machine, basically an SS40 with a rear GMC 8-71.

J.A. Thompson, who later became Random Construction, ran seven TS32's years back. I spent time pushing and pulling on those things. They were snappy machines with plenty of power and loaded easy. Going up hills, they'd walk right past the Cat 657's—but they were still Euclids. The Cats had a smoother ride with their pre-cushion hitch and were just nicer overall to operate.

The most interesting scraper I ever got behind was a TTS14. Six wheels, three engines, two scraper bowls. It took some getting used to at first. I only ran it on flat ground, but I've always wondered how it would've handled hills with a sketchy cut. Haven't seen any twin Euclids in years now. You still spot SS40's around, but the twins seem to have disappeared like everything else from back then.

That machine is actually just a TS24 Mark 5 with an extended bowl and hungry boards fitted for coal hauling.

I remember the TS32 getting an engine swap. When they rebuilt it in Darwin, they hadn't put plugs in the exhaust dipstick holes. Had to pull it out and get a new one sent back.

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