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Roger Mandal

Svalbard->Spitsbergen->Nordenskjöld land on the winter road between Longyearbyen and Svea. Northermost settlement in the world at 78 degrees north.

Why?

@@irazu2008 wears an undercarriage out far quicker. 2nd gear is plenty fast

Track chains and roller aren’t expensive in the scheme of things. Stress less and get something done

It's there for a reason.

@@TristanH7290 Plenty fast for what? Using that logic, the tractor should be parked up and never used because then it won't wear the undercarriage out at all...... More important to get work done than worry about consumption, in some cases

You’re be surprised at how quickly you lose traction in snow. That steel will slide in a hurry... especially side hilling. I’ve gone on many fun rides downhill. 😂

I never heard that it was any problem with the undercarrige on these Cat machines, they are realy something for themself. It is no road between Longyearbyen and Svea so in winter they used bulldozers the bring goods and equipment between Lyb and Svea ca 55 km. They used D7 and D8 for this missions, when it was heavy loads they used one dozer in front of a big sledge and one in the back, this was an impressive sight. The men who had the job were quite impressive also. The weather on Svalbard is usually real terrible, if you look you see that it is no vegetation and trees so the wind was out of this world. On the way down to Svea, last part of the trip you have to travel down a glazier where everything could happend and happend. I remember back in winter 2004 it was day after day with blizzard and in the end an Hägglunds BV206 arrived in Svea and that trip back to Longyearbyen was out of this world, anyway in the middle of nowhere av big sledge was left in the middle of "the road". The bulldozer crew had to abandon it due to the weather, so imagine when a D7 and D8 have to give up due to a blizzard.

I never heard that it was any problem with the undercarrige on these Cat machines, they are realy something for themself. It is no road between Longyearbyen and Svea so in winter they used bulldozers the bring goods and equipment between Lyb and Svea. They used D7 and D8 for this missions, when it was heavy loads they used one dozer in front of a big sledge and one in the back, this was an impressive sight. The men who had the job were also really impressive the weather on Svalbard is usually real terrible, if you look yo see that it is no vegetation and trees so the wind was, yea.....

Believe it or not snow will wear the heck out of an undercarriage

@@culturaldivide5439 Even more than dirt while working?

@@Felix-fy7ki yeah quite a bit

@@culturaldivide5439 Thanks! I didn't have any idea about that. Wear, yes, obviously. But I' d never guess that amount. The only time I moved a bulldozer was when I was a mechanic in the army more than 30 years ago. I started it, drove it out of the shop backwards and that was all. I'd love to have the opportunity to do a long trip as shown in this video.

@@Felix-fy7ki couple weeks clearing after a blizzard almost completely went through a machine I had pretty unreal it was on the down hill side of use but it finished it fast

Svea, which seems to be a very small settlement that needs a hole dug.

Demolish old cole mine

What else do D11s do? PUSH THINGS... AND PUSH THINGS VERY WELL. 😂