The BIGGEST CAT Dealer Down Under | Hastings Deering

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  • čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
  • In this episode, we went into the heart of Australia's Bowen Basin, where coal is king, and the machines that extract it are nothing short of colossal.
    We were at Hastings Deering, the largest Caterpillar dealer in Australia, to get a firsthand look at the behemoths that make the mining around the area possible.
    From the shops that build and care for the machines to the meticulous process of assembling them, Hasting's pulled back the curtain on what it takes to keep the coal flowing down under.
    Stay dirty, everybody!
    #construction #mining #heavyequipment
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Introduction and Arrival at Hastings Deering
    0:53 - First Look at the Machines
    1:36 - Exploring the "Smaller" Bay
    2:06 - The Disassembly and Reassembly Process
    2:38 - Inside the Track Shop
    3:51 - Understanding the Idler Rebuild Process
    4:19 - The Efficiency of Track Presses
    5:00 - Observing a Rebuild in Progress
    6:29 - Inside a 796 AC Electric Drive Caterpillar
    7:17 - The Process of Preparing Dozers for Work
    10:09 - Assembling Components of Machines
    12:02 - The Importance of Rollover Protection Structure
    13:35 - The Use of Scheduling Software in Rebuilds
    14:32 - Bucyrus 8750 Dragline Scale Model
    15:36 - The Welding Process for Truck Beds
    16:54 - Day One Wrap Up
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Komentáře • 141

  • @TheMNrailfan227
    @TheMNrailfan227 Před měsícem +2

    11:59 Nice shake hands with danger reference, we gotta praise the goat of safety videos

  • @MPed98
    @MPed98 Před 11 měsíci +46

    Holy shit didn’t think I’d see my hometown on this channel! Awesome love your videos 👍🏼 mining is massive for our town

  • @jamesshepherd9398
    @jamesshepherd9398 Před 11 měsíci +17

    Pretty standard here in Australia to have at least one female standing around with the gloves attached to the belt doing literally fuck all. Gotta be inclusive.

    • @Ktmfan450
      @Ktmfan450 Před 3 měsíci

      Are you blind? That's SupercarBlondie

  • @blueman5924
    @blueman5924 Před 11 měsíci +20

    I can’t get over how small the jackstands look that support the massive haul truck framework. Like balancing a grain of rice on the tip of a pin.
    Cool process ! 👍🤙

  • @mhaskard6517
    @mhaskard6517 Před 11 měsíci +3

    My uncle was CFO for over 30 years at Hastings Deering 70's, 80's and 90's at Lidcombe.

  • @r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632
    @r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632 Před 11 měsíci +10

    thanks for coming to Australia Aaron. I was wondering when you was going to get here. . wish i would have know. would have been nice a auto Graf an pic with you and your team. great bunch of people

  • @broke_boii
    @broke_boii Před 8 měsíci +2

    No way that’s my workshop. So cool seeing it featured here

  • @Mrleppy
    @Mrleppy Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thanks Aaron, for saying the town correct

  • @oldschooldude3500
    @oldschooldude3500 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Love the old safety video shake hands with danger they showed the clip of. It's a old classic that's awesome and funny.

  • @user-tu8fw4bg6u
    @user-tu8fw4bg6u Před 11 měsíci +1

    Really interesting ... I worked at 'Blackwater' back in the day, driving the 660's tractor/scrapers with huge hungry boards, before D11's and grading the hall-roads with a Cat14... how times have changed.. Love your channel and the bonus is; I can understand all you say... Onya Mate. Onya - is Oz slang = 'good on you'

  • @WE-R-SLICK
    @WE-R-SLICK Před 10 měsíci +2

    Bro if yourr still in oz you should go do tour of caterpillar factory in airport west in Melbourne, it's massive and been there since I was a kid, would be great to see the day to day operations inside since it's mega high security you can never catch glimpse of what's going on inside , Cheers 👍👍 for the vids great work

  • @dylanwren2836
    @dylanwren2836 Před 11 měsíci +3

    As usual great video Aaron.

  • @walter9724
    @walter9724 Před 11 měsíci

    Welcome to my back yard. I live in mackay and i grew up here and i'm the fourth generation here. While im not based here as i have a sugar cane farm further norrh, i do have rental houses in mackay and thats whybim here today, inspecting my rentals making sure they are not getting trashed. I dont use big bulldozers but i do use cat lifting cranes and smaller bob cats. Beinh in trapoical north queensland now is the best time of the year before the summer heat gets here

  • @sexygirlove20
    @sexygirlove20 Před 10 měsíci

    perfect weather in mackay once again....... its nice to see my town on you tube

  • @Bobdabuulder
    @Bobdabuulder Před 11 měsíci +7

    Watching this vid before work in Peoria IL rn, if only CAT stayed here😣

    • @kenhofer8063
      @kenhofer8063 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Greed on every side ruins everything

    • @tristenklein5940
      @tristenklein5940 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@kenhofer8063No it’s called Logistics and Economic Feasibility, Development and assembly on multi billion dollar investments.

    • @tristenklein5940
      @tristenklein5940 Před 11 měsíci

      @@kenhofer8063If the radical extreme left politicians didn’t shutdown mining, oil and gas in the US and now with their War on Fossil Fuels you would see more heavy duty mining equipment being built in the US. The greediest entities in every country is and always has been GOVERNMENT especially the US Government who build nothing design nothing engineer nothing but more GOVERNMENT for further power and control over the people! As of today the US government is the largest employer in the world, 3 million people and growing who do nothing but create a burden on those who actually Build Engineer Manufacture Distribute products and services which contribute to the economic growth of the country.

    • @Bobdabuulder
      @Bobdabuulder Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@tristenklein5940 and greed

  • @carlmarr2984
    @carlmarr2984 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Back in the 70's I saw a D-10 fall over aa 100ft high wall at a gold mine in northern Nevada landing on it's top and the roll over bar held it up the driver had a heart attack before driving off the wall we rolled it back on it's tracks check the fluids started it up and drove it out of the pit it was back to work two day later after the shop went over it

  • @jakec2313
    @jakec2313 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Hahaha how awesome is that, I work in the rail terminal across from Hastings 🙌🏼

  • @lesliegrayson1722
    @lesliegrayson1722 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Mackay lovely place... they mostly sell parts, I think that work shop is near by..

  • @i.u.o.e8326
    @i.u.o.e8326 Před 11 měsíci +5

    What are the build specs on the blond

  • @Civilimagery
    @Civilimagery Před 11 měsíci

    Quality Content

  • @greggardiner9066
    @greggardiner9066 Před 11 měsíci

    Great video Aaron easy listening 😊😊

  • @heavymachinery2843
    @heavymachinery2843 Před 11 měsíci

    Awesome 👍👍

  • @mitchhifi9192
    @mitchhifi9192 Před 10 měsíci +1

    You'd love cutting edge engineering on CZcams, he's a master at rebuilding and making parts to OEM or better spec for these large machines.

  • @johnynaegle6297
    @johnynaegle6297 Před 2 měsíci

    Gotta love big iron!!!!

  • @murdercom998
    @murdercom998 Před 6 měsíci

    Thats so cool they are a Cat and Deer dealer

  • @user-su8rs3uv5i
    @user-su8rs3uv5i Před 11 měsíci

    Nice video, love it

  • @kristopher87
    @kristopher87 Před 11 měsíci +45

    Pretty sad they had to re upload this video and censor some things even tho they weren’t even at a mine site. And just in the dealer yard

    • @AHomelessDorito
      @AHomelessDorito Před 11 měsíci +16

      Welcome to the world of mining, where they’d rather watch their industry die than educate and inform the public of what they do, maybe because they have something to hide.

    • @blakealexbale
      @blakealexbale Před 11 měsíci

      Would’ve been some cockhead safety manager having a whinge for sure 😂

    • @ryangroff9205
      @ryangroff9205 Před 11 měsíci +1

      What did he have to remove I forgot

    • @deth3021
      @deth3021 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Looks like they may have gotten in trouble with osha over the video. 15:40

    • @superhacker101
      @superhacker101 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@karen7366 you havent been at a hastings site, place is safty mental

  • @31wowow
    @31wowow Před 11 měsíci +1

    Wish you wouldve said something you could’ve stayed at my place here down under. I love your videos Aaron and team!

  • @OCPYT___
    @OCPYT___ Před 11 měsíci +1

    Round 2 how good

  • @zaryadnik
    @zaryadnik Před 20 dny

    Nice

  • @timpratten2258
    @timpratten2258 Před 11 měsíci +3

    What do you think of all of the safety equipment on our machines.

  • @skinnyj2560
    @skinnyj2560 Před 11 měsíci +8

    As soon as I saw the blurred logos I thought hmm? It’s blurred but still looks somewhat familiar and turns out it’s none other than company mentioned. Massive company here in Australia and runs just about most of the mines when it comes to the heavy equipment side of things including the one I work for

    • @skinnyj2560
      @skinnyj2560 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Unfortunately I can’t post anything about the mine because it’s against my contract to do so but it’s an awesome job

    • @r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632
      @r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632 Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​@@skinnyj2560you already did mate. im your boss

    • @FekDindad-xy9vz
      @FekDindad-xy9vz Před 11 měsíci +2

      Qcoal don't run most of the Heavy equipment .
      Or was there another blurred logo?

  • @teabola
    @teabola Před 11 měsíci +3

    When it comes to tracks, are they doing an entire machines worth of tracks (two sides) in 30 hours, or one side in 30 hours? And are they disassembling the track chain completely or are they rebuilding with a brand new chain and hardware? I've never worked on something as big as a D11, but I've torn apart and rebuilt two sides of a Hitachi 1200-6 (M33 bolt) in ~30 hours total which was a massive job compared to the usual tracks that come across my bench.

    • @nickhutt6264
      @nickhutt6264 Před 9 měsíci

      It would be 30 hours a chain. The chains get totally stripped, inspected, repaired and rebuilt, Old grouser cut off and new grouser welded onto each grouser plate . (if they are reusable). Probably sounds like a lot of hours but there is a fair few links in a chain and a bit of a process vacuum testing and filling each pin with oil. Boring repetitive work, but cool to do once.

    • @an1017
      @an1017 Před 9 měsíci +1

      It depends on the customer requirements and what's being replaced or rebuilt but typically for a full rebuild I would say 30 hours per track. Obviously you can do both tracks at the same time though. If you're just replacing the track shoes and hardware it can be done in less than 6 hours.

  • @nicholasbergvik2910
    @nicholasbergvik2910 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Amazing Machines Welcome To Sweden;)

  • @donstravelsandrants.
    @donstravelsandrants. Před 11 měsíci

    Amazing machines.😲👍😊🇮🇪

  • @colestevens6042
    @colestevens6042 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Any idea what software they're using to schedule rebuilds? or one that's similar?

    • @thomasreid8681
      @thomasreid8681 Před 10 měsíci

      Usually an ERP system like SAP, Oracle or Pronto. These are scheduled by mining companies themselves, not CAT.

  • @williamhoward8319
    @williamhoward8319 Před 11 měsíci

    our 6 trucks were shiped in parts and assembled on sight

  • @dplant8961
    @dplant8961 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Hi, Aaron Witt.
    You might like to check the financial reviews for Hastings Deering and for Westrac to see if your claim of visiting the 'biggest' Cat dealer DowNunda is 'ackshully 'kee-wrecked' - or you might not, depending on your point of view.
    Last 'figgers' I saw had Westrac a 'mere' $300 million ahead of Hastings Deering.
    Other than that, a good video. Thank you.
    Just my 0.02.
    You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

    • @td42williams77
      @td42williams77 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Grow up, people have different accents when they are from another part of the world. Or have you never been anywhere

    • @dplant8961
      @dplant8961 Před 11 měsíci

      Hello, @@td42williams77.
      Am I allowed to ask just what accents have to do with anything, either in the video or in my comment?
      All I did was point out that Westrac's figures were $300 million HIGHER than Hastings Deering's figures and you suddenly want to start ranting about 'accents'.
      I have done TWELVE trips to the U.S., including working over there for four years and one to 'Seff Efrica'.
      Happy now? I doubt it.
      Just my 0.02.
      You have a wonderful DELUSION. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

    • @joshiepoo4
      @joshiepoo4 Před 11 měsíci

      Westrac might be ahead of HDAL, but Hastings also own and operate in PNG, NZ and New Cal…

    • @dplant8961
      @dplant8961 Před 11 měsíci

      Hi, @joshiepoo4.
      Yep, true and Westrac operate in Western Australia and New South Wales but the figures that I saw were for gross revenue for each company, not just within either Qld or W. A..
      Just my 0.02.
      You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

    • @thomasreid8681
      @thomasreid8681 Před 10 měsíci

      onya planty

  • @FekDindad-xy9vz
    @FekDindad-xy9vz Před 11 měsíci

    Had a Qcoal logo on it. You can still see the qcoal logo on the one behind

  • @snaggo6666
    @snaggo6666 Před 11 měsíci +1

    oh hey you're in australia finally! did you come down to NSW?

  • @blakejordan1855
    @blakejordan1855 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Why did the Colorado demo video get deleted a while back?

  • @lukea9873
    @lukea9873 Před 10 měsíci

    wow being from mackay this is a trip lol, ya this is the main industry in mackay, you get a job in the mines as a tradie its good money

  • @lachlanmcintyre5748
    @lachlanmcintyre5748 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I work here!

  • @jascollinscork
    @jascollinscork Před 11 měsíci +4

    Feel like I've seen this before 🤷🏼‍♂️ worth watching again anyways

  • @dpelchen75
    @dpelchen75 Před 11 měsíci

    What about the CAT AT-AT in the shelving at 14:16!!

  • @conradward2945
    @conradward2945 Před 11 měsíci

    Mackay!

  • @martinriggs2957
    @martinriggs2957 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Aweosome CAT. Why build Cat not a bigger Dozer?
    Mines dont need bigger Machines?

  • @paulsapper
    @paulsapper Před 8 měsíci

    Hey Aaron
    Love your videos and Linked In account but I think you will find that Westrac is the biggest dealer Down under mate
    I have been to both HDAL and Westrac many times and Westrac is a shed load bigger dealer

  • @rogerbrandt6678
    @rogerbrandt6678 Před 11 měsíci

    I’ve been in steel fabricaton for around 27 years, I’ve worked with engineers when they would design a part, they’d ask me if it could be made, I will guarantee you I could make that box just as strong but cost less than $60,000.00

    • @FekDindad-xy9vz
      @FekDindad-xy9vz Před 11 měsíci

      It doesn't cost 60k. That's just what they charge.

    • @DeejayManii
      @DeejayManii Před 10 měsíci +2

      and that includes the fitting of your product to new dozers to be flipped and tested? you have no idea about engineering and specification costings.

  • @aptiq6578
    @aptiq6578 Před 11 měsíci

    Haha those new dozers come to the site I work at

  • @lucmarchand617
    @lucmarchand617 Před 11 měsíci

    This is lots planning just orders and set-up.i work fort-McMurray on tar sand built road 797 and lots cat machine built road.this dealer must off wall set up all this machine send machine for mines.thanks video.calgary alberta canada

  • @MarkLynskey
    @MarkLynskey Před 11 měsíci +4

    didnt you post this video last week?

    • @Driveover23
      @Driveover23 Před 11 měsíci +2

      He did, I wonder what it was that had to be removed and reposted

  • @urcousinfromboston9052
    @urcousinfromboston9052 Před 11 měsíci

    come check out JR Vinagro again, big land clearing project on the highway going on!!

  • @lukashartley2756
    @lukashartley2756 Před 11 měsíci

    This is where I’m from

  • @tandemwings4733
    @tandemwings4733 Před 13 dny

    SIX HUNDRED hours of welding - Wowww..!!!

  • @chilledburrito
    @chilledburrito Před 11 měsíci

    LOL, my aunt would have been in the same place as you.

  • @Mick_4591
    @Mick_4591 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Just wondering who Blondie is and whats her job walking around with you?

  • @HILLBILLY.556
    @HILLBILLY.556 Před 5 měsíci

    U.S.A. That’s right!

  • @MrDutchboy14
    @MrDutchboy14 Před 11 měsíci +1

    couid be me but looks like he already used these excact shots in a other video ....

  • @MynameisGeoff82
    @MynameisGeoff82 Před 11 měsíci

    Fkn FSI shit, love removing those and fitting a decent fire suppression 😂

  • @cristianesteban5551
    @cristianesteban5551 Před 11 měsíci

    Would’ve thought westrac was bigger

  • @sebmorrell
    @sebmorrell Před 10 měsíci

    I’m pretty WesTrac is the biggest dealer in Australia.

  • @dancaulfield1008
    @dancaulfield1008 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I can't tell if half of what he is saying is censored or it's bad audio quality

  • @thekrizzo93
    @thekrizzo93 Před 11 měsíci

    793 wasn't the biggest dump truck in that yard😮

  • @OhioPalmTrees
    @OhioPalmTrees Před 11 měsíci

    DEJA vu?

  • @tunerfun1990
    @tunerfun1990 Před 11 měsíci +2

    i would have thought westrac is bigger

    • @benmac940
      @benmac940 Před 11 měsíci

      Bigger in what regard. I note he didn't specify in what way this one was bigger

    • @tunerfun1990
      @tunerfun1990 Před 11 měsíci

      @@benmac940 westrac sell more machines, employe more people so not sure how Hastings could be bigger in any other way….

    • @FekDindad-xy9vz
      @FekDindad-xy9vz Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@tunerfun1990bigger shed?

    • @mrdiealot1
      @mrdiealot1 Před 11 měsíci

      hasings is way bigger here in the qld mining sector then westrac (Mackay local and coal miner)

  • @BigJaseNZ
    @BigJaseNZ Před 11 měsíci

    Brother, drop a few hundred didgeridoos on a gimble. It will improve the quality of your production dramatically!

  • @r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632
    @r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632 Před 11 měsíci +2

    we talk tonage not pounds buddy were not flipping pommy

  • @JMSFilm
    @JMSFilm Před 11 měsíci +1

    Reposted and removed content?

  • @lemoneleven2179
    @lemoneleven2179 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Aron. if you dont know what ur talking about either get someone that does. or dont explain it at all lol

  • @davidanalyst671
    @davidanalyst671 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Your camera guy screwed up at 3:52 hes's obiviously focusing on the wrong person. We are getting a tour of the dealership, and they keep putting the camera on the wierd guy instead of the hottie.

  • @rubengalindez7448
    @rubengalindez7448 Před 11 měsíci

    Sudtitulos en spanish 🤔

  • @the-marker-nate-ah
    @the-marker-nate-ah Před 11 měsíci +2

    Fuck us Aussies sound weird on video 😅

  • @carl_h
    @carl_h Před 11 měsíci +3

    It would be nice to figure out not only why the edited repost, but also why Ashley has no dialog on camera

  • @jzz20highwaydancer
    @jzz20highwaydancer Před 11 měsíci +1

    I drive those d11s off and unload all the cat parts in brisbane.

    • @torquesnhorses4986
      @torquesnhorses4986 Před 11 měsíci

      That's not driving it, youre only moving it. Pushing loads of dirt is.

    • @jzz20highwaydancer
      @jzz20highwaydancer Před 11 měsíci

      @torquesnhorses4986 pretty hard to do that on the wharf. Do push around Steel when we load scrap into ships.

  • @collingalbraith4343
    @collingalbraith4343 Před 11 měsíci

    My company makes the tracks for cat in Illinois

  • @navaho5430
    @navaho5430 Před 11 měsíci +2

    It's funny how things work smoothly in mining almost (everwhere) but governments can't get anything right.

    • @pyromaniac354
      @pyromaniac354 Před 11 měsíci +8

      private companies have to be efficient otherwise they will go bankrupt.
      governments just tax people more or government just print more money

    • @oskardax4241
      @oskardax4241 Před 11 měsíci +3

      You ever been in a mine? Nothing runs smoothly

    • @FekDindad-xy9vz
      @FekDindad-xy9vz Před 11 měsíci +2

      I can't tell with 1000% certainty you never even been near a mine.

    • @6Six6Six6Bruh
      @6Six6Six6Bruh Před 7 měsíci

      @@pyromaniac354Nah private companies just know how to bullshit enough to make fools out of the proletariat

  • @_Juke_
    @_Juke_ Před 11 měsíci +3

    Why are so many videos mostly cat? Do you have a special deal or don't the others want to work with you?

  • @AxMar09
    @AxMar09 Před 8 měsíci

    Filming the Equipment, Just show More Detal of the Equipment and Around it, move around, no just showing you talking and talking to much Instead of doing more Details and Images of the Equipment Hopefully you can Address this Situation and !!! Thanks

  • @murdomcdonald9670
    @murdomcdonald9670 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Whos the chick?

  • @bored2323
    @bored2323 Před 10 měsíci

    It’s so weird how people are so into work tools .. it’s like a office person being into paper / paper products as a hobbie - very strange

    • @wolftone4818
      @wolftone4818 Před 10 měsíci

      It’s bigger then a monster truck and an impressive feat of engineering not really

  • @sergioorozco9524
    @sergioorozco9524 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Hi early 🎉

  • @td42williams77
    @td42williams77 Před 11 měsíci

    And they provide the absolute worst after sales service of all brands

    • @w_stanky
      @w_stanky Před 11 měsíci +1

      LMAO..This is a joke right?

    • @td42williams77
      @td42williams77 Před 11 měsíci

      @w_stanky nope. We just sold our 4 Cat excavators so we don't have to deal with them. Out of a fleet of 24 machines they by far had the most down time. All Next Gen under 4500hrs

  • @MrMarkguth
    @MrMarkguth Před 11 měsíci

    Hastings is a facade , got some backward ways of doing things

  • @dancaulfield1008
    @dancaulfield1008 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Aaron, you should do a video about why all of these mining companies, who destroy our natural landscapes, keep so many secrets.

  • @The_Aussie_Truckie
    @The_Aussie_Truckie Před 11 měsíci

    Now your in Australia you need to see our road trains

  • @lobobumstead
    @lobobumstead Před 5 měsíci

    Who is the lady

  • @AHomelessDorito
    @AHomelessDorito Před 11 měsíci +2

    What’s Ashley’s @??👀😂