My pops is 86. Last year before his Heart Attack he was making and lifting 200lb. tables. That generation worked hard to give us younger ones an easier life. I think we've made it to easy. Those were huge stumps. Great Job.
They worked hard to give their kids everything they didn't have but instead of appreciating what the older generation did for them they turned around and continued to expect things to be given to them.
Always fun to watch a seasoned operator working a machine like it was a part of him. He didn’t have to overload the engine and slam the blade into the stumps either to get results. He’s doing what he likes to do, that will keep him young at heart and going on. Nice job, thanks for the ride along.
Just in the first 10-seconds of the video I could tell the young man operating it was “seasoned”…, he makes it appear as though it was a ballet, smooth, precise, beautifully choreographed motions…. I could watch him for hours. Great video, Thank you sir.
You are correct that he is not slamming the blade but there is a band in the hydraulics that creates the maximum hp and torque. Each operator needs to find it. That D8 is a big boy and that motor could handle more RPMS instead of getting bogged down.
We just had an 80-year-old driver retire that would outwork and outdrive most these days... Admirable work ethic and I can only hope I have half his energy in 25 years, if I last that long. Love these old machines. Yep, more of a workout and not big on creature-comforts but none of the big def scam and no electronics to speak of... Thanks for sharing, as always!
In 1972 I did clearing for a power lines, for the big steel tower. I use a cat 7 f, use a angle blade fix with a stinger on left side of blade approx 3 ft long. 8/10 inches down had a flat cutting edge about 35 angle down to flat cutting edge welded to bottom of blade. you could remove any size of stump or tree with no problem
My father had a old John deere Dozier 420 and when he was making roads for his logging roads he would cut the tree high on the stump so it would be easier to get the stumps out of the ground, when I was 10 years old my father let me drive the cat and he taught me how work the machine. RIP dad
Smooth operator smooth machine... I'll bet that machine is his baby. You can look at how well it is kept. Track tension just right and not a lost motion. He doesn't jerk it around or mistreat it. Yessir Mr Darrell getting it done...
I had an old friend passed at 84,used to run a D9,had to retire,bad knees. He was a private pilot and stormed the beaches at Normandy in ww2,miss him,he was a character! We’re losing a lot oh history and definitely experience that can’t be replaced!!!
You just can't say enough about you boys saving and using these workhorses in today's throwaway society...and to ole timers who still can show up newer machines and younger operators! Keep it up lads!
...This is the kind of man that does what he loves!!! A mans man for sure, GOOD ON HIM!!! I'm a young 73 years old I still work our spread here in Alaska...and will until they bury me...
Back in the early 60's My uncle bought a D7 with a Pony motor on it to start the main engine, That D7 to me was a beast. And here I am almost 63 years old and I still think of that old D7 and still think it's a Beast. I have ran all kinds of equipment over my years, But the Kid in me still loves that old D7. Thanks Chris for a good old memory.
Mr. Daryl runs that dozer like it's a part of him. I had the opportunity to work on an old D-8800 CAT engine while attending Nashville Auto Diesel College. According to the instructor, CAT was known for making their equipment last. The plunger and barrel assemblies used in the fuel system were originals. This engine was built back in 1935 and other than a few hoses it was all original. The pony motor was used to crank the larger 5-3/4" bore cylinder diesel engine by warming up its coolant and pressurizing its oil system before closing the exhaust valves to make it fire. I believe the starting RPMs was 27 and the normal idle was 105. We ran it up to 320rpms and shook the whole building lol.
How did you like that college in Nashville?? They tried to get me to sign up when I was finishing up high school back in 04. I had a cousin graduate there and he ended up becoming a cop, and another guy I know that graduated is still working for Lowes. Only one person I knew that finished stayed working as a mechanic. I have heard almost nothing but bad things about NADC. I never did enroll, and I’m glad I didn’t. I ended up going to work for Toyota in assembly, anyways.
@@bluegrassman3040 Well, when I went in America had a shortage of mechanics and when I came out there was a surplus. Having never gone to another school other than the Military I have nothing much to compare it to and this was in `79-80. I worked for a few yrs as an auto mech and later enlisted in the Navy. The people make up the school and altho there were many rules, there was little enforcement. The instructors were great and the teaching was part classroom, part hands-on. I learned a lot and it helped me in many ways not just in the work-shop.
@@jerrym1240 that’s good. I’ve been told that when Lincoln Tech bought them, they haven’t been any good at all. Sounds like you went back when it was still a good school. Have had a truck driver tell me once, that the shops in Nashville won’t even hire people from NADC…. I’m just glad I didn’t go, because I’d have been stuck paying a student loan for many years. I was a fleet mechanic for about 5 years, but I got burned out of the company I was working for, and got a better chance to make a living, doing something different. Had different mechanics tell me that the people coming out of that school now don’t really know anything. It’s sad.
He runs that D8 like it was a little 450 great to see the Old timers still getting it done . 1st dozer I Operator at 16 years old was a D8 2 U cable Blade It was all I could do to pull back the clutch. 👍👏👏🇺🇸
As I said in a previous comment. My old 2U had been converted to hyd. but I ran a 6 with cables and also a 6 pipelayer. I didn't miss the cable at all lol I was just 14 when I started.
Wow! I love to watch a master at work and Mr Darrel's work is a masterpiece!!! No wasted motion, focused power, finished work behind, little dirt on the root balls, and on to number next!!! What a joy to watch!
Hi from uk chris👍👋 hope als well👌 nice to see the old machines rock on still👍 80 yr old still getting after it lol good on the fella 💪💙 I bet 76 yrs of experience on machines tho 💪lv it, he was flipping stumps like we flip coins💙 and thanks for your time and be safe see you soon
It's like watching Jerry at the jobsite... those old guys sure know their dozers .. can you imagine putting this guy and Jerry on the same site? Talk about a lesson in using big dozers.... I bet they'd get a considerable amount of dirt moved in a short period of time...
I worked as an electrician with my dad. He used to always tell the young guys his tools had more years in the trade than they did. I always thought that was the funniest thing. Until one day I realized my tools were older than the guy working next to me.
I know a Jerry that could run a dozer like this used to love watching him do it, just wondering if where talking about the same one, the one I knew was from Asheboro NC.
There is something about the sound of a good running Caterpillar D-8 engine. This operator knows how to run his machine really well. This is what 'experience' looks like.
Chris, you just showed us a Aster Craftsman at work!. So much beauty in watching operate a wonderful Cat to its capacity. Thank you for sharing his legacy . John
I was taught to clear land and stumps by a old timer with a Cat 977. Guy was in his late 70s but damn he could operate that Cat like no tomorrow. He would make it look so easy
Chris, thank you so much for sharing Mister Darrell with us all. I loved watching him in action. He is a true legend. Man and machine in perfect harmony there. I guess we ALL need a D8 in our lives.
I'm over 60yo,tall,250lbs,still fairly strong but losing it as I age. Now my uncles made me look small and weak even in my prime,2 or 3 of them were loggers and 1 owned the sawmill and lumberyard. I don't know their ages when they retired but I'm sure it was well beyond 65. I still have a WW2 duffel bag from one of them and I still use it occasionally. They all started out life as farmers because that's what Grampa was.They really are the "greatest generation" in many ways. Respect to Daryl and his big Cat!
Up in Maine, South Berwick, a friend had a twenty-five acre lot stacked with row after row of stumps. It took fifteen years of local construction to fill it. In 2015 he bought a tub grinder and processed the entire lot and sold the product to a local chip burner powerplant for fuel. He then sold the chipper and built houses on the lot, After which he moved the the South Pacific where he retired,
This is an object lesson in time and motion efficiency; a well kept older machine used to capacity by an experienced operator to ease rather than batter the stumps out of the ground, a treat for both ear and eye.
That sound brings back memories. Back in the 70s and 80s, I spent many years on a D8H, pushing dirt and cutting timber. Had a D8K too. V blade, KG blade, rake attachment. I miss those machines.
He must love that old machine to still be running it at his age. I would want something a bit more comfortable. I ran D7s and D8s like that 25 years ago and was glad to get off of them to go back to pulling wrenches when they broke something else on the job. Clearing land and running those machines for sixty hours a week in the Memphis heat and humidity was just miserable.
Thanks for posting this video Chris. Was hoping you would when you mentioned he was out here with his D8 pushing stumps. A great old guy with a great old machine.
Thanks for taking us along to watch him push out stumps . 80 years old and still going strong, he definitely knows what he is doing and I bet that he enjoys it . That old D8H looks like that it is in great shape and still pushing strong . The first dozer that I ever run ( just playing with it ) was a D8H that had a U shaped blade on it, back around 1979 ( it's been a lot of years so I can't tell you exactly ) I would of been around 16 years old . And I was around but never run them, 2 brand new D8K dozers just a little while before running the D8H one of them had a single ripper on it and the other one had a winch on it . And every since then I have loved the Cat dozers, they are a tough machine . So Chris thanks for you buying the 2 old Cat's and getting them back to working . I will see you later, so be careful and stay safe . As always, Jeffrey !!!
80 years old I was surprised to know that by the way he runs that machine you never know it I wish him good health you can tell he has been doing that for a long time he does a amazing work
I worked for a land clearing company when i was in my 20's and used to weld up what we called stingers on the blade corner. To burn brush piles we also built a fan used by Everglade boats that injected a mist of diesel toward the fire. New kids on the block want to use excavators and beat the snot out of them, D8 gets the job done. 😁
Those root cutters welded to the side of his blade work well. You appear to be enjoying watching the expert at work. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.
That fellow runs a D8 the same way I do. Notice he uses a gentle touch at all times and never shocks the blade rams. This approach always insures the lifespan of the hydraulic seals and transmission.
Great video,enjoy watching someone that knows how to handle a machine.just like Chris,the man is in his element,nice size project for the dozer.you can tell Chris is just as happy watching and filming.keep it up.👍👍👍😎😎😎
Now there's a man who knows EXACTLY what his machine's limits are & operates it accordingly to accomplish the task.
Almost 80 years old. Good for him doing what he enjoys.
It’s not work if you enjoy what you’re doing
No DEF, no electronics and no joystick, just talent and experience!
If it had all that bs on it, it would be sittin in the weeds somewhere or else sittin in a shop being worked on
I hate pure joystick controls. I need to do something with my feet as well, no matter what the machine is.
That 8 actually looks like an early "K" model 8.
The last reasonable and fabulous machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........
He's doing a good job, I'm 75 and started stumping on a HD 16 AC in the Blueridge Mountains of VA but I have operated a D8H for many years since
My pops is 86. Last year before his Heart Attack he was making and lifting 200lb. tables. That generation worked hard to give us younger ones an easier life. I think we've made it to easy. Those were huge stumps. Great Job.
They worked hard to give their kids everything they didn't have but instead of appreciating what the older generation did for them they turned around and continued to expect things to be given to them.
Unfortunately, a lot of truth there Everdeen.
When the going gets tough, the not so tough become women.
Always fun to watch a seasoned operator working a machine like it was a part of him. He didn’t have to overload the engine and slam the blade into the stumps either to get results. He’s doing what he likes to do, that will keep him young at heart and going on. Nice job, thanks for the ride along.
Just in the first 10-seconds of the video I could tell the young man operating it was “seasoned”…, he makes it appear as though it was a ballet, smooth, precise, beautifully choreographed motions…. I could watch him for hours.
Great video,
Thank you sir.
He has been “retired” for years!! This is very likely play time for him. It will definitely keep him young!!
@@shitloveaduck hahaha…, I know guys like this…, they never retire…, but either way I am green with envy…
You are correct that he is not slamming the blade but there is a band in the hydraulics that creates the maximum hp and torque. Each operator needs to find it. That D8 is a big boy and that motor could handle more RPMS instead of getting bogged down.
We just had an 80-year-old driver retire that would outwork and outdrive most these days... Admirable work ethic and I can only hope I have half his energy in 25 years, if I last that long.
Love these old machines. Yep, more of a workout and not big on creature-comforts but none of the big def scam and no electronics to speak of... Thanks for sharing, as always!
In 1972 I did clearing for a power lines, for the big steel tower. I use a cat 7 f, use a angle blade fix with a stinger on left side of blade approx 3 ft long. 8/10 inches down had a flat cutting edge about 35 angle down to flat cutting edge welded to bottom of blade. you could remove any size of stump or tree with no problem
My father had a old John deere Dozier 420 and when he was making roads for his logging roads he would cut the tree high on the stump so it would be easier to get the stumps out of the ground, when I was 10 years old my father let me drive the cat and he taught me how work the machine. RIP dad
Smooth operator smooth machine... I'll bet that machine is his baby. You can look at how well it is kept. Track tension just right and not a lost motion. He doesn't jerk it around or mistreat it. Yessir Mr Darrell getting it done...
Mr. Darrell is working the machine, not letting the machine work him. Otherwise he probably wouldn’t have made it to 60 on that machine.
I had an old friend passed at 84,used to run a D9,had to retire,bad knees. He was a private pilot and stormed the beaches at Normandy in ww2,miss him,he was a character! We’re losing a lot oh history and definitely experience that can’t be replaced!!!
You just can't say enough about you boys saving and using these workhorses in today's throwaway society...and to ole timers who still can show up newer machines and younger operators!
Keep it up lads!
I agree we live in a throw away society, it's time to change or else!
DEF fluid ?! Haha 😂 “ We don’t need no steenking DEF fluid !” That’s an earth movin unit right there ! with a well seasoned pro operator.
Power and know how can’t be beat. 80 yrs old and still at it. 👍👍
My dad operated heavy equipment daily till he had hart surgery at 90. He still operates from time to time and will turn 94 in a few days.
...This is the kind of man that does what he loves!!! A mans man for sure, GOOD ON HIM!!! I'm a young 73 years old I still work our spread here in Alaska...and will until they bury me...
Man, I hope that when I am almost 80 years old that I would be capable of staying on that dozer doing that kind of stumping work all day.
Back in the early 60's My uncle bought a D7 with a Pony motor on it to start the main engine, That D7 to me was a beast. And here I am almost 63 years old and I still think of that old D7 and still think it's a Beast. I have ran all kinds of equipment over my years, But the Kid in me still loves that old D7. Thanks Chris for a good old memory.
Both the operator and dozer are enjoying longevity as both are from a pre DEF era.
Mr. Daryl runs that dozer like it's a part of him. I had the opportunity to work on an old D-8800 CAT engine while attending Nashville Auto Diesel College. According to the instructor, CAT was known for making their equipment last. The plunger and barrel assemblies used in the fuel system were originals. This engine was built back in 1935 and other than a few hoses it was all original. The pony motor was used to crank the larger 5-3/4" bore cylinder diesel engine by warming up its coolant and pressurizing its oil system before closing the exhaust valves to make it fire. I believe the starting RPMs was 27 and the normal idle was 105. We ran it up to 320rpms and shook the whole building lol.
The D342 in the D8H is the same engine as the D8800 + 2 cylinders and a turbocharger
How did you like that college in Nashville?? They tried to get me to sign up when I was finishing up high school back in 04. I had a cousin graduate there and he ended up becoming a cop, and another guy I know that graduated is still working for Lowes. Only one person I knew that finished stayed working as a mechanic. I have heard almost nothing but bad things about NADC. I never did enroll, and I’m glad I didn’t. I ended up going to work for Toyota in assembly, anyways.
@@bluegrassman3040 Well, when I went in America had a shortage of mechanics and when I came out there was a surplus. Having never gone to another school other than the Military I have nothing much to compare it to and this was in `79-80. I worked for a few yrs as an auto mech and later enlisted in the Navy. The people make up the school and altho there were many rules, there was little enforcement. The instructors were great and the teaching was part classroom, part hands-on. I learned a lot and it helped me in many ways not just in the work-shop.
@@jerrym1240 that’s good. I’ve been told that when Lincoln Tech bought them, they haven’t been any good at all. Sounds like you went back when it was still a good school. Have had a truck driver tell me once, that the shops in Nashville won’t even hire people from NADC…. I’m just glad I didn’t go, because I’d have been stuck paying a student loan for many years. I was a fleet mechanic for about 5 years, but I got burned out of the company I was working for, and got a better chance to make a living, doing something different. Had different mechanics tell me that the people coming out of that school now don’t really know anything. It’s sad.
The oldies are the goodies and people forget about that!
He makes it look light.
Like you, he is thinking and feeling the moves rather than working levers.
I drove a D8 in 1972.
He works Smoother than polish glass!!!
The old boy knows exactly what he's doing
He runs that D8 like it was a little 450 great to see the Old timers still getting it done . 1st dozer I Operator at 16 years old was a D8 2 U cable Blade It was all I could do to pull back the clutch. 👍👏👏🇺🇸
As I said in a previous comment. My old 2U had been converted to hyd. but I ran a 6 with cables and also a 6 pipelayer. I didn't miss the cable at all lol
I was just 14 when I started.
Really nice Chris, those old iron operator’s really work there asses off ! Thanks for sharing !
Wow! I love to watch a master at work and Mr Darrel's work is a masterpiece!!! No wasted motion, focused power, finished work behind, little dirt on the root balls, and on to number next!!! What a joy to watch!
I keep telling you young whipper snappers old guys and old Cats rule !! Sitting in his ole' D8 , he's invincible . Good on ya'!
Ah so you hired your own Jerry. Just can't beat those old guys. So much experience. God bless
Loved this video!!! The old CAT and seasoned operator deserve so much respect. A real joy to watch him!!!
Man that d8 is mint, he's taken care it very good man that last stump had a massive tap root on it, thanks for sharing Chris 🌲💪🇺🇸
Hi from uk chris👍👋 hope als well👌 nice to see the old machines rock on still👍 80 yr old still getting after it lol good on the fella 💪💙 I bet 76 yrs of experience on machines tho 💪lv it, he was flipping stumps like we flip coins💙 and thanks for your time and be safe see you soon
Been doing that for so long, it's like breathing for him!
That dude is so smooth at the dozer controls. Impressive. He operates like he's been using it for 40 years.
that's because he had probably operated that thing since it was built 40 years ago lol.
Those old timers man, they just know what they're doing. More power to him for going on 80 and running that thing so smooth.
Just goes to prove age is no barrier when skill and experience are involved, Sure we all enjoyed watching these 'oldies' show us how it is done.
That Old Cat D8H Dozer is a beast! So is Mr. Daryl, look at him go like a kid in a sandbox, just messing around.
Nice how you show these oldtimers doing more and better work than some youngsters who think they all that.
Great to see Chris.😀 This was epic work.😀 Thanks so much for it.😉 Be well.😊
It's like watching Jerry at the jobsite... those old guys sure know their dozers .. can you imagine putting this guy and Jerry on the same site? Talk about a lesson in using big dozers.... I bet they'd get a considerable amount of dirt moved in a short period of time...
Another Jerry indeed! I love these old timers. Wait a minute, I am an old timer!
I worked as an electrician with my dad. He used to always tell the young guys his tools had more years in the trade than they did. I always thought that was the funniest thing. Until one day I realized my tools were older than the guy working next to me.
I know a Jerry that could run a dozer like this used to love watching him do it, just wondering if where talking about the same one, the one I knew was from Asheboro NC.
@@calebkidd4195 Jerry who works with Dirt Perfect...
There is something about the sound of a good running Caterpillar D-8 engine.
This operator knows how to run his machine really well. This is what 'experience' looks like.
To bad he didn't the right tool for the job, needs this blade czcams.com/video/04Kxk0DZdYI/video.html
@@RomeKG471 Dude nobody wants that stupid blade
@@crandonborth Because clowns like you dont know how to use them!
Doing what you love will keep you young no matter what age you are. Good for him!
Damn that 8 runs smooth! I always loved the sound of cat equipment! Like no other ❤️
Started MECHANICS on those old cat,s in higj school. 63 years old now had to give it up.there no other sound like a 3406 cat engine pulling.
Only three words needed: I love it!
Don't ya know him and ole Jerry would have some stories to tell!
Chris, you just showed us a Aster Craftsman at work!. So much beauty in watching operate a wonderful Cat to its capacity. Thank you for sharing his legacy .
John
Digging out dirt balls? this is the right tool czcams.com/video/04Kxk0DZdYI/video.html
I actually just finished watching an old D8H promo flim. perfect timing.
I was taught to clear land and stumps by a old timer with a Cat 977. Guy was in his late 70s but damn he could operate that Cat like no tomorrow. He would make it look so easy
An operator at one with their machine.
Superb skills. Brute force with patience.
Nice to see the old girl earn its keep
There's nothing better than to watch a experienced operator on a machine
What a tidy old tractor! Nice.
And just like that Letsdig18 has its very own Jerry. Great video Chris of a skilled operator.
Like a BOSS! Total respect for the man.
I used to work at a heavy equipment shop and rebuilt several of the D-8 final drive and steering clutch systems.They were built to last!
Just another masterclass. Like watching Jerry working for dp
Chris, thank you so much for sharing Mister Darrell with us all. I loved watching him in action. He is a true legend. Man and machine in perfect harmony there. I guess we ALL need a D8 in our lives.
WOW nearly 80 YEARS OLD good in you fella 👍🏻🍺
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I'm over 60yo,tall,250lbs,still fairly strong but losing it as I age. Now my uncles made me look small and weak even in my prime,2 or 3 of them were loggers and 1 owned the sawmill and lumberyard. I don't know their ages when they retired but I'm sure it was well beyond 65. I still have a WW2 duffel bag from one of them and I still use it occasionally. They all started out life as farmers because that's what Grampa was.They really are the "greatest generation" in many ways. Respect to Daryl and his big Cat!
Judging by the even wear on them grousers... I'd say that old girl has seen a lot of talented stump busting and earth moving... and HOW! 👏🏽👍🏼☺
That ol dozer is in such good shape cuz that ol boy knows how to operate!
It’s fun to watch that ole D8 punching out stumps.
Up in Maine, South Berwick, a friend had a twenty-five acre lot stacked with row after row of stumps. It took fifteen years of local construction to fill it. In 2015 he bought a tub grinder and processed the entire lot and sold the product to a local chip burner powerplant for fuel. He then sold the chipper and built houses on the lot, After which he moved the the South Pacific where he retired,
Thanks Chris! Sometimes it's just therapeutic to watch the old iron roll.
Dam those 2 stumps side by side that was sweet watching them come out good job
I remember as a kid (1967) riding on the floor board of a cable blade D8. He had BIG brush forks that worked well on stumps and pilling. Thanks, Boe
I can smell this video. Brings back many memories of watching my dad. Thanks for sharing.
Eighty years old....Remarkable! I love that... Can Do, Unstoppable Spirit! What a blessing! Thank you!
The D8H is the Ultimate Stump Puller. It doesn’t seem like it’s that difficult for this Machine to get the Job Done. 👍
Not really, wrong blade! czcams.com/video/04Kxk0DZdYI/video.html
Monster trunks and roots! So satisfying seeing them uprooted out of that thick clay! Nice video.
This is an object lesson in time and motion efficiency; a well kept older machine used to capacity by an experienced operator to ease rather than batter the stumps out of the ground, a treat for both ear and eye.
Not the first time that cat has ripped stumps!! LOL!
That sound brings back memories. Back in the 70s and 80s, I spent many years on a D8H, pushing dirt and cutting timber. Had a D8K too. V blade, KG blade, rake attachment. I miss those machines.
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Thank you land have a great day.
He must love that old machine to still be running it at his age. I would want something a bit more comfortable. I ran D7s and D8s like that 25 years ago and was glad to get off of them to go back to pulling wrenches when they broke something else on the job. Clearing land and running those machines for sixty hours a week in the Memphis heat and humidity was just miserable.
I cut my teeth at 14 running an old 2U D8 and so I know something about discomfort. It made me a better dozer hand though.
I love you mr Daryl, you are an inspiration to us younger mid 70s old farts!
I'd say that man has spent a little time with that machine.
Chris, that is one sweet dozer...yep!
I'm enjoying these dozer videos.
To hard on the machine! He needs to have this blade czcams.com/video/04Kxk0DZdYI/video.html
That's one thing I wish my D8K had was a twin tilt blade!!!
He needs this blade! czcams.com/video/04Kxk0DZdYI/video.html
Darryl & the D8 are smashin’ it. Darryl would have so much skill & experience. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
Thanks for posting this video Chris. Was hoping you would when you mentioned he was out here with his D8 pushing stumps. A great old guy with a great old machine.
Thanks for taking us along to watch him push out stumps .
80 years old and still going strong, he definitely knows what he is doing and I bet that he enjoys it . That old D8H looks like that it is in great shape and still pushing strong . The first dozer that I ever run ( just playing with it )
was a D8H that had a
U shaped blade on it, back around 1979 ( it's been a lot of years so I can't tell you exactly ) I would of been around 16 years old . And I was around but never run them, 2 brand new D8K dozers just a little while before running the D8H one of them had a single ripper on it and the other one had a
winch on it . And every since then I have loved the Cat dozers, they are a tough machine . So Chris thanks for you buying the 2 old Cat's and getting them back to working . I will see you later, so be careful and stay safe .
As always, Jeffrey !!!
80 years old I was surprised to know that by the way he runs that machine you never know it I wish him good health you can tell he has been doing that for a long time he does a amazing work
Reminiscent of when I was a boy; my uncle cleared a 120 acre farm with a D9. These old CAT operators are something to behold! God bless.
The old girl is making quick work of it
That D8 is running very good,, plenty of pressure on the hydraulic doing this job
It really is night and day with the audio of the videos……. so much better
Lots of hours on those grousers. One handed clutching… old school.
Nice, bet him and Jerry could tell some tells, stay safe.
The years of experience shows. One with his machine. Quite a guy
Wow almost 80 yrs old! God Bless him!
Think its safe to say that man has some time with that machine and I'm sure many more.
I just love the old big iron.
I worked for a land clearing company when i was in my 20's and used to weld up what we called stingers on the blade corner. To burn brush piles we also built a fan used by Everglade boats that injected a mist of diesel toward the fire. New kids on the block want to use excavators and beat the snot out of them, D8 gets the job done. 😁
He needs this blade czcams.com/video/04Kxk0DZdYI/video.html
Low RPM power is just amazing compared to today's engines
Those root cutters welded to the side of his blade work well. You appear to be enjoying watching the expert at work. Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.
That fellow runs a D8 the same way I do. Notice he uses a gentle touch at all times and never shocks the blade rams. This approach always insures the lifespan of the hydraulic seals and transmission.
Great video,enjoy watching someone that knows how to handle a machine.just like Chris,the man is in his element,nice size project for the dozer.you can tell Chris is just as happy watching and filming.keep it up.👍👍👍😎😎😎
its good to see old iron still working....