Great operator who knows his stuff for sure. He is running it to it's full potential. The dozer however is not a K model, its an H. The blade & top arms that run to the top of the blade are different from the K & the hyd tank is another telltale sign of it being an H model. Another way to tell is the brakes come up from the floor on the H as this one does; K brake pedals come down from the dash. I have spent considerable time on both the H & K models years ago.
A celebrated machine back in its day. A lot of roads and highways were formed by the D8. I like this because it shows another way to pull stumps. This way is fast too and was the only way they did this until the escavators came into their own. Tough old machines earning their keep for sure. Thanks for the video Chris and happy birthday!!
Nice to see childhood memories at work. Here as a boy 60s-70s the dozer guys some had stump breaker blades used to split an up root then they'd swap blades to push and use their brush rakes,to leave the dirt an pile the stumps,brush and rots. They'd of already logged the area needing cleared they were fast,efficient and very clean when all done fond memories of big brutes!
Folks may not know this and from the comments most seem to not know it but watching that man on that dozer was like watching an artist create a genuine masterpiece. Thank you for sharing that with us, Chris. It was awesome. 👍✌️
ut000bs I agree with your comment fully and I would say the exact same thing. I was a bulldozer operator in a phosphate mine for 43 years and I must say that operator has been at it for a good long time
Lot of fun watching that old dozer work. I went into the Air Force as a Plumber in 1981 and I used to love to watch a good equipment operator work. This dozer would of been new back then. I got to run loaders, backhoes, sweepers ,dump trucks and it was a lot of fun. thanks for the video
1st D8K I saw was a new one in Valdez, 1975, they were a great machine. Working for 3 years in Valdez on the oil terminal was one of the most satisfying experiences of my career in operating. I was able to get experience on front end loaders 988 and 992, D8's, D3's, and several cranes.
This feller ain’t just diggin stumps and roots. Watch close to what he I’d really doing. Diggin stumps, piling debris, rolling it a little at a time to filter out loose dirt, AND keeping an eye on the track hoe to keep it fed with a new blade full. Then backfilling old stump hole with dirt dug from around new ones being dug. I’d say this gentleman is doing the work of two less knowledgeable operators. And yes, that “old iron” was born in such a brier patch. Yep, it’s been took care of better than most. Seen very few that age with side shields left. Oh, yeah, I’m just a novice, 71 and ain’t been operating but for 52 years.
@@davidwillard7334 Old? That's not old, you can still find a few of those old slide bar D8's still in use in some places. I hated running those things. But then again everything I ran was pretty old. They were all born in an age before they knew what hydraulic blade control was, it was all done with winches and cables.
One of the best dozer operators I’ve seen in a very long time! He was watching that log close to make sure it wasn’t climbing over the blade, my pops preached that to my brother and I about pushing brush.
Don't know who the gentleman is on the machine but if you could let him know our appreciation, from MOST of us any way, for getting to watch ! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
The operator of that D8 sure knows his machine and has great knowledge. He has operated it for so long it it is just a extension of his brain and body way to go love it.
That D8 reminds me of my grandads D9 I grew up on. Looks identical just a bit smaller. Thats how the did stumps back in the day. No excavator to dig them out just dozers of all sizes. My grandad also had a John Deere 350 he would use for stumps.
I’ll tell you what Chris, that is what you call a smooth old time operator right there, that man has got thousands of hours on a dozer clearing land. Never once did you see the ass end of that dozer lift off the ground and wasn’t rough on it at all. That brought back some good memories for me, my dad owned a D7d and a D6d along with our logging job and trucks that was on the road pulling tank trailers and the two dozers that did nothing but clear land for pipe lines. Damn good video for sure.
Listening to her grunt and fart while digging deep to push out the stumps. Where Chris' Ho runs at a hi rev all the time he is working this one is grunt and fart then push. Listen to that CAT purrrr
@@Rokonroller You are right, a "K" would have had no problem with any of those stumps. That is an early model 8 for sure but I don't think I have ever seen one so well maintained. She's a beauty!
Plenty. But that hand knows that tractor well. One of the benefits of having one operator to a machine well demonstrated in his technique and the appearance of his tractor.
Yes sir, you can definitely tell the dozer is his livelihood and he knows his way around a stump patch or 5. He's given the ol girl the workout on that job! 👍
Second gear....2 is twice as much as 1...twice as much done in a day! Those stumps are surface, compared to root balls 6 feet deep... he's doing good. Soft dirt and torque converter takes most of the shock, Dozer built to take it.
Great to see that old Iron. Listening to the old whir and hum of that machine from the operators platform was awesome. That machine was tight. Shifted well back and forth and that old timer running that machine was pretty well insink with his machine. Just like an extension of his body. Alot of seat time on that old girl. I think a root rake would have helped y'all alot and even having a custom ripper to mount up to that old girl would have made life alot easier on the operators arms and legs. 😆
This dozer reminded me of a fond childhood memory of my Grandpa. He was working on completing his resort cabins, he had this annoying white ash stump he had to remove from the parking area of cabin 4, and was using an old Case caterpillar tractor with a lift and dump. The tractor was gasoline engine but had some guts, this stump was tenacious it would not let go, so he got a length of 1/2 inch cable and clamped a loop on the ends one on the stump and one on his new pintle hitch .He took off his belt and put it around the back of the seat and his middle, (I'm laughing my butt off right now remembering), he then backed up to the stump cracked the throttle to wide open(it had a governor),put it in high gear and pushed the peddle forward the thing took off at about 20 mph and everything came solid, the stump came out and Grandpa needed help getting off the tractor the seat broke and he had a nasty bruise from the belt, oh and the tractor stopped, with 2 inch cleats it had good traction.
That Ol Boy is runnin the Hell outa that Dozer !! I think you broke a record Chris 45 min. ??? Wow !! Thanks for sharing Chris... Have a Great Evening !!
My brother and I would go to work with my Dad every Saturday. He was plant manager at a Pole yard and Treating plant. He put me on a new D8K pushing on a bark pile that feed a boiler in 1978. I could barely push the decelerator pedal all the way down.
This guy is smooth ... This is a Monster , 70,000 lb machine . 35 tons and he's working it like a Bobcat and not abusing it . This Cat is in good shape too . if he was killing it , it wouldn''t run like this . Good job .
Fine line between lolly gaggin around and making money.......... no their isn't. I always told my guys, "if your here to "dick the dog" go home and do it. I pay you guys to make me money, run that machinery like it was intended!" Money makes the tracks go around! 👈😜
Awesome video I'm willing to put money on two things. 1) no one has to rock the guy on the Dozier to sleep at night. 2) I don't know why I read the comments but I do. People were talking about him "abusing" the machine. I'm sure that's his machine and if he wants to push a stump up a virgins ass he could. That's not a new machine. It has been taking care of else y'all would see it on Andrews video!
@@letsdig18 : Should we take this comment to mean you and Andrew will probably never do a collaboration shoot? LOLOLOLOL... People who don't watch Andrew don't even know how "correct" @Jason King comment truly is. LMAO.
why that stab at Andrew again? Andrew takes care of his equipment and has a ton of maintenance videos to show it. Yes, Andrew buys and uses older equipment and he fixes it on a budget. And sometimes he is rough on his equipment, but heck, that's what his work demands of him, being a one-man show and that is how he gets the jobs done. He owns a fleet of construction equipment all owned outright, several work trucks, property with a (container) castle on it and let's not forget that all of that needs to be not only nmaintained, but also insured and registered and permitted. Even though he has no payments on machine leases, he still has a substantial overhead to pay for and being a one-man operatoin, I find what he does and has accomplished on his own extremely impressive. And in addition to running his equipment and shooting videos for us and editing them, he also has to take care of customer service, taking customer phone calls, run out and give estimates and di his accounting and other administrative work to keep the business going. I think Andrew does not deserve to get constantly beat up over running old equipment or the way he uses it. This guy is a get-er-done type of American!
I love those old dozers! They are big yellow, coal rolling, no def drinking tanks! They don't make them like that anymore! Lol he sure knows how to make that kitty purr! You know he is a good operator when his igloo cooler doesn't slide out the side of the cab, let alone move at all! Lol
Lol...... love all the candy ass garage queen operators spoutin' off in here. That ol' boy knows exactly what he's doing and is doing it well. Sore for a week? Haha.... I bet he was up early the next morning drinking black coffee, packing 2 ham&cheese sandwiches, a couple cans of vienna sausages.....and ate all of it without getting off of the dozer. That dude is a straight up hard charger from waaaaay back.
Doing the same thing Chris does, except the D8 pushes a lot more dirt out of the way to get the same job done. Watch how he works the blade, full width and corners.
Nice job you're so so smooth moving the big machine over that ground really impresses to watch you push the big stumps make it look so easy I've watched a lot of those work a strip mine Coal Company and moving them big trees stump ain't that easy especially when it's in old red clay but the way you transition back and forth and catch the stumps if you find them along the way that's efficient working habits bring back fond memories of watching as they work them big machine a good operator is almost hypnotic just can't stop watching
Looks like great dirt to try out a big flipscreen on the D8 to get all the wood out. Grew up picking rocks in Northern New York and dreamed of something similar.
Reminds me of the John Conley song " Old School ". Nice footage, reminds me of 1976 when this was the way. Me and my father jumped on and the operator, Mr Tom Chapman said " Hang On! We're going to the Creek! " I still use that same road today. I asked Tom, Can I be your operator? I was age 8, he said " If you can stand spitting mud all day we got a deal! "
Reminds me of my grandpa. Old man could hop on any machine and work it like it's an extension of him. Always a treat to ride along with him. This man is a smooth operator.
This is entirely cool. We always used an excavator with a thumb to deal with stumps. The excavator could lift stumps about 25 feet up and drop them on a stump still in the ground. The dirt would burst off the stump and we could go to the fire or grinder, depending on local regulations. Live well my friend!
Geeez, now that's a huge lot to clear ! And looks like not a single square foot won't get turned ! Knowing nothing on dozers, I found on Wikipedia that Cat built the last D8K in 1982. So this gentleman's dozer goes back to that year if not older. But it looks ultra clean and well maintained for a 37 y.o. machine !!
Its a late model 8H not a K, the brake pedals are the giveaway, on the K they come down from the console, on the H they come up thru the floor like that one, its one of the last of the H series.
The much, much easier way to remove stumps is to turn a single shank ripper tooth facing backwards. An old timer showed me that trick years ago and I haven't seen anyone else on CZcams know that either. Fastest way by far!
Good operator! and solid wobble blade D8, might need some more pins. Mixing the dirt and roots just how letsdig18 likes it! I could do all that with my John Deere 350 but it certainly would take a few days longer than 45 minutes.
This looks like a job Justin is doing. It looked like Justin on the Volvo 160 and his dad on the D8K. What are they putting in? I noticed he has his sediment pond in also. You can tell the people that have never watched a dozer stump before by the comments. This was how it was done before excavators to over.
Cool video. Operator get a lot done, and is easy on the dozer at the same time. He’s definitely not hurting the equipment while he is busting stumps. I’m fairly impressed with the dozer and the operator. Considering he doesn’t have a rake even his piles are pretty dirt free.
Even this D8 is struggling to dig out these stumps. Trouble with a dozer is it pushes too much dirt with the stump into the pile and when you want to burn the pile it won’t because of too much dirt. Still think a excavator is the best tool for removing stumps. The operator seems to know how to use this machine.
Ha ha ha, "old iron"?, this machine has a twelve volts system with an electric starter, the D8 I started on had a pony motor to start the larger diesel engine and no power shift engine and transmission either. Ya, that's going back a few years. lol The most enjoyment I had while learning to operate was the amazement of how much raw power and material that could be moved. This operator is not abusing this machine at all, he is working it as it was made to do. I would not be this aggressive with a newer machine, too many sensors to stop the machine. If you watch him operate, he rolls as much dirt as possible out of the stump piles before they get to the excavator. Nice video, thanks for taking the time.
Awesome old tractor. I cut my eye teeth on a high HP D8H. Always wanted me an 8K. They are the Cadillac of Caterpillar tractors in my opinion. No High drive tracks... no DEF. Just straight HP at it’s finest. I wanted one with engine enclosures like this as well as sweeps... and of course a winch. Run one of these old horses long enough actually working it and you are gonna set her down. When that ground crust does break under one of these... most of the time a D6 or D7 by itself with no winch AINT gonna get the job done. My D8H with tilt and a single parallelagram winch weigh 77,800 when she crossed the scales coming out of Louisiana. That is a whole lot of dead weight iron.
Great operator who knows his stuff for sure. He is running it to it's full potential. The dozer however is not a K model, its an H. The blade & top arms that run to the top of the blade are different from the K & the hyd tank is another telltale sign of it being an H model. Another way to tell is the brakes come up from the floor on the H as this one does; K brake pedals come down from the dash. I have spent considerable time on both the H & K models years ago.
A celebrated machine back in its day. A lot of roads and highways were formed by the D8. I like this because it shows another way to pull stumps. This way is fast too and was the only way they did this until the escavators came into their own. Tough old machines earning their keep for sure. Thanks for the video Chris and happy birthday!!
That machine is purring like the day she was built.
Nice vintage machine! No fancy electronics, no DPF or DEF no catalyst, just power and performance. The good old days!
Nice to see childhood memories at work. Here as a boy 60s-70s the dozer guys some had stump breaker blades used to split an up root then they'd swap blades to push and use their brush rakes,to leave the dirt an pile the stumps,brush and rots. They'd of already logged the area needing cleared they were fast,efficient and very clean when all done fond memories of big brutes!
Folks may not know this and from the comments most seem to not know it but watching that man on that dozer was like watching an artist create a genuine masterpiece. Thank you for sharing that with us, Chris. It was awesome. 👍✌️
ut000bs I agree with your comment fully and I would say the exact same thing. I was a bulldozer operator in a phosphate mine for 43 years and I must say that operator has been at it for a good long time
It's OLD !! SCHOOL !! OPERATING !! NOTHING MORE !!!
Lot of fun watching that old dozer work. I went into the Air Force as a Plumber in 1981 and I used to love to watch a good equipment operator work. This dozer would of been new back then. I got to run loaders, backhoes, sweepers ,dump trucks and it was a lot of fun. thanks for the video
1st D8K I saw was a new one in Valdez, 1975, they were a great machine.
Working for 3 years in Valdez on the oil terminal was one of the most satisfying experiences of my career in operating. I was able to get experience on front end loaders 988 and 992, D8's, D3's, and several cranes.
This feller ain’t just diggin stumps and roots. Watch close to what he I’d really doing. Diggin stumps, piling debris, rolling it a little at a time to filter out loose dirt, AND keeping an eye on the track hoe to keep it fed with a new blade full. Then backfilling old stump hole with dirt dug from around new ones being dug. I’d say this gentleman is doing the work of two less knowledgeable operators. And yes, that “old iron” was born in such a brier patch. Yep, it’s been took care of better than most. Seen very few that age with side shields left. Oh, yeah, I’m just a novice, 71 and ain’t been operating but for 52 years.
That's OLD !! SCHOOL !!
@@davidwillard7334 Old? That's not old, you can still find a few of those old slide bar D8's still in use in some places. I hated running those things. But then again everything I ran was pretty old. They were all born in an age before they knew what hydraulic blade control was, it was all done with winches and cables.
@@jjohnson2553 STILL !! OLD !! SCHOOL !! THAT !! IS !!
It takes on to know one
One of the best dozer operators I’ve seen in a very long time! He was watching that log close to make sure it wasn’t climbing over the blade, my pops preached that to my brother and I about pushing brush.
This guy makes it look easy I know one thing I couldn’t be that smooth with that old girl this guys an OPERATOR hands down
Don't know who the gentleman is on the machine but if you could let him know our appreciation, from MOST of us any way, for getting to watch !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
The operator of that D8 sure knows his machine and has great knowledge. He has operated it for so long it it is just a extension of his brain and body way to go love it.
Always able to tell a disciplined dozer operator, not a wasted movement!
That silverback and a D8 can flat get some work done.
You can definitely tell he's got his time in on that dozer and knows his way around a stump patch or 8. Hell of an operator!!
That's one very nice clean looking D-8! That machine has been well taken care of, no doubt!!!! She sure sounds good!
Loved it great watching a master dozer operator. God bless
Had old boys on my farms over the years that ran machines like him,just like to watch them all day if I could. Nice looking and sounding machine.
That D8 reminds me of my grandads D9 I grew up on. Looks identical just a bit smaller. Thats how the did stumps back in the day. No excavator to dig them out just dozers of all sizes. My grandad also had a John Deere 350 he would use for stumps.
I’ll tell you what Chris, that is what you call a smooth old time operator right there, that man has got thousands of hours on a dozer clearing land. Never once did you see the ass end of that dozer lift off the ground and wasn’t rough on it at all. That brought back some good memories for me, my dad owned a D7d and a D6d along with our logging job and trucks that was on the road pulling tank trailers and the two dozers that did nothing but clear land for pipe lines. Damn good video for sure.
That old girl has got some life left in it. A real treat watching a very talented operator running it. Good stuff.
From Volvo to old iron rushes
Oh my goodness, 45 minutes!!?? Yesssssss THANK YOU CHRIS!!! 😁
I just finished watching a man and a machine working as one, absolutely great, no huffing or puffing.
This guy really knows how to make this cat work.No wasted moves.
To me that is one big powerful dozer. Thank you for taking the time to walk around and film and also share for us to enjoy.
1974-1982 she's in great shape, the blade has been re-built at least 2 times bet its moved dirt than I have ever seen:)
Listening to her grunt and fart while digging deep to push out the stumps. Where Chris' Ho runs at a hi rev all the time he is working this one is grunt and fart then push. Listen to that CAT purrrr
It looks like a pre-46A definitely not even an H much less a K WTF??
@@Rokonroller He said it is a D8K You don't know your Cat's You can tell by the canopy.
@@Rokonroller You are right, a "K" would have had no problem with any of those stumps. That is an early model 8 for sure but I don't think I have ever seen one so well maintained. She's a beauty!
Its not a K but a late model H, the Ks have the steering brakes coming down from the console, the H had them up thru the floor like that one has.
the D8 dozer is an extension of his hands and feet. They are one!
Oldie but goodie!
Thanks
Hats off to you good sir! That machine is a beast and you had it compleatly in your controll!
That man has spent alot of time on that machine absolutely bad ass I wonder how many key board warriors are going to be crying abuse
Plenty. But that hand knows that tractor well. One of the benefits of having one operator to a machine well demonstrated in his technique and the appearance of his tractor.
All I can say is gotta be a bid job if he's pushing that machine that hard hourly he ant making much.
I agree he's run that a time or two!!
Yes sir, you can definitely tell the dozer is his livelihood and he knows his way around a stump patch or 5. He's given the ol girl the workout on that job! 👍
Been working around equipment for a while I was impressed how easy on the machine he is .
Deus Ex Machina! never seen such skill, man and machine in harmony, not a movement wasted.
A well disciplined operator is just as effective as the well greased machine he runs, Not one wasted movement!! 👈😊
No moss growing under that guy's feet. Good operator.
He is running in 2nd gear trying to bust the stumps, not a smart operator
Second gear....2 is twice as much as 1...twice as much done in a day! Those stumps are surface, compared to root balls 6 feet deep... he's doing good. Soft dirt and torque converter takes most of the shock, Dozer built to take it.
love this video it's all about the dozer no elapsed time no stupid background music, no chit chat just the sound of a dozer
Great to see that old Iron. Listening to the old whir and hum of that machine from the operators platform was awesome. That machine was tight. Shifted well back and forth and that old timer running that machine was pretty well insink with his machine. Just like an extension of his body. Alot of seat time on that old girl.
I think a root rake would have helped y'all alot and even having a custom ripper to mount up to that old girl would have made life alot easier on the operators arms and legs. 😆
45 minutes went by fast watching that operator and dozer kicking butt on them stumps.
Thank you Chris.
good old machines great operator
Rippin' and snortin'. Brings back memories....had one with a single shank 4 bbl ripper...
Absolutely phenomenal operating skill. Making that old cat sing! I simply can get over how smoothly he can run that machine...
My arms and calves are hurting from throwing those levers and pedals with the operator. haha.
Imagine doing it without power assist clutches and brakes or power shift or a torque converter.
@@ihdieselman Don't remind me
@@ihdieselman I don't have to imagine it, been there. The Johnson bar clutch on old eights will build up your left arm quick.
@@ihdieselman I ran one 35-36 years ago.....oh the memories
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Lmao. I was pushin, twistin, and turnin!! I did more work in those 45 min than I have here at work. 🙏✌🏻
Really good camera work on this episode. Good angles, re-positioning ahead of the action. A joy to watch.
This guy looks so good working with that D8,I want one just to ride up and down street!!!
This dozer reminded me of a fond childhood memory of my Grandpa. He was working on completing his resort cabins, he had this annoying white ash stump he had to remove from the parking area of cabin 4, and was using an old Case caterpillar tractor with a lift and dump.
The tractor was gasoline engine but had some guts, this stump was tenacious it would not let go, so he got a length of 1/2 inch cable and clamped a loop on the ends one on the stump and one on his new pintle hitch .He took off his belt and put it around the back of the seat and his middle, (I'm laughing my butt off right now remembering), he then backed up to the stump cracked the throttle to wide open(it had a governor),put it in high gear and pushed the peddle forward the thing took off at about 20 mph and everything came solid, the stump came out and Grandpa needed help getting off the tractor the seat broke and he had a nasty bruise from the belt, oh and the tractor stopped, with 2 inch cleats it had good traction.
That Ol Boy is runnin the Hell outa that Dozer !! I think you broke a record Chris 45 min. ??? Wow !! Thanks for sharing Chris... Have a Great Evening !!
My brother and I would go to work with my Dad every Saturday. He was plant manager at a Pole yard and Treating plant. He put me on a new D8K pushing on a bark pile that feed a boiler in 1978. I could barely push the decelerator pedal all the way down.
Thanks for showing is this video which shows how much work it is to get a cut down tree stump into a brush pile for burning.
This guy is smooth ... This is a Monster , 70,000 lb machine . 35 tons and he's working it like a Bobcat and not abusing it . This Cat is in good shape too . if he was killing it , it wouldn''t run like this . Good job .
Both Man & machine working in harmony what a great operator with that D8K bulldozer getting the job done.
Awesome machine. D8K was one of the first dozers I ever ran.
That old timer flat out gets it done he really can operate that dozer.
Watching this guy is like watching a concert pianist. True poetry in motion.
Man he's driving that thing like he stole it. Awesome for the old timers to show young ones how its done.
Fine line between lolly gaggin around and making money.......... no their isn't. I always told my guys, "if your here to "dick the dog" go home and do it. I pay you guys to make me money, run that machinery like it was intended!" Money makes the tracks go around! 👈😜
Jason ! He's an OPERATOR! NOT A driver !
Great video, sometimes you dont need any talking, just sit back and watch the machine at work, good stuff
Amazing dozer operator and to anyone who thinks he’s abusing it obviously hasn’t run a dozer
Been on many of them.
Three side tilt cuts and roll it out on fourth. Don't thump the stump!!!
Come to NEW ENGLAND hah, try our soil!!
Awesome video I'm willing to put money on two things. 1) no one has to rock the guy on the Dozier to sleep at night. 2) I don't know why I read the comments but I do. People were talking about him "abusing" the machine. I'm sure that's his machine and if he wants to push a stump up a virgins ass he could. That's not a new machine. It has been taking care of else y'all would see it on Andrews video!
this comment speaks nothing but the truth
He's not abusing anything that's just how people use to work
@@letsdig18 : Should we take this comment to mean you and Andrew will probably never do a collaboration shoot? LOLOLOLOL... People who don't watch Andrew don't even know how "correct" @Jason King comment truly is. LMAO.
It's hard to tear up something that tough! Lol it can take whatever is handed to it, including those stumps!
why that stab at Andrew again? Andrew takes care of his equipment and has a ton of maintenance videos to show it. Yes, Andrew buys and uses older equipment and he fixes it on a budget. And sometimes he is rough on his equipment, but heck, that's what his work demands of him, being a one-man show and that is how he gets the jobs done. He owns a fleet of construction equipment all owned outright, several work trucks, property with a (container) castle on it and let's not forget that all of that needs to be not only nmaintained, but also insured and registered and permitted. Even though he has no payments on machine leases, he still has a substantial overhead to pay for and being a one-man operatoin, I find what he does and has accomplished on his own extremely impressive. And in addition to running his equipment and shooting videos for us and editing them, he also has to take care of customer service, taking customer phone calls, run out and give estimates and di his accounting and other administrative work to keep the business going. I think Andrew does not deserve to get constantly beat up over running old equipment or the way he uses it. This guy is a get-er-done type of American!
I bet that man has been running a dozer for years , he’s good
BK Hursey That he is!
Best I have ever seen. Old fellas rock!
He must not be the owner of the D-8.
BK Hursey I think that’s Chris’ uncle owns the company.
@@zfilmmaker That makes sense.
Loved the video Chris! O' the memories!, thank you so much! Gary in Oregon...
I love those old dozers! They are big yellow, coal rolling, no def drinking tanks! They don't make them like that anymore! Lol he sure knows how to make that kitty purr! You know he is a good operator when his igloo cooler doesn't slide out the side of the cab, let alone move at all! Lol
Always a joy when watching someone who knows their job well and proves it.
Wow, 45 mins! need to get my adult drink, and settle in for this one.
Damn good operator on this dozer. Not many that can run the older equipment that well anymore
well cared for d8k, great operator, covers a lot of ground in a short time..
Lol...... love all the candy ass garage queen operators spoutin' off in here. That ol' boy knows exactly what he's doing and is doing it well. Sore for a week? Haha.... I bet he was up early the next morning drinking black coffee, packing 2 ham&cheese sandwiches, a couple cans of vienna sausages.....and ate all of it without getting off of the dozer. That dude is a straight up hard charger from waaaaay back.
This was one of the best vids I've seen most anyone post in a while!!! Respect to that man and the ole d8!! Thanks Chris
Nice to c a guy that takes good care of his machines! That old girl is clean!
Nice D8 , fantastic operator . Knows what he is doing
Doing the same thing Chris does, except the D8 pushes a lot more dirt out of the way to get the same job done.
Watch how he works the blade, full width and corners.
There’s nothing like the power of a Caterpillar Dozer, Cat Diesel Power
I don't know anything about running any heavy equipment but this guy seems to do a great job in my opinion
Hey Chris,
Don't take this the wrong way because I absolutely love to watch you stump fields with your Volvo 250, but that big Cat was AWESOME ! ! !
Nice job you're so so smooth moving the big machine over that ground really impresses to watch you push the big stumps make it look so easy I've watched a lot of those work a strip mine Coal Company and moving them big trees stump ain't that easy especially when it's in old red clay but the way you transition back and forth and catch the stumps if you find them along the way that's efficient working habits bring back fond memories of watching as they work them big machine a good operator is almost hypnotic just can't stop watching
Love the old D8, my best operating memories are on a machine very similar to that one.
Looks like great dirt to try out a big flipscreen on the D8 to get all the wood out. Grew up picking rocks in Northern New York and dreamed of something similar.
Good operator on a classic machine. As an operator myself I can really relate.
Happy birthday! 🎈
Running that beast is better than any gym workout.
Reminds me of the John Conley song " Old School ". Nice footage, reminds me of 1976 when this was the way. Me and my father jumped on and the operator, Mr Tom Chapman said " Hang On! We're going to the Creek! " I still use that same road today. I asked Tom, Can I be your operator? I was age 8, he said " If you can stand spitting mud all day we got a deal! "
Reminds me of my grandpa. Old man could hop on any machine and work it like it's an extension of him. Always a treat to ride along with him. This man is a smooth operator.
This is entirely cool. We always used an excavator with a thumb to deal with stumps. The excavator could lift stumps about 25 feet up and drop them on a stump still in the ground. The dirt would burst off the stump and we could go to the fire or grinder, depending on local regulations. Live well my friend!
Geeez, now that's a huge lot to clear ! And looks like not a single square foot won't get turned !
Knowing nothing on dozers, I found on Wikipedia that Cat built the last D8K in 1982. So this gentleman's dozer goes back to that year if not older.
But it looks ultra clean and well maintained for a 37 y.o. machine !!
Its a late model 8H not a K, the brake pedals are the giveaway, on the K they come down from the console, on the H they come up thru the floor like that one, its one of the last of the H series.
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So it's an even older machine !? What year(s) does it go back to ?
Impressive !! 😯
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SWEET.. those 2 go together like apple pie and ice cream..
The much, much easier way to remove stumps is to turn a single shank ripper tooth facing backwards. An old timer showed me that trick years ago and I haven't seen anyone else on CZcams know that either. Fastest way by far!
I figure Jaypaydirt will show up with his scrapers on the next segment.
Good operator! and solid wobble blade D8, might need some more pins. Mixing the dirt and roots just how letsdig18 likes it! I could do all that with my John Deere 350 but it certainly would take a few days longer than 45 minutes.
Thanks Chris, Some one LOVE's that Peace of Iron
Something tells me this ain’t that ole mans first rodeo with that old d8k! 🤙🏻
This looks like a job Justin is doing. It looked like Justin on the Volvo 160 and his dad on the D8K. What are they putting in? I noticed he has his sediment pond in also. You can tell the people that have never watched a dozer stump before by the comments. This was how it was done before excavators to over.
Those are some big old stumps too! Trying to bust the stumps with all that soil on them is no easy task.
Yes , there where some biggys there :) , one of them after he pushed the stump out the dozer half disappeared down the hole :).
Operator is running levers like the Wizard of Oz!
Cool video. Operator get a lot done, and is easy on the dozer at the same time. He’s definitely not hurting the equipment while he is busting stumps. I’m fairly impressed with the dozer and the operator. Considering he doesn’t have a rake even his piles are pretty dirt free.
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Wish I had that on my place today , spent half day with a small backhoe diving up 1 stump ! Only 15 more to go 👍🏻
This guy is a professional! I wonder how much better he’d be doing this if he had a rake?!
Even this D8 is struggling to dig out these stumps. Trouble with a dozer is it pushes too much dirt with the stump into the pile and when you want to burn the pile it won’t because of too much dirt. Still think a excavator is the best tool for removing stumps. The operator seems to know how to use this machine.
I love watching these old machines work!
The D8k was a very fine machine. This one looks clean and has a good operator running it.
TNX for the video, kidney busting brute force. Op was not wasting time.
A lot of experience behind those controls!👍👍
That looks like so much fun to drive.
Ha ha ha, "old iron"?, this machine has a twelve volts system with an electric starter, the D8 I started on had a pony motor to start the larger diesel engine and no power shift engine and transmission either. Ya, that's going back a few years. lol The most enjoyment I had while learning to operate was the amazement of how much raw power and material that could be moved. This operator is not abusing this machine at all, he is working it as it was made to do. I would not be this aggressive with a newer machine, too many sensors to stop the machine. If you watch him operate, he rolls as much dirt as possible out of the stump piles before they get to the excavator. Nice video, thanks for taking the time.
D8 kicking butt and taking names!
Great Drive !! No Messin !! Second Gear forward and Back !! Git er done !
Awesome old tractor. I cut my eye teeth on a high HP D8H. Always wanted me an 8K. They are the Cadillac of Caterpillar tractors in my opinion. No High drive tracks... no DEF. Just straight HP at it’s finest. I wanted one with engine enclosures like this as well as sweeps... and of course a winch. Run one of these old horses long enough actually working it and you are gonna set her down. When that ground crust does break under one of these... most of the time a D6 or D7 by itself with no winch AINT gonna get the job done. My D8H with tilt and a single parallelagram winch weigh 77,800 when she crossed the scales coming out of Louisiana. That is a whole lot of dead weight iron.
I do believe that dozer master has plenty of yrs behind those sticks!!!