Grading a Mountain Road and Drainage with an Antique Bulldozer | International TD340 Dozer

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2022
  • In this video we finally tackle a very weathered and nearly unusable mountain road up at our offgrid property. Using a 1965 International TD340 and some patience I fixed the road and added much needed water bars to divert excess rain water. A couple mistakes and a breakdown later it was a great time. Thanks for watching.
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Komentáře • 26

  • @NoNonsenseKnowHow
    @NoNonsenseKnowHow Před rokem +4

    Such a killer job fixing the road man! That dozer is sick

    • @bill45colt
      @bill45colt Před 9 měsíci

      sick??? it looked great to me,,,,what part of it was sick?

  • @nickdipascal6682
    @nickdipascal6682 Před rokem +1

    Thought I was watching Camarata there for a minute.....looks great!!!

  • @barryshisler3720
    @barryshisler3720 Před 10 měsíci +2

    That is one nice machine I need to find one like that Great job on the driveway

  • @jtapper6109
    @jtapper6109 Před 10 měsíci

    In 1912, Ira J. Young applied for a patent for a machine that would form split pins. The pins would later be known as “Cotter Pins”. Yes there were Gangsters back then also. Nice machine you have, I really like the blade, looks like it will move a lot of earth at one time.

  • @davidlucey8452
    @davidlucey8452 Před rokem +1

    ive got a td340.just got it going has a 6 way blade seems to move lots of dirt for a small dozer

  • @MontanaGrizzsky
    @MontanaGrizzsky Před 3 měsíci

    ROPS man, rops

  • @Jacob-zd4gj
    @Jacob-zd4gj Před rokem +1

    Nice job on the road. But rule of thumb on a logging road depending on how steep the terrain is if you're standing at a waterbar the next one up should be at eye level if your looking up hill. That way the water won't have time to get moving fast enough to eat up the road.

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  Před rokem +1

      Agreed. And although they are a bit more spaced out than that it's been nearly a year at this point with some pretty insane rains up there and the road looks perfect still. I think the distance will do for now. Appreciate the info though

  • @fordaiffa6022
    @fordaiffa6022 Před 5 měsíci

    very interesting .... how much did u purchase it n where ?

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  Před 5 měsíci

      Bought it for more than I'd like to admit. It is also almost completely rebuilt though so it was worth the money. Damn near show condition. It's actually for sale now if you're interested. Upstate New York.

  • @brocluno01
    @brocluno01 Před 11 měsíci

    Nice tractor. So the road becomes a cross slope interceptor. A natural hill slope has many small channels to take water down the slope. A road like that need a drain-off about every 50 yds, or so.

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  Před 10 měsíci

      That's roughly the distance between the bars

  • @mynormonzon3402
    @mynormonzon3402 Před rokem

    Great job. I just started to follow. I have already seen a few of your videos, and I really like them. Keep it up.

  • @play4dayzproductions347

    Where you angle the blade there, you should take the paint off and just grease the living hell out of it, then you should be able to tap it with a hammer instead of ramming a tree. lol! Keep up the videos, they are decent

  • @bolargh
    @bolargh Před rokem

    He do be downstatin'

  • @jiangfu4136
    @jiangfu4136 Před rokem

    Hello,dear friend, this is Aostirmotor E-bike. Are you interested in making reviews for our bikes?

  • @noahjames4445
    @noahjames4445 Před 7 měsíci

    Nice dozer but ive seen dozers go down practical cliffs before buddy dont let steep ground make you nervous

    • @Lggaley
      @Lggaley Před 6 měsíci

      I used to work for Caterpillar, and they used to show us films about Caterpillars doing just that rolling, down a mountainside, well actually hillside. That’s when they were stressing the ROPS, roll over protective structure. Roll Bars for Caterpillars. Caterpillar does have specifications on the maximum degree of incline that you can operate safely on. Now granted where I worked, in West Texas, we didn’t even know what a hill was, much less a mountain. 🤔 But seeing one of those huge machines, roll head over end with something to see.

  • @frankfitz3421
    @frankfitz3421 Před 7 měsíci +1

    That thing dont weigh 7800 lbs

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  Před 7 měsíci +1

      It's actually a bit more. 8200. The driver that delivered it moved it previously and ran it on a scale

    • @frankfitz3421
      @frankfitz3421 Před 7 měsíci

      @@downstateradv ok still seems light my allis chalmer 655 looks to be the same size but its a track loader and its about 11,000.

  • @richardharris7714
    @richardharris7714 Před rokem +1

    I hope you have some fruit trees and pecans apple 🍎🍏tree pear tree