black bear pass

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2007
  • working for the san miguel county road crew clearing off black bear pass near telluride
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  • @aliceevans3357
    @aliceevans3357 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How humbling to watch man and machine toiling so hard and long to do what natural does so easily and in a moment. Kudos to all those that keep these trails safe and passable.

  • @tonyroulette6179
    @tonyroulette6179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I’ve been doing road clearing for 25+years,in some butt puckering places,I’m glad comments have been respectful toward the operator,the really really scary part about this job ,when you find yourself on a side slope on smooth bare rock,that’s when your spinchter muscles get a workout,never went over the edge yet,smooth rock is like ice,we use anything from D6 to my favorite our brand new D9T

    • @jamesstone7689
      @jamesstone7689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tony Roulette thanks for your work buddy. You guys amaze me with how you can move those machines

    • @george7021
      @george7021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Tony! I'm George! Thinking of to became an o/o of the dozer or track hoe ! If it's not much to ask, I would love to have your opinion to the matter! My e-mail > gfk1960@bellsouth.net Thanks in advance!

    • @jb-ik8sj
      @jb-ik8sj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for doing that crazy shit. Otherwise people like me wouldn't own a toyota 4x4.
      Stay safe man

    • @elieverett5608
      @elieverett5608 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
      I somehow lost the account password. I love any assistance you can give me.

    • @kierandamon8840
      @kierandamon8840 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Eli Everett instablaster ;)

  • @adeshwodan4679
    @adeshwodan4679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    sixty years ago when we were kids we used to push boulders off the mountainside into the valley. They were not quite that big. When one just missed my Dad’s Cabin we quit. 🥴🙃😊

  • @sherryb9770
    @sherryb9770 6 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    And the Jeepers pee their pants driving this road. The real hero is the heavy equipment driver! 💪

    • @fourbypete
      @fourbypete 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Considering the amount of people that die on that trail each year I'd say almost every driver pisses their pants driving it. It's a fucking long way down if you get it wrong.

    • @lorenreece1665
      @lorenreece1665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My oldest Son chose this trail for his first ever trail experience in his new jeep. He had no problem.

    • @poco1174
      @poco1174 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Easy to say from your couch. You won’t be taking your Prius there. I could well have spelled Prius wrong. Never been near one. Please don’t imply your son did this on his own. Someone with experience held his hand every foot of the way. I’ve taken over 20 on their “first” trip and none of them had any trouble.

    • @marlinnomaders5888
      @marlinnomaders5888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fourbypete actually I don't think I've ever heard of anyone dieing on this trail ever....

    • @rickbrown7287
      @rickbrown7287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marlinnomaders5888
      Your not informed then.
      HUGE THANK-YOU to the people that keep all these trails open up there. 😉👍

  • @uncleben03
    @uncleben03 17 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Back in 03, I was lucky enough to be the first person up Black Bear from the 550 side. It was only open from 550 up to the pass, the other side down was still too deep with snow. I actually was following the bulldozer up the pass to the top, he said nobody else had been up it that season yet. Then he hopped out and got in his truck and basically baja'd up the pass and passed me, he was a crazy old kook :D

  • @andremouton2451
    @andremouton2451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Operator with patience and a lot of skill, well done.

  • @paintnamer6403
    @paintnamer6403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is in my recommendations after watching the red Jeep barrel roll/ end over end across this pass.

    • @moderninja4
      @moderninja4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @paintnamer6403
      @paintnamer6403 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @BOOTSIESANCHEZ on Y2K Wrangler- Falling Off Black Bear Pass and other TH-camrs have it posted too.

    • @rickbrown7287
      @rickbrown7287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @BOOTSIESANCHEZ on
      Yep...
      Just search falling off black bear pass. You'll find it. Was glad to hear nobody was killed. Hope the gal that was ejected from the Jeep is doing well. (haven't heard an update on her condition)

    • @kevinward316
      @kevinward316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No doubt, I did and am. I wonder how many pairs of big boy underwear he had in that piece of equipment.

    • @michaelhill56
      @michaelhill56 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinward316 That's a manly man there, I bet he went commando! 🤣

  • @Bushguyrocks
    @Bushguyrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent operator. Easy does it. Smooth and steady. Not beating the crap out of the machine. I see the machine has ice caulks on it's tracks. As if those things don't ride rough enough already. Time to switch over to his "summer tracks". Lol.

  • @marvindebot3264
    @marvindebot3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Y'all don't have to be crazy to drive the Black bear Road, but it helps . . . ."

  • @bobhunt3197
    @bobhunt3197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I usually just use a pry bar when I play like this, but I see you raised the bar. Great job operator !!!

  • @jb-ik8sj
    @jb-ik8sj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That must have been one long ride!

  • @Mike-01234
    @Mike-01234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you imagine in the 19th century taking a team of mules up that trail?

  • @stephendawg1
    @stephendawg1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “This must be the shortcut road Kuboske’s a talkin’ about!” 😂

  • @uncletoogie
    @uncletoogie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This guy has the best office in the world!

  • @MO-ne5yv
    @MO-ne5yv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I Jeep this trail several times each year and all i can think about is how they did it, can you imagine the size of the balls on the guys who made these tails!

    • @xmo552
      @xmo552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The first guys that made the trail..

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you seen photos of the trail in the 40s and 50s?

    • @TheLittlered1961
      @TheLittlered1961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      All I can think is that dozer operator. Great, I got that rock off this section of the road. Now I have to clear the same rock off the lower section.

  • @susanechols5977
    @susanechols5977 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    More power to him. Looks like this operator can get the job done!!! That's the name of the game!

  • @marrieddezertrat
    @marrieddezertrat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He's like "phhh who needs a jeep"

  • @ManzanoManATVAdventures
    @ManzanoManATVAdventures 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That looked like a "ton" of fun. Great video!

  • @Offroadersdotcom
    @Offroadersdotcom 11 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    You don't have to be crazy to drive this road but it helps.

    • @joshmccoy1522
      @joshmccoy1522 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha! CW McCall!

    • @j.griffin
      @j.griffin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "RJ, this must the shortcut road Kubozke was talkin' about."

  • @IowaStateCyclone4Life
    @IowaStateCyclone4Life 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for this video! It adds to the already great evidence I stumbled across earlier… those of you who are familiar with this trails’ infamous reputation probably have seen the very scary Jeep video where a gal & her two pups rolled off the pass a couple of years ago, leaving the 22 year-old gal paralyzed (thankfully recovering). After seeing it, I decided my life is exciting enough so I won’t be taking my new Jeep to out Colorado this summer until I know WTH I’m doing. Sure, I’ve 4-wheeled in mud & rock in S. Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, etc … but that mountain pass looks very (technically) difficult to try without local help & “some” (ha ha) mountain 4-wheeling experience. I’ve got zip.

    • @welcometoorefuge
      @welcometoorefuge ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As Dirty Harry says "A good man always knows his limitations" !

    • @IowaStateCyclone4Life
      @IowaStateCyclone4Life ปีที่แล้ว

      @@welcometoorefuge copy that…

  • @johnm.evangelis693
    @johnm.evangelis693 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That was awesome, good video. Bravo to the Cat Dozer Operator!!!

    • @matthewcoldicutt5951
      @matthewcoldicutt5951 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it looks like he had to be quite gingerly pushing off the rock,, as could easily have destablised his dozer. looks tohave been very careful on the equipment too

  • @maxhole2
    @maxhole2 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gassed up the backside switch-backs of Black Bear on a Yamaha YZ 450 dirtbike last two July's in a row. Some exciting riding ! Loved Imogene & Yellowboy too !

  • @uncleben03
    @uncleben03 12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These guys are nuts! I followed the bulldozer up from hwy 550 to the summit in my grand cherokee in the early summer of 03 as he was opening that side of the trail for the first time. When I came up behind him he got out and said "First time this' been open this year, if you get stuck and you get in my way I got the right to move you any way I want!!" Crazy old cook LOL.

    • @chipschannel9494
      @chipschannel9494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Makes sense to me , he’s not going to let you jeopardize his safety

  • @daninthedome
    @daninthedome 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    thanks for keeping it open , those july rains close it .

    • @rayc.1396
      @rayc.1396 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They happened in August this year.

    • @daninthedome
      @daninthedome 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rayc.1396 happens most summers

  • @aaronshall9258
    @aaronshall9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was very satisfying:) thank you:)

  • @chazhogue2945
    @chazhogue2945 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kudos to you! And thanks!

  • @spatialized24
    @spatialized24 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Balls of steel. Respect to the crews who took on the challenge and risks 🙏👊

  • @chrisholcombe137
    @chrisholcombe137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These guy's cut logging roads in places where no man will go !
    Imagine this guy as a forest service Cat and the forest All around is on fire ! while you are just doing your job !
    Medal's of Honor .

  • @fjoffrd1240
    @fjoffrd1240 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing footage!

  • @JeepsterGal
    @JeepsterGal 17 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow that was like a good suspense movie. LOL Thanks for posting that!

  • @tommartinez62
    @tommartinez62 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video of the operators talent.

  • @cancerianodiablo
    @cancerianodiablo 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good video my friend

  • @thomasmartinscott
    @thomasmartinscott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just imagine getting that bulldozer UP there! ...and then, back down!! Switchbacks???

  • @r12rtpilot
    @r12rtpilot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing job! kudos to you!

  • @dirtworks7511
    @dirtworks7511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Balls of steel.

  • @rickstorm8948
    @rickstorm8948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is daily traffic in the Himalayas.

  • @stokerboiler
    @stokerboiler 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The operator has the right stuff.

  • @215jami
    @215jami 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can see him using the 6 way hyd which seems a lot better than a pivit on that soil BALLS!

  • @yeeeeyee
    @yeeeeyee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Crazy operator making a road for more crazy people to ride.

    • @latigomorgan
      @latigomorgan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You don't have to be crazy to drive that road, but it helps.

    • @chrisklein5822
      @chrisklein5822 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      and then dog made a yellow hole in the snow

  • @Bama1963
    @Bama1963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Metal tracks on rocks do not get good traction

  • @briankellogg7241
    @briankellogg7241 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I make and clear these rds in the adrondick mountains, D-9 and D-8 and it's crazy sometimes definitely if it starts raining or snowing

  • @bradleejones9959
    @bradleejones9959 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool!

  • @stoneysopranoyukon9398
    @stoneysopranoyukon9398 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job !

  • @sebastianromero420
    @sebastianromero420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is like ASMR
    I wonder if that bulldozer driver got his or her dream job. I mean did he or she think that one day he or she would be doing this. This person deserves a higher salary that any politician.

  • @jasonlavery6449
    @jasonlavery6449 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now that was cool

  • @franksweets1859
    @franksweets1859 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gute Arbeit!!!!

  • @catdieselpower193
    @catdieselpower193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    dam rite!! CAT POWER!!

  • @Radionut
    @Radionut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!!

  • @mikehayden7330
    @mikehayden7330 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rock. Big rock.

  • @ray6659
    @ray6659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would loved to see the boulder go down from multiple views.

  • @user-hw1cr5uq4z
    @user-hw1cr5uq4z 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonder if that guy belongs to Operating Engineers Local No 9?

  • @dirtworks7511
    @dirtworks7511 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yup.

  • @jcee2259
    @jcee2259 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I admire heavy equipment operators
    more than part-time operation of
    4x4 vehicles. I'd rather try Black
    Bear Pass on a 300 cc dirt bike.
    I have +65K odometer miles on
    sub-alpine rides.

  • @kong3
    @kong3 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ADTR913 You can only go down the trail one way legally. So they just close it, no one coming up.

  • @pR1mal.
    @pR1mal. 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    That operator is hip about time.

  • @MrAtoZ-un3fk
    @MrAtoZ-un3fk 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rock as big as a hall closet.

  • @khroe
    @khroe 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yep, no moss.

  • @MF11283
    @MF11283 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    all I have to say is HOLY CRAP

  • @Mymieke
    @Mymieke 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible! Thanks for sharing this.
    And sexyngayCO, whatever you are smoking, I would seriously consider quitting.

  • @mauriciocardoso9784
    @mauriciocardoso9784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    essa queda vale um Like

  • @_damdifino
    @_damdifino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How would you turn that dozer around to go back down? Do you have to back all the way?

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      probably some turns that are wide enough to spin the dozer to go the other way if needed.

  • @davidgallagher171
    @davidgallagher171 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Roll ready!!!

  • @Offroadman78
    @Offroadman78 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome and why would u camp by that pope1856

  • @Mudpuppyjunior
    @Mudpuppyjunior 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's on the road and it looks like soil judging by the berm he's got built up in front of the blade. So he's not on a side hill, nor solid rock. He should have taken his foot off the deccelerator, shoved that berm further forward and knocked that thing out of the way in about 30 seconds.
    I spent 30 years building logging roads and skid trails and there are definitely places to idle and pick your way through. That didn't look like one of them.

  • @fox13z400
    @fox13z400 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow

  • @jimthompson717
    @jimthompson717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought all that beeping was for swear words of the driver.

  • @lukeslayer
    @lukeslayer 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:36

    • @donnebes9421
      @donnebes9421 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      3:09 is better. Not anything to see here.

  • @pizzafrenzyman
    @pizzafrenzyman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No hikers were harmed in the filming of this video.

  • @Binderbird4X4Firebird
    @Binderbird4X4Firebird ปีที่แล้ว

    It would suck to be on the receiving end of that Boulder!!!☢️

  • @climbjt
    @climbjt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was fun

  • @brianl.8723
    @brianl.8723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great now its on the other trail

  • @chaddeciantis
    @chaddeciantis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just use an excavator! Sheesh. Wtf is a dozer gonna do on that job

  • @suprasis
    @suprasis 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now there are some guts!!! Oo

  • @KSA-ll9kt
    @KSA-ll9kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Serious question, why don't they just use dynamite to move big boulders?

    • @funkerlug
      @funkerlug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cost usually. Blasting can run upwards of 6 figures in some cases.

    • @KSA-ll9kt
      @KSA-ll9kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@funkerlug Thanks for letting me know, the pucker factor for me sitting at the controls would be off the charts

  • @blueeyes3555
    @blueeyes3555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel sorry for anyone who is walking around under that construction. I'm sure they probably made sure there was no one below that boulder right ?

  • @MrSniperscope
    @MrSniperscope 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    wtf did you do to my house?!!!

  • @jesuswasahermetic5871
    @jesuswasahermetic5871 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did the operator yell *FOUR* just as it dropped?

    • @NWI_Steel
      @NWI_Steel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No he yelled five

  • @user-145edxX57
    @user-145edxX57 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tear the dozer, this model is not intended for such work

  • @polrais850xp
    @polrais850xp 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Whant That Job!

  • @randolphtorres4172
    @randolphtorres4172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANKSGIVING

  • @stuarth43
    @stuarth43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    16 tonne brick

  • @desertrat1111
    @desertrat1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nothin quite like Black Bear pass

  • @MrAtoZ-un3fk
    @MrAtoZ-un3fk 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love CW!

  • @lorenreece1665
    @lorenreece1665 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not a big enough cat?

  • @merkinyall
    @merkinyall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine driving that on the steps or around that tight switchback. No thanks

  • @hullbreachdetected4846
    @hullbreachdetected4846 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Money makes them do it, still gotta be brave.

  • @AStanton1966
    @AStanton1966 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A Cat 10 would get the job done quicker. The problem is it wouldn't fit on those roads.

    • @kylebradley7751
      @kylebradley7751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It wouldn’t get it done quicker if it doesn’t fit jackass

  • @user-xm2qh3wg2u
    @user-xm2qh3wg2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    เข้าที่กันดาร

  • @carmineapostolico7846
    @carmineapostolico7846 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    E' lei la regina .

  • @iwannabawannab
    @iwannabawannab 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that was fuking awsome nice vid.

  • @rzero21
    @rzero21 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn, getting that heavy equipment up there.

  • @bone3594
    @bone3594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro just leave the mountain the way nature had it.

    • @michaelhill56
      @michaelhill56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, that's a waste of your tax dollars right there...

    • @adeshwodan4679
      @adeshwodan4679 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes If only the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers and BLM would leave it alone. Then all the overgrown dune buggies and mischief makers would have to go Olay somewhere else.

  • @paininthe10
    @paininthe10 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of those butt clenching hard to be in spots. Can give you a rush that's for sure.

  • @agentanderson1383
    @agentanderson1383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dynamite cheaper more fun!

  • @BeingRomans829ed
    @BeingRomans829ed 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DOGGONIT, ROY GENE! How many times do hafta 'spain it to ya? When I tell youta put a rock under the wheel, I mean a ROCK!
    Now lookit that what you have there..it's no biggern a grapefruit!

  • @user-xm2qh3wg2u
    @user-xm2qh3wg2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ความยาก

  • @grumpyoldfart7302
    @grumpyoldfart7302 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    jaj

  • @darlintamie
    @darlintamie 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    wtrh...it isn't a back-up HORN !! All road equipment has a back-up signal factory installed. It's for SAFETY!!!! duh

  • @Sillisify
    @Sillisify 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    hoooly fuck

  • @jerrypeal653
    @jerrypeal653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well , No !