GREAT VIDEO! Your spot on when you explain the concept is knowing which way the material needs to be moved. Efficiently is the key. After spending so many years in scrapers, it a complete different mindset. I've been in dozers for about 8 years and that's where I'll stay. Should be helpful to many.
Thank you so much for the content, I'm starting a job with GPS on the dozer and never run it before, so this is great information and has helped me gain an understanding of how it works, thank you! keep up the good work!
Really appreciate the knowledge! I’ve been running dozers for years but all by feel. I’m in a situation were I can’t except certain jobs because I’ve never used the Trimble gps. Most of my experience is in mining so we always just had the basic gps that tells you what your grade is as your sitting on it. Any more videos explaining the basics of using Trimble gps would be really appreciated! Thanks man stay safe.
I'm in the same situation I ran a dozer and everything else for 25 years. Now I'm running a dozer for a big company, and they use the GPS system and no grade stakes from surveyors. I'm completely oblivious to how to make the thing work makes me feel as if I know nothing.... Totally frustrating 😤
It's become an obsession to be an excavator operator... I discovered a luv of these mega tools late in life. Am I to old to learn and attain a job doing this at age 54? I'm in great shape and highly skilled with computers and technology. I need to move some earth! I have 1990 John Deer Dozer. I've rebuilt hydraulics on and been practicing with and absolutely luv it
This looks like the steel mill I was building in Sinton Tx years ago. Geiger was doing all the dirt work and they had those red trucks everywhere. Great video!
You can also set vertical offsets to get those large piles done with the "Autos" on. But, I will say, with so much extra dirt above the grade, free handing is probably just better still.
Sometimes if the material is fluffy and doesn't want to pack down you can cut it down in increments. Every pass helps pack the material down and make it more firm. This leaves you a more solid, truer grade. It also helps to push a full blade while doing this. And this technique is borderline mandatory when grading a 50% cross slope.
I subscribed and turned on alerts because you seemed informative and I am learning Trimble and have operated Topcon which is more user friendly and this one isn't so in alot of ways. Wanna talk to you about a few points and see if you can help me out. Let me know if you would mind or not. Thanks and good job on that video.
I don't want to rain on your parade, especially with all of the great comments, but I got nothing out of this. I got that GPS would follow the slope plan, but then we were tilting the blade, pushing snow (seemed to warm out for snow) just running without GPS, etc. I have years of experience teaching at the community college level and have a Coast Guard certificare for curriculum developmrnt. If I may offer some suggestions, 1. Have a goal. 2. start with the big picture - what are we trying to accomplish. I think you think you did that at the start, but then off to other stuff. 3. I suggest starting with the big picture goal - grading a large area on a specific slope. What issues arise with no GPS. Then, what value does GPS bring to the finished project and how does GPS make it easier for the operator. What if something goes wrong? How would you know? GPS technology csn make you look like a jerk too. Never trust technology. Make the whole thing tell a story. Plowing dnow and types of blades don't belong. If you know an old school operator who's never used GPS, show it to s/he first before posting and ask what they got out of it. Test yourself with pretend students. Not criticizing, just trying to help. I like CAT too (my son lives in Peoria - CAT HQ) but Komatsu has some great creature comforts. Best, Ray
More of gps please, I run gps sometimes but I always need someone to help me at start of the day entering things in cause I can’t figure the damn computer out so many buttons and options haha. Wish my company would send us to a class where always in such a hurry they don’t want to teach anything.
Same, This stuff is new for this old boy. The feel you have from being old school cat skinner isn't how to feather dirt. It's knowing where everything is going to end up with just a glance. That will be lost with us.
11 years experience on a Cat D10T with wenco GPS crap on it.... best way to use Wenco GPS is simply turn it off OR just pay attention to slope degrees because nothing else is ever correct.
is a old school operator, cant get use to the new system, been doing it for 45 plus years, you want to slope i do it by feel and eyeball, just as good as gps , to much electronics now adays.
More and more nowadays I find it hard to stomach these pretend 'catskinners', with all the operating aids they have and they still take for ever to get in the seat and do some real blade work to completion. I wonder how they would handle an RD6 with an 'A' frame and string blade trimming of to half an inch on formation...........if they could even figure how to start it !
I am new to the Dozer seat, but not new to earthmoving. Your content is supreme. Thank you 💯💯💯
GREAT VIDEO! Your spot on when you explain the concept is knowing which way the material needs to be moved. Efficiently is the key. After spending so many years in scrapers, it a complete different mindset. I've been in dozers for about 8 years and that's where I'll stay. Should be helpful to many.
Thank you so much for the content, I'm starting a job with GPS on the dozer and never run it before, so this is great information and has helped me gain an understanding of how it works, thank you! keep up the good work!
Really appreciate the knowledge! I’ve been running dozers for years but all by feel. I’m in a situation were I can’t except certain jobs because I’ve never used the Trimble gps. Most of my experience is in mining so we always just had the basic gps that tells you what your grade is as your sitting on it. Any more videos explaining the basics of using Trimble gps would be really appreciated! Thanks man stay safe.
Don't loose it
I'm in the same situation I ran a dozer and everything else for 25 years. Now I'm running a dozer for a big company, and they use the GPS system and no grade stakes from surveyors. I'm completely oblivious to how to make the thing work makes me feel as if I know nothing.... Totally frustrating 😤
Great content and great insight in to why you are doing things certain ways!
Thanks Ben
It's become an obsession to be an excavator operator... I discovered a luv of these mega tools late in life. Am I to old to learn and attain a job doing this at age 54? I'm in great shape and highly skilled with computers and technology. I need to move some earth! I have 1990 John Deer Dozer. I've rebuilt hydraulics on and been practicing with and absolutely luv it
This looks like the steel mill I was building in Sinton Tx years ago. Geiger was doing all the dirt work and they had those red trucks everywhere.
Great video!
Interesting!
We definitely need more of these!
Thanks cooper
I need to know why my blade seems to get a mind of its own on a slope. It'll be going good for a bit and then the blade will be up in the air
Fantastic! Super helpful, keep it coming
You can also set vertical offsets to get those large piles done with the "Autos" on. But, I will say, with so much extra dirt above the grade, free handing is probably just better still.
Sometimes if the material is fluffy and doesn't want to pack down you can cut it down in increments. Every pass helps pack the material down and make it more firm. This leaves you a more solid, truer grade. It also helps to push a full blade while doing this. And this technique is borderline mandatory when grading a 50% cross slope.
I like your video i am a bulldozer operator liebher 744
Keep up the good work should drop a video for beginners platform operation
I subscribed and turned on alerts because you seemed informative and I am learning Trimble and have operated Topcon which is more user friendly and this one isn't so in alot of ways. Wanna talk to you about a few points and see if you can help me out. Let me know if you would mind or not. Thanks and good job on that video.
those systems are very worthwhile
I don't want to rain on your parade, especially with all of the great comments, but I got nothing out of this. I got that GPS would follow the slope plan, but then we were tilting the blade, pushing snow (seemed to warm out for snow) just running without GPS, etc. I have years of experience teaching at the community college level and have a Coast Guard certificare for curriculum developmrnt. If I may offer some suggestions, 1. Have a goal. 2. start with the big picture - what are we trying to accomplish. I think you think you did that at the start, but then off to other stuff. 3. I suggest starting with the big picture goal - grading a large area on a specific slope. What issues arise with no GPS. Then, what value does GPS bring to the finished project and how does GPS make it easier for the operator. What if something goes wrong? How would you know? GPS technology csn make you look like a jerk too. Never trust technology. Make the whole thing tell a story. Plowing dnow and types of blades don't belong.
If you know an old school operator who's never used GPS, show it to s/he first before posting and ask what they got out of it. Test yourself with pretend students.
Not criticizing, just trying to help.
I like CAT too (my son lives in Peoria - CAT HQ) but Komatsu has some great creature comforts.
Best, Ray
Very good explanation ,easy to follow your instruction. Definitely check out your other videos. Thanks
Very helpful video.
More of gps please, I run gps sometimes but I always need someone to help me at start of the day entering things in cause I can’t figure the damn computer out so many buttons and options haha. Wish my company would send us to a class where always in such a hurry they don’t want to teach anything.
On it
Can you use that display with slope assist enabled cat machines with the roof mounted GPS units?
Thank you. I'm old school alot of dozer experience o gps😅
Same, This stuff is new for this old boy. The feel you have from being old school cat skinner isn't how to feather dirt. It's knowing where everything is going to end up with just a glance. That will be lost with us.
You should make one on earth works wanting to run gps.
Where is your PPE? While on the job site?
Do you like tremble better than topcon?
Great job
Thank you very informative
Thanks for the tips
Great job explaining my Forman the dirt nazis don’t teach
Are you in California?
Ill be coming to get that soon... Lol
Good!!
11 years experience on a Cat D10T with wenco GPS crap on it.... best way to use Wenco GPS is simply turn it off OR just pay attention to slope degrees because nothing else is ever correct.
is a old school operator, cant get use to the new system, been doing it for 45 plus years, you want to slope i do it by feel and eyeball, just as good as gps , to much electronics now adays.
More and more nowadays I find it hard to stomach these pretend 'catskinners', with all the operating aids they have and they still take for ever to get in the seat and do some real blade work to completion. I wonder how they would handle an RD6 with an 'A' frame and string blade trimming of to half an inch on formation...........if they could even figure how to start it !
Taking a lot of stress off the operator?? More like taking his job away!!
Topcon make it a whole lot easier, U need a degree to work all the Trimble shit out.
Very helpful do you have an email address by chance