When I was a boy, my dream job was a dozer operator. Here I am, almost 37yrs old, currently a welder, and I’m still fascinated and enamored with heavy equipment whenever I see it. Thanks for sharing!
Coming from a welder who used to operate equipment, stick to welding. No pun intended, operating is cool the first day. Very monotonous. Easy, but monotonous.
I learned more from this video about how cat dozers work and all the tricks you pointed out than I ever have from the other videos about how to operate a dozer. Thank you for sharing
Great video sir, very informative, I'm a D-11T dozer operator in a coal mine here in alabama, I can honestly say there aren't enough of us around anymore, grade control has really ruined some of the newer generation from learning how to listen to the machine and feel the machine from your hands to your wrist and arms all the way from the feet to your ass, in my opinion if you learn your machine and you want to do your job well the sounds and feel of the dozer will tell you exactly what you need to know, you will feel what and how your pushing or if your digging or cutting into the ground on one side or the other, getting to know your machine is the key in my opinion, iv never stopped learning even after 19 years in the seat that machine still teaches me something everyday. Iv never got to use grade control yet, but if I'm not in the push pushing over burden off of coal I'm building a road or ramp for rock trucks. Stay safe brother!
Thank you for this instructional video about the D10T dozer, I feel like I know enough about operating the controls of a dozer now to find one running and immediately crash it - which is more than I knew previously about driving a dozer. 10/10
I've been in construction my entire life and even when I was a kid. I was raised with it since my entire dad's side of the family have been in it before I was born. My grandfather, uncles and cousins were in it then my dad and brother. Once I got into it I chose the dozer since everyone in my family who was in construction was so I just followed suit. I absolutely love it. I tried all of the different pieces of equipment but I feel like the dozer is where I belong. The biggest dozer I ever operated was a high track D9 and it was amazing but I've found the wide track D6 is my jam. This single video is more educational than two companies I worked for combined. The foreman and superintendents made it seem like teaching people or communicating to people was not an option and everything was top secret. You definitely need to continue to make videos like this where whatever it is you're doing, just give little tips and pointers and explain things. It helps newer operators out and even seasoned ones because what you do most likely would be a different approach to something that can work for other people.
Yeah I agree on the D6. It’s a handy little dozer, and perfect for almost any job. I was even on a next gen D6 and it’s freakin nice. It’s super smooth and probably the most comfortable dozer I’ve ever been on.
That was about the best dozer video it was like your in the cab with him. With the shaking, engine, tracks rattling that was really cool. Hope you make more longer videos.
Mate great video , I'm doing my dozer , haul truck , water cart tickets in two weeks to enter the Western Australian mining industry . Your video has definitely helped me . Much appreciated.
You won’t get a job on a dozer without thorough experience.. if you’re lucky you can get in on a dump truck. then once you get that far join the queue of operators who also want to learn loaders, dozers, graders etc.. but there is little time to train new starters on these machines in a mining environment. Good luck tho, definitely not impossible, just a long road 👍
My name is Osama from Algeria, I am 35 years old single, I have 14 years of experience driving a digger and bulldozer. I need a job and you have all my respect and appreciation.
Bro very good video I'm 14 and I've been running equipment since I was 3 the biggest dozer I ran was a brand new d8 I've ran excavators semis loaders and skidsteers very good video very cool
I'm 54 years old my father was a heavy equipment mech.for local 77 out of wash dc by the time I was 12 I operated every piece of equipment made in the 70s it was definitely alot of fun Although Nothing this new
Thank you, I have thousands of hours on D10N/R/T’s. The controls are easy to use, and once you get used to the power and size, it’s a fun dozer to operate. The GPS is nice and makes working toward a design easier, but the one on this machine is “indicate only” and not even used in this video. GPS won’t make a bad operator good, but it can make a good operator better and more efficient.
I'm trying to get an operator job myself right now. I wish I could understand what the hell you're doing in there 😂😂 I know it seems simple to you, but I'm clueless. I've watched plenty videos on bulldozer operation and I still don't get it. Clearly it's one of those things you gotta experience before you actually understand what to do. What I gather is the Trimble company makes laser precision devices for level grading and usually operators have computers in the cab reading the Trimble and showing the operator where to go and what to do. Makes it pretty easy for the operators, certainly easier than it was like 25 years ago I'm sure. Anyway, what I don't get is the whole concept of land sculpting. I'm hoping they can teach me the foundation to understand this. Then it'll make a lot more sense to me all the functions of a dozer. Excavator is more obvious to a lay person what's going on with the tool. I really hope I can start a career of this and start getting some real paid time in the seat to gain experience. Never heard an operator say they hated their job and wanted to quit to become something else. 😂
Ive only driven an old one 1960s no computers there just levers, super fun and not that hard to control at all. Id like to do bigger work like moving more earth around and sculpting as you were saying. Mainly dragging redwoods to landings and flattening roads so far.
Well hello Driver! Happened to stumble across this video and thought.....I recognize that voice! Glad to see your still runnin that yellow iron! Hope all is well my friend!
Miah my ol’ friend!!!?! Glad you stopped by to say g’day! I’m still hands on training and still bleed yellow. I’ve had to stretch the color palette a little, but maintain my favorite. Hope you’re doing well and would love to catch up whenever this Corona goes away and normal travel returns. Take care, and you’ve got MY vote! Cheers
I ran a Holland loader for awhile, it was a machine mounted on two D10N's, one in front pulling and one behind pushing, sort of like a twin engine scraper. It could load 120 yds of dirt in under 70 seconds consistently. The front dozer happened to have a cushion blade on it, and sometimes the bank I was loading out of, would cave off in front of me and I would doze through the pile, with a full to overflowing blade load, while at the same time, loading the 120 yds of dirt. It was an impressive machine.
That would be something to see! And I imagine few have had the opportunity to operate… I’ve operated all sizes of scrapers Cat makes, but nothing compared to that. Well done!
@@briansims9820 if you google Holland Loader mining, you will see some pictures of the horizontal cut loader. They had 2 types, a horizontal cut loader and a vertical cut loader. The one I ran was a vertical cut. They both operated similarly. I would send pics of the vertical cut but I don't know how to do it, here. I could text you some pics if you are interested.
@@fedup3582 mate, that’d be great to see! simsbj68@gmail.com. I’ve operated so many different types of earthmoving equipment around the world in my 34 years as an operator/instructor…. just about everything used in mining, but I am not familiar with the Holland loader. I’d love to see some pics!! If you send me an email I’d be happy to give you my phone number for texts if that works for you. Cheers!!
@@briansims9820 Здравствуй Друг. У меня есть вопрос. А есть ли возрастные ограничения для работы на бульдозере? Я хотел узнать. Если был раньше опыт работы в другой стране на бульдозере. При приезде в сша и имея разрешения на работу, возможно ли в 50-55 лет устроится оператором бульдозера? И какая оплата сейчас примерно в сша получает $ в час? И есть ли перспектива роста? И какая трудовая неделя для операторов бульдозера? Спасибо друг. За ответ. Мира и добра тебе и твоей семье!!!
OMG you are very good on a dozer if i might say. One mechine i have not had alot of time on and wish i could get more. It is one powerful machine that can do some real nice work. Thank you for the video loved it
Ive been facinated by large equipment since a child. I operated a skid loader 50 hours a week durning college summer doing rough grading in preparation of sod. Man, that wheeled loader whooped my ass. I pissed blood after one week. Later i got an excavation job. I ran the lambs foot in an open cab for 50 hours a week. After that summer job ended i never went back. It gets very monotonous.
Cool video thanks. I drove a few but never “operated”. Ironically I wanted to be a heavy equipment operator for a long time and as a kid and I now repair them in the mines I am a heavy equipment for Finning CAT. Still fun I suppose
Wish I was still operating. Operated D10s and D11s for several years at WV surface mines. D10T has a lot more power compared to D10R, and N models. There fast and can move a lot of material. Perfect slope dozer.
@James Street Tmodel is latest version dozer then R model was made before that then N model was before R model etc. N model was a power shift dozer. Which u steered it by levers by hand then when R model came out it was steered and shifted by your fingers. R model was a big change in the cab for cat dozers in the D10 and D11.
I could not agree more! It feels good when you start loading up the blade in 2nd and then she drops to first and you get that grunt and power... ooh ooh ohh!
you're a lucky man what a gravy job so easy not physically demanding at all and you get to play in giant toys all day with no one yelling in your ear I'm jealous I guess we're stupid to not have a job running heavy equipment..
Trust me, there’s still someone there to yell in your ear if you’re not meeting their demands, but you’re right about the physical ease when you learn to let the machine do what it’s designed to do
As someone new to running a big dozer, which I’m a wheel loader operator, but fill in sometime on the dozer, this made my asshole pucker quite a few times 😂 you guys are gnarly 😂
Running a big dozer will beat you up over an 8 hr day. The new ones have easier controls, air conditioning etc, but they are still tough. I ran D-8 and D-10 as a kid working for my uncle in the lumber business. Ripping up stumps and making logging roads. Once you learn how to tilt the blade for carry or for cutting, and finding the level position when cutting, the rest isn’t too hard.
I ran a d9 caterpillar stripping coal about 45 years ago, I hated it. So I did mechanic work (night shift with a miners Wheat light)on them for awhile and swore I wouldn’t work on any more heavy equipment unless it’s my own, so far I have suck by that swear😊
thanks for sharing,,those of us who ran iron in the past,,,all the technical gagets,,are just too much for our brains...at least mine....is that 9,000 hours on that machine
Yes, it was over 9,000hrs in the video, and I believe it’s just cracked over 10k/hrs now. Still in really good nick, and could possibly go another 10k/hrs before major component rebuilds... engine, torque converter, trans, planetary drives.
Thanks for showing this, I am making a detailed 3D animated model of a D11, this film helps me a lot. An animation of the tracks you can find on my channel, the model itself is progressing nicely.
I operate a D10 every day also but in coal so I look at the top of the radiator v/s the top of the blade for level, if the top of the blade is 4” above the radiator I’m level and if it’s level with the radiator I’m cutting and when the coal is rolling 3’ above the top of the blade I’ve got all she’ll handle, life is good in a D10!
Awesome tip! With a coal blade, your rock guard is high enough to see when parked on flat ground... perfect for judging going up or down. I use the top of the radiator to level my blade side to side. After a push as I’m backing up, I’ll check that my blade is level with top of the radiator before my next push. Good stuff!
Hi, I was wondering where was this at? I use to operate a Caterpillar D-11 N at a coal mine. Oh and also in your clip it towards the end it shows you going parallel to the water. If I did that where I use to work I could get into trouble. The reason being is if for some reason that area cracked off and fell I wouldn't have any where to escape to, as compared to if I was going perpendicular to the water or drop off. Those mirrors up on the exhaust pipes must be helpful. The D-11 N that I operated didn't have any mirrors at all. This film kind of reminded of those days. Thanks for sharing!
You got the dual tilt cylinders th company i worked at had one d8t that had that never hot to play on that one spent alot of time on the other 6ts and8ts they had though
im 18 and just attending a collage to get a heavy equipment certification, so far dozer is by far my favorite and i'd love to work in a mine running these large machines, how can I start to work my way up to running them?
I’ve never liked Topcon, but at least you have the GX55. I like that one better than the GX60. And at my company, I’m not allowed to go over 1st gear! 1st to push, half to rip. It’s a T2 so it’s pretty tough, but dang it kinda sucks to work slower.
In a straight forward push, maximising blade capacity, first gear is going to out produce second gear day in and day out. BUT… if you’re not allowed to reverse in second gear, you’re losing production. Forward is productive, reverse is nonproductive, so you minimise time in reverse by using second. Also, if you can’t maximise the blade load, then second is going to be more productive and won’t hurt the machine, provided you don’t overheat the torque converter. The whole reason for an “auto-downshift” switch is so you can work in second and have the machine monitor speed and load and automatically select first gear for you if/when the blade load increases enough to need it. Some companies are more concerned about maintenance costs than production, when in reality the higher production would offset a lot of costs and turn them a better profit at the end of the day. I feel for you!
In my 47 years dozer D8, 9 And 10s, I get way more done in 2nd gear than my fellow workers in 1st! Only two companies ever wanted me to back up in 3rd, one a D10 the other D9. Also if you are not in a (slot push) situation, don't waste time pushing a not full load All the way....leave it and go get another blade full, add to the first one. This way you gradually build germs, which keep a bigger blade full. Each site, different material, needs different tricks. But guys can get in a (working by the hour) mentality and "ho hum push in 1st all day" 🤣🤣
You hear them in the D10 as well as any other dozer, but it melts away quickly for me after years of operating. Can’t remember how long it took, but it’s almost like white noise now unless a pin starts squealing and it comes back grabbing my attention
First gear takes longer but its better for the powertrain, pushing second puts unecessary stress on the powertrain and results in reduced component life.
As long as the torque converter and transmission don’t overheat, there is minimal reduced component life in the drivetrain. There may be increased wear and reduced life of the chain, shoes, and grousers, along with GET, but the trade off is production. The production gains using second gear when appropriate will offset the wear losses multiple times over.
Damn man that dozer is an absolute monster compared to the d6's at where i work lol. Just curious, how much more difficult is it to run one of these compared to a 6? Ive never ran anything bigger than that but from the video at least, it looks like it requires a lot more skill because the blade doesn't look as visible and it's so much further from the cab. The controls are also different too i see
You’ve nailed the hurdles, for sure, but it’s not as hard as you may think. A dozer is a dozer is a dozer. The biggest hurdle is probably visibility. By the time you “see” and feel you’re cutting, you’re about 12”(300mm) deep and headed deeper. The right side is nearly impossible to see, so most work is done looking at the left and using the top of your tracks and a mark on the back of your blade to know when your blade is flat with the bottom of your tracks. On flat ground, lightly set the blade down and pick a gap between the top of tracks and a mark on the blade. As you are pushing material, if the gap is greater, material will be going under the blade and you will be coming up in grade. If the gap is smaller, you will be cutting and going down. This, combined with the bubble in your butt is how you shape the ground to the level and angle you want. Instead of diff-steer, you have fingertip control paddles that apply the friction steering that was historically the two large steering levers on all Cats prior to the “N” series on D8 and D9, and I believe prior to the R on D6 and others. With friction steering, the first part when pulling on the lever or paddle engages a clutch on the side your lever is pulled. As you pull further, you start to engage the brakes on that side. So, initially you clutch and allow the other side to keep driving, allowing a slight steering, and the turn gets sharper the further you pull on the lever up to the point you fully lock the one side and the other drives around it. When going down a steep grade like my batter, you actually have to apply cross-steer, because when you initially apply the friction and the clutch starts to slip, that side will actually speed up because of gravity. Pushing down a steep slope, you lightly pull on the left steer lever to make a slight right turn. Finally, sitting up so high and far from the ground, you have to train yourself to see the ground from a different perspective. It gets harder to judge highs and lows. I get my operators (when new to large equipment) to get out and look from ground level after they’ve worked an area and before they leave to a new job. What looks smooth from sitting in the seat can look like a bombing range when you get on the ground. By climbing down then back up and looking at it, your brain starts to identify what you’re actually seeing, and your judgement improves
How do I start with a career in one of these dozers/operating heavy machinery like this. It’s always been a dream of mine but I’m not sure where to start like school or on the job training
You either know someone with a dozer and they allow you to learn and get experience or you go to school somewhere for a heavy equipment operator, or get lucky and get hired where someone lets you do it. I've got a D4D from 1965 it's fun as hell driving through the forest making roads pushing trees over. Took me only a few days before understanding all the controls. Months until I could flatten a road nicely. Years until I did it all correctly lol
You should be waiting for the next scraper by sitting at a 45 degree angle directly next to where you want them to begin their loading. As the scraper passes, they should be slowing down to start their cut, as the dozer is squared up and approaching in second gear. The easiest and smoothest connection is made when you carry the blade high and make contact just above or at the top of the cutting edge on the blade. As you feel the contact and start pushing, you slide the blade down to center on the stinger of the scraper. This way if you hit a little hard, your blade is curved and it’s more of a glancing blow as it lifts the rear of the 51. The operator won’t feel the impact as bad. It’s important that the scraper keeps rolling as they start their cut, slowly until they feel the connection, then they can throttle up and drop the bowl deeper. If you’re chain loading, once you push them out of the cut, you back up and turn at a 45 deg angle so you’re ready for the next one.
If the scrapers will start their cut shallow and maintain second gear about half throttle, the D10 should catch up easily in second gear, then decelerate as necessary to make a soft pickup… again, with blade lifted high then slid down to center on the stinger until the push is completed
@@tacodriver89 putting the blade in float is for back-dragging. That way if too much material starts to build up, the blade will float up over it and not just grind it into the pins and hydraulic lines behind the blade. Putting the blade in float and moving forward would just cause the blade to dive on you. It could only work on something like a concrete pad and you’re scraping snow or mud off. And then it wouldn’t be a D10… more like a D6. Float relieves hydraulic pressure and allows the weight of the blade sit on the ground. A D10 has a very heavy blade and would cut into any softer surface moving forward, even with the blade rolled back
@@tacodriver89 if someone puts the blade in float while they’re pushing a scraper, as soon as they lose some pressure against the stinger, the blade would start falling. I would never recommend float while pushing, because I will actually control the scraper bowl with it… raising or lowering, and I’ve even tilted it to level a cut
@@briansims9820 Let's assume an average healthy person can carry 50 pounds divided into 2 buckets carried over their shoulders. 30 Tons of dirt is 60,000 pounds divided by 50 pounds = 1,200 people equivalent.
Im thinking about going to a heavy equipment school soon do you think its a good place to get my feet wet on learning the equipment? And will it help me to get my feet in the door somewhere?
It would definitely give you the chance to see if it’s for you, and it can open some doors. Operators that go to the schools aren’t taken as serious as they should because the experience isn’t there. Good luck!
When I was a boy, my dream job was a dozer operator. Here I am, almost 37yrs old, currently a welder, and I’m still fascinated and enamored with heavy equipment whenever I see it. Thanks for sharing!
I ain’t gonna lie.... I STILL find it fun to operate the big gear!
Can you operate a roto tiller?
All you gotta do is apply for the job man, it’s hard starting a new career from zero but sooner is better than later
Coming from a welder who used to operate equipment, stick to welding. No pun intended, operating is cool the first day. Very monotonous. Easy, but monotonous.
Shoulda woulda coulda
I was a dozer operator for 20 years, and loved every second of it.
It was my dream job.
Nice I'd love to get some work in on a bulldozer it's not easy to find jobs as one though unless you start your own business doing something with it.
My pops was a union operator for 40 years at a landfill, he operated a d10t, wish he was still alive, miss him everyday.
I learned more from this video about how cat dozers work and all the tricks you pointed out than I ever have from the other videos about how to operate a dozer. Thank you for sharing
Great video sir, very informative, I'm a D-11T dozer operator in a coal mine here in alabama, I can honestly say there aren't enough of us around anymore, grade control has really ruined some of the newer generation from learning how to listen to the machine and feel the machine from your hands to your wrist and arms all the way from the feet to your ass, in my opinion if you learn your machine and you want to do your job well the sounds and feel of the dozer will tell you exactly what you need to know, you will feel what and how your pushing or if your digging or cutting into the ground on one side or the other, getting to know your machine is the key in my opinion, iv never stopped learning even after 19 years in the seat that machine still teaches me something everyday. Iv never got to use grade control yet, but if I'm not in the push pushing over burden off of coal I'm building a road or ramp for rock trucks. Stay safe brother!
Thank you for this instructional video about the D10T dozer, I feel like I know enough about operating the controls of a dozer now to find one running and immediately crash it - which is more than I knew previously about driving a dozer. 10/10
You must be a union man.....
I've been in construction my entire life and even when I was a kid. I was raised with it since my entire dad's side of the family have been in it before I was born. My grandfather, uncles and cousins were in it then my dad and brother. Once I got into it I chose the dozer since everyone in my family who was in construction was so I just followed suit. I absolutely love it. I tried all of the different pieces of equipment but I feel like the dozer is where I belong.
The biggest dozer I ever operated was a high track D9 and it was amazing but I've found the wide track D6 is my jam. This single video is more educational than two companies I worked for combined. The foreman and superintendents made it seem like teaching people or communicating to people was not an option and everything was top secret.
You definitely need to continue to make videos like this where whatever it is you're doing, just give little tips and pointers and explain things. It helps newer operators out and even seasoned ones because what you do most likely would be a different approach to something that can work for other people.
Yeah I agree on the D6. It’s a handy little dozer, and perfect for almost any job. I was even on a next gen D6 and it’s freakin nice. It’s super smooth and probably the most comfortable dozer I’ve ever been on.
That was about the best dozer video it was like your in the cab with him. With the shaking, engine, tracks rattling that was really cool. Hope you make more longer videos.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@briansims9820 I could barely here saying tickle tickle to the dozer. LoL
A little different than the one I ran 1967 D8H we had on our Georgia farm in the 80's. Lol. Technology is awesome. Great video.
The D10 that i get to run is a little older and a few windows shy of full enclosure. Pushes piles like a beast and pushes the 637 buggies like toys.
Great vid! I'm obsessed with driving one. Always wanted to, but it's now very high on my bucket list.
Mate great video , I'm doing my dozer , haul truck , water cart tickets in two weeks to enter the Western Australian mining industry . Your video has definitely helped me . Much appreciated.
You won’t get a job on a dozer without thorough experience.. if you’re lucky you can get in on a dump truck. then once you get that far join the queue of operators who also want to learn loaders, dozers, graders etc.. but there is little time to train new starters on these machines in a mining environment.
Good luck tho, definitely not impossible, just a long road 👍
My name is Osama from Algeria, I am 35 years old single, I have 14 years of experience driving a digger and bulldozer. I need a job and you have all my respect and appreciation.
Bro very good video I'm 14 and I've been running equipment since I was 3 the biggest dozer I ran was a brand new d8 I've ran excavators semis loaders and skidsteers very good video very cool
thanks for the ride along, ran a lot of wheel loaders never had the chance to Run a Dozer before... would love a couple days in the seat.
It is amazing feeling having that much raw power under your control.
Awesome. I once ran an old D6. I think it had friction drive. The power was amazing
Hoping you make more of these just "chilling and working" kind of videos; I just love the sound of the dozer and hearing you just chat while working
Thanks for the ride. Keep these vids coming!🇺🇸
Big kids playing in the sand box! I’m envious, I play in the mud (concrete) this looks like more fun though!
Loved the ride down the hill. You gotta have some balls to do that. Love the video. Nice job.
Fantastic video. Well explained what you're doing
Great video! Thanks for the ride! Quote of the day.. " best thing about having a D10, ya build yerr own road!
Awesome video! I've always wanted to run one of these monster dozers. I haven't made it past a D7 yet... One day....
Freaking awesome man! Thank you! My grandsons and I share a love watching and the oldest will go nuts watching the controls explained.
Great video, you know how to drive a dozer and driving her on real well 👍
I love heavy equipment, is amazing. Thanks for the experience 😊
I ran a D10 pushing coal in Memphis til they shut the plant down in 2018. Beast of a machine. Now I'm running a baby JD 700
That’s like a go cart after the D10, hahaha
I'm 54 years old my father was a heavy equipment mech.for local 77 out of wash dc by the time I was 12 I operated every piece of equipment made in the 70s it was definitely alot of fun
Although Nothing this new
A very good video man. Keep it up!
I have to admit I am a little jealous. Looks like a lot of fun and you make it look easy. Cool video.
It is easy when you have GPS telling you where the blades gotta be.
Thank you, I have thousands of hours on D10N/R/T’s. The controls are easy to use, and once you get used to the power and size, it’s a fun dozer to operate. The GPS is nice and makes working toward a design easier, but the one on this machine is “indicate only” and not even used in this video.
GPS won’t make a bad operator good, but it can make a good operator better and more efficient.
Got to drive a D9 Hydra-Stat once... moved a pile of dirt higher and wider than the 6'X12' blade like it was nothing! 😳
That was like a FPV video game! Cool! Thanks mate!
I'm trying to get an operator job myself right now. I wish I could understand what the hell you're doing in there 😂😂 I know it seems simple to you, but I'm clueless. I've watched plenty videos on bulldozer operation and I still don't get it. Clearly it's one of those things you gotta experience before you actually understand what to do. What I gather is the Trimble company makes laser precision devices for level grading and usually operators have computers in the cab reading the Trimble and showing the operator where to go and what to do. Makes it pretty easy for the operators, certainly easier than it was like 25 years ago I'm sure. Anyway, what I don't get is the whole concept of land sculpting. I'm hoping they can teach me the foundation to understand this. Then it'll make a lot more sense to me all the functions of a dozer. Excavator is more obvious to a lay person what's going on with the tool. I really hope I can start a career of this and start getting some real paid time in the seat to gain experience. Never heard an operator say they hated their job and wanted to quit to become something else. 😂
Ive only driven an old one 1960s no computers there just levers, super fun and not that hard to control at all. Id like to do bigger work like moving more earth around and sculpting as you were saying. Mainly dragging redwoods to landings and flattening roads so far.
Well hello Driver! Happened to stumble across this video and thought.....I recognize that voice! Glad to see your still runnin that yellow iron! Hope all is well my friend!
Miah my ol’ friend!!!?! Glad you stopped by to say g’day! I’m still hands on training and still bleed yellow. I’ve had to stretch the color palette a little, but maintain my favorite. Hope you’re doing well and would love to catch up whenever this Corona goes away and normal travel returns. Take care, and you’ve got MY vote! Cheers
I ran a Holland loader for awhile, it was a machine mounted on two D10N's, one in front pulling and one behind pushing, sort of like a twin engine scraper. It could load 120 yds of dirt in under 70 seconds consistently. The front dozer happened to have a cushion blade on it, and sometimes the bank I was loading out of, would cave off in front of me and I would doze through the pile, with a full to overflowing blade load, while at the same time, loading the 120 yds of dirt. It was an impressive machine.
That would be something to see! And I imagine few have had the opportunity to operate… I’ve operated all sizes of scrapers Cat makes, but nothing compared to that. Well done!
@@briansims9820 if you google Holland Loader mining, you will see some pictures of the horizontal cut loader. They had 2 types, a horizontal cut loader and a vertical cut loader. The one I ran was a vertical cut. They both operated similarly. I would send pics of the vertical cut but I don't know how to do it, here. I could text you some pics if you are interested.
@@fedup3582 mate, that’d be great to see! simsbj68@gmail.com. I’ve operated so many different types of earthmoving equipment around the world in my 34 years as an operator/instructor…. just about everything used in mining, but I am not familiar with the Holland loader. I’d love to see some pics!! If you send me an email I’d be happy to give you my phone number for texts if that works for you. Cheers!!
@@briansims9820 Здравствуй Друг. У меня есть вопрос.
А есть ли возрастные ограничения для работы на бульдозере?
Я хотел узнать. Если был раньше опыт работы в другой стране на бульдозере. При приезде в сша и имея разрешения на работу, возможно ли в 50-55 лет устроится оператором бульдозера? И какая оплата сейчас примерно в сша получает $ в час? И есть ли перспектива роста? И какая трудовая неделя для операторов бульдозера?
Спасибо друг. За ответ. Мира и добра тебе и твоей семье!!!
@@briansims9820
И есть ли места для работы оператором бульдозера? Или это не так просто получить документы на бульдозер и работать?
OMG you are very good on a dozer if i might say. One mechine i have not had alot of time on and wish i could get more. It is one powerful machine that can do some real nice work. Thank you for the video loved it
Nice ride, thank you!
Great job, much appreciated 👍✌️
Ive been facinated by large equipment since a child. I operated a skid loader 50 hours a week durning college summer doing rough grading in preparation of sod. Man, that wheeled loader whooped my ass. I pissed blood after one week. Later i got an excavation job. I ran the lambs foot in an open cab for 50 hours a week. After that summer job ended i never went back. It gets very monotonous.
I have ran d9 and smaller dozers. The d8 t is my specialty , loved operating it for 3 years with Primors
fellow dozer guy here just smaller great vid bud cheers
Cool video thanks. I drove a few but never “operated”. Ironically I wanted to be a heavy equipment operator for a long time and as a kid and I now repair them in the mines I am a heavy equipment for Finning CAT. Still fun I suppose
I run a d11 but watching you in the d10 is still interesting.
Doesn’t even seems like it’s pushing anything,it’s a beast!
Wish I was still operating. Operated D10s and D11s for several years at WV surface mines. D10T has a lot more power compared to D10R, and N models. There fast and can move a lot of material. Perfect slope dozer.
@James Street Tmodel is latest version dozer then R model was made before that then N model was before R model etc. N model was a power shift dozer. Which u steered it by levers by hand then when R model came out it was steered and shifted by your fingers. R model was a big change in the cab for cat dozers in the D10 and D11.
And those turbos really sing!
Love running 10T they are little hot rods. Especially on a dump when using the automatic down shift.
I could not agree more! It feels good when you start loading up the blade in 2nd and then she drops to first and you get that grunt and power... ooh ooh ohh!
The T2s have autoshift all I do is control the FNR and blade. Makes running the dump nice
you're a lucky man what a gravy job so easy not physically demanding at all and you get to play in giant toys all day with no one yelling in your ear I'm jealous I guess we're stupid to not have a job running heavy equipment..
Trust me, there’s still someone there to yell in your ear if you’re not meeting their demands, but you’re right about the physical ease when you learn to let the machine do what it’s designed to do
That’s badass, I love dozers.
I wish dozers were more common in Norway, would love to run one
Awesome video
This is so cool :D Greetings in Estonia :)
As someone new to running a big dozer, which I’m a wheel loader operator, but fill in sometime on the dozer, this made my asshole pucker quite a few times 😂 you guys are gnarly 😂
God bless the engineers and mechanics at Caterpillar!
Awesome mate.
This machine is so fast compared to D11 it’s unbelievable
Running a big dozer will beat you up over an 8 hr day. The new ones have easier controls, air conditioning etc, but they are still tough. I ran D-8 and D-10 as a kid working for my uncle in the lumber business. Ripping up stumps and making logging roads.
Once you learn how to tilt the blade for carry or for cutting, and finding the level position when cutting, the rest isn’t too hard.
I'm "pusing" sir watching this video. May be because you use a go pro camera.
But I still love it. I love the "cat". Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing!
Nice video. That’s my dream job
Nice work
I ran a d9 caterpillar stripping coal about 45 years ago, I hated it. So I did mechanic work (night shift with a miners Wheat light)on them for awhile and swore I wouldn’t work on any more heavy equipment unless it’s my own, so far I have suck by that swear😊
Супер, не работа а отдых!!
The 9s and 10s are kinda of nice you can see the blade corners unlike the 7s and 8s but after years it’s all about feeling the machine
Agreed. Well said
Running by the seat of your pants
So cool! If you ever need rental heavy equipment or new towable generators, light towers or fuel tanks feel free to reach out!
thanks for sharing,,those of us who ran iron in the past,,,all the technical gagets,,are just too much for our brains...at least mine....is that 9,000 hours on that machine
Yes, it was over 9,000hrs in the video, and I believe it’s just cracked over 10k/hrs now. Still in really good nick, and could possibly go another 10k/hrs before major component rebuilds... engine, torque converter, trans, planetary drives.
Awesome buddy I love running equipment but it’s definitely hard on your back especially a dozer god bless everyone
Thanks for showing this, I am making a detailed 3D animated model of a D11, this film helps me a lot. An animation of the tracks you can find on my channel, the model itself is progressing nicely.
That looks fun
Good
Looks so easy to operate D10T, but I'm not sure if I can operate correctly. Thanks for the video.
Bucket list. Your lucky. ;-)
I operate a D10 every day also but in coal so I look at the top of the radiator v/s the top of the blade for level, if the top of the blade is 4” above the radiator I’m level and if it’s level with the radiator I’m cutting and when the coal is rolling 3’ above the top of the blade I’ve got all she’ll handle, life is good in a D10!
Awesome tip! With a coal blade, your rock guard is high enough to see when parked on flat ground... perfect for judging going up or down.
I use the top of the radiator to level my blade side to side. After a push as I’m backing up, I’ll check that my blade is level with top of the radiator before my next push. Good stuff!
Couldn't remember if the d10 or newer ones have the agitator button on the blade control like the d6 and d8 does
@@davidroberts2404 no, there’s no shaker to get the mud to fall off
Thanks awsome to watch
Love it
Interesting!
this is awesome
Tks fer the vid
Hi, I was wondering where was this at? I use to operate a Caterpillar D-11 N at a coal mine. Oh and also in your clip it towards the end it shows you going parallel to the water. If I did that where I use to work I could get into trouble. The reason being is if for some reason that area cracked off and fell I wouldn't have any where to escape to, as compared to if I was going perpendicular to the water or drop off. Those mirrors up on the exhaust pipes must be helpful. The D-11 N that I operated didn't have any mirrors at all. This film kind of reminded of those days. Thanks for sharing!
I thought that a bit bizarre too. Almost unnecessary. Yank type accent so maybe US?
You got the dual tilt cylinders th company i worked at had one d8t that had that never hot to play on that one spent alot of time on the other 6ts and8ts they had though
Good ole fingertip controls.
I love d10t's, probably more than 11's
im 18 and just attending a collage to get a heavy equipment certification, so far dozer is by far my favorite and i'd love to work in a mine running these large machines, how can I start to work my way up to running them?
Cool .....my dream job was dozer operator
I run a D10N i sure do miss my t model
Привет из России! Отличный бульдозер!
How do they see what they are doing? Why don’t they redesign the dozer , swap the engine and cab round so you can see exactly were the blade is?
I’ve never liked Topcon, but at least you have the GX55. I like that one better than the GX60.
And at my company, I’m not allowed to go over 1st gear! 1st to push, half to rip. It’s a T2 so it’s pretty tough, but dang it kinda sucks to work slower.
In a straight forward push, maximising blade capacity, first gear is going to out produce second gear day in and day out. BUT… if you’re not allowed to reverse in second gear, you’re losing production. Forward is productive, reverse is nonproductive, so you minimise time in reverse by using second. Also, if you can’t maximise the blade load, then second is going to be more productive and won’t hurt the machine, provided you don’t overheat the torque converter. The whole reason for an “auto-downshift” switch is so you can work in second and have the machine monitor speed and load and automatically select first gear for you if/when the blade load increases enough to need it.
Some companies are more concerned about maintenance costs than production, when in reality the higher production would offset a lot of costs and turn them a better profit at the end of the day. I feel for you!
In my 47 years dozer D8, 9 And 10s, I get way more done in 2nd gear than my fellow workers in 1st! Only two companies ever wanted me to back up in 3rd, one a D10 the other D9. Also if you are not in a (slot push) situation, don't waste time pushing a not full load All the way....leave it and go get another blade full, add to the first one. This way you gradually build germs, which keep a bigger blade full. Each site, different material, needs different tricks. But guys can get in a (working by the hour) mentality and "ho hum push in 1st all day" 🤣🤣
How long did it take for you to not hear the clacking from the tracks or do you not hear them in the 10 like you do the 5s
You hear them in the D10 as well as any other dozer, but it melts away quickly for me after years of operating. Can’t remember how long it took, but it’s almost like white noise now unless a pin starts squealing and it comes back grabbing my attention
Smooth
First gear takes longer but its better for the powertrain, pushing second puts unecessary stress on the powertrain and results in reduced component life.
As long as the torque converter and transmission don’t overheat, there is minimal reduced component life in the drivetrain. There may be increased wear and reduced life of the chain, shoes, and grousers, along with GET, but the trade off is production. The production gains using second gear when appropriate will offset the wear losses multiple times over.
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Damn man that dozer is an absolute monster compared to the d6's at where i work lol. Just curious, how much more difficult is it to run one of these compared to a 6? Ive never ran anything bigger than that but from the video at least, it looks like it requires a lot more skill because the blade doesn't look as visible and it's so much further from the cab. The controls are also different too i see
You’ve nailed the hurdles, for sure, but it’s not as hard as you may think. A dozer is a dozer is a dozer.
The biggest hurdle is probably visibility. By the time you “see” and feel you’re cutting, you’re about 12”(300mm) deep and headed deeper. The right side is nearly impossible to see, so most work is done looking at the left and using the top of your tracks and a mark on the back of your blade to know when your blade is flat with the bottom of your tracks.
On flat ground, lightly set the blade down and pick a gap between the top of tracks and a mark on the blade. As you are pushing material, if the gap is greater, material will be going under the blade and you will be coming up in grade. If the gap is smaller, you will be cutting and going down. This, combined with the bubble in your butt is how you shape the ground to the level and angle you want.
Instead of diff-steer, you have fingertip control paddles that apply the friction steering that was historically the two large steering levers on all Cats prior to the “N” series on D8 and D9, and I believe prior to the R on D6 and others.
With friction steering, the first part when pulling on the lever or paddle engages a clutch on the side your lever is pulled. As you pull further, you start to engage the brakes on that side. So, initially you clutch and allow the other side to keep driving, allowing a slight steering, and the turn gets sharper the further you pull on the lever up to the point you fully lock the one side and the other drives around it. When going down a steep grade like my batter, you actually have to apply cross-steer, because when you initially apply the friction and the clutch starts to slip, that side will actually speed up because of gravity. Pushing down a steep slope, you lightly pull on the left steer lever to make a slight right turn.
Finally, sitting up so high and far from the ground, you have to train yourself to see the ground from a different perspective. It gets harder to judge highs and lows. I get my operators (when new to large equipment) to get out and look from ground level after they’ve worked an area and before they leave to a new job. What looks smooth from sitting in the seat can look like a bombing range when you get on the ground. By climbing down then back up and looking at it, your brain starts to identify what you’re actually seeing, and your judgement improves
Way cool
How do I start with a career in one of these dozers/operating heavy machinery like this. It’s always been a dream of mine but I’m not sure where to start like school or on the job training
You either know someone with a dozer and they allow you to learn and get experience or you go to school somewhere for a heavy equipment operator, or get lucky and get hired where someone lets you do it. I've got a D4D from 1965 it's fun as hell driving through the forest making roads pushing trees over. Took me only a few days before understanding all the controls. Months until I could flatten a road nicely. Years until I did it all correctly lol
You have any tips for running a d10 push cat on a 51 spread? As far as being smooth on connecting and pushing?
You should be waiting for the next scraper by sitting at a 45 degree angle directly next to where you want them to begin their loading. As the scraper passes, they should be slowing down to start their cut, as the dozer is squared up and approaching in second gear. The easiest and smoothest connection is made when you carry the blade high and make contact just above or at the top of the cutting edge on the blade. As you feel the contact and start pushing, you slide the blade down to center on the stinger of the scraper. This way if you hit a little hard, your blade is curved and it’s more of a glancing blow as it lifts the rear of the 51. The operator won’t feel the impact as bad. It’s important that the scraper keeps rolling as they start their cut, slowly until they feel the connection, then they can throttle up and drop the bowl deeper.
If you’re chain loading, once you push them out of the cut, you back up and turn at a 45 deg angle so you’re ready for the next one.
If the scrapers will start their cut shallow and maintain second gear about half throttle, the D10 should catch up easily in second gear, then decelerate as necessary to make a soft pickup… again, with blade lifted high then slid down to center on the stinger until the push is completed
@@briansims9820 awesome that sounds like what I was thinking. I’ve heard guys say they put the blade into float is that true?
@@tacodriver89 putting the blade in float is for back-dragging. That way if too much material starts to build up, the blade will float up over it and not just grind it into the pins and hydraulic lines behind the blade. Putting the blade in float and moving forward would just cause the blade to dive on you. It could only work on something like a concrete pad and you’re scraping snow or mud off. And then it wouldn’t be a D10… more like a D6. Float relieves hydraulic pressure and allows the weight of the blade sit on the ground. A D10 has a very heavy blade and would cut into any softer surface moving forward, even with the blade rolled back
@@tacodriver89 if someone puts the blade in float while they’re pushing a scraper, as soon as they lose some pressure against the stinger, the blade would start falling.
I would never recommend float while pushing, because I will actually control the scraper bowl with it… raising or lowering, and I’ve even tilted it to level a cut
If you were just pushing loose dirt, how many people would a machine like this compare to how many people could move the same amount of dirt?
The D10T can push about 30-35 tons each pass… I’m not sure how many people it would take to move that much dirt at one time
@@briansims9820 Let's assume an average healthy person can carry 50 pounds divided into 2 buckets carried over their shoulders. 30 Tons of dirt is 60,000 pounds divided by 50 pounds = 1,200 people equivalent.
@@sanfranciscobay, your math is solid
Man u maid me wanna drive a dozer lol thing looks like a tank I run excavator and that looks waayyyy more fun lol
What kind of excavator u run?
Im thinking about going to a heavy equipment school soon do you think its a good place to get my feet wet on learning the equipment? And will it help me to get my feet in the door somewhere?
It would definitely give you the chance to see if it’s for you, and it can open some doors. Operators that go to the schools aren’t taken as serious as they should because the experience isn’t there. Good luck!
I think you deserve the $50 an hour for this stuff...good video man.