Video of my Dozer in action

[EddieWalker]

Video number 10.

YouTube - Case 1550 Dozer

You can see me in this one as I'm cleaning off the debris for my road.

Eddie

[meadowlarkponds]

Originally Posted by EddieWalker

Meadowlark,

Thanks. Have you ever seen your dozer in operation from the front end? I know that I was suprised to see what happens while it's working!!!!

No, never have....but sure enjoyed watching yours. I literally sat for hours watching the two D6s working on my last pond.

Like others have said, there's just something awesome and captivating about seeing these great machines work. I appreciate excellent engineering wherever I see it and dozers epitomize excellent engineering.

[milkman]

Eddie, great videos. Couple of questions, you mentioned in one of your posts that you can't see where the blade is from the operators position, is that contraption sticking up and pointed back a gauge that you use to tell where the blade is. Also all the dozers that I know of use the controls for the blade up/down like a front end loader, push forward for down and pull back for up, do any use the up/down control like the TPH position control, seems it would be easier to judge the cutting depth with this kind of control. Keep up the videos, I'm setting here barefoot and it tickles my feet.

[EddieWalker]

Milkman,

I'm not sure what post you are refering to, or when I said that. I can see the blade, but just the outer edges of it. I cannot see the side of the blade with the dirt either, but that's pretty obvious since I'm sitting on the other end of it.

The contraption on the top of the blade is to stop logs from rolling over the top of the blade and tearing off my hoses. I can push allot of logs at one time, but they tend to roll and work their way up and over the blade. Having that hunk of steel up there stops this from happening to a large degree. The times they still get by, have to either try to back up and out from it, or get off the dozer and move it by hand.

I have what is called an 8 way blade. It goes up and down, just like your laoder does, but when I go sideways with the control, the angle of the blades tilts. I go right, and the blade dips down to the right. Then I have anohter control that angles the blade forward and backwards at a angle. This really helps with finish work. The last control is the angle of the blade itself. It changes to be more aggressive while digging dirt, or less aggreassive to spread the dirt.

The secret to dozer operating is to take very, very small bites and to react very slowly. Rapid, fast movements create a mess on the dirt. Everyone who's driven it goes way too fast. They do not realize how much is going on, or how far apart a 12 foot blade is when you can only see one side at a time. Then to see the other side, you have to turn your head and look away from the side you were looking at. It sounds kind of basic, but this confuses everyone when they first start out. The other thing is they dig too much, too fast. One inch deep will fill up the blade in about ten feet. Then after that, you are just wasting fuel. A full blade is all you can move, so then it's time to move dirt and not dig it. Again, it's real simple to say, tough to understand while in the seat.

Eddie

[milkman]

I was thinking of a neighbors older D6 that had a foot pedal that worked one function of the blade and one hand lever for the blade. His newer JD has a T handle twists and tilts side to side in addition to the forward/backward. I was just thinking that the forward/backward motion set up like position control would be a handy change or they put the seat on the wrong end.

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Eddie,
Thats it Ive got to have a dozer !!!

[milkman]

I've enjoyed the videos a lot, here's another one that is good with the speakers turned up. YouTube - Il Divo - Amazing Grace

[rtdiggr]

Eddie thanks for sharing the videos, it must be nice to push dirt like that i don't think my MUCK would look so good.

Shane

[EddieWalker]

Glad to hear you guys enjoyed the videos. We played them for family on Thanksgiving and they all seemed to enjoy watching them. Even the Mom's!!!

Eddie

[3RRL]

Those last 2 videos were really cool Eddie.
That's just an enormous amount of dirt and debris that thing can move effortlessly. It would take me a year to move that much dirt! That 12' blade and the 40,000lbs sure make for a powerful machine. I've heard they are great on slopes and seen what the dozer operator on my place did. Do you have many steep slopes on your land? I know it would come in handy at my place. Larry has a smaller one that I drove at his place and it was pretty cool and powerful. I can't imagine having one as large and heavy as yours.
I want one!