$3000 R/C Bulldozer with Saw Blades

Converting an RC bulldozer into your Achilles tendon’s worst nightmare
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Song: Catch Up - Dan Lebowitz 2:10 - 4:03

[@kluukurk]

"Maybe in the future we'll have fleets of little mini bulldozers cleaning the trash our cities". Wall-E really did predict the future.

[@Fatso97]

The homeless living in their tents: 💀

[@amandahugankiss4110]

Dude! I'd watch Wall-E bulldoze the homeless. Great idea!

[@lukearts2954]

or they might outsource police forces to Waymo... X"D

[@Dirtsk8r]

I came here to say this!

[@AverageMichaelJordans]

@@amandahugankiss4110 lolwut

[@gengisPhat]

I am very impressed by the amount of product placement done in this video

[@user-or9ey2ld6s]

How many sponsors do you want? - … yes.

[@Voyajer.]

get that sponsorblock

[@ohypno29]

​@@Voyajer.revanced ftw

[@lukearts2954]

hey, the kid's trying to get through college... I wish I had some sponsors for that back in the day...

[@liamsmith8518]

@@Voyajer. I'm so happy that I didn't need to submit it

[@Zach..JHn...Mechclean]

I know we were supposed to ponder the question of why the market for this mini-bulldozer exists, but after watching this video I think I am that market

[@akoshorvath-risko5838]

I strongly suggest reading up on the 1/14 scale rc machine hobby/market. It's simply amazing (if you understand it)

[@snesguy9176]

Yeah. When he was saying it would take all day to clean up leaves in a small yard with it, I thought hell, that and some beers sounds like a pretty relaxing day off ngl

[@anon_y_mousse]

I have to admit that I would love to have one too, but I think I'd enjoy it more if I built it from scratch myself. I'd definitely improve the treads, because popping off like that is no bueno, but the saw blade modification sounds like a great idea. And of course that flail mower seems like another great idea. A mini remote controlled flail mower bulldozer toy, spectacular.

[@Zach..JHn...Mechclean]

@@snesguy9176 "Honey you've been cutting the grass for 3 hours now" "SHUT IT WOMEN AND WATCH THE LITTLE THING COOK!!!!"

[@kishascape]

​@@akoshorvath-risko5838yeah highly functional detailed modeling exists for almost everything. I like the RC tractor trailers personally.

[@MML66]

It may be more like a toe-cutter or insect and squirrel killer than a lawnmower

[@SilvaDreams]

Squirrels too squirrelly, good luck getting them

[@ConnorRoss]

Squirrels will be ok, I was thinking hedgehogs but that a European thing I hear

[@PBST_RAIDZ]

should name it the ankle biter

[@naikrovek]

any squirrel or bug that gets caught by that is already dead.

[@RandomWombleP]

If it then goes on a murderous rampage would that make it s Squirrial Killer? (I will see myself out)

[@Minty1337]

inwards rotation may cause more problems, but you gotta admit it's fun watching stuff get sucked in, then launched into space by the scoop behind the blades

[@sensumcommunem4364]

Felt like I needed eye and ear protection just watching it. Great work and entertaining content composition. Thank you.

[@thePronto]

and a Kevlar vest...

[@Economan66]

“Honey i shrunk the dozer”

[@MatchaBarnes]

I like how daniel was like "Okay this thing didn't work like i wanted, how can i make it dangerous"

[@kishascape]

This would be great in the desert where I live. I would have to brush cut everything with full scale equipment to start but then could use this for maintenance regularly scrapping the surface to keep sprouting brush and weeds from taking hold.

[@alphaadhito]

Well, congratulations, didn't you just made miniaturized killdozer? 😂

[@FRXSTY_FPV]

That’s is what I was going to say😭

[@danielhenrichs4562]

I was thinking this too. Long live Marvin Heemeyers memory. 🫡💪🏻🇺🇸🦅

[@BOEING--mh6xm]

Perfect toy for children ages 3-5 years old

[@user-hn2qq3eb8c]

maybe more like 30-35?

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Tanks with loose track pins have a keeper, a ramp or angled piece that pushes all the pins that moved back in. It was located at the top front where the body or skirts start. This is an intentional design to have them free and they didn't move much in one rotation anyway. Simple rod design, they didn't even knurl the ends.

[@guatf1]

Do they have this om both sides of the track? Or do the pins only move one way?

[@NaddlyC]

​@@guatf1they just move one way, with the head of the pin pointed to the tank

[@TheXxRenzxX]

I’d love to see you make a snowblower attachment for the dozer.

[@thePronto]

I guess a ground-effect dozer would make the traction problem worse...

[@kishascape]

People have done that with g scale model trains in their garden recreating the Rotary Snowplow they use in Donner Pass California.

[@mattbrody3565]

8:01 use the T-34 strategy. Put the wider end of the pins facing inward, and weld a wedge to each side of the hull. The wedge will hammer the pins back in for you as you drive.

[@janegibbons8640]

Did you learn that from Lindybeige too? Lol

[@danieljryba]

Theres some guy building an armored komatsu in his barn, watching this and thinking "thats a good idea..."

[@arcadebit1551]

for your metal shop: There are mini lathe. They aren't cheap but they work, don't take up a ton of space and incredible fun to learn on.

[@TheRealRCSparks]

Dude, you have not seen "KZbin GOLD".. or you would know what those dozers are for. They are very powerful.. lots of torque

[@matthewdarrylsutton7235]

I’ve been watching you since I’ve been a little kid

[@matthewdarrylsutton7235]

Where do you get the bulldozer?

[@barley-pt]

Thanks for this comment! I just started today your gold series, having a blast, love it!

[@5ilverstreak854]

Having only seen the thumbnail so far, this could figuratively never go wrong.

[@SilvaDreams]

Just as an Fyi even the big tree cutters tend to use a single large blade justfor the same reason you found, duel blades when cutting towards each other tends to just cause them to bite in and cause both blades to jam.

[@MADmosche]

“Duel blades” would be if this were used for battle bots.

[@robertrackmales9085]

make it into a killdozer

[@goodguy222]

it is one

[@NickLopez-rf2yf]

makes sense, it’s not like he just did that

[@ThatCanadianMinecafter]

This was actually amazingly useful. You don’t have to walk around you just sit and mow your lawn if I wasn’t so poor and stupid I would make one.

[@the_mowron]

They have riding mowers that allow you to sit and mow your lawn, and they work better than this mower. Also, people often don't know how to repair them, so you can get them for scrap prices or even free.

[@ThatCanadianMinecafter]

@@the_mowron I meant this is was is way cheaper you can sit somewhere more comfortable than a riding mower and I know it’s not as affective but it’s still cool

[@cuconatparfour665]

Petition to make a armoured rc bulldozer

[@Underpantsniper]

Your engineering and design prowess never ceases to amaze me!!

[@Noble909]

"Bored males with disposable income" 😂 No truer statement has been made.

[@randomstuffbychris]

It's kinda cool to see that your yard still hasn't recovered from the RC 100,000 scale miles test

[@DevinSloan]

This dude hates yardwork so much he taught himself to build an army of small machines to do it for him. I understand him deeply.

[@sobolsdaemon5569]

I'm sure it would have made some very cool video footage if you had put a small camera in the cab. The GoPro 360 Go 3 would certainly fit in. ;) I kept imagining what the weeds would look like if they were 14x bigger and thicker.

[@lukearts2954]

for a flail mower to cut non-wood foliage, I've seen barrels with just steel chains mounted on them, each only a few links long. I think you could safely mount one to scale inside the bulldozer bucket. It wouldn't need much metal work either, because you can use the existing bucket, and just plow forward into the herbs. Find a thin but strong steel chain, maybe 4mm wire thickness on the links, 4-5 links long, and just screw the first link to the barrel in the right direction and stagger them around the barrel so that every area gets hit by chain... If you make a continuous spiral, it could (should) also propel the mulch sideways or at least to one end of the bucket.

[@BloodyMobile]

That thing is adorable and impressive. Minus the weird controls, those /are/ odd, but I guess they went with a "cheap" remote and just went with tank controls and whatever was left after. I wonder how much effort it would be to change the controls to single stick for moving and steering, leaving the other for motion only. And regarding the tracks being the weakest point of the mini dozer: I wonder how that Tracked RC 'Platform' would do with those blades. That thing has more 'aggressive' tracks, which might avoid the issues that the mini dozer has. Either way, a really impressive "do not try at home" RC mower 👍

[@fhuber7507]

Someone not really used to RC designed which control did what. Computer mix tracks to one stick with a side button to stop one track if you want to pivot around it (which is a bad idea with those tracks) Then main blade OR rear plow on the other stick, Simple computer mix and a switch to swap. The blade angling on the side levers. The controls become almost intuitive rather than something you have to practice for hours to get used to. some of this can easily be done with the simple transmitter that probably comes with the unit, but I'd request a transmitter and receiver delete, since I already have a really good 18 channel computer radio. While it looks better with the metal tracks they should have done rubber track. Based on a "cogged" V-belt, it would last for years.

[@TheZombieSaints]

They're some pretty tasty slow-mo shots there. 😉. I knew it was going to be a great video when I saw the thumbnail 👏👏👏

[@StuffandThings_]

Imagine how terrifying this would be full scale...

[@Paxmax]

Yeah, if this mutated to The killdozer II I think the airforce would go "aight, you go sleep in piece...s". Last time there was some issues in the "dealing with it". (Well, fuck with a guys life enough and you'll get the blunt but hardened end of it)

[@CheshireTheMaid]

​@@PaxmaxKilldozer was a fucking hero

[@Paxmax]

@@CheshireTheMaid Yes and also an antihero at same time... complex situation, but mostly, it goes to show; don't Fuck Around with men that way they did to Marvin, or they'll Find Out.

[@Zealot_of_Omnissiah]

I`d love to see a vid of you building your own (and hopefully superior) set of tracks

[@davecisneros5285]

I love watching big brush cutters in action. Some of those rotating cylinders just have lengths of chain hanging all over it like some kind of motorized medieval weapon. It's insane what those do to trees and branches. Nothing left but wood chips. Makes overgrown areas look like beautiful playgrounds.

[@Dmitry_IMHO]

12:24 I’m impressed you still have marks of the scaled rc car endurance tests. It was a long time ago.

[@zavtparticles6828]

i was looking for this comment, surprised i didn't see more of these

[@cyphre]

Surprised you didn't start with brush cutting blades (some of which are pretty similar to saw blades). Seems you could also use a miniature version of the 'spear cage' referenced at 4:21

[@Lorenzo0077]

i really like your crazy ideas ... maybe you can start a battle between this one and the laser lawn mower ^^

[@Pancake42.]

BRO I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS YOUR IDEAS ARE SO GOOD WATCHING THIS VID RIGHT NOW KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

[@mattmanmcfee36]

the slow mo b roll shots with the out of place pop edm are *chef's kiss*

[@NicholasRehm]

> its job is to entertain bored males with disposable income He said the quiet part out loud

[@aserta]

OMG this is wicked!!! :)) Imagine if we scaled it up to the real deal.

[@bradley3549]

Many of the new skid steers can be equipped with remote control for working in tight quarters where seeing all around the machine is beneficial. SUPER cool stuff.

[@tinygriffy]

go one step up ! ... they cut tree clearance with saw blades mounted under a helicopter search "helicopter tree sawing" ;)

[@superdau]

@aserta Completely OT: I think I've seen you around posting on the same videos I watch for well over a decade. Just a weird observation. (weird in the sense that consistency isn't something I expect on the internet 😉)

[@slayer2450]

That's such a cool little RC Bulldozer

[@KubotaManDan]

A future mower would be one of those plastic electric - lithium battery models but with your RC gadgets attached, then you could use it to cut your lawn while kicking back with a cold one. Still this dozer creation was pretty awesome.

[@ConnorRoss]

@rctestflight Just a heads up, you should avoid using RC mowers in the evening or night because hedgehogs don't not move or run from threats, they ball up.

[@eylookvulheimiik7538]

I'm pretty sure hedgehogs are not native to the US and are illegal in several states

[@MaydupNem]

I don't think we have hedgehogs in Seattle where he lives

[@Pman353]

@@eylookvulheimiik7538you are correct. They don’t live in North America.

[@ConnorRoss]

Today I learned there are no hedgehogs in America 🦔 :(

[@MaydupNem]

@ConnorRoss I never really thought about there being places that just have hedgehogs and now I need to visit those places to find the hedgehogs

[@joshuaolsen8844]

Please please make a version with super traction. Like 200lbs and big growser bars!

[@kevinfaure5588]

Your videos always put a smile on my face

[@cheesemp.3949]

First 40 years of childhood is the hardest part of man's life :)

[@letsgetsteve]

To hold those pins in place use green locktite, also known as "fixing compound" if you want them to stay in.

[@AssassinXI]

This is definitely a different style than usual, but I'm likin it! Fun and lighthearted

[@osiviper]

When he was mowing the lawn, I was just picturing it cutting through the wooden fence into his neighbors yard and blasting through like the koolaid man in some horror movie.

[@Seelingfahne]

The mini bulldozer work montage warmed my heart

[@joemuellerleile5544]

FYI... it's called a ripper, but you can call it a plow if you want.

[@cones914]

BREAKING: Seattle man terrorises neighbourhood with modified R/C construction vehicle

[@McMidjit]

I love that the circle from the long term rc car test is still in your garden

[@VulcanGoF]

Comgrow has been quite good to me so far. Awesome that they're sponsoring this video.

[@Mp57navy]

For those wondering about the dozer with the blurred markings at 0:23 . It's a Caterpillar D6T. You're welcome.

[@FrancoDFernando]

“And it’s made of 60 real pounds”….I don’t know why but that made me chuckle lol

[@jaxes88]

This thing gives off Marvin Heemeyer vibes and I absolutely love it!

[@samorowell535]

Don’t push this reasonable man to do unreasonable things.

[@calebmenker988]

The RC heavy equipment market is in fact abundant with scale construction vehicles such as excavators, dump trucks, bulldozers, semi trucks, gold mining equipment, and much more in all sorts of sizes from very small to large enough that a small child could ride on them

[@non1503]

Kinda cool. I've been thinking of doing something like this with my rer snapper. I've got enough spindles and pulleys laying around. and some straight wall barrels to make a shroud if needed. You could take that rc toy and make a radio controlled rear engine riding snapper. pretty easy.

[@luketowner]

This is one of the most beautiful robots I've ever seen

[@twonoles]

I work for an equipment dealership and we sell basically a bigger version of this called a Prinoth Raptor 100. Turbo diesel RC tank with a mulching head. One of my favorite things to PDI 😂

[@yngndrw.]

The flail mowers used for hedges use hammers rather than Y-shaped knives, that's how they can mulch trees. The safe distance behind is often 50+ meters.

[@highschoolchemist2928]

the issue of the tracks coming off easily are also an issue on full size dozers so its not just because its a scale model. also there might be a way to tension the tracks a bit more so they don't come off all the time.

[@bauerma4]

Just make sure Rick Moranis isn’t shrinking any neighborhood kids prior to use.

[@Toesmack1]

Now that's some mighty fine entertainment. Laughed my ass off. Good show! Guessing you have more fun mowing than I do!

[@tracybowling1156]

He looks like one of those robots that you wish could come to life to become your bff. He is so cute!

[@3DProjectsRC]

Amazing build

[@robe4314]

The build quality on that bulldozer is out of this world!

[@brexxes]

I like the idea of a flail attachment for the dozer

[@Maccaroney]

I love these weird builds. haha Also cool that we can see the track from the long-run tests. Next test when?

[@philoso377]

Nice episode. Love it. I understand why you put a block at the convergence point of teeth rings, to isolate bush trunks from jamming. But also block off bushes. Here is an option we could think about. Add a comb shape structure with a specific finger spacing pointing forward to pass in thin bushes and block off anything wider than the finger gap. Comb fingers also make the bush cutting much more effective. As an option: we can begin with a comb with one finger place in the middle front where the left/right teeth meet. What do you think?

[@simplystudios738]

nO one ASKED

[@centra_fo]

I do love some good old RC videos

[@engineresurrector2414]

the track pins on real dozer and excavators are set up the exact same way as this model. and yes they break just like the model did. usually the pin snaps in half though.

[@bluescoobywagon]

The thumbnail for this is going to give me Maximum Overdrive nightmares tonight.

[@josephrasberry3850]

I had a blast with one I had as a kid and it made smoke with 3in 1 oil. Mine had a remote but had like a 8’ cord. It had rubber tracks. One of my tracks was on backwards so one track had less grip and tended to turn toward the backwards track when working dozer lol. That must have been like 1987 when I got it although I kept it till we moved when I was 17. You couldn’t replace the track on mine either which was dumb

[@WackyFolf]

A full-scale version of this would certainly be an effective (albeit messy) zombie killer.

[@freesk8]

Leonardo Davinci invented a machine like this. He called it a scythed chariot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythed_chariot

[@3DProjectsRC]

Always looking forward to a new video

[@mistercrispy]

Absolute 🔥🔥🔥 Song choice boys. Randomly watched this vid.🖖

[@simonbrady8864]

Video idea: make a jetski that can drive itself

[@joeydr1497]

It’s not lazyness you’ve just made your lawn more ecologically valuable.

[@Cienciaem2rodas]

The new second gen killdozer prototype looks sick!

[@MarkValascun]

This video should be called ‘name dropping all my sponsors and expecting an rc-toy to be as rugged as a 7 figure industrial machine that has decades of design that I can’t comprehend’😂

[@usernamesreprise4068]

Nice vid...enjoyed it, but just a couple of thing's........the tooth on the back is called a ripper not a plough, and on the real vehicle is for ripping up concrete and hard footings so the blade can shift it. As for the weeds, I did notice one thing this particular machine lacked that all bladed D9' dozers come with was teeth on the bottom of the blade, I think it would dig and push way more dirt around the weeds if you fitted them. also the groucher's (those horizontal blades across the tracks) could have been a little taller and more aggressive which would aid traction massively.

[@alexlabs4858]

Imagine those construction dudes coming back to their site the next day and seeing super small bulldozer tracks lol

[@ed0c]

ok the stripper analogy was priceless!

[@josephhobbs3009]

You and Jamie Hyneman Mythbusters! The killer lawn mower😊

[@matthewlumsdon3146]

You need to enter battle bots with this thing 😂

[@Feloblod11]

2 things, if your cutting lawn, switch to lawn mower cable? If your cutting woody weeds, angle the blades downward slightly so the stumps dont rub against the inner part of the blades. I know this was never meant to be commercial, but seems like an easy win. Love your vids!

[@ACEFDD]

Awesome project

[@jamespike5161]

That scale bulldozer is like the toy a little kid version of me always dreamed of having.

[@henderstech]

If somehow you could cut slots in the bulldozer blade for the 2 saw blades to protrude through. not sure how it could be done maybe moving the dozer blade forward with somekind of mount you could put the motors and blades behind the blade to protrude through the slots. Then it could push the debris out of the way and the motor is also protected .

[@laithe9199]

The rodents in that brush definitely had an experience seeing that thing ripping towards them

[@carveroutdoors]

Daniel, I think you've finally achieved your childhood dream of driving the RC lawnmower from "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"...

[@OGchickentnt]

That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

[@ZephyrCalhoon]

No weeds were harmed in the making of this video.

[@Concorde002]

Thats a fricking battlebot, wiliam would be proud

[@familyplans3788]

Ridiculous , impractical , expensive !! I BLOODY LOVE IT

[@tinygriffy]

not to forget incredibly dangerous !

[@Moorbote]

That Dozer is so stinking cute!

[@Jon.S]

Need to add a feeder from the front to a rear mounted mulcher, see how over complicated you can make the yardozer get.

[@cam_shaftgaming1820]

I was about to recommend building a flail mower for the dozer, but then you mentioned it. lol

[@5-7Farms]

First off, the back tool is not called a plow, it is called a ripped. Second, this is cool.