Cat 319D LN climbing onto rail car

Caterpillar 319D LN climbing onto a rail car to unload crushed rock in Kansas City.
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[@RaymondBCrisp]

As someone that played with a few Tonka toys in his time, this might be the most badass thing I've ever seen...

[@mightywhitey946]

I'm 43 and wish I still had my old metal Tonka toys. They are worth a small fortune.

[@RaymondBCrisp]

@@mightywhitey946 Hell yeah!

[@bernhardgulker9261]

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[@PH-md8xp]

That is an impressive bit of maneuvering. Those machines are also incredibly capable and hats off to the engineers who design them.

[@floydfloyd3706]

PH, do you think the original inventor of the excavator ever considered the possibility that someone would want to do this? The change in the center of gravity as the bucket swings around makes me cringe every time I see it.

[@swedishpsychopath8795]

@@floydfloyd3706 Did you run out of your medicines again?

[@lucasc5622]

@@swedishpsychopath8795 wat

[@kvykimo]

@@lucasc5622 meds, NOW

[@Mammon-magazinDe]

Bravo!

[@craigroberson8757]

I love the video, as was said, the impressive power to climb, but gentle enough to put a table cloth on for Sunday dinner. Incredible talent from a gifted operator.

[@AaronGeo]

Pure concentrated nostalgia. My mom used to have machine videos like this on her computer, and I would just watch them over and over again. Good times.

[@AngelaLewis1976]

YES...& Thank you!! This operator is my Uncle and he knows exactly what he is doing! As for all those thinking he was stupid or would be in some kind of trouble from his boss...quite the opposite actually. They were all very impressed and to prove it a picture of my uncle doing this is hanging on a wall somewhere in most CAT offices! Go look for yourselves. No wrong doing going on in this video people, just a GREAT operator doing his job! :)

[@witchdoctor7398]

Well, my Dad was a heavy equipment operator for about 50 years - specifically a Dragline/Crane Operator. I've seen him do some cool stuff while operating. But, he would have never ever done anything this unsafe and stupid. He would have told the guy that ordered him to climb up there to pack salt in his azz.... It's a good thing someone from OSHA wasn't hanging around. That looks like at least a $10,000 fine. And, who ever is the Safety Manager on this project he/she should be fired! The operator of the machine could have been easily killed if there had been an accident. Crushed to death under 50 tons of steel... Oh, I've seen my Dad unload Gravel from Rail Cars. He did it from a platform built of dirt and did not have to perform tricks to do it...

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

I pulled my Dad's Finger. He Farted, so hard, it blew our Cat, "Ol' Trixie-Poo," into Low Earth Orbit. Guess what Ol' Trixie-Poo is, now. A "Catellite."

[@ptmy8590]

I know a guy who would load a mini into a dump truck like that. You do what you have to do.

[@met9072]

Uhh Witch Doctor why do you think those step ramps were built, designed so and delivered to the job?

[@millionairemobydick4489]

Also my uncle thanks

[@barrybegley5379]

What ever that very talented excavator operator is being paid, IT ISN'T ENOUGH !!! I would not have believed it, if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Amazing. Very steady hand on the twin joysticks. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.

[@randbarrett8706]

After all the various ‘fails’ I’ve seen involving these machines, this operator appears damn impressive

[@jaredclawson1813]

I operate a Cat 385C, have run a lot of these machines for many years, long reaches, Link Belts, Volvos you name it. Beautifully orchestrated work, get a real kick out of this. On the other hand gotta sympathize with the Witch Doctor on a few issues as well. Break a hydraulic line, bad fuel or other split second sensor malfunction, (which modern equipment is famous for) any number of glitches can mean a quick game over. Not to mention getting OSHA or in my case MSHA involved to any degree can wreck your day entirely. Once again, cool, good skills, not always practice.

[@snap-off5383]

No you don't. Lifting an excavator like that is standard operating procedure. Those jack stands aren't hair brained fabricobbled "_____"-engineering, they're engineered, made and tested for exactly what they were used for. OSHA 100% allows this.

[@networkedperson]

@@snap-off5383 The maximum OSHA fine for killing a worker is only $10,000... OSHA's ability to regulate is significantly limited by corporate lobbyists buying up legislators... Tell me that the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) allows this, and then I'll be impressed...

[@kobrapromotions]

@@snap-off5383 lol wouldnt be allowed in Aust

[@snap-off5383]

@@kobrapromotions Or the more likely it happens all the time there and you don't know.

[@kobrapromotions]

@@snap-off5383 nah, literally no way on most mine sites. Privately maybe...

[@CheGueverroIV]

No hesitation, truly an experienced operator.

[@danieliasevoli1711]

If you can operate one you can operate them all. I've been operating an excavator now 22 years and there's nothing I can do with it. No longer a challenge

[@whyareyoulookinghere9135]

@@danieliasevoli1711yeah, I can bet there is nothing you can do with it.

[@gagatoran964]

@@whyareyoulookinghere9135 yeah dude, I bet he can fly them machines to the orbit

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

@@danieliasevoli1711 Greatest typo I’ve ever seen, fucking brilliant mate

[@bwhog]

These sorts of videos are always so cool! Some of these operators have a scary level of ability with their machines!

[@jerrypolverino6025]

Da man! This dude knew exactly what he was doing. Not one wrong, or unnecessary move. A ballet.

[@SeanChYT]

5:29 disagrees

[@wuffa4503]

i worked heavy construction for 30 years and know many operators capable of this,,but is it worth the risk?

[@F.A.L.K.O.R]

How cute, a cat using it's litter box for the first time.

[@joeritchie7286]

Hahahahahaha

[@jefersonmenegaro4200]

Pra na foi dirrtt

[@jefersonmenegaro4200]

Oi operador é fraco em Viseu não pegou a lança na hora que tava puxando para cima no segundo estágio e já

[@Aknan]

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[@inulate2520]

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[@ScoopExcavator]

Such an impressive loading job by this operator! This is how you load an excavator to the top of a rail car perfectly! Fantastic video!

[@DEADIKATED]

IKR I seen someone trying to put one on a boat from a hillside with planks and they ended up sinking the boat and machine!

[@guidoaquilano8119]

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[@zakirhossain3240]

Nice,,jakir,excavetor,Bangladesh,

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[@Jean-PaulOLESZEK]

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[@donaldyounger3384]

That was really amazing! A lot of talent, skill and precautionary insight. Thanks so much.

[@blaynepuckett8797]

I've ran excavators most of my life and have done similar manoeuvres like this climbing up and down quarry walls, creek and river banks, and large stockpiles of rock and various other materials. But I would probably be a little nervous climbing up on railcars this way. Hats off to a very skilled, confident and perhaps a bit crazy operator. Cool FN video though.

[@brewse64]

i was about to write a similar post.yup this is'nt his first time.woulda liked to see that video lol but cool

[@JensKCarl_Morgelgeschichten]

Blayne Puckett This action is only totally nonsensical. So he gets the empty wagons not complete and digs Last but not even one. He should grow a grab bag unloading the wagon from the side. Therefore, he can not see, however, due to the high side walls, a good marshaller is required.

[@blaynepuckett3819]

Jens Karsten Carl I don't understand anything you're trying to say. Your post makes absolutely no sense in the English language. Thank you for trying though.

[@janainaleite8469]

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[@nevomix5364]

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[@fordholdennut]

Haha awesome! Heavy machines fascinate me. I can watch one all day just about! Bloody clever. Such powerful machines, but a skilled operator can be so gentle and precise too, for example, those couple of moments there, very delicately rearranging the load in the car as he went. Instead of taking big ungainly swipes as you might expect, it's all so very smooth and fluid. As was the rest of the operation. They become an extension of their own limbs almost.

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[@richardchittenden2407]

The operator is unquestionably skillful but what is the end game? Why is he up there atop a coal carrier or whatever it is? It would be nice to know what is so darned important for him to perform this maneuver.

[@Ransetsu]

Because it's cool.

[@davidtatro7457]

That's an extremely fine display of operator skill, but maybe the company has never heard of this ancient invention called a ramp?

[@lmost]

Or, y’know, make do with what you have and call it a day.

[@antonhuman8446]

The point loads and forces on different components of a machine doing suchlike work must be enormous!

[@freakasis]

Steel FTW

[@antonhuman8446]

@@freakasis Referring to loads on the centre pintle especially. Also swing rail and -bearing.

[@freakasis]

@@antonhuman8446 now imagine those loads when I'm pulling roots out so hard that the machine stands up on the push blade and then falls back down when it breaks. Several times on a decent stump. Then I swing around and slam the bucket into a driveway that the skid steer is having trouble breaking. Grease and repeat... Every day. Fine.

[@antonhuman8446]

@@freakasis Even more so. It must be ingradible!

[@supertramp6011]

This operator knows his machine very well. Impressive skills ,with such heavy equipment. He made this look easy!👌

[@RainManFights]

fantastic! That operator deserves a gold star for the day. Wow, really impressive. I would have cried when the tracks were on the second level by about half a meter and the weight of the machine was precariously balanced on the bucket!! Simply amazing thanks for sharing.

[@craigjensen789]

I've seen some impressive stuff in my life, but this was awesome. Mad skills.

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

I had a great time with you guys tonight looking forward to many more. Happy memorial day weekend

[@user-ly6wx4gx5t]

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[@spencerbentley8852]

Staggering skill for the operator/drver, just a wonderful thing to see, pure man/and machine, love it

[@sembarangsembarang2408]

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[@killerdaz1]

Ive drove 360s for a while but never on top of steel brave man highly skilled,but watch out for poles and power lines,not only fear of steel sliding from under weight of machine,well done im impressed with driving skill Darren uk england

[@allenbeaulieu7077]

That ole boy has some SERIOUS skills man!! Hell of a job!

[@ck300zx]

bad ass... excellent driving skills, I didn't think you could get that much traction with that heavy Caterpillar. way to go!!!

[@audiotron1003]

Brilliant stuff, I never watched a machine like that climb. Thanks for the vid upload :-)

[@ginolinari7898]

90

[@nivandozanotti3169]

I still love this, 13 years ago, top mam, RESPECT

[@robusteushindiofficiel9675]

Operator you're incredible...❤❤

[@kiljoysvnzr0]

Those 2 "steps" are much easier to move around than a large ramp for a decent size loader with forks on it, not to mention that would be a long ramp and would have to be pretty intricate to hold that weight. Also, steel tracks on a steel ramp can be very slippery and any little slide could be.. shall we say "very bad".

[@aflsteve9139]

Reminds me of trying to get up my front steps when I've had a few too many drinks.

[@janej3600]

That took me a second or two to get it but once the image was in my mind that really gave me the laugh I needed today. Thanks! 😂

[@maryantomaryanto2211]

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[@adakantangdirumah_official3187]

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[@jeffleishman1553]

i so do love watching skilled operators

[@chrisbinckes2732]

excellent...! rarely seen large machine extreme operating skills displayed.... respect and congrats from tasmania

[@raymondlai5]

Hi Kyle Eastwood =), Thank you for taking the time and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family. I hope you have a nice day! =).

[@kylescarborough4084]

THIS DRIVER IS AN ABSOLUTE BADASS!

[@waldemarserafin8240]

@green oi

[@jonahansen]

What an expert driver!

[@LesaMac2011]

For a 319D L N made possibly around 2008-2009 it works fairly well. I’m impressed how you made it up there with an excavator with no blade on it. And finding a European based machine in what I believe is an American railway facility is quite rare

[@belfastbornstephen]

Wow what an operator with nerves of steel, I am confused though as to why he needs to get up there in the first place.

[@phaedrussmith1949]

$20.00 bet.

[@myronachtman4304]

He didn't want to take the bus.

[@silverXnoise]

Pranking the 2nd shift operator who went to lunch.

[@efabiano82]

Because man

[@ZJ4x95]

good operator, even better spotter. very dangerous with the power lines so close and rough on the equipment.,

[@martinteglbjrg9980]

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[@kenoliver8913]

Yep, all round really stupid. Man is a jackass.

[@digi3218]

@@kenoliver8913 I don't think the power lines are that close and even if they are.. You got to do what you got to do.. How is he the jackass lol still better than being an asshole I guess.

[@user-mh8gx3gg5x]

Excellent operator deserves a medal

[@snarkymoosesshack8793]

That is the definition of a smooth operator.

[@JStorm13]

Great skill, you can tell he's taking it skillfully by swinging the boom around slowly

[@javiersarmiento1726]

Lo

[@GetsugaTensho85]

And thus the Cat Excavator climbs the rail cart to lay its eggs and ensure the survival and safety of its offspring! What a majestic beast!

[@TheMrDarksouls]

Ahahaha

[@OcRefrigeration]

lol

[@omertelekom291]

Athena

[@JonathanPaulson]

Hahahaha

[@vilnursadiqov3582]

+Omer Telekom sesin niye gelmir 6-@⅞@@---+. @ aàhbwbds

[@hahaha9076]

If you think you can, or think you can't... Thanks for sharing.

[@paulhole6953]

Thats what I call a skilled operator!

[@fockwulf1]

this is how the CAT gets into its litter box to take a shit.

[@thehojackline]

Don't disrespect CAT like that man. They make quality equipment. And, how else are they gonna unload the rock ballast hoppers there without the excavator?

[@karolduncan370]

Lmao!

[@OcRefrigeration]

lol.

[@Creeperboy099]

I get it XD

[@Creeperboy099]

It's a joke, chill :)

[@LindaVarey]

Very skillful driving!

[@drkillerxx239]

Theres no skill in this at all

[@drkillerxx239]

Im not saying that I can do it im saying that if he messes up he can break the whole vechile

[@HyperionGamingTOPKEK]

that's why he has skill. because he can do it without breaking it.

[@zanyredonkulous]

drkillerxx239 your comments make no sense. Get off the crack pipe

[@maalsy]

I can drive one and I'm 9 idiots

[@stevenartascos2918]

I'm impressed 👍!! That's amazing control..

[@jonroth8427]

Nothing but impressed with this operators skill and iron nerves in doing this. I know I wouldn't have the cahones to attempt this.

[@prebenjaeger]

Cahones

[@ronparker3000]

Wow! Super skills! The overhead wires would scare the heck out of me. Would love to see how he got down.

[@KnobCRICK]

They should just build a fucking ramp.

[@Mr1SUPERdoodle]

+Tighty Mimbers anybody could use a ramp, this way they get more hours lol

[@LucasGresham610]

Ramp would be very long to meet the height of the car plus a ramp would be very difficult to transport

[@ArnoldsDesign]

+Tighty Mimbers I couldn't agree more.

[@chasingadream51]

+Tighty Mimbers A ramp would take a day to build.... this guy did it in 5 minutes.... Id say, his way is better. lol

[@KnobCRICK]

Gannon Hollywood Incorrect sir. They spent $ and time fabricating and engineering 2 platforms for this machine to climb and rest on. That alone - less the awkward climb makes a ramp superior.

[@henryofwinafrica1423]

Amazing video and it was super skilled operator!!

[@3dplanet100]

Hats off to that driver, to the people who designed those CAT cars, and to the people who planned to put those platforms.

[@justicelut]

That’s one skilled operator! Good job!

[@leokimvideo]

It's amazing what KZbin have offered up as a homepage featured video

[@-idahos_unknown-3573]

can tell he is totaly cool with it not his first time... ive hopped trenchs n climb cliffs with my CAT 320 .. but aleast there is dirt to grab to.. a thumb attachment would make it a lil more confident if that were me doing that

[@davidty2006]

Just got recomended this. And nothing more satisfying than excavators climbing up stuff.

[@christopherrobinson3290]

not sure exactly what i just watched , but it was amazing and im adding this into favorites ✊🏽

[@sanjeeva7]

Am I the only one wondering how he's going to get out of there with no crushed rock to climb on top of when the car is empty?

[@titaniac3037]

yes

[@Islandwaterjet]

We go to the far end of the car and dig, work your way back to the stands.

[@boyceful]

Some mad skills right there....

[@jnsmill]

That takes some major skill… very impressive.

[@user-fs5lc2dl7t]

Im-Pressive!!! WOW! That is one cool operator.

[@martinswiney2192]

Got to see a rail crew moving excavator from car to car one day. Crazy what a skilled operator can do with em. They were using it to set off new cross ties. Later came back and loaded old ones.

[@thegreanmonsterable]

all the effort to build that scaffolding why didn't the just make it into a ramp?????

[@nivid01]

Haha, yep!

[@kevinbautsch]

I appreciate the art of this!

[@pay-tray-it4897]

Amazing equipment but more so, the Amazing abilities of the operator! I've worked in gravel pits, excavation job sites and in heavy machine recovery in the past. I 've watched an operator comb the hair on a frog with an excavator! Now that's some fine work!

[@freddepauw]

This on and off loading, climbing, working at steel inclines, is pretty much normal. The CAT is a moving ramp itself, Hydraulic power and combined skills are very far from understood by the general public...

[@POPINCONEJO88]

Serious skills

[@michaelcastellano5924]

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[@michaelcastellano5924]

Classic movies

[@NovsightAutoLighting]

But why not just a ramp? www.novsights.com/

[@cosmecerqueira1706]

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[@__WJK__]

Nice... plus those power lines in the background add some extra suspense too - lol

[@testticklehead]

Well done..... Thanks for the video!

[@zysis]

This is what playing with Tonka as a kid will give you years later: MAD SKILL!!

[@Max-px5ym]

Someone give this man a cookie!

[@vexzarkov7791]

i agree....a big...taxcookie

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[@scottofford3061]

Astounding, impressive! Thanks

[@kentstephens4770]

I don't get no better than that. That is a smooth operator.

[@OlympischbriesjeNadaAverage]

some have seen him on the top of the Himalaya last week

[@bharatjithakorkuvarshi5325]

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[@viciousKev]

I think he just voided the warranty.

[@davidramjawam1413]

You are my hero.

[@johnmitchell1614]

WOAH ! ! You don't want a burst hose performing those manoeuvres. 😵‍💫 Well done, three cheers. Best regards.

[@MrOTBxTrains]

so it did make sense to put random construction vehicles on my model trains as a kid..

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[@ThePsiclone]

"Damn, forgot to fill up with diesel first"

[@byrysh]

I can do that, hold my beer... (gets in excavator) Wheres the key? hic'

[@cnuttall4193]

absolutely amazing!

[@MrWhitelightning73]

Like a boss 😎

[@ufoclips1]

I had a dirt bike that never climbed as high as that.

[@allenjohnson389]

Thats one hell of an operator if people talking shit never operating equipment or been on a jobsite that's what he did is showing the capabilities of a machine with a great operator

[@Oldbutschooled]

It's actually easier than it looks for a skilled operator......he's a bit slow but is smooth , which is the important thing when you have steel on steel! Sudden jerks is what will make the machine slide!

[@barbelmeister]

Who signed off the Method Statement? Or do you not do H&S in the US?

[@davem.3309]

barbelmeister nah our safety more lax

[@usernamesrlamo]

Dah fook you mean by method statement? This method is called American.

[@bartdereu]

was it too easy to build a slope?

[@dcooper9287]

Some "educated" genius behind a desk came up with the idea..... All the book smarts in the world but zero common sense or out in the field training.

[@crazyguyfive]

that sums up construction for you

[@fergus247]

maybe a slope would be too steep and take up too much space before it could drive up it.

[@thefuzzypickle8277]

D Cooper some genius behind a desk lol maybe a moron of an operator because he thinks he understand physics better than someone behind the desk that went to school for it and doesnt have to patience to wait for something to be developed

[@ViceKnIghtTA]

Okay genius go build it

[@mikewatts6813]

That is a very skilled operator.

[@sd70acefan]

Even this cat is a great climber climber!

[@DGrin79]

Made me think of a cat scratching around in a really big litter box

[@PR0T0H0M1N1D]

*applause*

[@Vintage_USA_Tech]

That never gets old

[@mightywhitey946]

Imagine what it feels like to attempt this for the first time. You got to have nerves of steel for this job.

[@DirtDigger1250]

Neat vid, I've been running heavy equipment for 10 years, and this is ridiculous! Highly unsafe. Don't get me wrong, we all do things that we probably shouldn't do from time to time, or things that we will look back at and think "I can't believe I got away with that". In fact, if nobody were looking, hell, I might even do this myself. That being said, as a supervisor for a semi-large construction/mining company in Canada, I would never let something like this take place. There are simply too many variables in the equation. At the end of the day, we all have families to go home to. Again, not dissing this vid in any way, just my two cents.

[@GnonplussedGnome]

Been watching this for over twenty years in real life.

[@JaySybrandy]

My dad can do it he use to load his tiny 7 ton on to the back of his truck

[@justinlee8392]

This is how rail cars are unloaded on a daily basis check out the HERZOG website.

[@TheSabhia]

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[@roberthansjorg]

I used to operate a cat in the Uk but I'm damned if I'd ever do something like that. Totally unsafe and against every H&S rule there is. You'd get no thanks from the managers or your family if the machine tipped over because your luck ran out! Very impressive technique but I'd be more respectful if the operator used his skills to keep himself safe while working.

[@bradleybrantner6478]

This isn't the pussy UK.

[@roberthansjorg]

Oh dear- another American desperate to publicise his inbred inferiority complex. You can't help yourselves can you? The world hates you and you wallow in it!

[@bradleybrantner6478]

No, the world hates our government. Do not make the mistake of confusing the two, the majority of citizens in the U.S. are unhappy with their government too. Things will change, there is another revolution coming, the spirit of resistance hasn't been lost since we violently broke away from your Britain. Justice will prevail in the end.

[@bittemeinrammstein]

Bradley Brantner xD ...UK sucks... Only real countries with balls to do shit any more is Russians and Americans.

[@bradleybrantner6478]

I never really thought about that... It does seem like everyone is getting more and more, I don't know, less adventuresome. I mean yeah there's dangers, but who gives a fuck? You only live life one fucking time here on earth, make it worth living.

[@Rimrock300]

'Congratulations! You've just won a railroad car full of gravel! Well...good luck unloading it!'

[@LEO1WOLF]

Rimrock300 - - Ha-ha, obviously he'll have NO prob with that!

[@Ioann44]

Trust me, cats can climb anywhere no matter how they weight