CAT D11 Side Sloping

[@MrDjh66]

The only person worthy of a no fear bumper sticker

[@leegenix]

That is one brave Cat operator. I leveled a sandy road for the drag line operator along a slough. I got too close to the edge while in reverse and part of the track was over the edge. I panicked and stopped the machine. It was an old D4 with defective blade that needed a constant hand on lift lever. The ole timer drag line operator got it out for me. The edge of the sandy road was starting to crack and I got scared it would fall when I restarted it with the pony motor. That was my last time on a CAT. Old machinery with needed repairs and an inexperienced operator, are a bad mix. It was a reclamation district that did everything as cheap as possible. Some of the pumps were clam shell types and had 100 HP GE motors and fan belts to turn them. The pumps and the motors were built in the 1920s and should have been in a museum.

[@joseantoniomarinho3715]

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[@jameswillison2220]

Worked in the industry for 26 yrs as a mechanic n these boyz are different breed they have balls of steel

[@scottis1741a]

i used to sit on the spoil bank when my father would run his dragline on saterdays and watch him and the dozers work all day just something about big machines that fasinates me to no end

[@ferrallderrall6588]

scottis1741a , fkn rite bro especially for a young buk

[@psychobunny32]

my respect to the driver. that is some serious skill.

[@MegaLojay]

***** doesn't matter, one wrong move and hes dead. thumbs up to the operator.

[@MegaLojay]

maybe but that's still ballsy. looks like its bout to go from under him at any moment. could be more on the line of stupid than ballsy. either way...kudos.

[@luislasso9131]

*****

[@michaelsarleb5580]

***** you're right my friend.

[@Carolina_Boy_93]

+kamphwagon1 I see what you're saying. I wonder why he didn't do it that way. The way you explained it sounds more safe to me than what he was doing. But he still gets my respect!!!

[@SchecterMongoose]

not sure how i ended up here, but glad i did

[@andrewc0128]

I think you searched "Balls of Tungsten" and got here. That's what happened to me and here we both are.

[@styldsteel1]

+Mongoose Motovlog yea really. I was watching stuff about steam locomotives and ended up in this place. The Fuck? lol

[@ตาหมา-จ2ฌ]

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[@PierceyeG]

Only a heavy equipment operator would look at that slope and be like "Yeah, I can make you a road up there. One lane or two?"

[@MrDriftspirit]

operator with balls of steel! manouvering a 130t dozer at the edge! skilled man..

[@patrickriley7507]

My dad was in Union 150, labeled the 2nd best operator in Illinois, did this stuff everyday

[@vinny5638]

+Chet Fuck off chet, youve managed to have an even douchier name than me.

[@974missinglink]

Enjoyable watching a skilled operator, thanks for posting, it was like I was watching my late father running cat all over again.

[@lesteraizlewood8457]

This is what being a skilled and professional operator is all about. Doing the difficult jobs without too much risk, and getting the job done. This stuff happens in mines all over the world every day.

[@Blaze0357]

These guys who can _REALLY_ operate this heavy equipment, are amazing man. I drive, well.. drove tri-axle dump truck for many years and never got board watching these folks running these machines. I always said "someday, off the clock, I'm going to go to one of are job sites with a cooler of beer and watch these guys workin' their magic." Never did do that! I've seen these guys do some really crazy shit with those blades through the years. Cool stuff!

[@6771Randy]

This operator is showing patience as well as skill. My bet is he has over 20 years of experience in dozer operations.

[@j1d22]

*This is driver's first time* would you imagine XD

[@6771Randy]

J2D2 First Time!? Really?

[@6771Randy]

J2D2 No way is this operator a newbie!!!

[@j1d22]

but it would be hilarious ! just picture him going home and screaming : "MOM ! You will never guess what i did today !" XD

[@elsbethhumphrey2048]

6771Randy - Just chock it up to a natural born talent!!! Some of them got it and some of 'em don't. LOL

[@badgercdlyons]

Not sure exactly why, but there's just something mesmerizing about watching dozers do what dozers do.

[@alejandrobasaldua5930]

I don't know how much they pay him, but that's not enough. Thanks to brave guys like this one the World can run.

[@shortbedgameskreshfulloffi1826]

35 a hour or more

[@usaisalwaysnumber1]

the dude knows what hes doing for sure..no dislikes here..5 stars and a big thumbs up..

[@wudnhed58]

They could have done it with a D6 but they needed the D11 to haul the operator's balls

[@freezerburn04]

A ton more than what I’m doing on my place but the visual of the building up, then pushing forward, repeat etc, was very helpful whatever the scale. Thanks for the post👍🙏

[@JohnKirkwoodProFoodHomemade]

Great vid, that looks like a scary job.

[@richardkoepnick4648]

9kll

[@jonnyblayze5573]

Honestly its probably the most laid back thing you can do XD I run a 1990 d11 only time it gets me is when it doesn't catch the gear right and goes into neutral backing down a slope

[@keithclark486]

@@jonnyblayze5573 Why don't you fix it from doing that ?

[@brianskinner5711]

One of my favorite books is " The Path Between the Seas". An history of the building of the Panama canal. At one spot where there was a great steam shovel digging away, the earth was sliding down a hill at exactly the same pace as what was being dug. Yard for yard for several years! --Another note-One of my Uncles lost his life when alone, working with a large cat. He somehow got wound up on the cable when dragging in a log. These are sketchy jobs and you've got to be be good.

[@dougpage1271]

Super Dozer! Super Operator! 👍 - Doug in USA

[@KY-dx4rf]

I read the title as Side Slipping and watched the whole video...twice. It was the most exiting 10:58 of my life.

[@kylebullard4780]

Dude has balls... If my boss told me to do that id say fuck ya buddy i quit

[@jefftodd8731]

Balls as big as the Dozer!!!

[@scotty555babe]

Same here

[@JuanAlejandroLarronde]

jeff todd That's why its so big, to move this guy balls. LOL

[@scpitd67]

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[@scpitd67]

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[@lindakelley508]

Hats off to any operator with the nerve and expertise to do this - dammit man!

[@Tanker1106]

I was watching videos on omelette recipes and KZbin recommended this video. Now I side slope my omelettes when I make them.

[@robertokaucich822]

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[@Tanker1106]

Roberto Kaucich 🖕🏼

[@Wildicon19]

Skills that pay the bills! He is making himself a good foundation to work on!

[@heavyonthewrist2666]

I bet he could turn that machine of that drop and glide down to have lunch.. He knows what he's doing obviously.. ive seen this plenty of times in person. Knowing your material and your machines limits is the real skill.

[@jasonargone5993]

That operator may be sitting down, but he is working like a dog, he is very good, he knows just where everything is and where he should be. One mis-step and its a ride to the bottom...balls

[@robinrandy]

the driver has balls of hell... he is crazy...

[@awelschmeyer2281]

stuff like this is all about turning your fear in to motivation, like "Well if we need it done I'll just go and be the one to do it."

[@MonteD1]

Probably drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette while he's doing it.

[@juan-carlosfrancois8498]

He is one brave soul, that couldn't be me....totally awesome to see!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@charlesworkman2772]

The only way he keeps the dozer from falling is the sheer weight of his balls!

[@rcscalebuilders8268]

Its amazing what these machines can do!! I think FPV in my RC Dozer is as close as I will ever get to this!!

[@harrydangler9196]

Hard to believe there is enough room in the cab for the operator and his balls.

[@assassinlexx1993]

I was going to say the same thing. Thats why he drives a D11. Because he can't fit his balls in anything smaller.

[@timallen8410]

that's a dozer operator boys! He's been at it along time you can tell he's comfortable with that dozer!

[@edwardwilliams5970]

They do this a lot at the coal mines in my home state of W.V. Theses guys are great Operators.

[@josephwoehlerii2855]

I'm amazed that fill can support that dozer weight. Watching the fill fall out from under him really gives me the heebee geebees.

[@lisamcqueen8509]

Cool vid, kind of haunting to me. My great uncle Jake rode a big Cat down an Arizona mountain back in the 1960s! He survived with a broken back. I was jus a baby! Steve McQeen

[@MisterTwister88]

Yeah, but could he have drove that Mustang in the movie, like you did?

[@lisamcqueen8509]

@@MisterTwister88 , one of my favorite smallmouth lures, Uncle Jake was a big man! If could fit in the seat, I'm sure he could. Like my Grandfathers, who also were operators, they could handle anything with an engine! A Great Generation for sure!

[@loveistheanswer8137]

My friend rode on down a big hill full skid. Broke his neck when he hit the bottom. Still suffers 30 years later. This can be very dangerous depending on the hillside composition.

[@michaelfoster802]

people don't watch if you don't like , hes just doing a job !!

[@gateway8833]

You know, I've cleared minefields that weren't this scary!

[@spicoli0704]

he is cutting shelves into the slag pile so when the material falls down the hill it dont go all the way down it lands on the shelf, if not over time the whole hill would fall down from weather , its called stoping mountain side erosion

[@ryano5613]

I was cutting a 70 degree batter just like this a few days ago on a new d11 fusion. It looks more daunting than it actually is. But you have to always keep checking for slumping on the edges

[@keithclark486]

What is slumping ? Is that where the earth bellow you gives away is that what it's called.

[@cwyoming7004]

I couldn't stop watching. Like a deer in headlights

[@JosiahLuscher]

Is he cleaning up after the land slide at the Kennecott Bingham copper mine? Given the date I figure that might be what he's doing. If that's the case there is a drop of about a mile down that hill!

[@wwaaka655]

Thats a Dozer operator right there.. nice work and good dirt to work with u want it pack down tight beneath ya tracks looks like hes pushing in 2nd gear and reversing no half throttle

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

He's got balls of steel! I'd be shitting my pants!

[@connershepherd998]

there are men who drive the crazy AF roads, then there are those that build them

[@k5rno]

The camera angle is dramatic. Would look a lot different from front or back. The material looks good though. I have cut benches on a vertical which was pretty scary at first but this would have my butt twitching for sure. The risk would have been assessed for sure but nothing in this game is without risk. Respect to the Operator. Everyone loves to have a say watching on so respect to all Operators.

[@tonkachow]

This is pretty standard dozer behaivour. Cutting a road or bench is what they do around spoil. He is in no danger if he keeps plenty of material under him and it's not to boney and his track is leaning into the wall.

[@Art-jl6pt]

..back when I was young we didn't have fancy bulldozers. we used a shovel and a wheelbarrow. And we liked it!

[@calstate5100]

When was that ? Cause cable dozers have been around quite a while

[@patrickbransten4648]

You ad a shovel ?

[@meman_the_mememan8608]

Yeah. “Ian, where are you going this late at night?” “I just thought I’d pop out for a wee shovel with the blokes down the road, dear, they’re cutting a road into the side of a mountain. Good bit of exercise that, blisters on me ‘ands an evryfing. Love me some pain and sweat and back aches.”

[@johnwahan9086]

Use to operate equipment. In telecommunications boom in early 90s. In northern va. Deep mud .crazy slopes.getting stuck.almost rolling over. Machine operators. We would pull..dig each other out. Loved Ditch Witch. Used single tires. .Case was good but dual tires would blow if rocks got between tires. Miss operating those machines. The mine machine operators. .DAMN.. they awesome

[@Patrick-fp2jz]

Had the extra big cab to accommodate his giant conkers

[@ScottyBrunton]

I love to watch a good man work! I can watch a good man work all day!

[@mattgaming8717]

$$$$skills and nerves of steel to do that job.

[@richsmith8035]

Just one more thing you would NEVER catch me doing.

[@Fringe13]

I think the blade on this dozer sticks out a good 3-4 foot but at this angle it looks like the tracks are on the edge.

[@efrenhernandez2134]

Looks Fun :) I like doing stuff like that.. Good Operator.

[@Bcroft39]

Highly skilled with some big balls.

[@mrbluenun]

Thanks for the upload, I have seen a few similar to this and the look so precarious, but at least this chap has a full slot to work in.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

nice work! that surely takes nerves...

[@davidallen6333]

Nice capture I Imagine your a fair distance away !

[@Sanstheskeleton-hn1qx]

for some reason this is actually cute because it's just pushing the dirt along and it looks so tiny!

[@sheepdog1102]

If that doesn’t make your heart speed up a notch or two I don’t know what will. That is the stuff nightmares are made of. “Falling down a steep mountain out of control “.

[@catdieselpower193]

Lol just another day of a skinner! nice vid boys!

[@richyt9171]

Forming switch back ramp for haul trucks i do alot of this at work good fun keeps me focus and challenged

[@screamingbull]

This operator has a lot of experience and a serious pair of Balls !!

[@d5ncat227]

This defies the laws of of everything 😁

[@MrCoreyStorm]

Looks like he's getting the material out there so the smaller Dozers can come in & run a slope down. This is a good way to do it. The bank is being compacted as he works the dirt to the bottom. No "Operator" will put big iron on a side slope. It can be done but it's too hard on the undercarriage.

[@madrx2]

It's funny how that soft looking hill holds over 100T

[@chopperdude407]

Dozers put out very little ground pressure for the amount of weight they are.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Dang that is a confident operator!

[@georgealmeida7382]

I have run a dozer that size a time or two on flat ground actually super deep ripping for new orchard trees and i wondered why so much space under the dash and insturments guages up high on the dash... blocking my veiw. now I know.. Its for these guys to have pmenty of nutsack room

[@stralais99]

the trick also is not to cut it too vertical on his left , that dozer to top of cab is about 5.5m high. so you have watch the cutting on your left don't fall on you and your stuck. have done this type of job before and is a great feeling when it's finished.

[@WILSON.1]

That’s way more scary than it even looks.

[@bbigrocker1]

I was on one of those in Saudi Arabia,,,,,you can't really tell from this video, that the D11 is HUGE

[@JimBloggins1]

This iant side sloping, its side cutting, what you might do to prepare to sideslope. Pretty simple and easy work there

[@42lookc]

One skilled and gutsy operator for sure. I can't see why all that loose material doesn't just cave under the massive weight of the dozer and send it tumbling to the bottom.

[@Chopwoodcarrywater]

'Angle of repose' is the highest angle a at which a given material is stable. 'Brass balls' are what it takes to drive a $100k out onto said slope

[@kenbrewsaugh2473]

More like $700K

[@antoniovicente7460]

There are actually a little over $ 2,000,000

[@kenbrewsaugh2473]

@@antoniovicente7460, That is true, if they are new. This one looks about 10+ years old.

[@cesteres]

Yeah all that weight so close to the edge...

[@kenbrewsaugh2473]

@@cesteres , he will soon be " down by the river."

[@ChuckBeefOG]

I might try that in a LGP D6. You have to really trust that ground with a 200k lb tractor.

[@TinkerPrepper]

That's obviously Chuck Norris driving

[@DigzBig]

Obviously :)

[@retarteddog1902]

Na. Chuck would do it with a rake.

[@retarteddog1902]

Or a glare

[@garethifan1034]

That is pretty impressive - do be doing it in such a big machine as a D11. Some of my comments from 12 months ago weren't entirely fair to the guy in the seat of that Dozer - clearly we can't see the full extent of the fall beneath him on the video if something were to go wrong..still must be nice to just push and the stuff falls away from you. Nice film.

[@mountnman3609]

It would take me 6 beers at the end of the day, just to loosen up enough, so I could take a s#!t.

[@brianskinner5711]

The operator is a man of great skill and daring--I wonder what amount of tonnage he is pushing-What is the capacity of his blade ( cubic yards)--What is the advantage of that third , higher drive wheel that give the track it's triangular look?

[@doug112244]

+skinner B wIKIPEDIA Lists 57 cu yd as its push capacity. I believe the high third wheel is the drive sprocket. Likely it makes the drive line easier to design and build.

[@ekimnamdets6946]

Takes a bulldozer that big to haul his balls around

[@the379man]

thats a hell of a good operator right there

[@MichaelSmith-zh2px]

Been there done this .Good job nobody in your face push all day, fuel the machine go home

[@stevenreeddahlquist3788]

Impressive dozer work

[@evinsteven13]

Yes Alex, I'll take "Whole lotta nope" for $2,000.

[@josephwoehlerii2855]

Excellent video effort too.

[@haljohnson6947]

i dont understand why this has 5 million views. wait, why am I here too?

[@barefootjer]

I love off roading but this insane. He is no roading!

[@jeffcanyafixiy]

Can't believe that slope will support the weight of those balls.

[@Ordnog]

The driver has both skill and nerves!

[@2secondslater]

Balls of steel!

[@mrbluenun]

Hi truckdrivah, Yes it does look scary, and there is several others where there is 200-400 feet apparently just waiting to give way as he start a new slot and eventually a road I would think. Don’t forget firstly we are very distant maybe at least ½ a mile away, and that screws up your depth perception, and remember the blade is at least a metre or maybe nearer 4 feet wider each side than the main cab and engine tracks etc.

[@Banzay27]

A lot of dislikes for an entirely non-controversial video. Many folk must've figured the title meant the dozer tipped off the slope (as I did) and were so disappointed they dropped a dislike. For shame. I admit I clicked expecting misfortune on camera, but fuck if I outright dislike that the fella didn't suffer an accident, that's just plain stupid, if not evil. Guy's not on camera for entertainment, after all.

[@wwaaka655]

Banzay27 Stupid??? thats skill

[@joek0617]

W Waaka he was referring to the people that are mad that he didn't fall off, not the driver himself

[@timpatrickhanna]

W Waaka He said it was stupid to give this video a thumbs down just because there wasn't an accident. He didn't say anything about the dozer operator.

[@Hoss5678]

This operator has balls, ground looks really soft, dozer very heavy.

[@TheeDrunkunMunky]

Just me or did anyone else think it was coming down?

[@JodianGaming]

Wow, that cat operator has some serious balls.

[@frankmora7302]

What happened ? sorry I fell asleep at around 3:00 min.

[@roberthenderson4466]

STOP TAKING PILLS...........

[@Mackeson3]

"You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!”

[@ricknelms8606]

My thoughts exactly!