CAT D11 Side Sloping

Once again the CAT D11 Dozer frequents the edge to move some material. Slow and steady is the plan.

[@MrDjh66]

The only person worthy of a no fear bumper sticker

[@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.

[@greenwaytruckinginc6134]

+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

[@user-sp3ju6uh6f]

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[@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

[@jameswillison2220]

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

[@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]

este

[@usaisalwaysnumber1]

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

[@MrDriftspirit]

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

[@wudnhed58]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?"

[@dougpage1271]

Super Dozer! Super Operator! 👍 - Doug in USA

[@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

[@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👍🙏

[@974missinglink]

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

[@robinrandy]

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

[@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 ?

[@lindakelley508]

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

[@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!

[@gateway8833]

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

[@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.

[@juan-carlosfrancois8498]

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

[@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

[@charlesworkman2772]

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

[@connershepherd998]

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

[@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.

[@MonteD1]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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]

+Juan Alejandro Larronde ง

[@d5ncat227]

This defies the laws of of everything 😁

[@ScottyBrunton]

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

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Dang that is a confident operator!

[@mattgaming8717]

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

[@Patrick-fp2jz]

Had the extra big cab to accommodate his giant conkers

[@Wildicon19]

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

[@stevenreeddahlquist3788]

Impressive dozer work

[@edwardwilliams5970]

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

[@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

[@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."

[@catdieselpower193]

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

[@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 🖕🏼

[@1977jelliott]

Balls of steel!

[@whocares2227]

Ya make it look so easy, good operator.

[@the379man]

thats a hell of a good operator right there

[@Bcroft39]

Highly skilled with some big balls.

[@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.

[@jakestree1892]

I watched my uncle as a kid in west virginia cut roads on hillsides with an antique td9 very impressed

[@mrdetails362]

Your full of shit

[@jakestree1892]

@@mrdetails362 were you there?

[@timallen8410]

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

[@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.”

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

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

[@screamingbull]

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

[@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

[@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 “.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

nice work! that surely takes nerves...

[@davidallen6333]

Nice capture I Imagine your a fair distance away !

[@markp6732]

Fascinating,like watching paint dry!!

[@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.

[@richyt9171]

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

[@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.

[@Ordnog]

The driver has both skill and nerves!

[@cwyoming7004]

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

[@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.

[@ekimnamdets6946]

Takes a bulldozer that big to haul his balls around

[@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.

[@daddy617forlife8]

Amazing!💪👷

[@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.

[@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

[@michaelfoster802]

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

[@ddoank5431]

Beyond awesome.

[@WILSON.1]

That’s way more scary than it even looks.

[@TheeDrunkunMunky]

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

[@LYEARTHMOVERS]

Nice video bro... nice dozer!!!

[@richardpearce1065]

This takes balls and knoledge of your machine this sorts the men from the boys /A fine steam man was used back in my days

[@oskar115]

Richard Pearce are you fucking 120 years old? Back in your timr more like some TRex was making shit in that area.

[@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!

[@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.

[@chriscole6668]

Like a Boss well done

[@born2push]

He's just as badass as that d 11 he is running

[@jeffcanyafixiy]

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

[@multi-hobbyist1568]

Living on the edge. Potentially dieing there too.

[@deezynar]

I appreciate your point about it being dangerous, but the dieing happens, not on the edge, but sometime after you go over the edge.

[@hectoryordiconsuegraqaaaqa3132]

Beautiful machine

[@richsmith8035]

Just one more thing you would NEVER catch me doing.

[@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."

[@squawk3120]

They’d have to swap the cab out for a porta-john if they put me out there.

[@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

[@johnrichardson4016]

This guy is good! Cat rocks.

[@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.

[@swashington942]

What is the purpose of this? Making a temporary road?

[@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.

[@mikesmithey4882]

Yeah I love it this is the balls of steel video

[@TinkerPrepper]

That's obviously Chuck Norris driving

[@DigzBig]

Obviously :)

[@retarteddog1902]

Na. Chuck would do it with a rake.

[@retarteddog1902]

Or a glare

[@notch7139]

That is proper scary. How consistent is that material, I mean could the machine cause an avalanche?

[@DigzBig]

From what I've seen with projects within the mine it packs quite well and these guys seem to know how far they can push things.

[@CRISISMACHINES]

amazing bulldozer operator skills

[@leedawson5568]

Lots of fun!

[@gymhourfee]

Great video... You tube commercials sure suck.

[@clayz1]

I just graduated from how do they do that, to armchair expert.

[@josephwoehlerii2855]

Excellent video effort too.

[@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