Cat D7 V-plow ditches

Opening ditches before spring melt with a 1974 Cat D7F

[@tempestmkiv]

Got lots of time on a D7E... loved the machine, one of Cat's best!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

I love opening road with a dozer on a nice day. D7, 65 or 85 Komatsu are my favorites. This operator was having a great day I bet.

[@user-bp8kj4dg8r]

Those old low track D7's have a nice sound to them!

[@69yenko65]

Growing up my dad had a d8k, thing was a beast. He used to turn the fan blades to blow the heat towards operator in winter and reverse them to own forward in the summer. Surprisingly it kept you warm in the open cab

[@zombienectar]

The old cat loaders had the same setup.

[@FlatThunder]

I don't know why, but this was really pleasing watching this old dozer bust through all that snow! Nicely done! 👍

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Doing this is just a great day at work. I loved opening roads with this size'd dozers.D7Cat,D65 and 85 Komatsu's were my favorites.

[@kentrush8250]

That 74 Cat is one powerful machine!

[@steiger256]

Man the power of the old Cats.

[@robertsherrick4081]

It’s the weight,these old geezers weren’t all that strong in horsepower

[@69yenko65]

@@robertsherrick4081 they were all torque

[@ozarksfarmerhansen8782]

Doing dam good with a dozer with 75% wore out tracks

[@floodedcar123]

Love the sound of an old cat diesel

[@RickBork]

That's just awesome I need one of those. Thanks for sharing.

[@DLKHAY]

i've seen them on skidders before...just saying

[@whiteout1962]

Looks like fun! I have a little TD6 I play with.

[@bige.3474]

I pass one of these for sale every day. I always thought it was homemade because you can tell it has a very specific purpose.

[@alspeers6931]

So bloody impressive, i love it totally, very nice

[@ML-lg4ky]

This guy is good! Not a single piece of topsoil!!

[@sethfoulk6990]

THAT IS ALOT OF POWER! VERY IMPRESSIVE! Id say even a train with a v16 would be really struggling more then that to push through that thick-hard-compacted snow!

[@Isavetractors]

Can't beat that!

[@goophy30]

That's just awesome.

[@jameslindley924]

Proper Job !!!!!!!!!!! Very affective !!!!!!!!!!

[@TillingsExcavation]

It looks like cats like snow!

[@markreading6377]

Once they get warmed up

[@johnmorrison3555]

That is really deep snow. Where I live in Australia, deep snow is ten, maybe 12 centimeters. Wow.

[@mog5858]

great stuff thanks for sharing

[@davidheitman7004]

nice! amazing! old school.

[@alspeers6931]

A v snow blade ran off a D7 G is positively impressive and unstoppable lol

[@conantdog]

Awesome 👍

[@user-zk3yn1pw4e]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@sharpshooter7127]

That's the biggest snow plow I've ever seen 👍

[@greathodgy22]

Used to live on Melrose Road in Springfield that adjoins to St Clement. Both RM's do this and without it you would be flooded out.

[@sassymassey5002]

I live near east selkirk by 212 and the do that down the ditches to

[@crushingvanessa3277]

Close to me. Be neat to learn how run one someday.

[@sassymassey5002]

Yup that would be very intresting

[@greathodgy22]

@@sassymassey5002 One year at our place the snow was so hard they had the Cat in the ditch and another Cat on the road with a cable attached to the V-Plow with a clevis. Even then they had a hard time.

[@robertsherrick4081]

In Idaho they plow these ditches to create windbreaks for blowing snow

[@bedfordpower]

That’s about 3000 dinosaur power right there

[@willpierre5208]

Leaving cat prints in the snow

[@mickz4601]

Cool!

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!!!

[@moto6ixmoto83]

haha I know exactly where your plowing, those are the ditches around church road in St Clements. I’m assuming the municipality contracts you to do the ditch clearing in the spring.

[@johnsilvernale6472]

Are they worried about run off

[@500ssrider]

Yup that's the area. I actually work for the municipality and this is their cat

[@kristopherlalko7046]

@@500ssrider what's the reason for the ditch plowing

[@hudsonhawk0016]

Plowing snow with this machine really isn't a challenge for it, keeping the tracks from spinning and losing traction is. That's purely operator skill right there.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Yeah, he did a nice job.

[@brandonwagner3873]

Cool

[@carlwoodworth4539]

I have plowed snow with a d8t off the job site a few times (normaly run excavator) zero effort involved on the tractors part lol

[@19772001corey]

The snow banks will melt around july

[@dangraf4410]

Where’s the Canvas Tube that goes from the Radiator to the Cab for heat 😁👍

[@jonathanscanapico9753]

Its katty and the big snow.

[@fredvanduyne8684]

My students love this book

[@RomeKG471]

Thats cool! "Traction for Action"! Did that in "78" with our D7E and Rome K/G blade. Had ten foot drifts. Where is this at? St Clements Canada?

[@500ssrider]

Thanks in Manitoba, Canada

[@crushthis123]

Thats alot of snow

[@user-dz3gg4yu6o]

старый но полезный

[@user-wj2lg6bv9w]

Вот это мощь.✋🇷🇺👍.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I ran a 7E in the Army and an F a lot on dams. I ;liked the E better. Tye F was o.ki. but the E was stronger and SNORTED!

[@kellycronk9234]

I run a Vplow on the front of my 12M

[@kellycronk9234]

@Tracy D CAT 12 M serries3 motorgrader

[@earlgunman6325]

@Tracy D Nice. I've heard the clutch on a 24 is a bitch.

[@earlgunman6325]

@Tracy D I know. I was trying to bait you because it seemed like you were full of shit, no offense lol. You know how it is though. Everyone claims to have ran a 24 or d11 or 994...hell, I've even worked with a few people that have ran d12s. I have a lot more time on a 16 than a 24 but that's fine with me. The 16s are more comfortable in my opinion. I tend to lean forward a lot more to see my heel on a 24 because of the flat door glass. My back kills me at the end of a shift. I'm not really a huge fan of the transmission either though. I don't like how it doesn't up shift until the very top of the rpm range, on a 16 I can be cruising at 1500rpms and when I press the button, it shifts. On my first day on a 24 in a while, I always catch myself with 5th selected, in 3rd because I'm not full throttle. I get used to it, but as I said, I spent a lot more time on a 16. But I don't run a grader too much anymore. Oh, and yes, I am aware that it's called an inching pedal, not a clutch. 😉

[@devilsrejects_1191]

Get that man a new one so he has heat lol

[@myronhorvathsk]

devilsrejects_1 devilsrejects_1 He undoubtedly has the engine fan reversed and that blows engine heat back along the engine side covers to the operator platform so actually it's not that bad, especially after you get the whole machine warmed up from work.

[@boblynch7348]

How the heck do you even know where the road is?

[@justinmartin8887]

It truly will be unstoppable once you hit a thick patch of ice

[@mb7050]

I have a d7 but I need a v plow.

[@ilovehorses5714]

Wow!

[@ilovehorses5714]

What is that, like 46 years old machine? Wow

[@RomeKG471]

D7F was built from 1970-1975 180 hp

[@bugmandu1]

Got the blades reversed and traps for heat.

[@500ssrider]

Yup as long as shes workin it's pretty warm

[@bugmandu1]

@@500ssrider Been there done that.

[@Ericbjohnston5150]

Dirch that thing and get a front end loader with a massive snowblower unit.

[@thomas-allen]

realize this is an older video but yt recommended it. Being a city boy, why are they plowing the ditch?

[@flyingled3176]

Coming flash flood?

[@thomas-allen]

@@flyingled3176 thanks.

[@Skeptik781]

моща прёт

[@stepabove2136]

That's what you call a bad cat 🐈.

[@jeff.j1910]

What’s the point of plowing the ditch?

[@bryantillotson7455]

Wind break it drops the snow out before it gets to the road.

[@500ssrider]

To let the water flow during the melt

[@silentHangus]

@@500ssrider melt water usually melts the bottom of the ditches out... I too am confused as to why do this.. is this a flood prone area?

[@myronhorvathsk]

Zach Larson most times it doesn't melt open quick enough.

[@brentreid7031]

Those are wicked ridges eh. Nice job. Is that a 7G ?

[@500ssrider]

Thanks. It's a D7F

[@Kopjar1]

@@500ssrider does this 7F have a d333c or a 3306? I have a 7F with 3306. Nice old tractor. Just rebuilt engine, power shift and torque in mine.

[@raymondquave1237]

Did u just trash the asphalt pavement lol

[@500ssrider]

No we only run gravel roads with this

[@Jd-bc1fz]

Where is this?

[@oldtimerf7602]

Manitoba

[@bestamerica]

' the engine train with a V-plow is a much better faster push harder than cat meow

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

As far as d7s go u dont get better than a 7e

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I've run both and like an E a LOT better!

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

@@lewiemcneely9143 more power more comfort nicer controls

[@BoysInTheWoodsofPA]

That's not a D7E it has the exhaust on the wrong side. The D339 exhaust is on the left side from the seat. Looks more like an F to me.

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

@@BoysInTheWoodsofPA more likely a 7 g f is a peice of shit

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@BoysInTheWoodsofPA It was an F. You could hear there was NO snort, just a wheeze of a 6-cylinder. I like the E's a LOT better.

[@jeffd4056]

Question is why

[@SimpleMechanic931]

Probably so that when the sun comes out and the snow starts melting, it can make use of the drainage ditches and not flood the road

[@blaws6684]

Totally unnecessary

[@500ssrider]

To let the water flow during the melt. This is a main drainage ditch

[@ndn2589]

Why is this done

[@myronhorvathsk]

Restoration work So when spring thaw comes the water has a place to go.

[@dns938]

What is the point of plowing the ditch

[@500ssrider]

To allow water to flow during spring melt

[@Hangman675]

Totally cool video . But having the piles on the edge of the road again would create more and bigger drifting for the next wind/snow storm.

[@500ssrider]

@@Hangman675 this is end of the season. Slim chance we would get another snowfall

[@Hbosstowing]

Waste of time and tax payers money. They damage alot also playing hero.

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

@@Hbosstowing Did you not read description or other comments. It's for ditch drainage for the spring melt. Guess we didn't learn about drainage disasters after the spring 2020 melt......

[@MyMarkn]

Theres going to be some pissed off snowmobilers there.

[@larrymacdonald4241]

30 years running equipment in Canada...never seen anything like this before.... make work project....someone's getting some good kick backs for handing out this work... I bet that machine and operator cost a pretty penny by the hour.. up here a D7 would go for about $100 an hour. Then there would be float charges for moving it around. I wonder if the guy who owns it, is related to someone in the County office.....we use D8's and 9's in the snow dump but never used them like this.....

[@500ssrider]

I run it and the municipality owns it. It's not a make work project. Without doing this people would flood out during the spring melt

[@joshuanorris5860]

How the fuck else would you clear the ditches? :))) Id like to have this baby for punching the road into some cabins :)

[@jimmartin7881]

100 an hr.? I get 70 in a tri axle with a sander contracting for the town, I don't use a dozer for plowing but it'd sure be more than a c-note per hr.

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

@@jimmartin7881 Ya but he's in Canada.... You know the government that subsidizes everything... Talk about "make work project".....

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

You know what there is a whole world out there...... There's different ways of doing things..... Let's thank him for documenting this and sharing it......

[@MitzvosGolem1]

🤔

[@haroldreardon8070]

And what is the point of plowing the ditch. We don't do that where I live. I see the road is clear for traffic.

[@oldretireddude]

...and place a pile of snow between the road and said ditch that will be there until late spring.

[@500ssrider]

We do this to let the water flow and prevent overland flooding during the melt

[@blaws6684]

Totally unnecessary

[@500ssrider]

@@blaws6684 wrong

[@blaws6684]

@@500ssrider serves no purpose whatsoever all you’re doing is compacting that berm between the shoulder and the ditch. Actually makes it harder for the water to get off the roadbed not easier. But if you left it alone the water being warmer than the snow would seek it’s way naturally. No one in snow country anywhere else does this anymore. It’s a 1940s concept that serves no good function. Don’t believe me? You don’t have to take my word for it. Leave a quarter mile untouched and see how it behaves. Nice work with the kitty though. Operator is no greenhorn

[@blhornertube]

So whats the sense of doing this?

[@myronhorvathsk]

blhornertube It opens the ditch so when spring thaw comes the water has a place where it should go.

[@darrrenbetker4266]

snowmobilers must hate u come nightfall!!!!!

[@tomlorenzen4062]

Is there a point to this??

[@RomeKG471]

Yea...read the description.

[@blaws6684]

Nonsense. Totally unnecessary

[@500ssrider]

Yes to let the water flow during the melt

[@myronhorvathsk]

B Laws Incorrect!

[@user-ot2jz1ly6x]

Я там на ниве и так бы проехал...

[@Stufflr]

На диване не приподнимаясь,не вынимая сигареты из зубов 😁.

[@lucypeedles4476]

NOT circa 1926

[@user-ou4vk6oc2e]

Снегоудержание

[@ringneckryan]

Never seen that before...and I live in Canada. This it the biggest waste diesel fuel I have ever seen haha. Put that Vplow on your motor grader. They work best at about top speed. Get a snow wing for it and put your seatbelt on! 😎

[@500ssrider]

We have v plows and wings on our grader's. Not going to put a grader opening ditches though

[@RomeKG471]

Yea hit a stump or concrete abuttment at high speed and trash the machine.

[@ringneckryan]

@@RomeKG471 you idiots.. Why would you go thru the ditch at high soeed with a grader? Why would you ever clean the ditch in the first place?

[@ya472]

@@ringneckryan When YOU don't understand something, why is everyone else an idiot ????

[@ringneckryan]

@@ya472 i know why you do it. I say it is a waste of time and so does every other major snow bearing country in the world. You do you tho. Have fun in the ditch

[@user-kd8pi9uk4h]

То

[@alexpost8316]

насрал только на дорогу

[@Hbosstowing]

Complete waste of time and money, these clowns do more damage to ditches and people's culverts than good. They don't have flooding leaving them full of snow either. Oh and they also damage the roads

[@wcresponder]

Sounds like somebody didn't get a toy bulldozer when they were a kid.

[@Hbosstowing]

@@wcresponder bahahaha You clown I own a D2

[@wcresponder]

@@Hbosstowing But you didn't get one as a kid and it scarred you. You bought one as an adult(debatable) to compensate and prove to others your supposed superiority. Which was a fail.