D8 CAT

[@calvinlhiggins9293]

Thanks for not putting some obnoxious music on, it’s pleasant to hear the equipment run!

[@danielhanney3326]

Really pleased to see and hear this old machine at work..I used to work for Caterpillar in Scotland in the 70's and 80's...and the D8H was the model we manufactured alongside tne D6C and the 977L Traxcavator.. We built the machines for Europe, Africa and the Middle East..this old D8H was almost certain to have been built at the American sister plant, can't remember which plant though..only 2 plants built it at the time, production was then transfered to Cat Brazil plant, and we began production of the D8K. This is old machine is in fantastic condition for its age..and sounds just perfect!!!

[@dennisholst4322]

Grandpa Scottish

[@dennisholst4322]

Hope he knows cat didn't have the best steering clutches

[@dennisholst4322]

those in put shafts gave out

[@dennisholst4322]

Peoria girls of sensation

[@matthewcoldicutt5951]

Poetry in motion! By the way this dozer is operated , so fluently, even people like me who occasionally get to play on 360's, can appreciate why good operators of D8's and its kind are so efficient - such craftsmen . All done by eye and feel, there seems no reason why that super maintained machine shouldn't be working in fifty years from now, given continued care and a good old school man (or woman) at the controls. Well done Cat ' for making it all possible

[@homebrewer7]

I loved operating a D9 and a Cat and ban just like this building roads and dams out in the wilderness. 65 miles out in the Steen mountains from Burns, Oregon. So far out I and another man had to live out there mos at a time. 24 dams built. I am 80 now.

[@VoltaCarbon]

I am only 33 years old and just feel lucky I got to run some of these old style CAT machines. I love them!

[@garethifan1034]

Wow some experience John!

[@norcalyota707.jonroberson6]

I've been up there in the steers mountains,there's not much up there but sage brush. Some wild horses to

[@athensboy123]

That sounds like some years ago...

[@scotanderson7689]

I worked a summer out of Silverlake Or doing timber plots.

[@johnzappo]

This video will never get old for me ))) Nothing beats the sound of a high horse D 8H with that high volume fan sound. Complete satisfaction))

[@VoltaCarbon]

Copy that! Thank you 🙏

[@DonReynolds-p7o]

That’s the turbo slowing dow that whistles, not the fan

[@dennisholst4322]

36 must of had a clutch that would not quit

[@dennisholst4322]

36 tracked good

[@dennisholst4322]

Frasure told me Strunk had a 8 that would track with the nines

[@caterpillarman456]

I sure like this video, good machine, good operator.The machine must be a late 46A high horsepower from the sound of it. I ran lots of these D8's in the 1970's, they had a sound all their own, I had a hard time shutting them off at the end of the day !!

[@Geoff-m7j]

How’s your hearing these days? I’ve got tinnitus.

[@macielfarias1812]

Trabalhei com um D9G, é D8k ,a produção é muito boa , ó problema é que não tem mais obras,pra essas feras trabalhar, é CAT sem comparação 💪💪💪

[@kristisdale389]

I love how that turbo rest when he get off the throttle,man that thing sound good.Nice video.

[@ricknone4686]

Just love those sounds those old D8s and D9s make! Probably my favorite was D8H high horse could always tell by Turbo just how hard you was working the old beast, figure thats power shift tractor, but those old direct drives was really powerful! Used about 2 gallons less per hour fuel too!

[@dannyjones2510]

That's the way they all should sound! Beautiful black smoke, and the turbo whistlin!

[@athensboy123]

Shame I can't put this fine engine in my little pick up truck 🤣 I love that sound .. But that motor is probably as big as my whole truck lol

[@Dinoxt12]

Hot Dog...good old Cat D8H...they where a heck of a good dozer back in the day when you had to know how to Manually operate heavy equipment.

[@garycollar7565]

one of the best cat made!

[@bobw7066]

Hello from Australia, excellent D8 and operator. Good to watch.

[@geraldobergamini2893]

Este operador é muito muito bom, as vezes trabalha em segunda marcha .muito bom Não força o trator, nem fumaça no escapamento. Parabens ao operador . O D8H a melhor maquina da Cat. Sds GB

[@dougkubash8673]

Now that's entertainment!! I could watch videos like this all the time. Great sounds

[@muleskinnerjack]

Such beauty! The Fir stump has been and continues to be a great provider of employment. I love it when they start to break loose.

[@Geoff-m7j]

Be a lot easier on the tractor if they had rear mounted rippers to loosen up those stumps. Tremendous wear on the blade prising out those very tight stumps with the corners of the blade.

[@MichaelPowell-tc7tc]

Nothing like the sound of a big old cat dozer.

[@izaiasbatistapereira885]

eu fico igual criança olhando esse D8 trabalhando sou fã de mais, é legal ver esse tipo de trabalho

[@regsparkes6507]

Great to see a D8 operating at a speed higher than crawl. Especially in this easy to bulldoze ground. Hardly any rock, at least from what I can see. I was wishing you`d tackle that large stump,...but it didn`t take long to move that one. I only wish I could see more of this,. and also where the road is going beyond the camera. Thanks for this.

[@canvids1]

Awesome video, love the sound of all the power of the D8

[@Dinoxt12]

This 8 is a good running machine in good condition...always liked the D8H best to have ear plugs with that straight pipe...sure made the 8's sound ruff and tuff.

[@tidvit2510]

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[@ConstructionMachinesChannel]

Great sound from those old CAT dozers. Cool video 👍

[@biggussd5473]

That D8 is one of the best sounding , & well kept old Cats I have ever seen. This operator is one of the best I have ever seen, Grant !!! no one could have taken that stump out any better than you did in this video, 1st time on a cat my ass, after years of running a cat I still have a hard time with the decelerator. it was like you were born on that Cat. Good Job Bud

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Cat on the right, I H on the left and Case is backwards.

[@killingoldgrowthsince]

He's better then some, and not as good as others.

[@VoltaCarbon]

Killing Oldgrowth is on point. Ray Colby was the best cat skinner. Logged and built many roads for Simpson

[@dozerboy67]

Running a nice dozer out in the sticks catskinning a road in for logging. I hope that you realize that it doesn’t get any better than that, a beautiful day and sunshine to boot! Be safe out there boys! 🇺🇸💪👊👍☝️

[@marciocosta7372]

Isso é uma maravilha das máquinas, junto com seu operador que tem um ótimo desempenho parabéns cat D8, raridade

[@marcosandrade1337]

Achei um brasileiro kk

[@Nickl4us]

@@marcosandrade1337 e10

[@mikelamothesr.8998]

Lots of seat time makes it look easy and almost boring to the casual observer. Very nice sir, very nice indeed. Mike

[@athensboy123]

Agree iam on these kinds of dozer mon-fri it's gets old after a while been on these machine since 1998 very easy to operate in that long of time.. like tie up a shoe.. this guy on this dozer looks like he been on for a min to

[@joepidgley8163]

Great d8 great sound, good operator.

[@TheHaiku2]

That turbo sounds beautiful.

[@dennisholst4322]

Sounds better when you are landing

[@dennisholst4322]

Oceans and rivers don't try

[@mariorebolledo903]

De chile soy operador de excavadora hace 33 años y he visto casi todo tipo de operadores mis respeto para este sr rapido seguro inteligente me encanto el video un abrazo

[@greggwinovich8196]

Thank You Grant For a fine video.Love them ole H models.Ran a 36a for a time loved every minute..They sure sounded good too.keep up the nice work.

[@VoltaCarbon]

My pleasure 🎉

[@danlacey4138]

She sounds great! listen to that snort

[@andrewb2200]

love the sound! nice machine too!

[@chocho460]

46A one of cat's best...used on lava rock in Hawaii cutting roads with single shank...4 barrel set up...Good balanced dozer.

[@giovanniscumaci9753]

Pohaku Lindsey .

[@wrz5468]

I agree, hard to beat a 46A in it's element! In one stretch of my career, I was doing lot preps, foundation hole, driveway, septic system. I could do it for $500, while the dump truck and John Deere guys were doing it for $2800 to $3500

[@billtmarchi4320]

I feel sorry for you, I ran dozers logging in Washington state mountains. Lot of Rock. Made for long hard rough days when you are on near solid rock trying to build roads. Back feels broke by the end of the day. All that steel banging and rattling. But somehow for some reason we always miss those days

[@lewiemcneely9143]

That's the way to run an 8! I'd stuff it in #2 and let it eat! It liked #2 better than #1 unless it was in a rough place and then it was #1 to take care if me and the tractor. Never wore ear plugs. Liked to hear it snort too well. Good old tractors! The one I ran had the pony motor start. Loved every minute of it!

[@cascapediastjules8796]

Never wore ear plugs. What did you say? Could you repeat that? I am sorry please say again ........ Lol

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Cascapediastjules How true but wouldn't do a thing different if I had to do it over. The D-6's were the same way. One straight pipe is worth thousands of words!

[@billtmarchi4320]

My old boss had 3 old 3Ts dozers he used for anchors on his line machine sometimes. (Thats what they called them, not sure what they actually were). They pony motors on them. Had to try and get the ponys running to get the motors running cans of starting fluid etc. Middle of winter. When possible we would leave the blades up (old straight cable blades). And push start them. First time I drove one my orders were don't hit any trees as we drive through someone properrt to get to the site. And don't stall the dozer. And you'll never guess what I did.... that's right. I hit a tree and stalled the dozer. Tell you what, the men that ran those old dozers from the 1940s on steep grades logging were real men. We had a 17a that had the dozen levers to drive it. And I skidded logs with it from time to time when we needed the extra help. And man were your hands and feet busy. Separate forwards shifter gear shifter big clutch lever and spooling winch in and out and blade and steering. These guys running newer equipment don't know how they got it made. Anyway take care.

[@felizalbertorojasnadales441]

Exelente operador y buena maquina

[@danielhanney3326]

Meant to say, that Caterpillar donated one of the first engines ever built for this model, at Glasgow Plant in Scotland, the engine was originally built with cut away sections for the purpose of training their Apprentices, and is still displayed at Glasgow Transport Museum..I was involved in a number of jobs at various stages of production...enjoyed my 14 years there, before plant closure.

[@rjo8500]

I watched a bunch of these dozer videos, this guy can operate.

[@scotabot7826]

I could watch this guy all day long!!!!!

[@dozer1642]

The brand new D8s will be recycled before this beautiful old gal is worn out. Nothing before or since can match the 46A at that weight.

[@danielstryker9301]

cat is the best even the older ones are still the best

[@oldbiker9739]

snortin hortin cat , oh brings back memories' of long a go , rebuilding sections of the Alaska hwy around steam boat mountain , and the Yukon . I would love to push just one more blade full .

[@patrickgambsky6290]

That's a beautiful machine can't beat the old equipment caterpillar used to make. It's where you needed skill to operate 💕

[@shanepolsen6334]

About time we had a video with out the music just the sweet noise of dozer

[@citetez]

For some reason it reminds me of taking out wisdom teeth. Exactly the same principle. Persistence.

[@VoltaCarbon]

Keep Hammerin

[@greggb1416]

Ahh yes… that is music to my ears…

[@dukeboy-6645]

Sounds so good.

[@arthurmiller9434]

@Grant: I love to see big equipment at work. Thank you for posting this video. Where was the location?

[@VoltaCarbon]

Thank you! This was near Riddle Oregon

[@carolinaculp3927]

Back in the good old days that how they built’em, big a..s engines, big a..s blades,and big a..s winches!!!

[@OPERATORCHANNEL]

Yutuber pemula hador.good2👍👍

[@zmanman4992]

I ran one of these Cats for years, sure brings back memories. Thank you for the video, fantastic.

[@levipedro6832]

Great video, congratulations !!!

[@outbacknomad9939]

nice cat performs well an as one can see with a good operator who can work it

[@slayerfreaked]

Love the sound.

[@billoxley5315]

Tight machine,sounds great.

[@desertmulehunter]

No need to ask He's a smooth operator Smooth operator, smooth operator Smooth operator

[@markleman8649]

It makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up watching that mother work for its fuel. (retired Cummins mechanic Australia).

[@robperkins6442]

I love that sound.

[@JDX873]

That's because it's old school, that is a sweet machine.

[@suryadi1078]

mntappp bosQuuu👍👍💪

[@davidmorse8432]

Excellent operator skills shown here.

[@christophermair3349]

The trouble is not an issue machine. We gots this!

[@davidthurmond2466]

Dam that turbo sounds good that's what these new shitty ass dozers should sound like

[@vidyamanjunath4888]

One of the greatest English movies 😂😂😂

[@จรูญ.สุมามาลย์]

แหมแทรคเตอร์คันนี้สวยแรงดี เร็วดี คนขับก็เก่งฝีมือดีจริง

[@83Jim]

I spent thousands of hours in the seat of a D9G but the D8H always sounded better to me, especially with a good operator like this one at the controls.

[@iracole7134]

That man.working that Dozer that 8 sounds good

[@rusttrail3]

The ol' girl sounds right sweet.

[@glen.mellis5524]

I ran an old d8 Cat w/ hand clutch and a Robbins rotary drill mounted. str8 shift tractor and drill too. it was different with a 4 speed drill

[@jerryrolen9639]

Building logging roads with the old 46A cats the hardest thing on them was them big stumps. Burn a lot of fuel getting the stumps out just to get to the dirt moving which was the easy part

[@patrickcraig6032]

Nice running engine and tight tracks.

[@hans-jurgenwiegand3103]

It’s nice to see a D8 dozing, instead of pushing scoop loaders!

[@Species5008]

What is a "scoop loader"?

[@LYEARTHMOVERS]

Nice old D8H!!

[@samuelpereiradossantos6455]

Que ronco bruto dessa raridade . isso é que força além do bom operador.parabens a todos

[@RomeKG471]

The way a bulldozer should sound!!!!!! not all this enviro shit they put on dozers today! they sound like a Dodge caravan!

[@miked.5287]

havin seen one of these cats in action for a long time..good video!

[@deverickburrows6500]

here in the bahamas all i do is watch caterpillar machines work

[@geraldobergamini2893]

Nice operator . Congratulations.. Geraldo

[@dannyblack4629]

this is a good Dozier Operator , nice D 8

[@LYEARTHMOVERS]

Nice powerful D8H!!!

[@samreain2663]

nice work there brother 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@rodneyallancole3782]

Best 6 cylinder cat motor

[@moesizlack629]

D8 loves to work !

[@macielfariaspinto2980]

Que pena que não tem mais obras ,pra essas peças raras, trabalharem Trabalhei com um D 8 L é o K

[@tellmesomething2go]

Nicest sounds!

[@hiscifi2986]

Nice Job, when is the street lighting going in..?

[@brunovaccaneo5265]

fantastic sound

[@gangesexcavating]

Pretty creamy road building Grant...looks like a salvage burn timber sale youre on?

[@fabriciobardina9829]

o ronco desse trator arrepia MAGNÍFICO

[@txtpqb]

that's a big stump !!

[@gazof-the-north1980]

270 horsepower, about 25 or 26 tons and a lovely sounding engine.

[@Cemilodmir]

nice machine sound.

[@kargandarr]

What sort of project is this; a driveway or logging road?

[@VoltaCarbon]

Yarder Landing

[@JuanRempel]

Some hard work for the D8

[@ecksdog]

Cat D-8 dozers have probably moved more dirt on Earth than any other piece of equipment.

[@spicyF1]

such lovely sound

[@dougfreeland7734]

excellent video

[@HubertofLiege]

Does nobody see the old thunderbird?

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Had to watch it again. A D-5K L G P ain't an 8-H by a long shot but it pays the light bill. Still a FINE video.

[@floodedcar123]

I like the sound of your D8 dose it have a pony motor?

[@franksweets1859]

ich find das stark! ich würde dich jederzeit anheuern wenn ich sowas tün würde! weiter so!

[@drago8852]

Pura potencia 💥

[@operadortratoresteira855]

Maravilha de máquina. Parabéns pelo canal. D8 é D8. Não tem p louco.

[@LLImprovement]

I messed up and missed out on the chance to buy a D8H at auction for $16,000, it had a winch on the back too.

[@zbudda]

You just can't be a tier 0 diesel for reliability and no need for software updates.

[@fishnbeer556]

Thats a 30 year old machine still kickin ass, folks

[@hossnuckolls5830]

Try 40 plus years old probably 45