Digging out a Reservoir with Scrapers

[@craigsibley8161]

D8K wow what a tractor. That D6 widespread is nice as well Quality video 👍👍👍

[@ConstructionMachinesChannel]

Love watching these old CATs still working. Cheers for the video👍

[@andrewtoyotarees1379]

Don't see these scrapers very often, as a child I would love to ride in these diggers, long before health and safety started, j Jones excavation was moving an old slang tip,in Merthyr Tydfil in s Wales,it was still burning hot 50 yrs after being dumped from then old Ivor steel works in Dowlais. I would spend hours after school just watching the machines working, I'm 52 now and still have the same interests .

[@Gavin84w]

Schmick D8K,s there, pride in them is evident to see, glad there are owners like that still around

[@JOKEY68]

Very nice video, I can watch this all day. It’s nice to see a dozer pulling a pan, that’s what we called them where I lived growing up. I remember my dad pulling one that was operated by cables with a d6 sized dozer that had a cable operated blade. It’s been so long I’m not even sure cat was called a D6 back then but it was the equivalent of a D6 now.

[@ricknone4686]

No a D6T has as much or more power than the old D7G!

[@waynecompton7612]

Thank you for the video, very tidy equipment, Motorways plant hire had a lot of D8 and boxes years ago. Dad owned and run a Komatsu D155A and cat box when he was with us.😎👍🇬🇧.

[@AwesomeEarthmovers]

Wayne Compton Thanks for watching!

[@egomaniac247]

How many inches of soil can these things scrape off in one pass? In other words how deep can you set them?

[@scruffy6151]

Playing with clay is a funny thing either it is to wet or hard as a rock and sometimes nice to work with

[@paulorobertocorreia9906]

Brasil Caterpillar ok

[@dannycrooks1753]

Thanks for making the video it's great to see plant like that working 👍👍👍👍👍

[@AwesomeEarthmovers]

Danny Crooks Thanks for watching and for the positive comment.

[@brentreid7031]

The guy in our area who does road construction still uses the old 7e's on the scraper's and the push cat's are 17A's. Winter comes they all their dozer's and canopies on and clear bush or snow from blocked roads. Nice video thank you.

[@mariotorres6287]

Nice video. That is some sloppy digging, but fun to watch nevertheless. Heavy, wet clay, tough to load, haul, and dump. That D6T LGP dozer is quite busy assisting the loading operation, pushing loaded units uphill, and helping out with dumping.

[@boatshaper]

Looks like a second pusher could have speeded things up considerably.

[@Broncosontop2089]

I agree

[@alphonsotate2982]

Need a D8 pusher not that little D6

[@anthonylascari9581]

Gravity is a wonderful thing when its working for you

[@matthewdickson7838]

Not on short haul cannot beat tractor n box ..

[@stacyp4534]

That stuff is sticky. That D-6 is paying its way, busy for sure.

[@ricknone4686]

Sweet! Those are some nice old D8Ks are they power shift or direct drive? Brother had a D8K that was Direct Drive to pull scrapers with it was a stout tractor! Used alot less fuel than his power shift D8H!

[@turdferguson7813]

Ripping and push catting with a wide pad is awful expensive. Those tracks ain't cheap I've never seen one used for that before. Cool video tho I like it.

[@parahandy6251]

Why are they loading uphill?

[@AwesomeEarthmovers]

parahandy 62 They’re not loading up hill. There was rain the night before making the ramp slippy. They just needed the dozer to push them out of the pit until it dried up.

[@parahandy6251]

@@AwesomeEarthmovers Oh I get it now. Cheers

[@matteokanina8591]

Questo e un lavoro molto duro io ho lavorato per 15 anni da quando avevo 16 anni mi piace a Fare ancora questo lavoro lo adoro

[@awilsonr1]

Cleaning those tracks at the end of the day.... damn

[@AwesomeEarthmovers]

Drew R W it’s not Canada, no need to clean them at the end of every day.

[@awilsonr1]

I don’t know what Canada has to do with it... I’m from Pennsylvania, and my boss would whoop my ass if I left his machine full of shit in the tracks. Maybe it’s different over here.

[@turdferguson7813]

Gotta keep the carrier rollers clean it's just normal maintenance part of being an operator is keeping tracks clean. I've seen allot of guys fired for not doing it.

[@kevincoleman9761]

Cat n can. I used to have 2 cable rigs. Guy came by bought them converted to Hyd. Used to drive tractor up on lowboy and tow scraper. Once towed one 110 miles at 50 mph made sure had good tires. That was 23 years ago. Wouldn't do it now.

[@despickles]

Poor lad on the 6T is flat out

[@craigsibley8161]

Bet he's wishing he had a 9T...

[@thunderbear0]

This is better that those twin engine scrappers in economy but these are dozers they really slow

[@memyselfandifarmer]

Would a dragline be better?

[@logdog8920]

Yes, mabe 1 with a quarter mile of boom on it, A?

[@saulocustodio6459]

Parabéns 👍 Caterpillar é top demais sempre foi uma excelente máquina

[@grumpygbp]

Would it not been faster to use 4 x 637 push pull

[@SuperAliceleo]

WOW ,WHAT A BIG BUGGER .

[@TheMarcosparco]

awesome

[@legendaryexplorer8119]

Cool!

[@staticfanatic6361]

Needs to realize when the scoop is full and stop being a plow!

[@mattwallace8720]

Are you interested in selling your D8K?

[@DiGGinGDeEpEr007]

pushing !!!!!

[@edmcelhone4501]

your jd tractors wont work in that

[@wadewilson5296]

The John Deere tractors and 2 pan system moves more product than this method

[@AwesomeEarthmovers]

Wade Wilson This company works all year round in the UK. Using rubber wheeled machines when the ground is wet or soft at all would never work. You can also see they are digging a reservoir. You wouldn’t have a hope in hell of pulling two full pans out of the steep exit ramp with a rubber wheeled or tracked tractor. This set up suits this company perfectly.

[@wadewilson5296]

@@AwesomeEarthmovers here in America we know how to get things done

[@AwesomeEarthmovers]

Wade Wilson So your tractors and pans will be useless when it’s time to move on to purely dozer work. The D8K’s can have their blades put back on and switch to dozer work when necessary. If Americans know how to get things done then why did they need a German rocket engineer to get them to the Moon and British research to build the A-bomb?

[@lembriggs1075]

Wade Wilson Not in these conditions.

[@waynefee1561]

The ground is to wet for that sort of gear. Your system is good for dry ground long haul work .In this situation it is damp to wet short haul.

[@tedbarlow1902]

Open ur apron just pushing dirt