Dozer Grading a 2:1 slope

side grading a pond dam

[@TrevorDennis100]

Wow, there's some solid gold content in some of these old videos. That's some serious skill grading such a steep slope with what effectively has an uphill curve. I wonder how old Chris was in 2011? At the risk of offending him, I'll guess early twenties. That's impressive.

[@Mr4rt]

I would hire him. He has talent.

[@JohnDoe-yq9ml]

Forsure

[@CrazyCanuck91]

y'all can talk a big game, but jump on a dozer and see how well you do. I can attest to the fact thats its f$%ing hard to pull off that sort of job without messing up. Bunch of armchair operators.

[@nathangarza4974]

I worked with some crazy ass dozer hand who cut a 1 1/2:1 slope with a D6. He windrowed material to the toe of the slope to keep himself from tipping over.

[@vernjr88]

Great work, been watching all the way. Any chance of a before and after vid? Hope the snow storm don't hurt too bad. Thanks Chris

[@RUQIKR]

That looks like more than a 26° to me, which is 2:1 I'd say closer to 35°. Most small dozers start to slide slip at about 40°... on compacted surfaces of course.

[@Creaper89]

ya.. hard to walk up a 2:1.. that's easy to walk up

[@kimpia6424]

Some times it comes easier for others free will and allend

[@hubgold487]

I agree. camera might fool a person, but its way more than 2:1.

[@itzyourgirlkate]

thought you was building you own Daytona race track ;) nice vid

[@nitebomb1]

why are u amking a pond in the middle of no were???

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

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[@TRAININGFLAME]

why does doing this help? its goning to be under water

[@D-Allen]

There no way I could do that! I'm very sensitive to slopes :-).

[@volec55]

like the 2 volvos together

[@NOKIAMAN9]

nice vid

[@dicin29]

look in my with that double vision! lol

[@howardlevner1381]

That is a dozer operator ...................................

[@USSBB62]

Pretty dam good to me.

[@thankswillie]

ok job,would be more challenging if it was full of rocks

[@godsdozer]

steep slope, work from bottom up rather than top down.

[@Simple_Worship_Guitar]

I think he’s working from the top down so he can keep the bottom side of the blade a bit higher, making what he’s tracking on, be not quite as steep. I’d think if you did that from the bottom, you’d have to dig into what’s above, and make your next pass too steep. But I’ve only sloped up/down. So I can’t say for sure

[@Jda9905]

Missouri dirt don't push that easy lol

[@martinmaxey2064]

Do you need a 3:1 slope I'm Missouri?

[@michaelfieth9790]

Why don't it?

[@srinujanapareddy6906]

Hai

[@STORMLORD70]

I'll will give you credit you know how to cut a slope.

[@kimpia6424]

Yup give credit where credit is due!

[@tedcalhoun6599]

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[@harrybaulz666]

🥱

[@shawnvandenabeele5927]

his berm is perfect gradeing aint easy i dont care the slope look the blade material is just running off,fine work there mister,young cat too im 39 been in the operators union most my life family owned buisness were pipe layers, we do all excavation work i think ol boys got what it takes hell better than me!!

[@antonioruizrocha1286]

By the time you finish grading that slope will be a 3 to 1 not a 2 to 1 like you said 😅

[@israelanselmo]

Meu irmão faz muito esse tipo de trabalho. Eu trabalho com retroescavadeira.

[@tward93]

Looks a little steeper than 2:1 to me.

[@powellvalley]

2:1, I'm guessing this means that for for every two feet at the base,you rise one foot in elevation to get your slope?

[@WoodCutr1]

in this case, 1ft over = 2ft up yes, I know this comment is 10 years old

[@butthurt6129]

@@WoodCutr1 No way. It is 2 horizontal to 1 vertical (27 degree slope) as the OP indicated. You are saying 1 horizontal to 2 vertical (a 0.5:1 slope) which would be 63-degree slope and not possible to grade like this. It looks maybe a little steeper than 2:1, but it could be the camera angle.

[@Cake41579]

I always judge the limit of my dozer to its slip out point. It’ll slip down the hill before it even comes close to flipping.

[@3cool2beans15]

ahhh yes beautiful work I'll have you know! nice job!

[@craigm6062]

Unless grading is stated opposite, that is a 1 to 2 slope (rise over run). I’m trying to find a video for a 66 degree slope and can’t. Only find 1 to 2 at 26 degrees and 2 to 1 at 26 degrees. Come on people let’s be consistent.

[@gidrozin]

Great vid.Don't you line the pond with geotextile membrane and then grade it of with clay?

[@mogges1]

Using a dozer to smoth out a slope would be tricky for me.I'd be worried of turing it over

[@ericgrigoleit3994]

It’ll slide before it rolls

[@saidkhalamahmed5439]

It will slide unless it hits a soft spot.

[@cmintons76]

Would you try that on the Tak 150 with dozer blade attachment ? or to steep for it ?

[@4n2earth22]

Great blade work is knowing when to stop stirring the pot. Great job!!

[@tewiginton1s]

Where's wheel loader dude's comments on this video?

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

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[@randy755]

Were there grades up for that job??Or just eye balling it??

[@Boki9]

looks steeper than 2:1 to me.... maybe it's just the camera angle.

[@CC-Equipment]

bulldozer grading skill

[@sabaton787]

@GRASSorMUCK dude he bought another one

[@randy755]

Very nice work!!Almost as good as me lolololjk..Seriously,really nice...

[@letsdig18]

@vernjr88 thanks, No snow here it was 70 and rained!

[@jeffsmorada9091]

I need my laser

[@CDNcatskinner]

Beautiful work, nice to watch

[@loveydovey4u]

@BNSF6757 210 and 140

[@kuniantokun]

good

[@MrHITACHI75]

nice blade work .good driving too

[@sfdff39]

gotta love dozers

[@benben941]

good video !!

[@slipknot5ca]

I found it a lil easy to operate my trainer to me that out of the 300 hundred or so he trained 3 of us can meet the expectations did some sloping, fine grading, making a bush garage like a foundation, and a road, it was fun, did my training march2014 still cant find work not too many employers looking for green horns but i say am pretty good at it i love still waiting for a chance to prove my new skills

[@PawPaws_Place]

I got a pucker factor 9 watching this 😂

[@rolloofdanorth7817]

I used to hate doing this I was always worried about flipping or sliding down and getting drug tested

[@hawker800FO]

@Cumminsturbo205 volvo dont make dozers, they make just about everything else though

[@Stavrakasgr4]

Always on the move, that's the trick

[@Cumminsturbo205]

Now all you need is a volvo dozer and you will be set.

[@BNSF6757]

you guys have two volvo excavators what r the sizes

[@Simple_Worship_Guitar]

How much grade can a dozer take before it will turn over sideways? I run a D10 and have always sloped up/down because I know I’m safest with the tracks up and down. Had a buddy flip a dozer sideways and broke a couple of ribs..Said he finally found how steep you can be sideways before it flips…I don’t want to find out like he did. Lol

[@brandonk770]

2:1 is about 48-50% and it starts sliding a little in the D6N without some windrow holding you on, cut at angles up or down. Unless a big enough cut to hold you on. If that makes sense

[@DaleDirt]

What is that , 35 to 40 degree....

[@mikegeorge991]

I wish i could work alone😢

[@hanratty450]

@letsdig18 how much does a job that this cost.

[@jonesbrent85]

very nice job

[@MolotovWithLux]

#EarthSlopes #EarthStructures

[@FoxKno]

nightbomb1 they are probably grading ot to build a bridge over the creek.

[@noelferreira7629]

Tem trabalho aí para mim

[@letsdig18]

@TRAININGFLAME get it smooth and packed in so it wound sink or slide in as the pond fills

[@charleisi6935]

10 foot bank come montana get on 100 foot 2to1 cut

[@jrand33]

looks like fun

[@aetrole4060]

That’s not 2:1

[@williampierce5285]

How isn't it

[@brendanharris5275]

Art in motion.. thats fucken good

[@dmsdmullins]

Did some grade work on a D6 low-track on a stockpile today. Thank goodness for windrows, I was sliding every time I got away from one.

[@DonaldJPump24]

D6 aint made for 2:1. D5 is the slope king

[@dmsdmullins]

@@DonaldJPump24 Funny I was just grading a 2:1 last week on a D5. Still slid a lot because it was all rock but it definitely the right tool for the job.

[@fhorneteetenrohf]

Ever hear of backblade? Why are u wasting diesel

[@pillaryclinton6187]

Experienced dozer hands don't back drag anything. The blade is meant for pushing forward. The only time you really should back drag is if you have to pull material away from an area and have no other means of doing so. Some people try to back drag finish work but will be made fun of. If you do back drag make sure it's a little bit of material it's not heavy material and probably float the blade.

[@techhouse6330]

Thus would of been much quicker and cleaner with a grader

[@shanejohnson6594]

Tech House Thus would flip grader on its top and be fired

[@milesaboveu]

A grader would be completely useless here. What are you talking about? lol

[@ctxiv9806]

Grader would flip lmao

[@guitarman0365]

i just started training this week on a d5 dozer and omg i cannot get it level for the life of me. everytime i go over my previous pass dirt keep coming out the side of my blade and it just keep filling back in the pass i had already done before even with my blade tilted to the side it still works its way out the side of the blade i dont want it to.. ughh i can agree no one can talk shit until they actually operate one for the first time. Looks are not everything. It is so much harder then you would think.

[@Creaper89]

Take a smaller bite

[@kathernellis4131]

+guitarman0365 Smaller bites and turn blade the other way you dont always have to push a big old pile with it, clip the corners about three feet into your blade and keep doing that and the grade it out

[@saveamerica8460]

The best way to carry a grade with a dozer is with you ass, any experienced dozer operator knows what i mean.

[@dirtmonkey_14h2]

then why tell an inexperienced dozer operator that....

[@nialloconnell5895]

I'd have to agree, it's harder then it looks, been doing it for 25 years now and still learning, as creeper89 says take smaller bites and don't panic, try not to over react when it starts to bite by grabbing a whole lot of lever, it's all about being smooth. D5's are very short and do bite a bit and harder to operate the some of the bigger stuff.

[@traciedelano9716]

great job!!!!! I would love to see the heart rate and bp on these operators!!!

[@digger105337]

Tracie Delano Actually We're very relaxed,but you will get a Very sore hip from leaning on side slopes. Most of the older machines are all steel inside, that one has some padding.

[@daniels1318]

ill smoke you on dozer... amateur hr

[@ClickClacksRcs]

He a bad boy nothing like making clean passes makes your sit time even longer