Felling trees with a BULLDOZER!!!

[@ProfessionalDad]

This was hard to find. I think I put in everything but this exact title. This is the method I was looking for . Thanks!

[@kenjett2434]

I use to work for alot of different oilfield companies and ran all sorts of dozers over the years. Clearing brush and trees and building locations for wells. Biggest one i ran was a TD15 international. Then i had a JD 350C that i owned myself when i was doing logging. All my life my most favorite job was running heavy equipment.

[@ianh7133]

Felling trees is a good description, its obvious he’s not harvesting any logs because he’s making a heck of a mess. Pity there were some good logs in there that would have been useful. A decent winch and a couple of handfuls of chokers would be handy. Still can’t beat the enjoyment of running HD equipment.

[@jasonlanders7337]

Glad this isn’t my machine

[@erichemard7066]

I rented a D7 to clear my 7 acres. If it wasn’t rooted to the core of the earth it was going down. I didnt save a single log. Piled and burned. Just wasn’t worth the time of bucking it up and hauling the logs 65 miles to the nearest mill for $18 a ton.

[@doddgarger6806]

About how much did it cost for the rental

[@erichemard7066]

Dodd Garger it really all depends where you are located. Ill break down the rental and give you the total cost. For a month rental the D7 was $6500, that included delivery and pick up. The rental agreement was for 40 hours a week runtime. For a total of 160 hrs of machine running hours for the month. Anything over that, I would’ve been charged $150 per additional hour. I totaled 80 hours of actual run time, which i was credited back $3000, because i paid for a month and only used it for two weeks. Fuel cost for 80 hrs runtime was $650. A D7 drinks a lot of fuel but makes really short work considering what you can push with it so the trade off was fair. In all..$3650 was my out of pocket expense. I was quoted $18k-$35k by some local contractors, which i dont know how they came up those figures?

[@marcowens3522]

@@erichemard7066 18k to 35k them contractors was gonna rob you! Thats insane!

[@erichemard7066]

@@marcowens3522 oh you think that was insane price…a contractor gave me a quote of $73k to fence in my 7 acres running 5 strand barb. I priced out the materials from his quote at tractor supply $5200

[@charlesfoster141]

Why wasn't the timber harvested off this land ahead of the clearing operation?

[@bronzearmy2645]

It’s often times not economical. Unless you have the proper infrastructure ahead of time, the logging company can’t bring in their big equipment. Additionally, if the amount of lumber isn’t sufficient for the day to be profitable, they will charge you additional for their labor; land clearing is a lot like concrete work - no one wants to do small jobs, so small jobs get charged like big jobs to make it worth their while.

[@Bernie5172]

excellent video.

[@donnellsmith9056]

Wow that was cool!! Sure does do a good job!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@chpatriot9878]

Arshol!

[@b75mackray53]

In my opinion, being an owner of two dozers… this is real hard on them, especially the blade and the pivot points . I always use an excavator with a big single shank ripper . Then a dozer behind me cleaning up the mess .

[@scotttaylor3141]

I’m about to clear 5 acres filled with 12-15 year old pines. I will only rent one piece of equipment. Do you recommend the dozer or the ex ?

[@Offical478Outdoors]

If you dont know witch one you need you'd probably save money paying somebody who knows what there doing to just do it right the first time instead of paying rental fee, wasting $400/ $600 worth of fuel and then paying somebody later to come clean up the mess you created. Lol not being disrespectful by any means but I see it happen all the time!

[@bronzearmy2645]

Mack Ray is correct here.

[@bronzearmy2645]

He brought a 17,000 lbs bulldozer to an excavator’s fight.

[@kelrt84]

How do you own a dozer with no rippers 🤔

[@quadcityracing]

John Deer dozers are fun. But you might be better off renting an excavator with a thumb. Then a dozer to push topsoil.

[@glenngoodale1709]

thank you for sharing your amazing video

[@ezekielfrranks1314]

Master class on how to use a dozer for clearing

[@WaynesAdventure]

Good logs gone to waste but I like watching

[@sepresley1]

a six way blade is not meant for land clearing. the way you are catching those corner trees stumps that blade is catching the devil. Ask me how I know. just had to reshim mine with new bushings ...pain the the rear. good dozier just needed a bigger horse..lol

[@jasonbooth5182]

I was waiting for a hose to bust

[@froggleggers1805]

I used to own a D4 Cat, about the same size, cleared quite a few lots. Its alot of fun huh?

[@falllineridge]

froggleggers Fun to watch! Maybe one day I’ll be able to give it a whirl. Thanks for watching!

[@jerryhammack1318]

Red sandy soil and pine trees with a dozer too small for the job stupidly awesome 👌 .Dozer won't very useful for long beating and abusing it like that! 🤣

[@LiLoTech]

This is the machine predominantly used in wildland firefighting all across the south in red clay soil. Many of them still in use today after 30 years of service doing this over and over. Just a little education for you.

[@jauuxx4189]

Easy as butter

[@matt697845]

HELL YEA, show mirher nature whose the BOSS!

[@imabigboynow8404]

Mother*

[@GypsyPaz]

That's impressive. I feel kinda sorry for the trees and all the critters that live in them, but its impressive non the less

[@doddgarger6806]

Man's dominion, gotta clear the homesite and driveway at least

[@quadcityracing]

I feel sorry for the dozer too

[@pup734]

That is going to be a tangled up mess

[@falllineridge]

Larry Downes No kidding. Thankfully he was nice enough to pile all the useable logs separately in a much neater pile.

[@willmastrangelo1604]

So awesome love John Deere dozers

[@Offical478Outdoors]

You have absolutely no clue how dangerous it is being on the ground when somebody running a dozer ESPECIALLY clearing land.

[@ojaitedbrownjr]

Check that red dirt for color. Let me know what you find.

[@jasonbooth5182]

Good way to bust a hydraulic line. Just get a D6 LGP

[@paulalston5648]

In 15 years he should haver cleared an acre of land.

[@bonnieholton7138]

he doesnt know how to use the clay as ramp putting alot of strain on that weak 450

[@ronnie32567]

The operator needs to go back to bulldozer school, LOL. He is digging too close to the base of the pine where the roots are too big to break/cut with the blade, dig a lil farther out, the roots will cut easier and then break off near the trunk. He is digging the hole on the wrong side of the tree, you dig the hole and then push from the opposite side towards the hole so the tree has someplace to go without the resistance of the ground, he is down in the hole trying to push the tree up out of it, bad idea. Aaannnd he is trying to push with his blade too close to the ground, raise the blade as high as it will go up on the tree that way you have so much more leverage to push tree over. 28 yrs pushing with a Komatsu D31P.

[@kenshea741]

ronnie32567 Thanks for your comments. Even if the operator doesn't, I wanted you to know I do. Myself I have never run a dozer. But my older brother did and I grew up in a teach a man to fish home. He told me what he was doing. How, when and why. While I have never had my hands on the controls, I was watching and cringing at how hard he was working and working against himself. Hearing my brother's voice even though he's no longer here with us. So operator, I'm not ragging on you. I am hoping you will take Ronnie's input to heart. Ronnie, thanks again. Ken

[@rogerwoodland2587]

but he is having fun that's what is important.

[@darthnatas953]

There is more than one way. I agree with digging a little farther out from the tree to break the roots. Cutting the roots on the upper side definitely makes the tree easier to push over, however. The root ball doesn't need any place to go with that tree attached to it. It will come right up out of the ground. I'm sure 27 years ago, you didn't go to school, but you figured it out with time what works for you. The way for him to get more experience is to do it.

[@ronnie32567]

@@darthnatas953 problem is that pine trees have very little root ball, they have tap roots that go straight down. I’ve seen tap roots 10’ long and bigger around than the tree so the tree won’t just fall uphill from the hole. You have to dig one hell of a hole and pile the dirt on the opposite side of the hole to run the dozer up on to push higher on the tree to get more leverage. And if the pine is growing in clay that’s hard as steel if it hasn’t rained a bunch lately then good luck, you gonna need it!!!!! Yes 27 years ago I didn’t know much either BUT I searched out experienced operators and asked questions and took advice, now I know that’s a novel idea for a lot of people, but it actually works

[@jeffreyhouston2043]

Must have a grudge against that little dozer by the way he is abusing it.

[@shaunmcinnis566]

First I watch the video, then I simply go to the comments to find the proper way to do it.

[@truesouthsawmill4151]

Id be out there with a tractor and a chainsaw snatching the sawlogs up before he pushed them in the pile...the logs would be alot cleaner for the mill, and thats very important, debarker or not

[@falllineridge]

Sadly, the logs are quite dirty. I'll probably use a dedicated blade for the slabs and swap to a sharp one for sawing boards.

[@truesouthsawmill4151]

Smart move,but time consuming

[@luiscardozo4339]

Tinha um tratro desse de esteira da John derre na ladeira do meu pai que era para abaixar a ladeira ficou top

[@armymobilityofficer9099]

Title: Felling trees with a BULLDOZER!!! (Sounds pretty clear to me) Comments: Look at how many trees he is knocking down.

[@ericblalock5303]

Dozers are made for clearing

[@Offical478Outdoors]

Dozens are made for going straight back and straight forward pushing dirt. He's beating on that little dozer like its a rag dog.

[@Bass2010]

Wasting a lot of good wood

[@falllineridge]

Bass 167 No sir...it’s all going to my sawmill.

[@jauuxx4189]

Bass 167 lol why are u looking this video man ?

[@stevenelson4509]

I wanted to help push over the trees. That was painful to watch

[@patrikvulpis2817]

What Is good fór to do such disaster in forest

[@chpatriot9878]

wie viele Tiere werden wohl bei solchen Actionen ihr Leben verlieren.?? Der Mensch ist das grösste Raubtier auf Erden.

[@luiscardozo4339]

Tratro top

[@davidsmathers5621]

A Dozer is the worst thing to use get a excavator

[@jeanlucanouilh6666]

des brise fer pauvre 450

[@lahiruudayanga8779]

Japannu hapannu

[@mikemckeown9477]

Terrible waste of wood and land

[@thomas5956]

i can assure that's bad for the forest i like your videos but i hate the content of this one

[@Nhbygbygvtfcfrc]

Man's dominion, gotta clear the homesite and driveway at least