How to Operate a Caterpillar D6C

One day awhile back I recorded a whole bunch of videos in our rock quarry. Yes, we have our own rock quarry. We don't sell any rock to the public. Anyway as I was saying we push out what we think we will use in a years time. Hopefully more than we need cause it takes a lot of time and money to do. We use a great deal of the material on roads on the property doing patch work, filling pot holes and washouts from floods. A small amount is used under hay racks or feeders in pastures so employees can feed animals.
Thank You for watching and have a good day!

[@joebarbjb6668]

Decompression? I ran a D-6C for thousands of hours, I always understood it to be a de accelerator. It’s wavy cause your blade is dull, y’all can drag it backwards to sharpen it. Fun video gives an old guy memories, thanks.

[@alspeers6931]

Nice a well maintained old crawler, good operator skills

[@gradyyokeley9930]

Best damn D6 cat ever made 💯

[@foxhollerhomestead]

Hey there boss, Very informative video and thank you very much. I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time! I have a 76’ Fiat Allis with the same controls, and have been having quite the trouble trying to figure out how to run it efficiently. Even after being a heavy equipment operator for 29 years.! 😂

[@brandoncowo5194]

That far shot scared me! That’s too high!

[@gradyyokeley9930]

We always said making wash boards or railroad tracks

[@bellrugby03]

Thank you. Nice smooth operator. Beautiful chocolate soil and down deep as well.. Must be nice growing country there?

[@sharky09000]

Thanks for taking the effort of uploading your daily toil m8👍There's certainly an art to driving 1 of those & that drop at the end & that last shot of the mist rolling over the hills😉

[@farmerjoy491]

I love all the feed back. Thank you for watching

[@sharky09000]

Farmer Joy i'm enjoying the content and can't help feeling for you when things don't go right, but you keep on plugging away at the jobs in hand, i admire your spirit😉

[@gordoncorey8023]

sharky09000 nice job

[@LAKESIDEBOB1]

this is a good video thank you enjoyed it

[@kingbee17able]

Great stuff mate thanks for uploading.

[@badkatrising3918]

Thanks for the video. Well done

[@rossgray3070]

At 2.08 its a decelerator pedal not a decompression pedal.

[@farmerjoy491]

Yes... That's what I meant. Thank you.

[@ghilreese3413]

What is the object of what you are doing there. Pretty country. Nice video. The washboards are so easy to make.

[@edwardgarea7650]

Talking about the machine you cut your teeth on, the International TD-18, you spoke of a gasoline motor you had to start before you could switch to the Diesel engine. That was called a “pony motor” and were standard on all brands until electric starting became the norm. What the pony motor did was warm up the Diesel engine. I was lucky in that I broke in on a Caterpillar 977H Traxcavator. International was an excellent brand but as an old Cat skinner, you can never go wrong with a Cat.

[@farmerjoy491]

Yeah I get that but on the TD-18 from what I can remember didn't have a pony motor that could be detached like a Caterpillar. The TD-18 would start on gas and also shut down on gas otherwise it would have a difficult time starting again. A Caterpillar that have pony motors start on gas and shut off once the main diesel motor is fired and that motor can shut down when ever. I left that out on the video cause I've never heard anyone say the DT-18 had a pony motor. It's all in how your taught. Thanks for contributing!

[@kevingryspinski3754]

@@farmerjoy491 Exactly right, a lot of IH equipment had this feature, the Rowcrop MD did as well. What they would do is start on gasoline and switch over to diesel once the engine warms up. A lot of Older IH equipment has it as well. I believe the WD had it, the MD did and the Super MTA Diesel did. Was a trademark on international engines.

[@diegoalexandergonzalezcarv5668]

Thank you bro

[@utubedaveg]

I am dozing some iowa clay right now and it sucks. Im sure my blade is dull as it either wants to gouge or run on top. Even after getting a blade full it just sits there and won't roll. Sticky, some rocks and streaks of white lime. Just a hobby dozer guy not a pro. It sure would be fun to push something that easy to move.

[@usopmaamor2988]

Engine sound steady I like powerfull engine

[@davidknisely6351]

Sorry to say but the pedal to slow the engine rpm is a decellerator not decompression.

[@farmerjoy491]

That’s what I meant. It just didn’t come out that way!!

[@gwest1901]

Great work!

[@adrianjos04]

How many yards of dirt can it move ahead of the blade maximum.

[@terrysteelman6860]

De accelerator

[@albundy8052]

You cutting a location, for the oil field??

[@tractorman007houge8]

It’s not a decompression pedal stoo . It is a decelerator pedal pal.

[@farmerjoy491]

Your right my bad.

[@user-uq6vw3qo9j]

Td 18 did not have a pony motor the main engine started on gas when it warmed up you switched it over to diesel..

[@adammacer]

Where's the 'How to'? - you say you hate 'washboard' but you don't describe how to prevent/fix it.. Was hoping for some tips on how to maintain a flat grade..

[@frankbertola3662]

With the deceletator

[@kcbimmer1971]

I have a 68 D6c, without hydraulic tilt - I have the manual adjustment... one is welded, one is adjustable, I'm trying to determine what that is called to purchase the UNWELDED side - so I can manually adjust tilt - left and right. I cannot for the life of me find what they're called. PLEASE HELP

[@Bushguyrocks]

Good video. You explained some things I have never seen in other videos. That looks more like dirt than gravel. Do you have to process it in any way?

[@farmerjoy491]

Thank you, as far your question to process it well no. The mixture of rock and dirt makes a good sub base for building roads. In fact the county excavated out this quarry to build the street I live on. With the right amount of water added it compacts really solid.

[@hazelumbrella9890]

cool

[@paulrobinson2604]

Say your a operator so how much is advice cost