how to operate a large front end loader

[@duanethomasdirtpile5737]

Holy cow you never stop impressing I was impressed first to see everything you could do and you can run your own loader and drive truck sun there's few of us around anymore Jack's of all trades is a dying breed

[@Bigmike3406E]

I used to production load dirt trucks for tri county with a 980 cat loader for years in Southern California back in the 70’s and early eighties.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

The old square hooded jobs with a 3406.

[@PolishJoe1000]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like a lot more fun than my desk job, even with all of that dust.

[@j.c.smithprojects]

always a good time using equipment! that is one heavy machine! nice job ezra!

[@albertjones6176]

Ezrider, the jack of all trades 💪

[@Ezrider359]

master of none

[@isaaccharles1189]

Great video truckman thanks for showing how to run the loader keep the video coming great content stay blessed

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

You are a man of many, many talents. Keep up the good work!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I started running loaders when I was around 17 on an HD-3 A/C track job and then ended up on a 980 and a Kawasaki 115 Z-iv which was about the size of an 88 before I quit at the boulder hole. 18 tons per bucket regular as a clock ticks. I like loaders better. And good for road building too. Paid many a light bill. This is the good part of driving. They had 50's, 66's and the the 980's. Plus A/C rubber tired jobs and IT-238's and a 50 at the concrete plant. Keep after it Buddy and GBWYall!

[@ericcorse]

That is interesting where you load yourself, sounds like fun to me.

[@Ezrider359]

big jobs there is always a loader operator, in this case there was only two trucks hauling that material with a 2 hour round trip so they just have trucks do that who can also run a loader because it doesn't pay to have a loader operator sit there all day to load out 14 loads all day.

[@bertgrau9246]

Eric, I had a job where the driver was required to load your own truck. You're correct it was fun. I was running a dump trailer, I enjoyed both the dump and the front end loader

[@vincentdunne7197]

I've used loaders for years. I did a another work in the sand plants for concrete industry in Australia. In 2 years on the 960g it have average engine load of about 86 percent. That machine could sing and dance.

[@masterofdisaster7427]

In Holland we call these front end loaders, "shovel". Worked a lot with a Volvo at the farm.

[@Primerose-g6w]

Can i be employed?

[@kamleshwararjun5819]

I used to operate cat 950G. In an open quarry..those machines are awesome..

[@SFtruckerWolf]

I was driving a gravel truck when was 18 years young. The first loader in a place where drivers were self loading was Michigan 475. Nobody was showing how it works, was just going inside in the cabin, starting the engine, and trying what happens on what Stick you were moving. the truck had 5,5 meters bed, a complete truck was behind the bucket. One bucket and 12 metric tons sand were on load. Another machine in the same place was Hanomag 66.

[@nfprojectshop]

I just bought a 1969 Waldon 5000 mini loader. Thanks for the video

[@mattberg916]

It's nice when you can get out of the truck and do something different.

[@tmack2090]

cool video ez !!! thanks for sharing !! be safe !!!

[@brucecook9415]

I like watching your videos keep them coming Bruce from New Zealand

[@paulmartin3340]

A man of many talents! Good stuff Ez. Cheers from Sydney Australia 👍🇦🇺🐨🦘🇦🇺

[@iandermott6558]

Turtle here man enjoy your explanation and always calm have a great day

[@lostwisdom7789]

Now I know how to operate a front end loader so I can bury some bodies! Joking thanks for the info and subbed cool channel

[@jordansimpson9519]

Great tutorial 👍 EzRider92356 😎 national guard seems to like these 😂 I used to operate a Volvo rubber tyre loader with 16 foot forks. Moved wrecked vehicles at an insurance pool. I follow ya on Fakebook too. Always great content.

[@Senkino5o]

Good stuff, I've never got to run a loader on a real site, just doing diagnostics and movements around the yard and the occasional fix up job (moving gravel or collecting mud) back when I worked for Komatsu, Good machines to work on.

[@jayt6524]

Big boy toys. Love it.

[@tomre2769]

Should be a button for crawl-gear next to the bucketcontrols. Makes a better attack on the pile, also faster. We used to load ships where I worked, and it all had to be fast and smooth. Throwing the bucket full up as you backed out of the pile etc. Loaded very close to the truck then :-)

[@Ezrider359]

i figured someone would mention that i was leaving the loader in 2nd gear for a couple of reasons. main one being that the material was a loose material so downshifting to first wasn't really necessary. plus we were leaving a thin layer of that material on the ground to avoid contaminating it with the dirt under the pile making it pretty easy to spin the tires if you downshifted into first. holes from spinning tires are not very fun to drive threw.

[@Ruben.1510]

Hi from spain great work

[@brucehodges7889]

Wow! Pretty fancy loader...auto level, load scale...So the thing keeps track of each scoop so you know what your payload is? Amazing how quiet it is inside. I've run a bunch of old wheel loaders plowing snow, they only had the rod on a cylinder so you knew where your bucket was...

[@Forsaken_Angel_of_Darkness]

I never got to learn how to use a front end loader. I did learn how to use a back hoe though. Digging holes is fun lol

[@dearanel936]

I would really like to see you restore a early 1900s diamond t I think you can do it

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Number 500 on the thumbs up EZ RIDER 👍👍👍👍

[@Ezrider359]

Thanks 👍

[@speedandmarine9066]

Pretty nice loader, I normally don't get to run anything that nice LoL. Hope you get a discount on the material for having to load it yourself!

[@Ezrider359]

I wasn't paying for the material anyway just billing a hourly rate to move material from point a to point b

[@susansullivan9255]

Steady as she goes 🚜🚜

[@susansullivan9255]

Good evening to you 🚜🇬🇧🚛🙋‍♀️✌

[@gasperajdnik5627]

Yes sir good video 👍, I'm a diesel mechanic and I do equipment operation as well and repair equipment to 👍🤝

[@Ezrider359]

That's awesome

[@gasperajdnik5627]

Thanks 🤠

[@cullenmiller8170]

The old loaders had guide rods on the loader arms to show you level on the bucket. Everything has gotten fancy and so much easier to operate. I used to load under silos in the port in Germany. My favorite MAN 26-292 had its roof caved in when the wrong silo opened up and dumped washed rock on the cab instead of in the trailer. 😳😡😡

[@Ezrider359]

That would make for a bad day

[@charlesscott1493]

Just curious about why your loading your self? Shift change, Saturday work, or just the opportunity to show us something different? Loaded a lot of trucks back in the day and occasionally the trucker would load and I would drive the truck to the scale. Great fun switching it up.

[@charlesscott1493]

Ah, just saw the comment about 2-hr rounds. Now it makes sense.

[@Ezrider359]

Yup 👍

[@jmoor3032]

Have a great day EZrider.

[@Ezrider359]

thanks, you too.

[@rickpullins8590]

Good video.

[@davidanddiana7173]

Cool stuff man 👍

[@Bobbyelijah]

That was a cool video

[@erichouser6337]

Was this your front end loader? Brother is there anything you can't do? Man of many skills you are. Your friend from Larned kansas Eric Houser.

[@Ezrider359]

No I don't own a front end loader

[@AC_85]

Interesting to see how you guys do things in america. Greetings from Finland!

[@shadowbanned69]

Im sure its probably not much diffrent!! Just we are alot more reckless!!!!! Hahaha🤣

[@edwardvargas886]

I love you mack

[@kenworthless5708]

That was pretty cool

[@garrettthompson8314]

Miss your Videos

[@markpaulene4002]

Very good, how did you learn things like this, thanks markUK

[@chuckychuck]

👍👍👍

[@henokwelday9382]

Nice how can you fand job my friend

[@ejerez359]

When will we see Peterbilt videos?

[@Ezrider359]

Very soon

[@ronniehayward3730]

why are you not working on ole red anymore

[@johnzwicker204]

Good job

[@jordansimpson9519]

Keep them windows rolled up on the truck.

[@Ezrider359]

For sure.

[@roelofhansma2157]

Great man 👍

[@rollbot]

I am glad you do not run any of mine.... keep torching those pumps

[@TANKERMONKEY]

You chipping a road eh

[@Ezrider359]

that material went to a hot mix plant

[@Mike-hb4pc]

What is that at about 1:45... bullet holes in the windshield! Dangerous place there! Lol

[@Ezrider359]

There wasn't any bullet holes?

[@roadtrain5910]

wow auto level always use guide arm on middle tilt ram I wonder if the 980h had auto level going back 10 years ago when i was operating it loading a hopper with garnet or soda ash and biggest loader I've operated was a clapped out 988 caterpillar 20 years ago as well as a Euclid r50 haul pack little or no brakes and had to hot wire it think they got scrapped by the new owners kept the engines to run the quarry V12 Cummins haven't played with the old cat loader at the farm yet

[@Ezrider359]

the pointers are nice as well auto level makes it stupid easy. when you have nothing its a bit more challenging. iv run some pretty old loaders that had auto level though.

[@roadtrain5910]

@@Ezrider359 very cool Ezra wonder if Smell's (the farmer I work for and Smell is his nick name ) caterpillar loader has auto level function on it

[@TheRoadhammer379]

I ran older 988s in the late 90s and iirc, they had auto level buckets. I know the old 1980 605B Allis Chalmers loader we used to load firewood had auto level.

[@benbowers8670]

Where is old Red.

[@cbmech2563]

Come on ez that wasn't a BIG loader. Big is some where between a 988 and a 994. When I was an apprentice operator mechanic I got to work on a brand new 992a . Cat was definitely having some teething problems with it. I spent almost 6 hours up inside the pivot changing the hoses to control levers (apprentices always get the crap jobs)

[@Ezrider359]

Yeah iv run some loaders big enough to move over 15 tons in one bucket full.

[@cbmech2563]

The 992 had a 10 yard rock bucket on it . And I was working in a quarry with a 15 yard KW Dart . Which is a name I haven't heard in a long time .

[@Daves_adventures4315]

My depth perception is bad. I’d probably dump 1/2 on the ground. I have a lazy eye that causes that. I can’t watch 3D movies either. They don’t work on me. Usta when I was a kid but not now.

[@Ezrider359]

it can be a little bit to judge the center of the trailer even without a lazy eye because you cant really see the back side.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Put the dog one even with side of trailer and dump, that's how we were taught years ago working in the mining company.

[@mitchbable6120]

How about big red?

[@Ezrider359]

Going to try to do a video on that this weekend

[@cunicularium5424]

Too bad your phone can't focus properly

[@shadowbanned69]

So I take it this is your day job? I've Always wanted to operate heavy equipment... But nobody hires a green horn these days unless you have 126,299 hrs of training with a ivy leage training academy

[@Ezrider359]

well not exactly, owner operator truck driver, i end up doing a bit of other stuff as well including operating equipment. around here in the summer equipment operators are in high demand so a guy can defiantly get into it without any experience or training. might have to start out as a laborer or other position and prove yourself before they will start training you on equipment though.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Go join your local IBEW Union, sign the book and take the equipment operator course they offer and enjoy good money.