Loading Triaxle Dump Trucks with a Case 521 Wheel Loader

[@michaelgardner7302]

One thing for sure Dave - Never a dull moment where you work. And you never get bored with so many different things to do!! Thanks for sharing!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Like my dad and others have said, variety is the spice of life and you are right Michael, a lot of different things I get involved with here. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

Thanks Mr. Dave for an awesome relaxing video, lol sitting back in my Big desk chair, Many moons ago I use to drive Backhoe on tracks to load sand in Tractor Trailer dumps. I was about 28 years old, Big John Deer Tractor, it was a fun job for a season, but I want a big Tractor Trailer of my own. I drove 12 years for Mayflower, my first Tractor Trailer was International Cabover with 48 foot Moving Van, now that was fun, but extremely hard work.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I do remember seeing those Mayflower trucks all over the place Rev. Harry. Who knows maybe you were driving one of the them. Not many of those cabovers are still out there running daily that I know of. A good many are in collections and being shown. Glad you found this relaxing. It makes me a bit nervous loading these trucks. The drivers have no sense of humor when you hit their beds.... :-) Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings Mr. Dave the last time I was in your area while driving with Mayflower was 1988, but I was in Altoona, PA area at Mayflower warehouse off loading a shipment into warehouse, then went to residence to pick up load for Eastern North Carolina. The one thing I do remember it was in the summer months and the temps were in high 90's,

[@SteveMikre44]

Dave, I like how on any given day your called upon to complete an important job using different skills, knowledge, and experience you have obtained through the years. Very enjoyable to watch...

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Appreciate the nice comment Steve and yep, the variety is nice. Much better than doing the same thing over and over day in day out. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@AlanMullen-w1f]

Good morning 🌞 DAVE.Always a good show!!!😂 All so 63 on the 10th. thanks again ❤❤.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Happy Birthday Alan, you've only got 7 more years to catch up to me....:-) Hope you have many many more to come. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@johnhobbs2689]

I was just thinking about you Dave. Then your video pops up. I really like running a loader one of my favorite. Looks like hurricane Burel is going to come into my backyard. Thanks for the video and have a great day.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

See great minds think alike John. Hope you aren't hit, let me know how you fared in the storm. It's so dry here, we need some of that rain. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@lewistodd9242]

Really enjoyed watching you operate your loader with my morning coffee Dave. Have a great day my friend.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you had a good morning watching Lewis. Coffee always goes better with Dave in the morning.... LOL Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@gastech7188]

75 and retired, I can sit and watch someone else work all day long. Thanks Dave!

[@jughead8988]

A little hard work doesn't bother me one bit! I can lay down and sleep right beside it!

[@jughead8988]

A little hard work doesn't bother me one bit. I can lay down and sleep right beside it!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

When I get to work the first thing I do is go and hide Gastech. Because they say a good worker is hard to find.... LOL Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@jughead8988]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings keep it up and they'll start calling you blister! Because you only pops up after the work is done!

[@dorothycole8611]

Good job. Enjoyed watching you load this. You are very cautious and careful---that's a good thing!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes it is, truck drivers don't like when someone hits their beds....:-)

[@ricmeister73]

That was a fun video. Thanks again Dave.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you liked this one Rick. Really appreciate your watching my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks Dave, a good and informative video as always! Take care our friend! (Dave).

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you liked it Dave. I have to be careful when loading, these dump truck drivers don't have much of a sense of humor if you hit their beds.... :-) Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings you're very welcome and geeze wow

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you enjoyed it Randy. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@texaswonderer5564]

Another good video. Good video as always. Have a good day

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you liked it Wondering Lens. Have to be careful, these dump truck drivers don't have much of a sense of humor if you hit their beds.... :-) Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@cedarcam]

The helmet cam works well, just like being there. Guy who has the farm by my house started out like the kid, he runs a recovery business, started out repairing trucks and bought a wrecker now has a few vehicles and a few working with him. Nice to see they gave you an easy job this day when it was hot.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes it does, I've made several videos using it but not all have been posted yet Cedarcam. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@poowg2657]

Thats a lot like where I work. I run our papermills' wastewater plant and turn all of our waste into fibercake that gets spread on farm fields. 4 to 6 times a day our truck driver runs 25 yard loads out to the spreading fields after using our '96 John Deere 544 to load them. Thanks for taking us to work again!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Oh wow, I've been by some paper mills in the past and the smell was awful, how do you stand that all day long specially in the summer Poowg? Very interesting about that cake getting spread on fields, never knew that. Many years ago we had a Deere loader in here to load ballast and I loved it, but I don't remember the number on it, but it was bigger than this Case loader. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@poowg2657]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings The worst smell from a papermill comes from the ones that have pulp plants. Sulphuric acid and steam are used to break down the wood fiber. Our mill doesn't have a pulp plant anymore but the waste I process does turn septic. Funny thing is your smell receptors get overloaded in about 10 minutes and you can't smell it anymore.

[@trenamerritt5344]

Not bad, even if the brakes groan. Maybe stone dust and some rust. Loved watching you scoop and put it in the truck. Cool view from your chrome dome, lol! Thank you for posting!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Your right Trena, a lot of ballast dust gets in those brakes and since this high lift isn't used only a couple times a month, no doubt rust forms. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@beverlymichael5830]

Like the helmet cam. Looks like A fun day. No two days alike.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

It does a pretty good job Beverly and leaves me hands free. I do like the variety that is here, much better than the same thing every day. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@clarklindquist8137]

Hey Dave. Great seeing ya. Stay awesome my friend Thanks for the video

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Appreciate the nice comment Clark. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@clarklindquist8137]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings Happy 4th Stay safe

[@billclements3879]

Great job young man 😊😊😊😊

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Thank you for the nice comment Bill. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@tzadik36]

Thank you for this video! Seven bucketfuls of gravel (or ballast maybe?) for a full load. A small part of a day’s activities.

[@randallanderson4999]

He did mention it was taking 9 Buckets to load a Tri-Axel.

[@tzadik36]

Ah, yes, nine bucketfuls. Thanks!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I do get involved in a pretty wide variety of stuff here Robin, but that is all right, much better than the hum drum of doing the same thing day after day. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@robertdaniels9023]

We the viewers may be good, but you're the best..💯

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Appreciate the kind words Robert. I'm just another guy doing his job tho. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@wtfbuddy1]

Nice little video Dave, never a dull moment for you. Hope you have a great 4th of July and get the day off to enjoy it. Cheers

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I've got the 4th off Pete and have been staying in the AC all day, 86 here with 90% humidity, it's stifling outside, then back on the RR tomorrow. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@1208bug]

Very good Dave! 😊👍

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Appreciate the nice comment 1208 Bug. I try to do a good job. These truck drivers don't have much of a sense of humor if you hit their bed... :-) Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@s16100]

Wow, that brings back memories of me in 2006 working the coal yard. We had two different front end loaders. One had the joy stick, and the other had the individual levers for the bucket. One time I had to use it to lift a Swift trailer at our truck dock when the idiot pulled out and crunched a truck parked beside him. I grabbed the ICC bar in the back of the trailer, and lifted it off the fender of the truck he hit. It was a loaded trailer and I had my back wheels floating trying to lift it! LOL

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

That sounds like a fun time Bryan, I can just imagine you lifting the back of that trailer with the rear wheels off the ground! Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@williamralph5442]

Looks like fun Dave.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

It was an easy morning William, but have to be careful, these dump truck drivers don't have much of a sense of humor if you hit their beds.... :-) Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@4everdc302]

A little Fred Flintstone action a the quarry 😅 Way to make it happen Dave🪨🪨👷‍♂️🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

There you go Doug. If I was Fred, then I'd go thru a pair of boots every day.... :-) Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@trainchasersatwork]

I almost ran into the dump truck when the add popped up, lol! Happy Fourth of July, Dave! 😀👍❤️🚂💨💨💨💨💨🚙

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you didn't hit it Train Chasers, these dump truck drivers don't have a sense of humor when it comes to hitting their trucks.... :-) Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@michaelmondich1966]

Boy Dave. You needed that loader at the house to move that big downed tree

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Your right Michael, I could do a lot of cool stuff with that at home! Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@paulsmith5398]

If its nowhere near the town of "Black Rock" in the movie, then you know its going to be a "GOOD DAY"!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I'm not familiar with Black Rock Paul, but any day I can get up out of bed is a good day for me.... :-) Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@paulsmith5398]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings "Black Rock" is a fictional town set in a movie at the end of either WW2 or the Korean conflict. A government agent is sent there to oversee the burial of a Native American that was killed in battle, but things start going terribly wrong because of several people that were "Anti-Native-American". The battle goes back & forth between the agent and the "haters", with the agent eventually prevailing, and the deceased soldier finally getting his proper burial. You might like this movie, because it features a short passenger train transporting the deceased back to his roots.

[@mackfisher4487]

Dave your machine sounds like me getting up after working under the kitchen sink, ha Nice job of loading, It must have been hot the driver never got out of the air condition cab.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

LOL, I hear that Mack, I'm sure a lot of the viewers myself included can relate to that! Driver kept the windows up to keep the ballast dust from coming in his cab. He learned real quick to do that after the first bucket I put on the truck dusted him pretty good! Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@PappysPotluck]

Alot of info in this one, good stuff Dave. OK just to clarify, so you load coal on to trains, off load it on to the barge, float it down stream, off load the barge back on to trains.. thats a lot of stuff going on there.. awesome

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes your right Pappy, a lot of messing around but since we don't interchange, that is their answer to being able to load CSX and NS trains. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@PappysPotluck]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings I just never really thought about it after you guys load the barge, thats interesting stuff, hope you had a great 4th

[@jonwatt678]

You ought to try a 996 Cat loader Dave.. A couple scoops & done!! Plus.. Did you ever run a loader all day then get in your truck to go home & turn the turn signal on?? LOL

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Back in 1976 when I worked at the Power Station, one time our International Hough broke down so they brought in a 996 to push coal with. I ran it several days and was deaf at the end. There was a blower right behind the cab and dummy me didn't have enough sense to wear ear plugs, after all I was 23 years old and invincible at the time...:-) That's what I need to load the ballast car with! Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@jughead8988]

That seems to be a dandy hardhat camera mount you got going there Dave. If puts a new perspective on the channel watching you work with both hands!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes it does Jughead and what a great addition to the camera accessories. I really thank you for that! Have used it a good bit, several videos I have made using it that haven't come out yet. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@pleiku887]

If you ever get a chance could you show us that barge unloading facility?

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes for sure I will Pleiku, I have yet to get down to LaBelle, but will do it sometime, just don't know when. It may be a long time, but do appreciate the suggestion. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@opieshomeshop]

*_You can never have enough brackets for the go pro. Too bad you don't have any ancient Egyptians working for you. They could levitate that rock right into the dump truck for you AND you could capture that on Go Pro!_* 👍👍👍💪💪💪👣👣👣👣

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I just checked the Iron Senergy web site and they have posted a new for a new job. Qualifications are you must be Egyptian and you must know how to do the art of levitation. Will definitely save on fuel costs when they get that person hired.... :-) Iron Senergy's commitment to having a cleaner environment. Next we gotta get that coal levitated from the mine to the barges! Get back in the shop and work on designing that David. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@opieshomeshop]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings LOL!!!!! That was a great come back!!! Happy 4th to you and your family.

[@roberttrometter5788]

Hey, Dave. The rock you are loading is not ballist rock? Excuse the spelling...lol....Robert

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes it is Robert, they gave the contractor 2 loads of it for a project the contractor is doing down by our water treatment plant. Wish they'd give me 2 loads of it too! Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

great video dave is there a machine that you can't operate !

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Appreciate the nice comment Richard. I try to do a good job, these drivers don't have a sense of humor if you hit their bed.... :-) Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@PlanetMojo]

Is this part of the coal plant or the local township?

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Our ballast pile is on ground owned by the mine Mojo. However most of that land is owned by Duqesene Light Mine. They are no longer in operation but still maintain water control from the mine. The Pa. Dept of Transportation sometimes uses this lot for storing gravel at times. We are granted access back to the tracks thru the lot. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ericsikma4764]

Did I count that right? 9 buckets total per tri-axle?

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes sir Eric, 9 buckets gave him about 21 or 22 tons. Thank you very much for tuning in and watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bradolsen8629]

What is the maximum time you can put in those trucks Dave

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

For the weight limit here in Pa. it's about 23 tons Brad. Not every truck weighs the same unloaded so exactly how much you can put in one depends on the light weight of the truck. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bradolsen8629]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings my day is good every day Dave I’m retired. Can’t get any better than that. I do not miss working anymore. No more alarms to set grouchy bosses.

[@kevindevine5102]

needs some grease

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

That noise you heard was the brakes Kevin, I keep this machine well greased, but the ballast dust gets in the brakes and also this machine is only used a few times a month, so no doubt some rust forms in the brakes. Thanks so much for checking out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.