New Root Rake For The Dozer!

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[@crazygsxr1]

Let’s all take a minute to appreciate the the accomplishments Chris has going on. His own business, full time job, ALSO daily updates new content DAILY !! on top of machine payments and I know what it’s like to take care of payroll and be a one man show when you have a job and own a business with all logistics,let alone take care of a big piece of land then sprinkle some stress on that. Fucken solid channel and a hard working American!! We appreciate all the new machinery content and daily uploads been here since day 1

[@zippymax1]

Actually, simplicity of payroll is the primary advantage of having a one-man company.

[@assassinlexx1993]

Chris found out sleep is over rated.😆 He never takes a day off. At night it is editing and mailing out his t shirts.

[@friendlyfelon]

All that praise is true. Nevertheless, most of us would like to see Chris start doing his own welding.

[@crazygsxr1]

@@zippymax1 lmao I mostly meant paying other bills and such vendors

[@crazygsxr1]

@@assassinlexx1993 true story

[@trickydicky78s3]

Anyone else impressed by his buddy doing the welding ? Measure measure measure some more and THEN weld ,i do love someone who puts time and effort into their work to make sure it is absolutely correct,

[@letsdig18]

That's me measuring lol

[@curtholland9499]

And a carpenter square just ro make sure

[@marcryvon]

Measure twice... Aaaah, make it 6 times. You know... 👍🤣 But, when did you get your own dozer ? Uncle John must be kinda worrying. A bit. 😳

[@HunterTeddy010]

Measure once, measure twice, double check, weld, curse, grind, re-weld.

[@CLEARVIEW666]

@@letsdig18 lol

[@timgiven3826]

The new root rake looks amazing, an it's so peaceful to watch all the things you do and allow us to follow along with your day and jobs. Thank you

[@jeffpoteau4357]

And the saying goes 'Who ever dies with the most toys wins' lol

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Never heard that saying but I like it.

[@letsdig18]

cant enjoy it when youre dead

[@f650gsnj]

Pistons. whom ever dies with the most pistons wins!

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

@@letsdig18 Very true, enjoy it now.

[@regsparkes6507]

Yes but, if your 'toys' earn you money.,...now that's gotta be worth the purchase plan.

[@wayne735]

I like how you don't screw around Chris. You buy a piece of equipment and put the things on it you want and that make it your own.

[@dignation216]

He's all about efficiency 👍😎

[@Skorpychan]

He's a man that knows what he wants.

[@abdool1972]

I'm noticing upgrades on the production value around here with the new camera angles and musical segments. Well done, sir.

[@dignation216]

it is nice right

[@kens.3729]

Nice Music Choice while ALL the Welding was taking place. Welding is an Art and a Real Asset.👍

[@gr8fightr]

Dang it, I thought he was gonna fold up the band straps with the skid steer. 😂

[@alfadoofus]

Nice upgrade to the expanding fleet. Thanks for sharing,

[@timgruver5932]

I can't believe after all the years working heavy equipment you haven't learned how to weld. I can't believe that. Can't wait to see this in action. And it will make a great soil breaker too. Nice.

[@CLEARVIEW666]

yeah because his day isn't busy enough. 7 days a week.

[@quixotic1x]

If I had to do it all over again I would have learned heavy equipment. The ability to change the world around you. And All these toys with a place to store them. Bravo well done.

[@RumMonkeyable]

So interesting! Welder buddy knows his stuff! Folks with skills are the bee's knees!! 🐝🐝🐝

[@dignation216]

should make a channel for welding

[@ericjenjohnson]

That’s awesome! Can’t wait to see it in action.

[@murphy9591]

Chris, I am an avid watcher and appreciate the work you do, your good people

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

We put a skid plate on the end of our root rakes, it made it more manageable as the rake wouldn't sink too far into the ground and the materials arrived at the burn site with far less dirt.

[@rangeroverl322]

Looking good Chris , it’s good to look after your kit, and it’ll look after you . All the best to you from here in the 🇬🇧🇬🇧, keep the videos coming . Thank you 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@williamelrod7229]

You're still the best on youtube. No excessive face time, just the facts. Watch everyday. I love it !

[@wayoutwest4944]

After watching Logger Wade in action, I was impressed to see a framing square put to use.

[@donbraden8533]

Nice im glad your taking care of the rust I would never be able to sleep tonight your equipment always looks so nice and well cared for 😎👍👍🇺🇸

[@rhulandjc2008]

I would think you would want to put some side brackets and a spacer piece between the pin brackets for lateral strength so they don't bend while pushing and turning as I can imagine there would be a lot of torque on the pins in a turn. Course I know next to nothing when It comes to metal work... but my profession calls for me to look for weak points... and just something my brain picked up on. Love the rake cant wait to see it in real use.

[@davidkendrick1417]

Have the same brand on my dozer now for about 4 years, very well built!!

[@fredj6278]

I heard Bama Bass called about his huge pond build. To bad it wasnt close. That would have been way cool.

[@letsdig18]

yeah hes gonna have a pretty expensive pond when its all said and done

[@Farm_fab]

I'm impressed with how closely the paint on the root rake matched the Komatsu paint. I'm sure that was planned at the factory.

[@DriveShaftDrew]

good easy install nice job looks great thumbs up shared hope it works as good as it looks

[@george8873]

Looks great Chris. You'll be making quick work of clearing up roots in no time.

[@MILITARY1231]

My father loved watching you pal from here in the uk, We have family in North Carolina so thats why he watched you loving you way of doing things correctly, Sadly he passed away on the 22nd feb. Thank you for entertaining my father who was house bound, massive respect and i would love to meet up with you next year im over, Fam are in Charlotte. Regards Anthony, Preston Lancashire

[@CLEARVIEW666]

You can always tell when big jobs are coming Chris adds to the fleet. Hard Work Pays Off

[@samlincoln5548]

We put mounts for one of those rakes on our grapple skidders.p to be able to use it on either one. We added a plate on each side of each blade to level the mounting spot on the blades so we didn’t have to cut either the blade or the mount. They’re a great rake. I also grab the rake with my log loader and sweep up the landing area on our logging operation, that is covered with brush and wood blocks on a daily basis.

[@biohazard592]

I like to see people actually put money back into the business

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Great video i like that Rake ! It didn't matter to notch the bracket or the blade It was going to get filled with weld either way. Komatsu Strong 💪🏼

[@MichaelJones1527]

It looks like they burned it in pretty good. That's not going to effect that blade one bit.

[@ONEpocketKID21]

New toys!! Gotta love it!

[@JGW5303]

That dozer with the rake looks like a war machine for the zombie apocalypse.

[@TrevorDennis100]

I've always thought that the brush cutter attachment for the mini would be the way to take out zombies. It would be a bit messy though, so he'd need to supersize the screen washer system.

[@davedavis662]

I’ve often thought how busy you must be to upload so many videos. Congratulations on both, a successful business and the ability to stay so focused pumping out the videos.

[@equipment-enthusiast]

That new root rake is looking sporty on the dozer! Can't wait to see some videos of that raking. I'd like to see the company I work for to get a grappler for our skid steer. Rakes definitely come in handy!

[@Chris-nj7hs]

Love the time lapse hope to see more in future videos

[@Stratos53100]

Congrats, Another new toy for the collection, Interesting to see it in action

[@Mephiston]

A great timelapse, thanks Chris. Looks like you'll have some fun with that. Reckon it'd come in handy scooping up concrete and rocks while sifting out dirt?

[@Smooth_0perator]

I bet that will work mint for grubbing.. Ive never used a rake on a dozer before but i can see it covering alot more area than an excavator ever could in a day. Looks like it might have enough weight on it to be used as a clam too..

[@Smooth_0perator]

were not talking about the clams that are stuck to your balls. A clam bucket like on a backhoe hahaha😄

[@marcryvon]

When this young man wants/needs a rake, he gets a RAKE ! No half measure. 👍

[@cat637d]

That Dozer is a machine from the future. With the cooling package in the back the visibility of the blade is unmatched by any other manufacturer. I had never seen one so I stopped by the local dealer and looked at a used one they had, salesman opened it up and let me crawl around. Very nice cab and controls, glad you got a nice rake for it, you might be on it as much as the Volvo's! Stay safe my friend.

[@Sackmatters]

I used to love welding attachments and rebuilding blades for heavy equipment.

[@davecalvo6418]

Nice Job Chris, I would even weld a small piece of steel between the two brackets on each side just to make sure they don't twist.

[@carbolic_smokeball2162]

Upgrading kit is always awesome.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lookin good man! That rake will be very handy!

[@JSAC66]

MERCY, that’s quite a beast! 🚜

[@curtaugustine8041]

That’s what she said!

[@migwelder6420]

..No Curt, that’s what you WISH she said!!!

[@marcryvon]

@@migwelder6420 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@steveholton4130]

She said, "that's a real piece of equipment he's got there!"

[@toddreynolds8875]

Thats one nice built and looking attachment.

[@Namaste3004]

Looks great❣️ 👏😊

[@MyTractorGuy]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing that rake in action.

[@MichaelJones1527]

It's hard to match faded paint.

[@brianmeattey4151]

Always nice getting a new peice of equiptment attachments so that's cool till next vid godbless and stay safe.

[@muhschaf]

"Local Company 2.5 Hours away"...only in America you call that "local" ^^

[@young11984]

If its less than a days ride round trip, its local to me lol

[@BESHYSBEES]

Obviously you never been to Australia 🇦🇺?

[@samanthabaines3578]

I'm in the UK, that made me chuckle, anything further than 10 miles stops being local to me 🤣🤣

[@young11984]

@@BESHYSBEES that trip is on my bucket list, met a lot of good people since i started building my F100 and bought an engine from a 2013 Falcon for it so i want to go over for a month and see some places as soon as this Covid BS has lost its shine.

[@matthewtaylor3308]

That’s because it is local... 🤷‍♂️

[@michaelg6686]

"Yup" Gotta see that Dozer in Action.

[@richardschipper5989]

Hope it works. A root rake would be best to have the tines curved all the way above the blade, so when pushing the pile will roll. That would help to keep brush from coming over the top of the blade too.

[@chase8148]

Looks good Chris

[@silverlicious2086]

Looks good.

[@maxhiltin1133]

I seen that ol ford there, nice looking truck. I like that attachment too hopefully it worked good

[@dansevern3291]

Thanks for that video. Waiting to see some videos of using it.

[@randytravis3998]

remember to put the bolts back in the holes when your not using the pole .. dirt will fill the holes unless they are all the way threw holes .. only thing missing on that unit is the mini kitchen .. microwave and coffee pot .. lol at least you got the engine bay too warm your meals ,,

[@IR-nq4qv]

Sunday bonus letsdig video,,, Wicked!!!

[@dirkhochbruck7696]

Wonderful Works You doing, I ove to see You wen you works. Thanx what your are doing with your Hardt

[@gail8494]

Looks good, can’t wait to see it in action. I could hear the “peepers” in the background.

[@tcsdoc]

The time lapse of the welding is pretty cool.

[@llservice3376]

Looks like a hedge remover they use in WW11 in the French hedge rows. Tank driver invented it in the field

[@TheBurnsStuff]

I'm happy to hear you're supporting a local business.

[@waynep343]

on the Root fork. imagine... having an upside down L shaped bar welded on the front.. or even a straight bar .. that when you lift the root fork all the way up against something.. you put a second set of pins thru the brackets you welded to the top of the blade... so the root fork is held up securely at a high angle. if they make a 2 section.. one can have a latching effect.. so get the root fork against something to lift it up and one side latches in place while you pin the other side.. it will be hell to unpin it from a high angle. but it might be doable. no use having to track back and forth across a job to pick up the root rake or have to go to the far side of a job to get it to haul it back to the low boy.. your GPS pole. cut the pole a few inches higher than the blade.. build up an insert to go in the lower half that fits a sliding fit tight in the upper tube.. slit the sides or the front of the upper tube allowing you to put a single nut or bolt thru the upper tube to pinch it tight on the insert .. allowing you to take it down fairly easily. but also... weld a tube section to the side of the top piece.. so you can take it off.. and mount it sideways on the lower tube to keep it out of the way when not needed.

[@jamesbass7348]

Love your content. Keep vids coming. Thx

[@wyattearp1418]

ENJOYED, thanks

[@littleshopintheshed]

Can't wait to see how it works! I have a feeling, the paint you put on, will last at longer than what was used on the rake.

[@silvy7717]

USA attachments are nice. I have a bunch of bucked for my mini that they made. I hope you felt with Jeff!!

[@royfcjr]

Store your rattle cans upside down to eliminate clogs

[@johnthompson9625]

Good call on notching the blade. You won't lose any strength on it, but notching the mounting plate so close to the pjn hole, would stress every time you sat the rake down.

[@HootakaBJ]

CONGRATs on the new Komatsu!! Anxious to hear you comment on the difference in the older D39 Series 21 of John's to your newer D39 Series 23? The view, controls, power etc...

[@bobbietower7185]

Can't wait to see that thing in action!!! == More videos

[@skyhunter823]

Personal thought is this a good Dozer need a good Root Rake it definitely makes a HUGE difference in clean up & push Brush to the Brun pile I use Root Rake a lot as well as GPS for grading makes a world of a difference

[@robbieeades1956]

Good idea on notching the dozer blade. If you would have notched the bracket they would have broke within just a few hours. The rake takes a lot of stress on the brackets and even your blade cylinders.

[@lonnelldarien9786]

Man loving the channel

[@r1mein54]

Glad you have a rake for the new dozer. Yep, gotta cover all of that bare metal - can`t be having rust stains running down the blade.

[@joedominick7517]

You have a lot of nice toys!

[@jeremyhellard9271]

That's a good looking dozer mean looking cant wait to see be used and thanks for giving me some awesome content

[@briankemp2362]

Great video fast forwarding showing the work being done. Should do it more often. Love the work you do. THE GOVERNOR. LOL FROM PORT ST. LUCIE FLA

[@brandonmarling7968]

You will love it makes jobs look much better and cleans up jobs nicely

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Awesome that going to be fun ripping .

[@jwdickinson643]

that thing is a BEAST! bet you can get a pretty spiffy comb-over, Chris! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mischef18]

Scratching the rust with ya finger nail, you are right on top of your game right there bro. All made for a good video too. Safe travels

[@dozer1642]

That’s a good looking dozer.

[@boozeandbullets7927]

Love the videos need to hire someone to put each project into a playlist. I get lost trying to figure out which project is which lol

[@aland7236]

I'm looking forward to seeing the rake in action man. It looks really stout.

[@stephengmeiner3264]

Nice. That aughta rake up the leaves come next fall!

[@LocalmotionSpain]

I must be getting old... my first thought when you were getting that rake off the pallets was that it was like watching a kid unwrapping his Christmas present! My second thought was... don't trash the pallets - they might come in useful one day 🤣 Great video as always Chris - as others gave already said, thank you for your dedication to KZbin and sharing your projects with us 👏👍

[@davidmessersmith786]

The pallets are good to set at the bottom of a burn pit to allow good air flow across a bigger area at the beginning of the burn.

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

Of course you can't have small scratches, rust and bent original corner lift plates on the dozer blade, Chris! How are you thinking when using two different colors? All other dozers in the world are spotless and in mint condition! Maybe it will look better after you repaint the whole dozer it with original Volvo CE Yellow? Haha! Nice piece of machinery!

[@brianolson1211]

Would have been better to weld the inside ears on first instead of the outer ones, easier to get at to weld.

[@666toysoldier]

It does double duty as a mine clearer.

[@jbbrown7907]

Wow That should work great.

[@adamluke1289]

Root rake videos are addictive!

[@keithdunlap2701]

If they are lookin' that close at the paint , then they are too damn close to begin with !! lololl..... So Happy for ya Chris, glad everything is coming together for ya !! Great as always Man , Have a Great Evening, and On to the Next...

[@rodneywroten2994]

That is a nice dozer Chris

[@captainfury19]

I don’t wanna notch the blade. I really don’t wanna notch the blade. Definitely don’t wanna notch the blade.............we notched the blade. 😆

[@chasebodiford4363]

great job buddy and great video as always 😎👊🏻👍🏻

[@woodcutter6235]

I like your new iron!

[@kirk467]

Put a couple washer in between the eyes for spacing

[@jaxturner7288]

Yeah, everyone should have a few washers for 2 inch bolts in the ol bolt bucket somewhere.