Doing yard work with the Caterpillar D4D Dozer

Clearing stumps and brush on my heavy industrial property with a 1977 Caterpillar D4D dozer. I also tow the john deere 4400 with the 1986 k3500 gmc 3500.

[@harveybrown9186]

Thank you for taking good care of your grampa im a grandfather to but I'm only 58 i will be 59 this coming May i wach your videos love it not to many grandkids on this earth do what you do that's y u r blessed because you respect n honour ur grandfather keep 🙏 up the good work GOD bless you

[@stuartreding2967]

Love to see videos like this with multiple generations working together especially when you capture some of the old timers opinions on camera! Plus it would be really cool if your kids were to watch this 25 years down the road.

[@steverone7623]

So great you get to do jobs with your grandfather

[@ggreenhorn5862]

glad to watch this new video. Keep them coming.

[@floridabrushanddirt2482]

I love the square Body dually!!!!!!

[@zaneanderson9108]

Nice video bud!

[@mdraselmiah2530]

good job

[@Caje-zf8md]

I just purchased a "D" series but without the ROPS. I believe the "D" series was made from 1967 to 1977 making your machine the last year for that model.

[@NOT_FOR_HIRE]

I was told mine is a 77 so your probably right!

[@martinfleming759]

I've got a 1963 D

[@Caje-zf8md]

@@martinfleming759 Since my posting, I've noted that Eric Orlemann's book stated that the D-series was manufactured from 1963-77.

[@bud8329]

I have a D4D that I haven't operated yet. Could you tell me about shifting gears, is it shift on the fly or do you stop while shifting to a lower or higher gear?

[@nckpacheco624]

I’m first 😊 hello friend

[@mattboswell5392]

Nice fleet of equipment Is all the equipment yours. Did you buy or inherit?

[@NOT_FOR_HIRE]

All my equipment was not running and considered scrap when I bought it. There is some old videos in my Playlists of me dragging most of the stuff I have home and fixing them up.

[@omarolmedo346]

Do any of this dozers have low range speeds or somthing like that or all the speeds they have are the ones of the stick shift

[@NOT_FOR_HIRE]

There is just stick gears and a reverse and forward. I run mine in first gear and I think it's to fast sometimes.

[@JuanHerrera-co3wc]

Still don't understand how you got the fastest 350/sm465 combo lol mine don't pull that fast lol

[@samdittmar5142]

I think he just has the perfect gearing, probably running 4.10s

[@JuanHerrera-co3wc]

@@samdittmar5142 if mine pulls like a train what gears you think I have?

[@samdittmar5142]

@@JuanHerrera-co3wc it depends on your tire size. Most half tons came with 3.42 or 3.73. Some had 4.10 too. Most 3/4 tonse were 3.73 or 4.10 and almost all 1 tons had 4.10

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

@@samdittmar5142 and you forgot 4:56 gears mine's pretty damn quick 4:10 gears mine will fry the tires unfortunately I just put new ones it😥😥

[@samdittmar5142]

@@plymouth-hl20ton37 4.10s and 4.56s are lots of fun lol

[@biged9816]

Are those croks

[@madmodifier]

Does the right track adjuster not take grease?

[@NOT_FOR_HIRE]

It has big spring adjusters on it. The slide gets stuck every now and then and it makes the track look loose.

[@CJ80ish]

Found a D4D on marketplace… they claim it’s fine… undercarriage isn’t bad and they’re asking $10,500 for it… how is parts availability for these old dozers should something need fixing? Not looking to have one break down that turns it into a huge pile of irreparable junk if you know what I mean.

[@kirkpalmer1709]

It's about time you played with the D4. Is your girl going to pay for the haul back too? You could have done all that with your excavator and saved on the haul.