Ready to SHOVE!? - Komatsu D475's Hogging Rock

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@lancecluster 3 ай бұрын

Nice thanks, I would say that a PAmining without Justin's dulcet tones is slightly lacking. I just enjoy the enthusiasm in his voice. 😀

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

Blahahaha!!! 🤣😍 Well thank you buddy! I will try and add that more.

@lewiemcneely9143 3 ай бұрын

You notice that any old time blade operator goes with their blade on the ground and usually pushing. They can knock down a hump that'll hurt their back if they don't. On the dams I did it on the cuts pushing pans with the 8 and on the dams with the straight drive 6-B and the 7-F just blading the fill. Smooth is better. I'd be right at home on one of them even though the 8 was the biggest I ever herded. Thanks, Pal and CHEERS to you and God Bless Yall!

@philmckrakin6752 3 ай бұрын

You'd be flatout getting in it old timer. Just think about your baby 8s. Us men will operate the heavy gear 😂

@lewiemcneely9143 3 ай бұрын

@@philmckrakin6752 I still do. The 2nd gear snort with the black puff and folding the stack flap up would get a grin every morning.

@craigsibley8161 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff PA. Cool as 👍👍👍 There's only one of those (a dash 8 version) in the whole of Scotland. A beast of a tractor...

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

Awesome man! Thanks 👍🏼

@theunemployedtrucker 3 ай бұрын

Justin you never fail to impress in your videos you always get the biggest and best equipment all the time.

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

Haha! Thank you friend 😁

@roberthumberston8803 3 ай бұрын

dang huge dirt mover. good video pa mining

@EdStrong929 3 ай бұрын

Very nice content, would love to see more. Thank you for sharing with us.

@electrolytics 3 ай бұрын

Heavy Duty Horsepower. Thanks PA Mining!!

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@JS-oy6nn 3 ай бұрын

I watched one of these push the top of a mountain off in a coal mine in Logan county West Virginia over a 2 day period in around 2004. Not sure what exact model Komatsu dozer it was, but it was pushing rocks the size of my welding rig like it was nothing.

@williamhall9204 3 ай бұрын

@JS-oy6nn Your comment reminded me of the fact that in the late 1990’s a company in West Virginia operated eight of Komatsu’s biggest dozers. Those machines were all D575A-3 models. They operated with a 90 cubic yard capacity blade. I’m pretty sure the name of the mining company was Princess Beverly. The D575A-3 SD is the largest and most powerful production dozer ever built. The ACCO from Italy was bigger, but only one was manufactured. Unfortunately Komatsu decided to discontinue production of their giant dozer. I heard that the machine was plagued with reliability problems, especially the transmission.I was very surprised to find out the D575A-3 was not a success overall. Because I know for a fact that Komatsu put a lot of research & development into this dozer project.Take Care.

@bethanyhaskiell9116 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome video Justin I love how you're doing uploads much more frequent now

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

I try! Haha, believe it or not I'm more busy at work now than I've ever been. Always find time to do an upload for you guys 😉 cheers!

@bethanyhaskiell9116 3 ай бұрын

@@PAmining Well thanks we all really appreciate it

@halffast7799 3 ай бұрын

Komatsu is a rare sight around me. At least in mining sized equipment.

@manishranamagar7073 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@hvh-g8z 3 ай бұрын

The machine's power is amazing, humans are so small compared to it

@Bulldozercaterpillar 3 ай бұрын

Good job

@andrewcampbell7702 3 ай бұрын

Quality video, notice the steady reversing, not hard on the tractor or the driver.

@huvvy 3 ай бұрын

What???? Ur a nerd

@johnnymurff4137 3 ай бұрын

Awesome pushing tons of aggregate material

@MotivationTech68688 3 ай бұрын

Nice video

@MrMan5014 3 ай бұрын

So the question is how does the D475 hold. Up against the D11 in terms of cost to operate per hour and longevity?..also operator comfort would be important as well!…I ran an old D155 from the 90’s that worked quite well and their D65’s are quite good as well!

@GPz84 3 ай бұрын

Heard the Cat was the far superior dozer. Better productivity, longevity.... They don't sell many Komats compared to the D11.

@philmckrakin6752 3 ай бұрын

We have 2 older 475s and a d11r. You couldn't pay me to get in that unreliable pile of 💩

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

We have four 275s and 375s at work and operators hate them. They are a nice dozer but they definitely are more operator friendly in shoving softer materials.

@philmckrakin6752 3 ай бұрын

@PAmining yet to meet a yank that isn't a full on cat fangirl. Not surprised in the least.

@MrMan5014 3 ай бұрын

@@philmckrakin6752 I’m just looking for operator preferences and what they like and don’t like between the two manufacturers…I’ve operated both throughout the years and liked them both…some I liked more than others depending on the class of machine…I’ve ran all D8’s from K’s to T’s and I found them very nice to handle but the D155 I ran from the 90’s with old pull stick steering would out push and out rip every D8 I ever ran across the board…that being said, Cat has out sold Komatsu in the D11/D475 class 6:1 so it begs the question why…I have personally never ran a D11 or a D475 so I’m looking for some insight in regards to these machines.

@404nitro 3 ай бұрын

My favorite type of mining video..........watching dozers at work. Even if they're Komatsu's JK 😁 Is this at the place you work for or did you have to travel some for this one?Pretty cool seeing two of them together like this. One of them needs a new shoe on the left track.

@brucevanderschrier9610 3 ай бұрын

Justin, in your opinion, better, the same, or not as good as Cat?? Great show as usual!

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

My opinion - We have four 375s and 275s where I work, all 2016 models. From brand new the Komatsus ride nothing like a Cat. And that's coming from operators who've been in the seat for 40+ years. It's the low sprocket drive design, you just feel the ground more. In clay they are great, in rock, they'll kill your back.

@nealk6387 3 ай бұрын

I’ve heard caterpillars undercarriage lasts longer.

@Pozi_Drive 3 ай бұрын

The engines were already running when the drivers got into their cabins. Are these machines started by a special engineering crew?

@rodger996 3 ай бұрын

Switching operators

@EdStrong929 3 ай бұрын

This machines are always started and let to run up to temp before they go on the job. They need to be inspected for leaks and abnormallities at the pre-trip before they're allowed on the cut.

@PAmining 3 ай бұрын

Correct! Shift change