All About D11 bulldozers!! Contours Explained. (Vlog 63)

[@shaynemckay3916]

Love the videos guys. Your doing great work. I’ve always wanted to be a dozer operator.

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Saskatchewan, Canada great videos thanks for sharing

[@bammersmith5993]

I've ran dozers for years.I always listen to what the motor is doing.

[@martymorse2]

You are one of my favorite channels. You seem to have a knack for knowing what we want to see and hear. Thanks for taking us along as you work each day. Appreciate the details.

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Thanks! Appreciate it😁

[@randallmidgley7589]

Thanks boys, it's a great use of the GPS, with the old girls, it makes sense when you see the volume of material being moved. Again great Content, they are getting very comfortable on the camera, thanks for that.

[@jifi-0178]

Well done with the planning and explanation of the contours. I've learned there is a lot more to it than just making a dirt ditch / swale. (Thanks, Peter!) Of course, watching the big dozers in action along with learning more about the beasts is definitely interesting to me. Thanks for keeping the GPS explanation simple and understandable, Phil. 😀 Nicely done, Matt.

[@adriannettlefold9084]

Really enjoyed this one. I think we'll see tough times ahead considering the supply chain issues and now the start of hostilies in Europe. My friends up here are telling me they are either not using urea or finding it hard to get the quantity they need. Diesel has reached $1.88 at Ampol here in Emerald. No real rain for the last month or so for most of the area. 32mm at Capella on my mate's place. 40°+ for the last week. Keep up the good work. Cheers Adrian

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Thanks Adrian, yep tough times ahead I think😳

[@outbacknomad9939]

Love the introduction it's better than landline .

[@rudypieplenbosch6752]

This is very interesting to show us all of this. I am creating a 3D model of the D11, I use your videos as a reference, since there are very few drawings online.

[@alanlanghorn9528]

Good job nice video Phil can handle a dozer to

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

D11s rule! Came for these in the first place but stayed for the ‘Strayan farming content. Fascinating to see how you do the big farms over there.

[@greggb1416]

Nice dozer works gents…, but holy cow…! that is is some beautiful country, and that sky (clouds) overhead is just spectacular…. Awesome “office” (so to speak) to be able to work in. Thank you.

[@jesstill7833]

Beautifull soil nice Country good job 👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪😁😃😀😎🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@jimhanifer1177]

Fantastic video I'm really jealous of your greater I have a 672 and do parking lots and small roads I love how you can air it out and it's an 872 that's awesome I would love to be grading out there wide open I'll keep it up 🇺🇸🚜

[@damienwalker1026]

I always enjoy the music you put to your videos, and for a family of farmers your knowledge of heavy earthmoving equipment is quite impressive.

[@coupster5464]

Matt, another good one and always enjoy hearing Peter describe workings.. and Phil & Brad's view out of the cabins.. To a fella of Mallee origin.. this such different country, incredible rainfall and very very different dirt.. countours are what the road has in the Mallee LoL I get the countours and the mechanics, as Peter explained, of not having the water tearing along but seriousely, this is how foreign you patch is to me.. where is the water being directed to, as the run off in aggregate, must be vast.. Thanks again

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Thanks mate, dad grew up on a farm in the mallee so that country is known to us👍 all the contours lead to grassy waterways and off the property😁

[@johndouglasdawson7298]

Great video , Thanks Dad and Phil for explaining what the contours are about, Lust love them D11 purring they make it look easy thanks

[@TheRonnyL]

Thanks for sharing 😊 This is really interesting stuff… 😊👍

[@JDseller1]

It is great to see those "tiny" dozers at work!!! LOL It is getting rare to see graders used here in the US , on dirt work. Most do finish dirt work with a dozer with a six way blade and GPS controlled. I can see where your building value on the property with these improvements. Smart way to go about it.

[@General_Confusion]

I can see why Phil spends so much time on the dozers Matt, with all that complicated GPS stuff, it obviously needs the brains of the outfit to do that type of work.

[@paulsouth4794]

Thanks for explaining how the telemetry system works. Far cry from a water level.next step is to have the blade hieghts automatically controlled. Thanks for taking the time out it is great to see some successful farmers

[@jimmycricket5366]

Not worth the trouble I would think to have automatic blade control given that every extra complexity is another cost and another thing to go wrong

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Super cool!!! Love the D11, thanks for showing us up close and personal on foot in the danger zone!

[@mickhickman6052]

Great video again. Good to learn more about contour banks

[@brucelonsdale8422]

Awesome work, team Jackson.

[@danielmarshall4587]

AWESOME thank you for your time and effort making the video.

[@kanlife5768]

Great video guys. Thanks to you all

[@fielddaves2279]

Being an old equipment operator and mechanic this one was amazing to watch. Thanks for sharing. Field in Michigan

[@localcrew]

Always amazed by the scale of your projects.

[@daveevans2710]

Always love the drone footage Matt. 👍

[@MiniDigging]

Finally, a full video all about the D-11's

[@johnwood702]

It was good to see why and how you do your contours. It would be great to set them in action in and heavy rain. Keep up the videos as it is niceties how Australia farmer tackle he land they farm. 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️

[@ronchappel4812]

Thanks guys.Hearing them work is much appreciated!

[@joebond5012]

Another great video, thank you very much.

[@frankanderson2771]

Some of what your pushing around looks as it may have some gold in it!!

[@Toni62R]

Great video with gorgeous sound of the D11 - thank you for posting! (I had a german Hanomag K5b - that's a very little track loader - only 6 tons and 55 horses - but much fun)!

[@localcrew]

I have operated a Hanomag dozer. It was D7 sized but they called it a “D660” I think it was. It was re-badged to a “Terex” but it was 100% Hanomag.

[@Toni62R]

@@localcrew In Germany, Hanomag is cult - very authntic quality - like the "Cat of Germany"

[@localcrew]

I hear that they’re well regarded. This unit was in decent shape and worked well. Had a strange shift gate that would allow you to go from forward to reverse directly but I thought that was a bad idea. Always went to neutral between direction changes.

[@perrerapuertorosario5550]

Great video guys loads of information. I had always wondered how you set up gps. Some diagrams may be usefull to fully understand things such as how banks can wind aroung contours of hill

[@coreydavis5552]

Well done boys bloody good episode

[@svennilsson8459]

Depth of topsoil is no problem? I don't see you skimming of the top layer first before moving/cutting the contours and then putting it back in an even layer. Interesting video of something I've never seen here in Sweden but I believe there were signs of this in Spain.

[@smokiewilliams5219]

Always enjoy the videos. Keep up the good work.

[@julianearl5026]

👌👌👌👍👍👍 and GPS too!!🙂🙂🙂

[@williamuskoski1385]

Basically building spreader dams to essentially irrigate in a more controlled fashion over the whole field. Like stepped farming

[@waynemclachlan6480]

Another impressive video , nice work on the contour banks... soil looking very fertile

[@norcalray7182]

Thanks for the extra video

[@roberthiggins6401]

Peter's bloody good at demonstrating and explaining, Brad too. Where is the water diverted too after it leaves your farm? And further down the line? Cheers too you all.

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Thanks Robert, the water comes from the contours and then it follows the natural path as much as possible through grassy waterways

[@RangieNZ]

The grader is great preparation, for running the rock-picker over it. :)

[@ryburnsjr]

Wow ..just wow..nuff said .😀😀

[@gregoryweaver6671]

Very good video I enjoyed it.

[@waynemitchell1076]

Great work again boys 👍😎

[@Phil_vG]

All that computerised digital stuff, way to easy! 😆

[@Abritinluzon]

Hi Matt Very interesting how the dozer work making a contour bank never seen that before but your fields are so big i understand why you have them very well exserplain by Peter how they take the water away

[@robertquast9684]

The ending drone shots really put some perspective on the size of the project. Have you guys ever figured out the economics of running the big dozers vs the smaller ones. Obviously on a job where you are just hogging dirt a big machine will be faster but on a contour job how does it compare.

[@jacksonfamily7559]

hi rob we believe the d11 to be 4 to 5 times more efficient than a d6 pushing 100cubic m a distance of 50m cheers peter

[@obamabigears734]

With the recent flood, I assume what you did here really helped with the erosion? Sorry, I’m a 747 pilot so farming is not my specialty but I’m always willing to learn new things….

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@rachelhill7484]

Liked it can we have more videos like this one thanks

[@edwardmolloy7548]

Awesome video & that sure was a close up of a bloody big dozer pushing! Fingers crossed that expenses don't go higher like here in NZ fuels insane & crops have sprouted in Canterbury before being harvested

[@Romeo-lu7wt]

Building contours is an art, At the end of your contours how will you stop erosion, because in heavy rainfall a lot water will exit . I've seen holes the size of houses at ends , We used at lot of rock on the project I worked on. Enjoyed Cheers Bevan 🇦🇺

[@thejacksonbrothers]

It certainly is! We have been dumping rock in the gullies at the ends but generally once it grasses up at the end after it’s smoothed out it isn’t too bad

[@digthisnz1943]

Yep more of this! 😃

[@mattsutherland120]

Hey Matt, sorry I’m late watching! Not sure if you’ve heard that your lil channel got mentioned by the one and only Chris from letsdig18 on Mike from Dirt Perfect’s podcast channel ‘a few points from perfect’. I did say you were fast becoming a great Aussie export…

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Thanks Matt! Wow thanks for the info😁👍

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day great video mates

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Thanks mate👍

[@inagerli]

Hi, you take the original cat color for repairs? I search the right color for my rc model. Have ordered the color from würth, but its the old dark yellow from cat.

[@kennygray9013]

I’d love to run a d11. Largest I’ve been on is a d9 and their pretty small in comparison to an 11.

[@kutunuikunikuni1301]

Serious horsepower and I think you mentioned they were ex-mine machinery so I assume they have serious hours on the meter... A couple of questions.. Are they cost effective?.... hourly rate, fuel, maintenance etc.I also realise that you wouldn't have them if you didn't do the maths so I would be interested in your overall thoughts on this. Also parts and repairs? Must be horrendous....

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Hi mate, they are very cost effective, maybe one day I’ll try do a video about it all, there should be a bit about efficiency in the next video (Vlog 45)

[@lastguy8613]

Matt if you made all your videos about the d11s they'd go wild (with or without yourself in them!) Also as a self appointed youtube armchair expert arent those tracks looking a bit slack early in the vid? On a serious note does the GPS control the action and movement of the blade? Always enjoy the channel, keep up the great work

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Thanks mate, appreciate the suggestions👍 they look more slack when pushing obviously but we will check out the clearance. The gps doesn’t control hydraulics😁

[@General_Confusion]

I've got to be honest. Up until today i thought that they were natural contours that you were flattening out to make more growing space.

[@chrisoakey9841]

do you plant anything in the bank/channel do reduce erosion?

[@rodneygillespie9212]

Mate would love some audio of the 35 lt.

[@gordonagent7037]

Hi, beginner question, how do you tighten the tracks on these hi drive machines

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Hi Gordon, just a grease gun👍 similar to a skid steer setup where you just pump it up with grease

[@vico100]

Peter makes great vids

[@TechnikMeister2]

Do you sow down into the contour tray and how does the water runoff escape from behind the contour bank?

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Yep we farm over all the banks, the water that sheds off from behind the contour gets picked up by the contour below it👍😁

[@chriscardoza9785]

I'm ready to go there and move some dirt..

[@dalebates9937]

Do you struggle a bit with correction range from your base station due to the radio? Or do you run repeaters?

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Hi dale, we don’t use repeaters but we move the base to where we need it so it isn’t far away

[@ehsantop2442]

👍👍

[@bigskunk3712]

Hey Matt. Right at the end of the video, the hill in the distance, is that the one that you guys put the road up?

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Yep👍😁

[@RomeKG471]

It sounds like the rpm's or as you call them revs is not running high enough, might want to check that. This tractor really pushes.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHTCZZ2BmN18aKs

[@gteea]

Is there a reason why you chose D11s over a tractor and scoop?

[@davidwynn6807]

where can we see these working?

[@chriscardoza9785]

I would have used my scrapers to do that but those old girls move a lot of dirt in a hurry...

[@jasonthompson6255]

Good afternoon Matt phill brad and peter from beaudesert qld

[@roblonsdale8927]

Can you combine through the contours

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Hi rob, yes you can, just carefully😁

[@samwest9444]

Do you need to get deep enough to get clay to seal the bottom or is it just to catch surface water?

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Hi Sam, it’s just to catch and drain the surface water

[@jameslindley924]

Digging a Tray for what purpose ?

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Hi James, the tray is the basin of the contour bank to let water flow off the paddock without causing erosion👍

[@jameslindley924]

@@thejacksonbrothers Thanks for the info !- i guess i was a bit impatient ! lol . i listened later in the Video and understood

[@darrylmarsh5434]

What’s the general area of these properties

[@thejacksonbrothers]

Hi Darryl, if you mean location it’s northern nsw, if you mean size the development block is 2500acres👍

[@dustinrieck312]

Why don't you push the top soil back build your terrace then push the top soil back out to dress up and finish?

[@rwfoxtrot]

If it’s where I think it is near Moree in NW New South Wales, the top soil is so deep that operation is not required. In some areas of the flat black soil country around Moree, the top soil is well over a metre (approximately 3 feet) deep and is a deep cracking, self mulching clay. The hills to the east also have deep topsoil in places as well.

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