This is the INSANE Story About the Invention of The Bulldozer | History and Evolution

Ever since we started rearranging the surface of the earth, there has been a need to push piles of dirt and rock and, especially, to push it into holes or over the edge of a bank.
It could certainly be done with hand tools, but only with great effort and much time. The difficulty arose with how to do it mechanically.
On Thanksgiving Day, 1904, grain harvester manufacturer Benjamin Holt tested a new earth moving machine on a farm near Stockton, Calif.
By the time he finished his experiment, more than just earth moved.
The invention of the diesel-powered traction machines that could move over land too soft to support horsedrawn or wheeled tractors caused a revolution not only in the farming business but in the construction and military businesses as well: Holt's track-drive principal was applied later to everything from bulldozers to the World War I military tank.
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of that tractor, the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of History and Technology put on display last week a 1929 Caterpillar tractor called the "cat 10."
It was a merger of the Holt Manufacturing Co. and the Best Tractor Co. in 1925 that created the Caterpillar Tractor Co., which is today the largest crawler-tractor manufacturing firm in the country.
Horses were great at pulling machinery, and did reasonably well with pull graders to spread material behind them as they walked. But how to use horses to spread material ahead of them?
Some say the first bulldozer was invented in 1904 by Benjamin Holt who developed an endless chain tread for his steam engine. Around the same time, the Hornsby Company of England also patented their version of a bulldozer which was closer to what is known today as a bulldozer because it was steered by controlling power to each track.

[@BlisterBang]

Take this all with a grain of salt. He refers end-loaders, traxcavators, even excavators as bulldozers, where he should be referring to the tractor. People confuse bulldozer with the tractor, he's not helping much.

[@paulcharlo9346]

He’s an idiot

[@Agnemons]

Just to be technical. A bulldozer only refers to the type of blade on the front. There are two major types, Bulldozer and Angle dozer with a variety of sub groups (U, Semi U, Straight etc). The actual machine is a "Crawler Tractor".

[@travistucker7317]

Aw man, you're one of those?

[@panhead55]

@@travistucker7317He’s correct. It’s important to get these technical terms correct, as we do in every other industry. Unlike the movies, not everything is a “steam shovel” or “bulldozer.”

[@jackrichards1863]

This is absolutely NOT THE HISTORY OF THE BULLDOZER. 6:08 into this it's over for your offer of a story in the title. Without dates nor facts of the origin. Although a spattering of that is represented. You mention the forties and promptly gloss over the modern followed by a highly dubious list of builders in the production of bulldozers. Then bypassing laser technology get into the GPS manufacturers which I expect to arrive at the fourteenth minute chronologically. Also the reading of names incorrect often and many words not quite right? I have time only to offer this highlight of potential improvements. It's not entirely disinteresting. But the origins needs clarifying dating and being both observant and revealing the results of research. You owe me six minutes!

[@donalddodson7365]

Thank you for this visual history of tracked earth moving equipment.

[@clinthowe7629]

We didn’t see any foreign models in America with the exception of Komatsu until way late, 1990s our domestic manufacturing took care of everything we needed.

[@paulkatelyntoney3219]

Volvo? Lots of 1980 Volvo’s in use around my area

[@bondobilly9369]

Hitachi

[@rm3141593]

@4:44 "A-list Chalmers", eh? 😂

[@rm3141593]

@10:43 The "submarine" must be submerged under the water. 😂😂

[@jeffharper7579]

Looks like the tracks need some major tighten

[@jeffharper7579]

3:19 minute just to let people know.

[@colewhite6781]

I was hoping somebody would address it. I don’t understand how the hell they even stayed on 😂😂😂had me busting

[@GenePoolChlorinator]

Very track. Much tighten. Wow.

[@DaleDirt]

Awesome information . Thank You

[@lauriechilds6819]

What is INSANE, except for your commentary

[@donivanpotter2762]

One of my uncles operated heavy equipment. It ended his life prematurely. The vibration from the vehicle actually damaged his organs. He passed away in his 50s. Hopefully things have improved in the cab.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Some have but a lot are the same. I drove trucks and operated equipment a little over 50 years and there is a toll to be taken by doing it. I loved it but it's not forgiving and depends a lot on what you're doing and how you do it. Sorry about your Uncle. Mine were my heroes.

[@likeaboss860]

Its the brain that gets it the worst

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

That's bullshit I have ran bulldozers most of my life 69 years old now and still doing it

[@carrollsanders9376]

Gee I used a power grader built with Iron wheels in the 1870s, first bulldozer I used was an international with cable blade.

[@nathantodd7433]

The original bull dozer, was a pair of bull's pushing a a wooden plow.

[@henrycarlson7514]

Interesting , Thank You . A fine example injenuity in action

[@davidjenkins705]

Great story. It's pity you didn't mention LeTourneau. "The Dean of earth moving" one of the worlds greatest inventors. His book "Mover of mountains and men"

[@larryl43]

THANK YOU

[@n0ukf]

how many times in one video must you reiterate the bulldozer name referring to just the blade or the whole machine?

[@kaimachineschannel]

*Great story*

[@prjndigo]

We were using dipping-sledges 7000 years ago.

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

Came to see history of the bulldozer....saw mostly pics and video of modern bulldozers.

[@Greg91073]

Not to mention the amount of footage of Euro trash machinery.

[@krististanley8508]

You couldn't find a picture of a submarine?

[@richarda996]

In the sixes we just called a caterpillar bulldozer a cat or D9.

[@jenniferwhite6089]

you will think twice watching the movie Killdozer lol

[@elultimo102]

I watched "Killdozer" last night, after seeing a video of a self-driving strip mine dump truck already in use.

[@ryanv3751]

Just sayin…a black and white D6R is not a 1929 CAT 10

[@02playman]

Luckily, I know what a bulldozer is and I’ve operated several different makes over the years. This video though, to someone that doesn’t know, is hopelessly confusing and should be treated simply as a compilation of old and new earthmoving machinery.

[@deep6483]

Be a hard hot day on some of that old gear,but back then would've been hot shit

[@xuser48]

Was bulldozer referred to the entire machine or just the attachment?

[@jamesmorton8431]

Entire Machine

[@johndowe7003]

The attachment

[@brucevanderschrier9610]

Anybody else notice the detroit powered D6 at about 13.29??

[@DieselCreek]

Tons of inaccurate info here. Lots of neat pictures tho

[@randallruble7941]

The narrator definitely is not a native English (American English anyway) speaker. Allis Chalmers mispronounced. Calif = California. Also had to finally give up on this; too much repetition.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Stockton, Calif? Lol. You mean Stockton, California.

[@ericmuschlitz7619]

Articulated and rubber tire loaders are loaders, not bulldozers. They can lift and articulate a bucket with capacity, not just a blade to push and grade.

[@jensschroder8214]

0:48 the first electric locomotive. has nothing to do with bulldozers. 3:03 German Halbkettenfahrzeug

[@pdh__]

Bro just did a quick google search..

[@moose2577]

Strangest narrator ever. And that's saying something! 😂

[@PlaneManHehehe]

Did you see that's a you blade that's a not a my blade

[@RSPYT]

JCB don’t make dozers.

[@lornemarmet5898]

I like the history but your presentation BLOWS

[@liamvoelker9906]

Which I live 30 m9nutes away from

[@liamvoelker9906]

Actually it was invented in morowvile ks

[@idareid1450]

Bullseye

[@jimihendrix991]

LIEBHERR pronounced: LEEB - HARE

[@wrenchbender01]

The incessant mispronunciation drove me away.

[@Mikezulka]

The white men who invented everything ❤thank you!

[@cottonwood4935]

As it should be😎

[@emichaelschmidt]

Stole ideas and put their names on it*

[@greg1268]

You might want to educate yourself.

[@fr9509]

​@@cottonwood4935 as it is.

[@3rddegreeburns494]

LOL! Exactly. At least until the history books are rewritten and "someone" claims the white man stole it from them.

[@jean-yvesgervais8222]

the Letourneau tourna-dozer have no transmission,manual nor automatic no hydrolic electric power for every things drive,blade and winch.

[@markmccastle7932]

For You Cat buffs here's the way to identify Cats year's of ages. Cat uses numbers and letters for dating Numeralkod O123456789 Went day month year

[@richarda996]

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in the south. He was a colored man. Respect

[@elultimo102]

A bigger accomplishment was his inventing standardized rifle production, having interchangeable parts. (They used to each be hand made, with custom parts). BTW, a Black man invented the refrigerated "Thermo-king" semi-trailer.

[@StuffBobbyDoes]

Too much BS in this presentation for me.

[@carmiethompson2676]

Maybe the use of term 'Bulldozer' was used at one time. In mfr. literature & online, the term now used is Track Dozer & the variant, the Wheel Dozer. There is also the product line of Track Loader & Wheel Loader. Nowhere in the Caterpillar or Komatsu product descriptions that I found is the term "Bulldozer" used.