I love old CATs. Best dozer ever. I learned how to operate a dozer in a 76 D-8k. I miss that dozer so much. Incredible amount of torque and gorgeous styling. Let out the decelerator and a mushroom cloud of black smoke and then the turbo screaming and you spin the globe beneath me as the torque starts getting applied and material rolling in front of your blade. Great memories but the biggest dozer since that was a high sprocket D-6 from the late 90s. I love construction and dozer work from initial cut to final grade is incredibly fulfilling and creates a close connection to the machine and adds to the pride I take in my work at the limit of my abilities. Every hour spent is that much more experience that much more confidence as well as further pushing myself and thoroughly study the machine and feel of the machine to become one man and machine. To me as an operator the dozer is the one piece of equipment that you have to get a feel for their individual quirks and depending on the wear and maintenance, how much slop is in it I feel you need to have more feel for a dozer than sat an excavator.
@@carlachambers3771I’m a diesel nut. Old screaming Jimmies bring back more great memories. I’m starting to sound like an old guy. The world is changing and demonizes all the things I love.
When I was given the chance to train on a D9, in the army, the grin on my face was 3" wider than the blade. Later, they trained me on the Centurion AVRE, with it's 16 foot blade. This was in preparation for Operation Motorman in Northern Ireland. That puppy could clear barricaded streets without spilling my tea. Years later, I drove a D6, which is lovely bit of kit to play with, except, due to noise it's tracks make, gained me the name of, clatter-clogs! Nowadays, since I'm retired, and I go fell walking, for leisure.. That smile is still there, as I do it, in sized 9 Caterpillar boots! Thanks for the upload..
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Excellent documentary I like how he interviewed everybody and gave names, locations and what they were using and doing. So rare that information is ever given.
The first dozer I ever operated was one of these . It had a front mount winch & rear hydraulic ripper. Soon learned that cable blade needed a special touch to get the best from it. Oh yeah & who could ever forget the pilot ( donkey ) starter motor . Got an old photo of me pushing out a hwy cutting near Streaky Bay South Australia 73/74 . Turbo whistle sounded good too .
Hats off to the Caterpillar field reporter attempting to interview Mr. John Lope(?), superintendent for Adam, Ida Miller, Inc., a man of few words. Pulling rhinoceros teeth would've been a heck of a lot easier. LOL.
Always enjoy these old sales videos!!!! So interesting to hear the different accents. Fun Fact the mountain at 1:23 is the Guadalupe Peak , the tallest point in Texas. That road is US 62 \ US 180. Runs thru the small small community of Pine Springs.
Old Cable dozer pictured in the highway job in California. I was a mechanic for a company that liked running old iron. Even back in the early 80s it was hard to find a Cat operator that knew how to handle a cable operated front blade. And it was a real mess when an operator got the cables fouled.
when my grandpa worked on building the new york thruway in the 50s they would use a D9 to push start the belly dump trucks. they parked 4 or 5 in a line then pushed them all to pop start them to save time.
Yeah I bought it off a guy in northwest Ohio right on the Pennsylvania line he had it setting in a dry Barn for about 20 years resting. The o'l motor is in so good of shape it will start off the pony motor with no either and that's a rarity for a old cat D 3 53
Great footage of machines and men back then , thank you Caterpillar, l especially enjoyed the on the job interviews with the supers or formans. Plus Moving 2 to 3 times of material at the concrete plant is something else, wonder what machine the D9 replaced ?
When I was younger I worked for a construction outfit that ran old equipment including a 1958 D9H It had a 2 cylinder gas engine for starting the main engine. You had to fire up the Pony motor which used a heavy-duty electric motor, then engage it to the powerplant's flywheel. Once the main engine was spinning fast enough you started feeding it fuel as it picked up speed it would disengage the Pony motor, then cut gas to it as you fed more fuel to the main engine. Cold mornings were always fun.
Pit run gravel haven't heard that term in a long time ,& I've been watching a few dirt company videos for years and still don't see or hear them talk like they did back then in way more Normal times ,the world seems to be getting crazier by every passing day right along with most appearl companies Dumbing down quality by the masses.
Haha that is funny I wouldn’t expect one of these old commercials t have my small little town in the middle n nowhere I live was than 5 miles from new Stanton lol.
I thought the same thing although I can’t place any section of rt 31 being 4 lanes wide except for a small section between mt pleasant and hunker. Maybe that is where this was filmed.
The sign at 04:53 is for Roanoke Sand and Gravel in Middle Island, NY. A brief search shows they were "founded in 1984". Yet the film is from the 50s. What am I missing?
Beckwith Machinery Company in Murrysville, PA. It is still at the same location in 2024 along Route 22 and is now owned and operated by Cleveland Brothers.
the 1954 D9 WAS IN AN 18A and a 19Aseries,,,18s had a diesel fuel lubed torque converter behind a 3 speed tranny.THE FUEL LINE SUPPLYING THE BIG 6 CYLINDER MOTOR came off the bottom of the transmission....down side was that you were exspaected to keep an over half full tank of fuel.....or they would run hot
They still had the operators seat positioned off to the left on these dozers ,Wonder what generation or year did they place the seat in the center of the machine ? Would love to learn how to run a bull dozer & see what it's like becoming a true catskinner without the fur of course.
The entire operators station (seat, console, etc. was re-designed for improved operator comfort and control with the migration from the D9 series E through to the D9 series G.
cat #1 on design innovation engineering i just hope they continue not rest on there legacy i won.t live long enough to see if these new cat.s will be around like these old dog.s
The Babrams DP tabk was based on the Cat D9 bulldozer. So was the Sovuiet T92 tank. They has the same ebginmes and tracks but armor steel to stop the bullets and flame thrwoings
Does anybody know why these advertisements were basically only done for crawler tractors/bulldozers ? I saw one ad for a large wheel loader and one for a scraper, aside from that only bulldozers. Why is it like this ?
Leon Schmidt I don’t think they sold them like they did ford f series. Everyone doesn’t need a d9 so the limited customer base is why there’s limited advertising.
Man were those D9 single shank rippers ever toothpick skinny in those days compared to the fat ones of today. They must have re - sold a bunch of those due to complete snaps of the tooth. I thought everything was overbuilt back then , not these things they were under built.
Our transfer system is a bit too high tech to allow that ... those hairs or lint can scratch the films so we use compressed air and rollers to prevent that from happening.
how inefficient- dragging all those logs through that slop. What sawmill would want mud ground into all those logs. Today excavators and haul trucks rule.
They dump them off at the yard into ponds or lakes and they get washed off and they also have spray washers also in the mill. Allot mills have debarking machines so it doesn't matter if they get mudded up.
I did see cat D9 old school 🏫 w a manual transmission but I didn't get 2 see it work because the guy never even start it and do any work w it OMG 11 9 2O22
I wish life could go back to the way it was back then
@Dans Engines that's not what he was implying...smh
Why ..
Love the brevity of these interviews. No macking, just straight talk and have a nice day.
YEP! back in the day when everyone wasnt trying to BS you or plant some crazy crap into your subconcious!
I love old CATs. Best dozer ever. I learned how to operate a dozer in a 76 D-8k. I miss that dozer so much. Incredible amount of torque and gorgeous styling. Let out the decelerator and a mushroom cloud of black smoke and then the turbo screaming and you spin the globe beneath me as the torque starts getting applied and material rolling in front of your blade. Great memories but the biggest dozer since that was a high sprocket D-6 from the late 90s. I love construction and dozer work from initial cut to final grade is incredibly fulfilling and creates a close connection to the machine and adds to the pride I take in my work at the limit of my abilities. Every hour spent is that much more experience that much more confidence as well as further pushing myself and thoroughly study the machine and feel of the machine to become one man and machine. To me as an operator the dozer is the one piece of equipment that you have to get a feel for their individual quirks and depending on the wear and maintenance, how much slop is in it I feel you need to have more feel for a dozer than sat an excavator.
Terex had some awesome dozers. Love them Detroit Diesels.❤
@@carlachambers3771I’m a diesel nut. Old screaming Jimmies bring back more great memories. I’m starting to sound like an old guy. The world is changing and demonizes all the things I love.
Love these old films. Simpler times!
When I was given the chance to train on a D9, in the army,
the grin on my face was 3" wider than the blade.
Later, they trained me on the Centurion AVRE, with it's 16 foot blade.
This was in preparation for Operation Motorman in Northern Ireland.
That puppy could clear barricaded streets without spilling my tea.
Years later, I drove a D6, which is lovely bit of kit to play with, except,
due to noise it's tracks make, gained me the name of, clatter-clogs!
Nowadays, since I'm retired, and I go fell walking, for leisure..
That smile is still there, as I do it, in sized 9 Caterpillar boots!
Thanks for the upload..
Thanks to the D7Es and D8s I've had over the years I now wear hearing aids!
Re the Cat boots, I love what the box says - Caterpillar Walking Machines!
Hi I crewed AVRE for four years 26 Armoured RE and 31 Armoured RE
I remember you going to Northern Ireland .
Charlie.
lol !! Cant fault ya
You " drove " a d 6 you say ..laughable
Back in the day when society had meaning and purpose.
Moo01100 sad but true
Truth in every word of that statement
Agreed
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@Clark Nikolai Instablaster :)
My old boss owned a Cat D-8.
Talked about it like it was a member of the family!
Excellent documentary I like how he interviewed everybody and gave names, locations and what they were using and doing. So rare that information is ever given.
Enjoyed old Caterpillar D9 presentation. Keep Up Your Historical Findings !
The first dozer I ever operated was one of these . It had a front mount winch & rear hydraulic ripper. Soon learned that cable blade needed a special touch to get the best from it. Oh yeah & who could ever forget the pilot ( donkey ) starter motor . Got an old photo of me pushing out a hwy cutting near Streaky Bay South Australia 73/74 . Turbo whistle sounded good too .
Hats off to the Caterpillar field reporter attempting to interview Mr. John Lope(?), superintendent for Adam, Ida Miller, Inc., a man of few words. Pulling rhinoceros teeth would've been a heck of a lot easier. LOL.
That company is still in business and probably still has this Dozer
8:40 I love Mr. Stanton's 50's New York accent
😂 now you know why Bugs Bunny sounds the way he does. lol
Always enjoy these old sales videos!!!! So interesting to hear the different accents.
Fun Fact the mountain at 1:23 is the Guadalupe Peak , the tallest point in Texas. That road is US 62 \ US 180. Runs thru the small small community of Pine Springs.
Adam Eidemiller inc. Is still in business and more than likely still has that Dozer
That mud hole in the redwoods was really something.
Yep, Chris Letsdig18 should stop complaining about little mud holes and check that bog out.
For many years, the D8 was the largest of Cat's crawlers. The D9 changed all of that...
and the D10 changed ALL THAT ..... AGAIN
...and the D11?
The D9 was the turbocharged version of the D8.
Old Cable dozer pictured in the highway job in California.
I was a mechanic for a company that liked running old iron.
Even back in the early 80s it was hard to find a Cat operator that knew how to handle a cable operated front blade. And it was a real mess when an operator got the cables fouled.
when my grandpa worked on building the new york thruway in the 50s they would use a D9 to push start the belly dump trucks. they parked 4 or 5 in a line then pushed them all to pop start them to save time.
Sure he did Cletus
I was hoping for an appearance by Clint Walker discussing the autonomous variant of the 9. :D
That would've been awesome! Only he passed in 2018, 1974 movie, Killdozer is a classic!👍✌️
Near the end going through deep mud was impressive to say the least.
no shit! Adam Eidemiller I worked with them I'm from close to there they are still in business! I went to school in connellsville
I own one of EideMiller's old D 9s it's still like a new one
Yeah I bought it off a guy in northwest Ohio right on the Pennsylvania line he had it setting in a dry Barn for about 20 years resting. The o'l motor is in so good of shape it will start off the pony motor with no either and that's a rarity for a old cat D 3 53
Благодарю за историю!
Eucid and Terex were on just as many jobs. Good machines
Great footage of machines and men back then , thank you Caterpillar, l especially enjoyed the on the job interviews with the supers or formans. Plus Moving 2 to 3 times of material at the concrete plant is something else, wonder what machine the D9 replaced ?
0:49 on - those layers of sediment in cliffs were laid down during The Flood 4,350 years ago.
Lol wow
i dont think 2350 bc is correct!id say 8000 anyway,the pyra mids are older than 2350 bc!
The d9....the greatest
When I was younger I worked for a construction outfit that ran old equipment including a 1958 D9H
It had a 2 cylinder gas engine for starting the main engine.
You had to fire up the Pony motor which used a heavy-duty electric motor, then engage it to the powerplant's flywheel. Once the main engine was spinning fast enough you started feeding it fuel as it picked up speed it would disengage the Pony motor, then cut gas to it as you fed more fuel to the main engine.
Cold mornings were always fun.
Pit run gravel haven't heard that term in a long time ,& I've been watching a few dirt company videos for years and still don't see or hear them talk like they did back then in way more Normal times ,the world seems to be getting crazier by every passing day right along with most appearl companies Dumbing down quality by the masses.
that was impressive with the one going through the mud!
he had winter tracks on it...
Builder99 looks like regular tracks to me.
Haha that is funny I wouldn’t expect one of these old commercials t have my small little town in the middle n nowhere I live was than 5 miles from new Stanton lol.
I thought the same thing although I can’t place any section of rt 31 being 4 lanes wide except for a small section between mt pleasant and hunker. Maybe that is where this was filmed.
impressionante máquinas maguinifica...paz e luz.
Specific and Very Informative !!!!!
Unlike the Bullshit of today
The sign at 04:53 is for Roanoke Sand and Gravel in Middle Island, NY. A brief search shows they were "founded in 1984". Yet the film is from the 50s. What am I missing?
Sometimes there is cut films... If You notice how alot of things dont really add up as for time lines....
Cool video... great jobs
love the channel.
The ripper on the d9 @2:50 has a sticker that says Beckwith Machinery Co. on it. I have a 1944 D2 that came from that same company. Interesting.
Beckwith Machinery Company in Murrysville, PA. It is still at the same location in 2024 along Route 22 and is now owned and operated by Cleveland Brothers.
Getting it done! Earth First! We can excavate the other planets later.
need a Spacex to ship a D9 to mars!
the dozer against which all other dozers are measured.
There was one even bigger in the junkyard for years. Had the 16 ft blade and monster trolley bars.
the 1954 D9 WAS IN AN 18A and a 19Aseries,,,18s had a diesel fuel lubed torque converter behind a 3 speed tranny.THE FUEL LINE SUPPLYING THE BIG 6 CYLINDER MOTOR came off the bottom of the transmission....down side was that you were exspaected to keep an over half full tank of fuel.....or they would run hot
Here's a thought, I wonder how many of the machines in the film are still running?
I own one of those o'l D-9s that Ida Miller had don't know if it was 1 in the video though it's still like a new one
I’ve got a 18a that still runs well. Use for cleaning out stock tanks and pulling a Rome disk.
They still had the operators seat positioned off to the left on these dozers ,Wonder what generation or year did they place the seat in the center of the machine ? Would love to learn how to run a bull dozer & see what it's like becoming a true catskinner without the fur of course.
The entire operators station (seat, console, etc. was re-designed for improved operator comfort and control with the migration from the D9 series E through to the D9 series G.
Here from Gold Rush 😎
Caterp melhor maquinas
cat #1 on design innovation engineering i just hope they continue not rest on there legacy i won.t live long enough to see if these new cat.s will be around like these old dog.s
#1 in design? Not when Allis Chalmers was in business they werent
The Babrams DP tabk was based on the Cat D9 bulldozer. So was the Sovuiet T92 tank. They has the same ebginmes and tracks but armor steel to stop the bullets and flame thrwoings
I would hate to clean tracks out on the log Job
Does anybody know why these advertisements were basically only done for crawler tractors/bulldozers ? I saw one ad for a large wheel loader and one for a scraper, aside from that only bulldozers. Why is it like this ?
Leon Schmidt I don’t think they sold them like they did ford f series. Everyone doesn’t need a d9 so the limited customer base is why there’s limited advertising.
The Ural Mountains are still waiting for mankind to come. Imagine.
got to leave some space for bigfoot to live on, if Putin hasn't wasted the place!
Those were the days no exhaust muffler's. just straight out exhaust pipe. nothing like the Cat growl.
3:00 Why does he remind me of a futurama character?
What year did they start making the d10, d11, and d12?
The 10 in '79. Not sure about 11 and there is no 12
@@tomcander3669 I think they have 12's at the minez.
@@peterparker9286 there are no 12s!!!!!!
"I see"
The guy at 13:10 looks like Ted Cruz
Man were those D9 single shank rippers ever toothpick skinny in those days compared to the fat ones of today. They must have re - sold a bunch of those due to complete snaps of the tooth. I thought everything was overbuilt back then , not these things they were under built.
I think it would be neat if they occasionally had the erant piece of lint or hair go thru the screen or stutter like an old 16mm film. ;-)
Our transfer system is a bit too high tech to allow that ... those hairs or lint can scratch the films so we use compressed air and rollers to prevent that from happening.
👍
Delta Nine!
interviewer looks like Buster Scruggs
When asked what could you push with a d9 ..cat replied why most any damb thing you choose
By the end of the first interview I was loosing the will to live.
Losing
How these engines have low hp but max torque..
D9g
It's TORQUE geting the job done. NOT hp!!!!
how inefficient- dragging all those logs through that slop. What sawmill would want mud ground into all those logs. Today excavators and haul trucks rule.
India uses energy efficient elephants for logging. lol
um most log skidders still drag them.......
They dump them off at the yard into ponds or lakes and they get washed off and they also have spray washers also in the mill. Allot mills have debarking machines so it doesn't matter if they get mudded up.
I did see cat D9 old school 🏫 w a manual transmission but I didn't get 2 see it work because the guy never even start it and do any work w it OMG 11 9 2O22