I was thinking the same thing. I'm utterly ignorant as to how these machines work and what they are capable of, but that does seem like an odd place to get stuck...
every dozer operator who is pretty handy on one will all say they have been in same situation coz thats how you become so damn good get to know the limits of a machine haha i been there
It happens. I'm an electrician and I've had an electric shock before. What counts is that this operator kept a cool head and did what he needed to do to get the Dozer out.
All the people saying a skilled operator wouldn't have done that have probably never even worked outside or never operated any machine besides a car. You people have no idea what the job was or what the goal was or where he needed to be so until you know the situation or anything about machines, shut up.
I spent 25 years on logging cats and skidders in a lot of extreme terrain and I crossed not a few creeks [usually illegally as mentioned above]. Guy was a dope..
The best men are not those who never make a mistake but those who do , cry a little and then start doing something about it. I like the logic he used to get assistance from the front blade in the manner he immersed and angled it to push back to help the caterpillar tracks. Well done and good logic.
From my experience in construction this will get you a BIG fine from the EPA. We were told "if it looks like someone took a piss in it, don't cross it without laying pads first".
Good job! I remember a river clean up we did a few years ago we had several blades, excavators, track loaders, and rock trucks all working in the water at once. They fixed what they had to and all got out.
Stuff the location or the circumstances. .. what a beast of a machine!!! It just backed itself out of a pond... Holy cow..didn't even sound like it was stressing it either. .. Good them cats ☺
Not everyone has the luxury of always working in pristine, safe locations like you armchair experts. Sometimes when the boss says "Do it," you gotta get your ass deep in the muck and do it.
Arguing With Stupid People I see your point.....been a heavy equip op since 82 and yes if the boss says do it....you do it....but in this video we will never know.
This full submersion of the undercarriage will call for a complete replacement of all fluids in the final drive, much of which will have floated out and become replaced with river water. Getting out of that predicament did call for great operator skill, for sure.
you know nothing about the undercarriage to say that the fluids will be fine they did not float out as the boggie roller are sealed and the final drives (which are also sealed) never went under water
your only stuck when u have to get pulled out! he could of been pushing a beaver dam out of the way so the creek could flow into town providing the people with much needed💦 water!! thanks to this operator they can water their lawns, hydrate the cattle 🐃, take showers!! this man is a f@cking hero!!
jim smith Well, sorry Jimmy but...You're wrong...Many highly skilled operators do indeed post on youtube...So...Keep your little passive aggressiveness to yourself; K?
To those saying he shouldn't have been there, do know why he was there in the first place? I'm sure he wasn't there to see if he could see the little fishes flying bye.
A skilled operator is sometimes faced with a difficult situation. I have had dirt slide away or mud give way under my tracks in an instant. It's not all road building and foundation work. He used the basic six way blade escape. Luckily the blade had a harder surface to push on.
The D-6 is a big machine! I guess he used the forward "plow" to push himself backwards! Water is heavy and mud can be like cement so that was quite a feat!
First off . I did heavy &over size Eqipment movement for USWest commuications as a sublet personal cntractor. I realy wish i had takin time to film just 1/2 of the stuiped crap that over paid Employees can &will do wrong any time they whont the next day off. I truly miss the work& the great pay BUT NOT THE CRYING SNIVALING I CANT. KIND OF I GOT TO GO HOME TO CHANGE MY PANTS MORON S ..! GOOD WORK GUY S KEEP SHOWING THE IORN MEN AT PLAY. R LMOSS. PHOENIX. IN THE DIRT..
well my cows crossed a class c creek.beavers build a dam.had to push out their dam 3 times before they left. did with D6C.they just built further down below the falls. most locals dont even know of the falls. 50ft drop.water over the falls now.
I don't know about your country but I do know here in Ontario Canada this video perfect evidence for a massive fine, you are not allowed to have hydraulic equipment in the water
Sadly, here in America the EPA is a joke, and as long as the person or people involved in the situation are somewhat related to the farming industry...... They can do whatever the hell they want without consequence. It's sickening.
You get government subsidies, and the EPA just lets you do whatever you want. Pumping manure and fertilizers into streams and rivers. You don't have to have a CDL to drive a semi like any other American. Need I say more?
No, you don't need to say more since you don't know what your talking about. If you want to complain about subsidies go ahead. Many farmers are subsidized but I'm not one of them. But first ask yourself what subsidies accomplish. It is in the governments best interest to keep as many farmers on the land as possible. Do I have to explain why? Unless you have another way of keeping some 80 + year old farmer working day after day so 99 percent (or more) of the population can sit on their rear ends watching RUclips videos, I'd like to hear it. If farm subsidies are so lucrative, why is the number of farmers decreasing? There is another matter concerning subsidies. And that IS environmental protection. The EPA is VERY powerful when it comes to agriculture. There were proposed regulations to regulate dust from field work. You say that we're "pumping manure and fertilizers into streams and rivers"? If that happens to a farmer the EPA and other agencies are very quick to show how much power they really have. And that power is considerable. More then a few farms have gone bankrupt due to the fines and legal costs, and cleanup from the EPA enforcement of environmental law. There is a problem with your CDL argument too. Farmers are not typically professional OTR drivers. More often then not to a farmer a truck is an expense that in and of itself does to generate an income. Although I do know of farmers who are also professional OTR drivers and are licensed as such. Distance a farmer can haul a load may also be limited. Also, how many weeks of the year are farmers hauling? Where are you getting your information anyway?,.... blogs and stupid movies? Just curious.
The way it should be give the farmers distinct advantages over the regular person. Btw I'm not being sarcastic. For example in Ontario, a farmer can get fuel cheaper (dyed diesel) just because he's a farmer. As long as a tractor has a slow moving sign, it can pull ANY weight or length, without a license. These kind of freedoms allow farmers to work more efficiently and effectively without "red tape" BS.
There's an old sayings "Where cat tails grow, tracks don't go." or "use the right tool for the job" Seems this operator could have saved a lot of trouble if he had known that.
That muddy water gets into all the little bearings that are sealed and all the big bearings that are sealed in that undercarriage and tracks. That water and mud is abrasive and just wears on those bearings. We've worked on many of those that have been in dirty water. You'll have a flood and some conscious contractor comes around there and with his loader and hauls people or whatever way and he's just really the bearings.
don't see d6 swamp dozers with road tracks in the drink to often. my quess is hire machine and operater who got the call the night before. poor bastard did well considering.
Someone tell Todd ALL operators do that from time to time. Plowing snow on my 3320 Deere, working soil as well. Tractors get stuck alot. Try mowing your yard with a riding mower. Ever get stuck on wet grass in a simple situation. Yes Todd.
Working in the field is way different than working in a quarry or yard. Mechanic gonna give him hell for all of the greasing he's having to do that evening though!!!
If you look at the end of the video, you can see that the white stone (rip rap) is placed along the side of the creek, and in the creek as a crossing. Being in the stream is usually a nono, but if you need to get to a destination for work or something and you are above down stream sediment control on a permitted area, you can use equipment in the water way, also included in the permit, is the emergency spill containment plan for the possibility of oil line failure. So, until you have all the facts, it's rude to make nasty comments about someone who is doing their job.
No....it's the VPR undercarriage that can do that. But you won't find them anymore.....they quit building them in the late '90's. Why? $$$$. Isn't that the stumbling block for most business ideas that proved to be a failure.
Not everyone has the luxury of always working in safe and solid locations like you armchair experts. Sometimes when the boss says "Do it," you gotta get your ass deep in the muck and do it.
In order to become skilled at some things you have to do it so yea maybe the operator did get themselves in that spot, so what they knew how to get out and did it. To many hating negative people damn can't just give credit where it's due. Weak people smh, just appreciate the video as being shared to see maybe you'll learn something.
No. We do business with the local cat dealer. Winter time it's nothing to have several front end loaders on rental for winter plowing. Just call your local cat dealer and see what they charge,
Ok had to pause the video for a min did I just hear at 0:49 did the camera guy just say throw rocks down there for him....... Clearly this guy has never driven a CAT before LMAO
Crossing a natural water way is highly illegal where I come from because of the grease, oil and hydraulic fluid contamination. Rubber tire forestry machines aren't even allowed to do it let alone a dozer. Rookie move in my opinion.
Wonder if it was the same skilled operator that got it stuck.
You'd have to be a badass to even attempt work in those conditions to begin with.
I was thinking the same thing. I'm utterly ignorant as to how these machines work and what they are capable of, but that does seem like an odd place to get stuck...
every dozer operator who is pretty handy on one will all say they have been in same situation coz thats how you become so damn good get to know the limits of a machine haha i been there
suicidaltendencies99 You got a dozer stuck in a lake before? Why did you want to do that?
It happens. I'm an electrician and I've had an electric shock before. What counts is that this operator kept a cool head and did what he needed to do to get the Dozer out.
It's good to see theres still some good operators out there utilizing a 6-way blade!, great job!.
All the people saying a skilled operator wouldn't have done that have probably never even worked outside or never operated any machine besides a car. You people have no idea what the job was or what the goal was or where he needed to be so until you know the situation or anything about machines, shut up.
I spent 25 years on logging cats and skidders in a lot of extreme terrain and I crossed not a few creeks [usually illegally as mentioned above].
Guy was a dope..
As an operator ..I would never cross the creek I would told you to get fucked ! Skills my ass !
Awwwww FUCK UUUUU
How about probing the depth of the creek first on the points of actual crossing?
Rick morales I'm a little late but uhhhhhhhhh FUCK U RUNNING SIDEWAYS!!!!
The best men are not those who never make a mistake but those who do , cry a little and then start doing something about it. I like the logic he used to get assistance from the front blade in the manner he immersed and angled it to push back to help the caterpillar tracks. Well done and good logic.
From my experience in construction this will get you a BIG fine from the EPA. We were told "if it looks like someone took a piss in it, don't cross it without laying pads first".
I would have to say that was A mixture of pure skills and also some good luck
I was a heavy plant driver for over 16 years, and a skilled operator would never have got his machine in that situation.
🔥💥🔥 Rumor has it he was just in there doing a little fishing on his lunch hour.
Good job! I remember a river clean up we did a few years ago we had several blades, excavators, track loaders, and rock trucks all working in the water at once. They fixed what they had to and all got out.
Stuff the location or the circumstances. .. what a beast of a machine!!! It just backed itself out of a pond...
Holy cow..didn't even sound like it was stressing it either. ..
Good them cats ☺
great. but umm, WTF is he doing in there in the first place?
inexperience....skilled machine operator my ass
Not everyone has the luxury of always working in pristine, safe locations like you armchair experts. Sometimes when the boss says "Do it," you gotta get your ass deep in the muck and do it.
Arguing With Stupid People I see your point.....been a heavy equip op since 82 and yes if the boss says do it....you do it....but in this video we will never know.
EPA would be all over his ass here for being in a stream, big fine
Do Ron
Sure we do
That guy is a good operator !
Sometimes you don't know what you are in to until you are into it !
The truest comment ive seen so far
This full submersion of the undercarriage will call for a complete replacement of all fluids in the final drive, much of which will have floated out and become replaced with river water. Getting out of that predicament did call for great operator skill, for sure.
you know nothing about the undercarriage to say that the fluids will be fine they did not float out as the boggie roller are sealed and the final drives (which are also sealed) never went under water
Went in with pure determination , got out with pure desperation
your only stuck when u have to get pulled out! he could of been pushing a beaver dam out of the way so the creek could flow into town providing the people with much needed💦 water!! thanks to this operator they can water their lawns, hydrate the cattle 🐃, take showers!! this man is a f@cking hero!!
Calm and collective, handled the situation like a boss
He was In a FULL panic, trust me. I bet the whole time he was thinking about the recovery unit bill he would have if one were called out.
Look at that he even clean his tracks on the way out 👍 👍
A skilled operator is NEVER stuck in a fuckin swamp!
jim smith Well, sorry Jimmy but...You're wrong...Many highly skilled operators do indeed post on youtube...So...Keep your little passive aggressiveness to yourself; K?
feels so good when you pull yourself out of sticky situation like that, like oh fuck, hope boss didn't see!
most likely if he went there, the boss told him to do it. The operator probably already knew this was gonna be a bad idea lol
Some people can do amazing things with these machines.
Some machines can do amazing things with these people.
Ok I'm just gonna sa,y how skilled can he be to get himself out of the trouble that he got himself into!
doesn't matter who got it stuck my hat is off to the guy that got it out.good job !
With running these machines, you learn more and more. I think this guy just used common sense, but I guess some people would call it a smart man!!
thanks ,he did a great job
To those saying he shouldn't have been there, do know why he was there in the first place? I'm sure he wasn't there to see if he could see the little fishes flying bye.
Fish swim I think , not sure though???
There's no better feeling than getting unstuck.
Yeah especially when your on a piece of equipment that probably cost 200,000 usd...
A skilled operator is sometimes faced with a difficult situation. I have had dirt slide away or mud give way under my tracks in an instant. It's not all road building and foundation work. He used the basic six way blade escape. Luckily the blade had a harder surface to push on.
I guess it was his other brother Larry that got it in the creek to begin with.
is that a Newhart joke👍
James Lotz That's a good one!
You’re all wrong, it was his other brother Daryl.
Hey now
@@JoshuaGeers-os3hf Thank you : )
Love it when a plan comes together
The force is strong with this one.
The D-6 is a big machine! I guess he used the forward "plow" to push himself backwards! Water is heavy and mud can be like cement so that was quite a feat!
6 in 1 blade saved his bacon.
First off . I did heavy &over size Eqipment movement for USWest commuications as a sublet personal cntractor. I realy wish i had takin time to film just 1/2 of the stuiped crap that over paid Employees can &will do wrong any time they whont the next day off. I truly miss the work& the great pay BUT NOT THE CRYING SNIVALING I CANT. KIND OF I GOT TO GO HOME TO CHANGE MY PANTS MORON S ..!
GOOD WORK GUY S KEEP SHOWING THE IORN MEN AT PLAY. R LMOSS. PHOENIX. IN THE DIRT..
What....so what if he had a jackknife!
That has nothing to do with this video.
I was thinking the same thing. Good thing it wasn't an old skool D6 with straight blade and sloppy clutch steering
J. Chris Watson yep...
He was so skilled that he drove straight into a river...
The awesomeness of the six way blade!!
I'd like to see the video of how and why it was in a creek.
well my cows crossed a class c creek.beavers build a dam.had to push out their dam 3 times before they left. did with D6C.they just built further down below the falls. most locals dont even know of the falls. 50ft drop.water over the falls now.
I skillfully drove my Toyota into a river one time and was lucky to back out with my truck and my life!
I don't know about your country but I do know here in Ontario Canada this video perfect evidence for a massive fine, you are not allowed to have hydraulic equipment in the water
Sadly, here in America the EPA is a joke, and as long as the person or people involved in the situation are somewhat related to the farming industry...... They can do whatever the hell they want without consequence. It's sickening.
+Mike Erickson I am in the "farming industry". Could you please be a little more descriptive as to whatever the hell I want is?
You get government subsidies, and the EPA just lets you do whatever you want. Pumping manure and fertilizers into streams and rivers. You don't have to have a CDL to drive a semi like any other American. Need I say more?
No, you don't need to say more since you don't know what your talking about.
If you want to complain about subsidies go ahead. Many farmers are subsidized but I'm not one of them. But first ask yourself what subsidies accomplish. It is in the governments best interest to keep as many farmers on the land as possible. Do I have to explain why?
Unless you have another way of keeping some 80 + year old farmer working day after day so 99 percent (or more) of the population can sit on their rear ends watching RUclips videos, I'd like to hear it. If farm subsidies are so lucrative, why is the number of farmers decreasing?
There is another matter concerning subsidies. And that IS environmental protection. The EPA is VERY powerful when it comes to agriculture. There were proposed regulations to regulate dust from field work. You say that we're "pumping manure and fertilizers into streams and rivers"? If that happens to a farmer the EPA and other agencies are very quick to show how much power they really have. And that power is considerable. More then a few farms have gone bankrupt due to the fines and legal costs, and cleanup from the EPA enforcement of environmental law.
There is a problem with your CDL argument too. Farmers are not typically professional OTR drivers. More often then not to a farmer a truck is an expense that in and of itself does to generate an income. Although I do know of farmers who are also professional OTR drivers and are licensed as such. Distance a farmer can haul a load may also be limited. Also, how many weeks of the year are farmers hauling?
Where are you getting your information anyway?,.... blogs and stupid movies? Just curious.
The way it should be give the farmers distinct advantages over the regular person. Btw I'm not being sarcastic. For example in Ontario, a farmer can get fuel cheaper (dyed diesel) just because he's a farmer. As long as a tractor has a slow moving sign, it can pull ANY weight or length, without a license. These kind of freedoms allow farmers to work more efficiently and effectively without "red tape" BS.
Used 6N adult owned never in rock or sand... belly pans super clean fer hours... diffs have full H2O blend
Guy was friggin' lucky as hell.
I don't think they issue permits for yellow iron in wetlands!
There's an old sayings "Where cat tails grow, tracks don't go." or "use the right tool for the job" Seems this operator could have saved a lot of trouble if he had known that.
Words of wisdom I was told the same thing !
There are easier ways to catch Crawdads.
I used to always use the old "wave your hand in front of them, with a cup behind em" trick
dude thats funny
@@thomasdrewel i would just reach in and grab them directly, much faster.
Skilled machine operators don't drive their machines into mud creeks.
Seriously? That's where the job is!
***** Apparently that differs per country. Where I live they tend to build roads in places where they're not by default flooded.
You can use tractors for other things than building roads. And In my country we have bridges.
Ungregistered User No, for on water we've got these newfangled contraptions we call... what was it again... oh yeah: boats.
True. Right to the point.
I wonder if he was just as skilled at explaining why he was in the creek to the EPA....
what happened was "when my day is over, I just stay on my dozer"
That muddy water gets into all the little bearings that are sealed and all the big bearings that are sealed in that undercarriage and tracks. That water and mud is abrasive and just wears on those bearings. We've worked on many of those that have been in dirty water. You'll have a flood and some conscious contractor comes around there and with his loader and hauls people or whatever way and he's just really the bearings.
don't see d6 swamp dozers with road tracks in the drink to often. my quess is hire machine and operater who got the call the night before. poor bastard did well considering.
Someone tell Todd ALL operators do that from time to time. Plowing snow on my 3320 Deere, working soil as well. Tractors get stuck alot. Try mowing your yard with a riding mower. Ever get stuck on wet grass in a simple situation. Yes Todd.
Working in the field is way different than working in a quarry or yard. Mechanic gonna give him hell for all of the greasing he's having to do that evening though!!!
The pollution from that dozer is minuscule compared to the runoff from everything else
If you look at the end of the video, you can see that the white stone (rip rap) is placed along the side of the creek, and in the creek as a crossing. Being in the stream is usually a nono, but if you need to get to a destination for work or something and you are above down stream sediment control on a permitted area, you can use equipment in the water way, also included in the permit, is the emergency spill containment plan for the possibility of oil line failure. So, until you have all the facts, it's rude to make nasty comments about someone who is doing their job.
Saturdays on the Discovery Channel, "Bulldozing for Catfish".
A tough man can get out of a bad situation.
A wise man doesn't get in one.
the blade tilt and hi tracks saved his ass!
Looks like he read the owner's manual!
Skilled? Yes. Incredibly lucky? Also, yes.
Also thanks to the great engineering of Caterpillar!
I'm guessing this adventure began with the words, "Hey, y'all! Watch this!"
I'd like to know how bad things in that predicament in the first place what's it doing down there and how did it get down there
That O shit feeling you get when you may have fucked up.
They say a LGP undercarriage can basically walk on water...this video proves wrong.
No....it's the VPR undercarriage that can do that.
But you won't find them anymore.....they quit building them in the late '90's.
Why?
$$$$. Isn't that the stumbling block for most business ideas that proved to be a failure.
Now. That's. A. Pro. Pay. Him. Extra. For. Working
What was the fine he had to pay for being in there in the first place? Now the authorities have their evidence!
Not so sure about common sense but it does look like some skilled operating. Thumbed up.
The sound of the rocks vs the tracks 😵
Give that Man a Cold Beer or a steak dinner!!! He's AReal operator!!!! 😀🐻
lucky he had a six way blade
Not everyone has the luxury of always working in safe and solid locations like you armchair experts.
Sometimes when the boss says "Do it," you gotta get your ass deep in the muck and do it.
Must suck for people living in countries with 3rd world labor laws.
no its called the real world
Amen brother. When the boss says get in there i gotta get in there NO MATTER WHAT
It's called PAYING BILLS
Arguing With Stupid People
😉
my boss says go through the muddy creek, best believe im going right through that muddy creek
I was cheering. I once got a cube van stuck in the mud, it took more than 1:28 to get it out
EPA so proud !!
6 way blade saves the skilled operator!
As long as that stack is breathing that beast will run. There's a video of a CAT tractor in Russia underwater and it ran for 6-7 hours.
This is illegal in my state. If the Department of Natural Resources caught you, you'd be looking at about $10,000 in fines.
JJ, you must be in PA, New York or California.
Shit man this D6N is DONE!
Me: Hold my beer...
Track grousers were like drag slicks put some new pads on that thing
My question is what was the skilled operator doing there in the first place?
Looks like He was trying to clear debris so water could flow at a more rapid pace yes?
How did he end up there? Why are we watching it??
nice ....... I like how he was pushing himself out
Ive actually dug reservoirs below the water table where I was in deeper water than that the entire time .
Lack of skills got him there
Do you find your legs tense up while watching this video?
In order to become skilled at some things you have to do it so yea maybe the operator did get themselves in that spot, so what they knew how to get out and did it. To many hating negative people damn can't just give credit where it's due. Weak people smh, just appreciate the video as being shared to see maybe you'll learn something.
used the shovel to push on the bottom of the creek to help him get out nice I saw that
Nicely done sir
Lets talk about what got you in there in the first place?
Caterpillar...number one👏👏👏👑
Audience: very gracefull
Operator:no,, it was very efficient..7 minutes equal a year here.. Go go go
that's one way to clean the tracks !
Noticed the extended track setup - what is that for and what is the rationale for it vs. the “standard” track setup?
Extremely impressive
Rental machine I take it?
Actually they do. We rent them all the time.
One fuck of a deposit?
No. We do business with the local cat dealer. Winter time it's nothing to have several front end loaders on rental for winter plowing. Just call your local cat dealer and see what they charge,
Nope, definitely not a rental.
Those are some banjo tight tracks
Ok had to pause the video for a min did I just hear at 0:49 did the camera guy just say throw rocks down there for him....... Clearly this guy has never driven a CAT before LMAO
If he's so skilled how did he give himself in this fix in the first place?
Crossing a natural water way is highly illegal where I come from because of the grease, oil and hydraulic fluid contamination. Rubber tire forestry machines aren't even allowed to do it let alone a dozer. Rookie move in my opinion.
Hh
We know.
A normal days work here
Highly illegal
CA. snowflake no doubt, do you set up quiet rooms for the deer and others
Skilled and smart are far apart.