I needed a little help so I went and pulled my nine year old son out of school, just for a few days, he is 29 now with a degree in geomatics. (surveying)maps.google.co...
These 2 boys will never suffer from ADHD, because they know their input is making their Dad proud, which, in turn, is making their mum proud, and the whole family bond stronger than ever.
thats not child abuse, thats a great dad teaching his son on how to be a hard worker, good for you, the world could use a few more dads like you sir !!!!
Exactly, be real child abuse is not spending time with your kids , teaching them to do things besides play videogames and surf the net, I was blessed to have an awesome dad like this, that man taught me more than all my school teachers put together, he was an Awesome and amazing Dad, I'm almost 70 and I still use the things he taught me, I've always been able to get a job, because of him and my mother that stood by him and didn't sissify her son's , we have been blessed to experience some great things in life . Thank you Dad, and God bless all of you Dad's teaching your son's and daughters too.
My dad had me on a Ford tractor at the age of 7, at 16 I could operate a 950 caterpillar payloader and TD 15 international dozer and drive a tanker rig with an old White super power electric shift. Then a Caterpillar 12E motor grader , kudo's a d many thanks to the DAD'S (my Dad too) that took the time to teach their sons responsibility and respect for machinery and a work ethic. We need more of this today, it would keep these spoiled brats from rioting, looting and burning. My hat is off to you sir, and your boys too, GREAT JOB , KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
I never got to run any heavy equipment when I was young. When I was 9, I was working for my dad, who was a building contractor. Many of my favorite memories are of working with him. It broke my heart when he suddenly died when I had just turned 14. Nevertheless, he taught me everything I needed to know before he passed away. It's a shame it took me 30 years to realize it. After 40 plus years as heavy truck mechanic I've retired. I wonder what I would have done if he had lived another 10 years or so? Thanks for the memories.......
That kid has no idea how lucky he is to have done that. When my son was 9, he was the only kid in his class that could drive a 4 speed truck. That is a far cry from a D9.
That's the way to bring a child up! We taught both ours to drive machinery when they were that sort of age. Those days on the D9 did him way more good than the days he missed in school. I'd have given my right arm to do what he did when I was his age - but no chance, my father was a teacher......... Great vid! John.
Im 10 i run a caterpillar d11t. And i have been running them since i was 8. And im not bragging. And that kid is very good at running a 1974 caterpillar d9g thumbs up for him
Great Job Mrgreensnipse i did that also .. but i am just a touch older then you . i started when i was 30 years old. but keep it up and your have a heck of a retirement . GREAT JOB !!!!!! I stared on a D8H as a pushcat. now i am in a wheelchair (( NOT DO TO CONSTRUCTION )) do to Gout ... But if i can climb on the DJ 650 Crawler i can and do finish work.
First time I saw thisii I didn't know how to reply because I was 60 and new to the inner net. sp.? lol. My mom tells us stories of how people would be mad at dad for making myself and brothers drive tractors and hay equipment. on county rds. when we were only 10 or 12 yrs old ! Great video ! Made me tear up. Old days rule ! Thanks for the memories.!
Just great. I started my boy out on a 310 backhoe when he was 10. He took over the business in 2005,, 32 years later. Just seeing those little men on that big iron brought back memoriies. Thank you.
I was about 12 when I ran dozers on my fathers job building houses on large tracts of 70 houses or more. I ran TD18, HD11. But this kid has my envy. I wish I could have ran a D9. Legendary dozer. He is a special kid, so cool.
This is so awesome! My younger brother and I did a lot of neat stuff when we were little, but never had the chance to do something this cool. Those kids were really fortunate to have such great parents, who afforded them the opportunity to experience something that most other young boys only get to do with Tonka trucks in the sand box.
I love this video! Makes me remember driving a tractor for my father when I was 10 years old. I could push in the clutch or the brake but not both at the same time.
My First job was pushing a twin powered Terex scraper with hungry boards building Turkey nests in the back and beyond of the Northern Territory with a Cat D7G. Loved the sound of both the Cat and the Detroit two strokes of the Terex.
Sat in my first D8 at 8 years old. Never had trouble finding friends wanting to join in on the fun with close supervision. Finding grade was just something I thought everyone thought or talked about. To my Dad that was what we did in the machine or out of it. Loved my Parents.
Awesome video! My dad did the same thing with me when I was his age. I own a tractor business and love everyday I'm out operating. My dad is proud. I have been teaching my daughter how to operate. When my son is out of diapers, I want to teach him too. Great job with your son, God bless you and your family.
@@Jpaydirt it is amazing to see the boys having a go good them better than sitting behind a computer in a stuffy room well done dad and mum from Pete in Tasmania
This is how it should be done and nothing more pleasant than the sound of a good ole cat on a push. Amazing example of a gifted operator. Learning at that age generally produces a life long passion for iron ! Thank you so much for posting.
I started driving equipment when I was seven. (in 1954) 1947 GMC pick-up. I drove using the throttle on the dash board for the gas and jumping down on the clutch with both feet to put it in gear and then sliding back up on the seat to see out and steer while my dad threw out hay to the cattle in a long straight row. It was very cold and I was too small to handle the wire tied hay bales. We never thought anything about it!! Most all the farm kids started driving between 7 and 9 out in the fields back then!!!
My hats off to you Mom And Dad your kids are going to grow up with great work ethic! And confidence, and probably the most important thing, how hard working people make a living. I have been a Lowboy driver for 33 years and when I was young that's all I wanted to do was work around big trucks and machines. Thumbs up!!
remember back in about 1972 all of 13 years old delivering petrol & diesel to farms around, pumping 44 gallon drums into bulk overheads the school of experience better than the nanny state confusing kids about gender and sundry bullsht, worked 36hr shifts on65-70 horsepower fiats & inter tractors in my mid teens clearing farmland, up to 12 punctures a day & night. just loved it. Near on 47yrs it's 11 kids 5 Kenworths 3 nurses 4 mechanics and a whole lot of self respect, Oh how we can loose our way when we can't ask our kids to help out. Keep faith good will prevail. Regards Frank Aussie down under
Mega cool vid , Great parents , teaching responsability at an early age .. Love the look on the boys face when mom asks for a minute of his time . I can totally relate . Taught myself to drive age 5 , then moved up to tractor age 6 , n small dozer about 7 ,would have done it sooner but wasnt strong or tall enough to opperate the controlls . Im almost 60 now ,still love driving machines. Taugh all my children to ride motorcycle n drive at about 5 . There all good safe road users .
My dad would take us to work with him on Saturdays. He let us run a D8K pushing on a huge bark pile. He taught us how to run almost every piece of logging and construction equipment. He was a great operator.
Reminds me of me and my cousins at that age in the Bahamas on the D8k ,skid steer and practicing speed shifting in an old tractor head. They were the good days.
...and then go to protests and yelling and screaming for SOCIALISM? My God....Good thing we got kids learnin' how to run 9's, for we're going to need big holes to bury those other sheep goin' off to slaughter!!!
I learned from the old school boys in my teens and at sixty plus still love to drive and work all types of machines, you did a good job teaching your kids, yes the world needs more parents like the both of you, I started teaching my two grandsons and their two sisters enjoy your video. your kids would put some older operators to shame
Good Job! Big as I ever got as an 8-H but it's been 40+ years and still love every minute of it and STILL blowing smoke! Your boy might have to resort back to pushing pans when his slot is filled up with other grads and the bills still come. Need a straight pipe on the 9. It'd make your heart hurt to pull that 8 in #2 and pop your foot off the decellerator!!! Watch the flap flip and the smoke roll till the turbo spooled up! Still burning diesel!
Right-on jpaydirt! Your video reminds me of my childhood living with my uncle and growing up on his ranch. He taught me everything that has to do with heavy machinery (maintenance, operating & repairing). I was not as young as your son, maybe about 14 yrs.old. Today, I'm 57yrs.old & retired as a Heavy Equip. Operation Supvr. My my uncle was a very hard worker & value good work ethics. He taught me character and about lazy & useless people, who he said, "ain't worth shit" I value his words!
IM 45 now but at eight years old I was operating equipment the biggest being a 580K case but if we'd had a need for a crawler I'd have ran it , in my family you worked hard from a young age and not abused. I couldn't wait to work with my Grandpa and Uncle . I had friends who stole money from their moms and dads and are now ether on drugs or recovering from them . I never thought of doing that , to busy making Money .
i just watched this video for a couple times, as it reminds of when my uncle who took me along to his coal company on a Saturday, when no bosses was there. and i got to ride in his cat D9G with a metal cab-first one in the area then. all the others had homemade ones out of plywood, and u had to flip the fan blades for heat. that is when i knew what i wanted to do for my job, when i grew up. that young boy will remember that all his life, i'm sure of that. great video. i have watched ur videos for the last couple of yrs, since i found ur channel, and been subbed since then too. just never knew how to set something so i could respond like this. thanks again!!
oh-i must of forgot to say that-lol. i started on a td-25 and then went onto our d9g, then the owner bought several komsatu 355's and then a fiat-allis 31. then i went trucking for almost 20 yrs. then came back home(Pa.) in 04, to and got to sit on a d-10-then a d-11n, d-11r-to me that was the Cadillac of dozers to me. now i just sit in my chair and watch others. but it's good!
That one person who gave this a thumbs down, was never a 9 year old anything. Well Dad,..you sure didn't hurt his education, and I'll bet he loved this reason to be out of school . Good stuff !
Really impressive what you have done with that young man. Just make sure he gets a complete safety training workup. Go over with him every stupid thing that you ever did with a D9 that gave you a 100% pucker factor at the time. Best wishes.
That's awesome!!! Love seeing old footage like this!! Wishing my folks would've done that so I could show my kids & grandkids what life was like back in the day!!!
No comparison to this video a scraper hand at a quarry stripping job told the push cat hand my wife can run it better than you she got on it and the boss kept her
Had p paper route when I was ten with a contract, 87 customers and a checking account. Sunday morning at 4:00 am was magic on a cold winter day in Kansas.
That's how things used to be done.....you learned how to work at an early age.....and it payed off later in life. Growing up on the farm, my Dad and Granddad used to get the tractor and hay rakes rolling, idle it down and jump off. I wasn't big enough to clutch it. If I ran into problems I simply was to hit the kill switch or fuel cut-off. I'm 41 so it wasn't the early dark ages or anything but now I'm sure you would get in trouble for this kind of stuff. Could you imagine if Mrs. Obama seen you doing this?? She would cut your food rations down to two grapes and a peanut. LOL!
My father allowed me to drive farm tractors starting at age eight. A small Ford tractor first then a large tractor. I became his main summer driver by age 10. Started my own business at age 18 and ran it successfully for over 50 years. Taught my daughter the same way. She was working in business from about age 10. Paying bills by 13. Now helps runs large corporation.
That’s cool When I was that age I was clearing some of our ground with an old 2U d8!! I believe my granddad figured I keeping me busy Was would keep me out of trouble
When I was 14, My grandfather had me running a dozer just like this one in his gravel pit. He also had a Fiat Allis HD 21 bulldozer. I preferred the D9 though.
He dun good! He'd be 15 by now and am guessing he's earned him up a nice savings by working with you - and you'd be in a position of paying him what he's worth - too! By the time he graduated high school, full partner, owns own land and paying cash for new home he'll oversee construction on as well as new equipment purchases to carry on your good start! Just guessing.
Looks like a few days of hard labor weren't too bad for the boys after all, jpaydirt. Wish I was sentenced to your type of labor camp :-) Oh I spent my time pushing things as a 9YO - the snow shovel, the lawn mower, the wheel barrow, the leaf rake. HA.
Looks like before the switchblade turbo was installed I was about his age when my father taught me to run our D6 and I taught my son when he was around 8. We’ve all made a good living playing in the dirt
I was operating farm machinery when I was 10 years old back in 1950 A kid would give his eye teeth to be able to operate a D9 and you grow up fast. Never had school summer holidays like other kids I worked the whole time making money to buy things. PS started off making $1.00 a day.!
+jpaydirt Definitely no child abuse there - only a sense of real achievement from a very young age. Dad is extremely proud of son, and son is extremely proud of dad for giving Him the chance.
Ha Jeff That's you ? Man brother good job I love the part when you pull up your brother Your a good man Jeff maybe that's your boys ok it was,, to cool Jeff Thanks for your work for all of us RUclipsrs ✌️😎
@@Jpaydirt Yes Paydirt he is doing exactly that, sadly. Paybacks are Hell. Nah, I am happy with things and it is truly good- to be bested by your son. Happy Holidays.
My daughter is 29 & in construction management, & she has on her resume that she worked for me running my Kubota on jobs for when she was 13. While not nearly as good as running a D9 at nine, but she keeps it on her resume...
I was 10 years old the first crawler dad let me drive was a TD 6 just knocking down regrowth. That was our little secret for years to this day I miss the smell of knocking eucalyptus gum trees.
One in a million situation where a child(ren) are born into a legacy family of heavy equipment experience that is passed down to future generations. They are blessed for sure, to have a large inventory of equipment and skills to keep it all tuning safely and efficiently. That said, this is a clear example of the type of experiences that ALL CHILDREN...including girls need to be exposed to early on.
Raised on a ranch. I would love to hear someone say, " this is terrible". I would ask them. " how are your kids doing? This is years of experience in this 9 year old. And he's full on attention. His dad told him. throttle down clutch out , gear neutral clutch in, brake on and I'll be there in a minute if you have a question or doesn't feel right. My Grandpa watched for hours on the tractor. Hundreds of hours with dad. Keeping an eye on me and words of advice at times. Risk? No more n swimming. Palouse Rancher, son of Burgess
I picked up my 12 year old brother in law, said I need help today...he says Doing what? I says You will see😊😊 put him on the Cat, said give me a push when I come around on the scraper! We are still buds👍
I was started at 8 years old. I was told that if I could safely get in the machine, reach the pedals and see OK I could run it. I rode in the back window of our 862b's for years with grandpa and dad till I was about 6. I started running the grader when I was 10... I'm 24 now and still work with my family. Around here you don't see a good blade operator under 40 so I get some interesting looks. Anyways my kids will be doing this also..
I'm 13 and l actually work backhoe loader ,excavator , bulldozer , roller and wheel loader but smaller like cat 432e backhoe, d6d bulldozer, 320d excavator, 930 since I was 7 from Trinidad
He looks like a mouse on an elephant, but he is doing a good job. I drove my first tracklayer at 8 yrs old but it sure wasn't a D-9. It was an old D-4 and I was pulling a plow withing sight of the house and a hired hand was driving an old D-6 in the same field and keeping an eye on me. I know I had nowhere near this kid's ability at that time.
Lucky kid and a damn good job. I think I was 9-10 when my uncle tossed me on his Case 450C, I almost killed myself running a D6C in high school trying to wrap my head around a "decelerator" pedal, 10 years after that I still reach between my leg's to change direction. In retrospect I do remember a lot of yelling and Red Man juice spit Involved, LOL
I started running a cat when I was 10 my grandpa looked at me and said you look long enough to reach the peddles been doing it ever since I'm now 65 and still at it
Enjoy your channel remember riding with the old man on a allis 21 with pan and international td20 pusher building a road about seven years old scared the crap out of me told me to hold on next thing straight down over a bank buried the pan went to the bottom like a turtle scared ass little kid breaking over wish i could back there in business for my self now try to get an employee to get of the blacktop without peeing god bless merry Christmas hope your not insulated with that
55? We had a 53 2U21976. Just sold her 4 years ago. Fun machine. The day we sold her the pony motor started on the first pull. I wish I had a video of it. I started on a 933 at age 12. Dad pulled me out of school to run the push Cat in the pit silo.
nice, we havent been able to start it for over a year, we broke the points in the magneto and sent it to a guy to get it fixed, but he's been busy moving his business and we wont be able to fire up the pony motor until we get it back
Yeah,but they grow up tougher. My dad used bailing out our basement, at 2 AM as a wake up call to what life had in store. But you know someday your son is going to say that his dad was right,always right. When he wonders why you made him do something. It all become clearer with age, what our fathers meant. I owe a great deal to my late father and will never forget what he taught me as a child.
The left wingers in the cities are freaking out over that. I was doing field wok at the age of 11 and ran Cats professionally at 17. Now our provincial government says you have to be 18 before doing either. What? Running that D-9 is much safer than a quad, boat, snowmobile, or a car. They think it's wrong to put your kids to work. I say it's the best thing for them. They learn something useful and do something constructive with their time. Unlike the city kids who spend all their time on TV shows, movies and video games. Those are the kids the government should be concerned about.
Sadly...that's who the gov't IS concerned about. They WANT kids to be like that. They grow into easy-to-control adults that are incapable of thinking/doing for themselves!!!
I half-expected to see a spoiled-brat doin' aimless circles, no idea of what to pull to make it turn, listening to an I-pod, etc. Boy, was I glad to be disappointed!!! That little dude was good, no sign of any listening/learning disorder there, bud! Yeah, kind of a big-machine to start on, but it seemed to have everything in very-good condition and working properly. I know you had the blade pre-set for the rear of that loader, but I was impressed at how quickly AND accurately he lined-up. I got broke-in early on an MD-Farmall during hay-season, but with the holes, humps, and creek-bottoms to go through, a track-layer may have been a plus there, too?☺ I like that "attitude"-pose there, at the end. Priceless!!!☺
herby scheit No argument from me on that! Does better than I can, or could, today! I've been punched once too often by the "Itis-Brothers", Burse an' Arthur...!☺
***** Been a couple-years now since this was made, right? Pushin' 13 or so by now, maybe? So, is he growin' up---or stayin' a kid and puttin' us "Of More Advanced Age" to shame, still? LOL!☺
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These boys will go a long way in life. Because they have a father. That knows how to raise boys.
Mickey Barefield Why thank you, and they have done well,
No body can take away their aptitude
The world need more dads like this !
Yes we do!
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Jpaydirt we r e era in a world
Great confidence experience
Look at him hold on to the throttle lever when he is pushing the scraper
These 2 boys will never suffer from ADHD, because they know their input is making their Dad proud, which, in turn, is making their mum proud, and the whole family bond stronger than ever.
"Where have You been, young man"? says the teacher.
"I've been pushing Dad's Cat 657 with His D9G"
Ran the G out of fuel
thats not child abuse, thats a great dad teaching his son on how to be a hard worker, good for you, the world could use a few more dads like you sir !!!!
Thanks,
YW, i meant every word, you are a great farther
Yeah, number one Dad in my book!!!
best of the best !!!
Exactly, be real child abuse is not spending time with your kids , teaching them to do things besides play videogames and surf the net, I was blessed to have an awesome dad like this, that man taught me more than all my school teachers put together, he was an Awesome and amazing Dad, I'm almost 70 and I still use the things he taught me, I've always been able to get a job, because of him and my mother that stood by him and didn't sissify her son's , we have been blessed to experience some great things in life . Thank you Dad, and God bless all of you Dad's teaching your son's and daughters too.
My dad had me on a Ford tractor at the age of 7, at 16 I could operate a 950 caterpillar payloader and TD 15 international dozer and drive a tanker rig with an old White super power electric shift. Then a Caterpillar 12E motor grader , kudo's a d many thanks to the DAD'S (my Dad too) that took the time to teach their sons responsibility and respect for machinery and a work ethic. We need more of this today, it would keep these spoiled brats from rioting, looting and burning. My hat is off to you sir, and your boys too, GREAT JOB , KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
I never got to run any heavy equipment when I was young. When I was 9, I was working for my dad, who was a building contractor. Many of my favorite memories are of working with him. It broke my heart when he suddenly died when I had just turned 14. Nevertheless, he taught me everything I needed to know before he passed away. It's a shame it took me 30 years to realize it. After 40 plus years as heavy truck mechanic I've retired. I wonder what I would have done if he had lived another 10 years or so? Thanks for the memories.......
That kid has no idea how lucky he is to have done that. When my son was 9, he was the only kid in his class that could drive a 4 speed truck. That is a far cry from a D9.
That's the way to bring a child up! We taught both ours to drive machinery when they were that sort of age. Those days on the D9 did him way more good than the days he missed in school. I'd have given my right arm to do what he did when I was his age - but no chance, my father was a teacher......... Great vid! John.
That is awesome little dude! I never got to started running dozer till I was 25, he will never forget that day lol
Im 10 i run a caterpillar d11t. And i have been running them since i was 8. And im not bragging. And that kid is very good at running a 1974 caterpillar d9g thumbs up for him
Great Job Mrgreensnipse i did that also .. but i am just a touch older then you . i started when i was 30 years old. but keep it up and your have a heck of a retirement . GREAT JOB !!!!!! I stared on a D8H as a pushcat. now i am in a wheelchair (( NOT DO TO CONSTRUCTION )) do to Gout ... But if i can climb on the DJ 650 Crawler i can and do finish work.
MrGreenSnipes I'm suuuure a 10 year old is running an 11T. Was that the biggest model number you could find?
As an operator of forty years ,it's a heck of a lot easier to operate a big dozer than a small one.
First time I saw thisii I didn't know how to reply because I was 60 and new to the inner net. sp.? lol. My mom tells us stories of how people would be mad at dad for making myself and brothers drive tractors and hay equipment. on county rds. when we were only 10 or 12 yrs old ! Great video ! Made me tear up. Old days rule ! Thanks for the memories.!
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Just great. I started my boy out on a 310 backhoe when he was 10. He took over the business in 2005,, 32 years later. Just seeing those little men on that big iron brought back memoriies. Thank you.
I was about 12 when I ran dozers on my fathers job building houses on large tracts of 70 houses or more. I ran TD18, HD11. But this kid has my envy. I wish I could have ran a D9. Legendary dozer. He is a special kid, so cool.
This is so awesome! My younger brother and I did a lot of neat stuff when we were little, but never had the chance to do something this cool. Those kids were really fortunate to have such great parents, who afforded them the opportunity to experience something that most other young boys only get to do with Tonka trucks in the sand box.
Mark Bogunovich Could you tell them I am a great parent? I'll show them your comment then they will finally believe me, glad you enjoyed the vid!
***** Your kids will figure that out on their own someday.
I love this video! Makes me remember driving a tractor for my father when I was 10 years old. I could push in the clutch or the brake but not both at the same time.
The lad was gentle and respectfull with your equipment. I suggest you keep him.
My First job was pushing a twin powered Terex scraper with hungry boards building Turkey nests in the back and beyond of the Northern Territory with a Cat D7G. Loved the sound of both the Cat and the Detroit two strokes of the Terex.
Sat in my first D8 at 8 years old. Never had trouble finding friends wanting to join in on the fun with close supervision. Finding grade was just something I thought everyone thought or talked about. To my Dad that was what we did in the machine or out of it. Loved my Parents.
Awesome video! My dad did the same thing with me when I was his age. I own a tractor business and love everyday I'm out operating. My dad is proud. I have been teaching my daughter how to operate. When my son is out of diapers, I want to teach him too. Great job with your son, God bless you and your family.
Thanks sir
@@Jpaydirt it is amazing to see the boys having a go good them better than sitting behind a computer in a stuffy room well done dad and mum from Pete in Tasmania
This is how it should be done and nothing more pleasant than the sound of a good ole cat on a push. Amazing example of a gifted operator. Learning at that age generally produces a life long passion for iron ! Thank you so much for posting.
You should be proud. My dad tested me in the same way. I never let him down.
I started driving equipment when I was seven. (in 1954) 1947 GMC pick-up. I drove using the throttle on the dash board for the gas and jumping down on the clutch with both feet to put it in gear and then sliding back up on the seat to see out and steer while my dad threw out hay to the cattle in a long straight row. It was very cold and I was too small to handle the wire tied hay bales. We never thought anything about it!! Most all the farm kids started driving between 7 and 9 out in the fields back then!!!
+harrisla123456 We grew up in an awesome time, lucky
My hats off to you Mom And Dad your kids are going to grow up with great work ethic! And confidence, and probably the most important thing, how hard working people make a living. I have been a Lowboy driver for 33 years and when I was young that's all I wanted to do was work around big trucks and machines. Thumbs up!!
That few days experience probably did the young man a world of good; his dad showed he trusted and had confidence in his son. Good on you.
remember back in about 1972 all of 13 years old delivering petrol & diesel to farms around, pumping 44 gallon drums into bulk overheads the school of experience better than the nanny state confusing kids about gender and sundry bullsht, worked 36hr shifts on65-70 horsepower fiats & inter tractors in my mid teens clearing farmland, up to 12 punctures a day & night. just loved it. Near on 47yrs it's 11 kids 5 Kenworths 3 nurses 4 mechanics and a whole lot of self respect, Oh how we can loose our way when we can't ask our kids to help out. Keep faith good will prevail. Regards Frank Aussie down under
Mega cool vid ,
Great parents ,
teaching responsability at an early age ..
Love the look on the boys face when mom asks for a minute of his time .
I can totally relate .
Taught myself to drive age 5 , then moved up to tractor age 6 , n small dozer about 7 ,would have done it sooner but wasnt strong or tall enough to opperate the controlls .
Im almost 60 now ,still love driving machines.
Taugh all my children to ride motorcycle n drive at about 5 .
There all good safe road users .
My dad would take us to work with him on Saturdays. He let us run a D8K pushing on a huge bark pile. He taught us how to run almost every piece of logging and construction equipment. He was a great operator.
Can't do that anymore I bet, ☻
You were given a good dad . you thank God
Reminds me of me and my cousins at that age in the Bahamas on the D8k ,skid steer and practicing speed shifting in an old tractor head. They were the good days.
They used to call it slap shifting
I've been watching this video for years Jeff, and i had no idea that was your little guy !
Even as a kid ,
He's running that 9 like a boss !
This is one of my favorite videos you have! I was able to run my Dad’s crawler loader when I was a boy. One of the best memories ever.
makes me proud to see some normal stuff going on in the world good on u dad good on u lad
...and then go to protests and yelling and screaming for SOCIALISM? My God....Good thing we got kids learnin' how to run 9's, for we're going to need big holes to bury those other sheep goin' off to slaughter!!!
BEST VID ON RUclips RITE HERE BOYS N GIRLS!! Dam I love this vid jeffy!! ;-)
I learned from the old school boys in my teens and at sixty plus still love to drive and work all types of machines, you did a good job teaching your kids, yes the world needs more parents like the both of you, I started teaching my two grandsons and their two sisters enjoy your video. your kids would put some older operators to shame
Walter Dehmer They are pretty good operators, Glad you enjoyed the video
Good Job! Big as I ever got as an 8-H but it's been 40+ years and still love every minute of it and STILL blowing smoke! Your boy might have to resort back to pushing pans when his slot is filled up with other grads and the bills still come. Need a straight pipe on the 9. It'd make your heart hurt to pull that 8 in #2 and pop your foot off the decellerator!!! Watch the flap flip and the smoke roll till the turbo spooled up! Still burning diesel!
Right on 👍🏽some of my best memories is running equipment and farm tractors , definitely great learning experiences
You can't through enough work at a farm boy
Right-on jpaydirt! Your video reminds me of my childhood living with my uncle and growing up on his ranch. He taught me everything that has to do with heavy machinery (maintenance, operating & repairing). I was not as young as your son, maybe about 14 yrs.old. Today, I'm 57yrs.old & retired as a Heavy Equip. Operation Supvr. My my uncle was a very hard worker & value good work ethics. He taught me character and about lazy & useless people, who he said, "ain't worth shit" I value his words!
If you work hard when you are breaking in and make a few mistakes keep working hard. They usually keep you talk to the old guys they will explain
Here is a kid learning work ethics and responsibility. I bet he does well in life, not like so many of the kids growing up today. Good job.
That’s how my old man raised me, I’d sit on his lap and steer a semi at 3 years old. I was 9 when I learned how to drive one completely on my own
Thanks for the upload.
Isnt this what every young boy dreams of?
IM 45 now but at eight years old I was operating equipment the biggest being a 580K case but if we'd had a need for a crawler I'd have ran it , in my family you worked hard from a young age and not abused. I couldn't wait to work with my Grandpa and Uncle . I had friends who stole money from their moms and dads and are now ether on drugs or recovering from them . I never thought of doing that , to busy making Money .
i just watched this video for a couple times, as it reminds of when my uncle who took me along to his coal company on a Saturday, when no bosses was there. and i got to ride in his cat D9G with a metal cab-first one in the area then. all the others had homemade ones out of plywood, and u had to flip the fan blades for heat. that is when i knew what i wanted to do for my job, when i grew up. that young boy will remember that all his life, i'm sure of that. great video. i have watched ur videos for the last couple of yrs, since i found ur channel, and been subbed since then too. just never knew how to set something so i could respond like this. thanks again!!
well glad you enjoyed the videos, what did you end up doing?
oh-i must of forgot to say that-lol. i started on a td-25 and then went onto our d9g, then the owner bought several komsatu 355's and then a fiat-allis 31. then i went trucking for almost 20 yrs. then came back home(Pa.) in 04, to and got to sit on a d-10-then a d-11n, d-11r-to me that was the Cadillac of dozers to me. now i just sit in my chair and watch others. but it's good!
That one person who gave this a thumbs down, was never a 9 year old anything. Well Dad,..you sure didn't hurt his education, and I'll bet he loved this reason to be out of school .
Good stuff !
Cleared up confusion in the young boys mind
Really impressive what you have done with that young man. Just make sure he gets a complete safety training workup. Go over with him every stupid thing that you ever did with a D9 that gave you a 100% pucker factor at the time. Best wishes.
That's awesome!!! Love seeing old footage like this!! Wishing my folks would've done that so I could show my kids & grandkids what life was like back in the day!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
No comparison to this video a scraper hand at a quarry stripping job told the push cat hand my wife can run it better than you she got on it and the boss kept her
That would be a better education for him
Had p paper route when I was ten with a contract, 87 customers and a checking account. Sunday morning at 4:00 am was magic on a cold winter day in Kansas.
No kid would do now
That's how things used to be done.....you learned how to work at an early age.....and it payed off later in life. Growing up on the farm, my Dad and Granddad used to get the tractor and hay rakes rolling, idle it down and jump off. I wasn't big enough to clutch it. If I ran into problems I simply was to hit the kill switch or fuel cut-off. I'm 41 so it wasn't the early dark ages or anything but now I'm sure you would get in trouble for this kind of stuff. Could you imagine if Mrs. Obama seen you doing this?? She would cut your food rations down to two grapes and a peanut. LOL!
My dad and Grandad did the same thing !! Worked the fields before and after school , started when I was 5 .
My father allowed me to drive farm tractors starting at age eight. A small Ford tractor first then a large tractor. I became his main summer driver by age 10. Started my own business at age 18 and ran it successfully for over 50 years. Taught my daughter the same way. She was working in business from about age 10. Paying bills by 13. Now helps runs large corporation.
he's smoother than some I've been pushed by.
I bet he was smiling ear to ear. Great job little man.
I knew that it had to be your boys. No one else gets to play with the big boys.
Hell i didn't even have a toy bulldozer until I was 10
fantastic stuff... really glad to see the lad using gloves and hearing protection.'what a great series of life lessons these young men have had.
That's great you made your son enjoy a hard days work like his dad. I bet that memory last his lifetime,well done.
Jeff this is the video that got me hooked on your channel, and you know my boys, Gage and Colt.
Yup I do, still have their picture in front of the CAT box
This young guy is my hero. So is his father.
Love it
My 4 1/2 yr old grandson runs my 1978 case 580C backhoe an he digs a little crooked but what u expect for a youngen
I would have been cutting the other way but every buddy dose it different so nice to see the little ones wanting to work..
Hell, you know that kid is loving every minute of it!!!! Lol.....
Best. Dad. Ever. I bet he still smiles every time that's discussed! :)
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That’s cool
When I was that age I was clearing some of our ground with an old 2U d8!!
I believe my granddad figured I keeping me busy
Was would keep me out of trouble
Holy Cow!! I thought I was doing something plowing with D2 in 1963 when I was 13.
When I was 14, My grandfather had me running a dozer just like this one in his gravel pit. He also had a Fiat Allis HD 21 bulldozer. I preferred the D9 though.
I'm green with envy!!! - that kid has driven the 2nd finest dozer ever built (only the D9H was finer)
He dun good! He'd be 15 by now and am guessing he's earned him up a nice savings by working with you - and you'd be in a position of paying him what he's worth - too! By the time he graduated high school, full partner, owns own land and paying cash for new home he'll oversee construction on as well as new equipment purchases to carry on your good start! Just guessing.
Looks like a few days of hard labor weren't too bad for the boys after all, jpaydirt.
Wish I was sentenced to your type of labor camp :-) Oh I spent my time pushing things as a 9YO - the snow shovel, the lawn mower, the wheel barrow, the leaf rake. HA.
Looks like before the switchblade turbo was installed
I was about his age when my father taught me to run our D6 and I taught my son when he was around 8. We’ve all made a good living playing in the dirt
I was operating farm machinery when I was 10 years old back in 1950
A kid would give his eye teeth to be able to operate a D9 and you grow up fast.
Never had school summer holidays like other kids I worked the whole time making money to buy things. PS started off making $1.00 a day.!
***** good money back then for a young man, I bet you know how to work.
+jpaydirt Definitely no child abuse there - only a sense of real achievement from a very young age. Dad is extremely proud of son, and son is extremely proud of dad for giving Him the chance.
Ha Jeff
That's you ?
Man brother good job I love the part when you pull up your brother
Your a good man Jeff maybe that's your boys ok it was,, to cool Jeff
Thanks for your work for all of us RUclipsrs ✌️😎
I'm running the scraper and my oldest son Matt is running the D9 and my youngest son Tayler is riding with him
I too had my son on a D-7 , aged 11. He joined Naval SPecial FOrces in 2001 in Afghan. He now works in a elec. power plant earning 150 G's a year.
Is he paying you back for raising him right LOL
@@Jpaydirt Yes Paydirt he is doing exactly that, sadly. Paybacks are Hell. Nah, I am happy with things and it is truly good- to be bested by your son. Happy Holidays.
ain't no video game in the world can top this.🙌👷
Them boys probably loved every minute of it.
glad to see a child learn at an. early age like i did and i've been operating for years 17 now
Can't stop grinning!
that young kid is so lucky I would have loved to be driving a bulldozer when I was 9 but I had to wait until I was 14
U dam skippy this is how we roll!!! in IDAHO!! Dam fine vid jeff!! ty for these memories!!
My daughter is 29 & in construction management, & she has on her resume that she worked for me running my Kubota on jobs for when she was 13. While not nearly as good as running a D9 at nine, but she keeps it on her resume...
I was 10 years old the first crawler dad let me drive was a TD 6 just knocking down regrowth. That was our little secret for years to this day I miss the smell of knocking eucalyptus gum trees.
One in a million situation where a child(ren) are born into a legacy family of heavy equipment experience that is passed down to future generations. They are blessed for sure, to have a large inventory of equipment and skills to keep it all tuning safely and efficiently.
That said, this is a clear example of the type of experiences that ALL CHILDREN...including girls need to be exposed to early on.
Had my boy welding at age eight. he just completed his degree in construction engineering technologies.
Raised on a ranch.
I would love to hear someone say, " this is terrible". I would ask them. " how are your kids doing?
This is years of experience in this 9 year old. And he's full on attention.
His dad told him. throttle down clutch out , gear neutral clutch in, brake on and I'll be there in a minute if you have a question or doesn't feel right.
My Grandpa watched for hours on the tractor.
Hundreds of hours with dad.
Keeping an eye on me and words of advice at times.
Risk? No more n swimming.
Palouse Rancher, son of Burgess
That's what I'm talking about. Teach them young what's it's all about. Nothing wrong with a little hard work.
I picked up my 12 year old brother in law, said I need help today...he says Doing what? I says You will see😊😊 put him on the Cat, said give me a push when I come around on the scraper! We are still buds👍
That is awesome... wish I had that chance when I was 9...
Nice!!!!(awesome way to teach and raise kids...!)
I was started at 8 years old. I was told that if I could safely get in the machine, reach the pedals and see OK I could run it. I rode in the back window of our 862b's for years with grandpa and dad till I was about 6. I started running the grader when I was 10... I'm 24 now and still work with my family. Around here you don't see a good blade operator under 40 so I get some interesting looks.
Anyways my kids will be doing this also..
Brett Evans Awsome! your kids will thank you for learning to work
I'm 13 and l actually work backhoe loader ,excavator , bulldozer , roller and wheel loader but smaller like cat 432e backhoe, d6d bulldozer, 320d excavator, 930 since I was 7 from Trinidad
good for you! that's awesome
That would have been my childhood dream come true
He looks like a mouse on an elephant, but he is doing a good job. I drove my first tracklayer at 8 yrs old but it sure wasn't a D-9. It was an old D-4 and I was pulling a plow withing sight of the house and a hired hand was driving an old D-6 in the same field and keeping an eye on me. I know I had nowhere near this kid's ability at that time.
EcotecUSA Now days they would call it child endangerment, and we would all be in court.
Thats just awesome!!
Lucky kid and a damn good job. I think I was 9-10 when my uncle tossed me on his Case 450C, I almost killed myself running a D6C in high school trying to wrap my head around a "decelerator" pedal, 10 years after that I still reach between my leg's to change direction. In retrospect I do remember a lot of yelling and Red Man juice spit Involved, LOL
I started running a cat when I was 10 my grandpa looked at me and said you look long enough to reach the peddles been doing it ever since I'm now 65 and still at it
I was running a CAT 955L Track shovel on demolition at 9, only runnin around mind but soon was carrying out reduce level digs etc
he will rember that day four the rest of his life i still rember my first time runing my grandfather d10 open cab like the one in this vid
That scraper is a twin engine and I only seen one engine working the young lad was doing the most loading . Like farther like son Australia Queensland
Best day ever!
Enjoy your channel remember riding with the old man on a allis 21 with pan and international td20 pusher building a road about seven years old scared the crap out of me told me to hold on next thing straight down over a bank buried the pan went to the bottom like a turtle scared ass little kid breaking over wish i could back there in business for my self now try to get an employee to get of the blacktop without peeing god bless merry Christmas hope your not insulated with that
i didnt start driving a dozer till i was 10, i started out on a 55' d8 cat 2u, now im 16
55? We had a 53 2U21976. Just sold her 4 years ago. Fun machine. The day we sold her the pony motor started on the first pull. I wish I had a video of it. I started on a 933 at age 12. Dad pulled me out of school to run the push Cat in the pit silo.
nice, we havent been able to start it for over a year, we broke the points in the magneto and sent it to a guy to get it fixed, but he's been busy moving his business and we wont be able to fire up the pony motor until we get it back
Yeah,but they grow up tougher. My dad used bailing out our basement, at 2 AM as a wake up call to what life had in store. But you know someday your son is going to say that his dad was right,always right. When he wonders why you made him do something. It all become clearer with age, what our fathers meant. I owe a great deal to my late father and will never forget what he taught me as a child.
Grandpa included
The left wingers in the cities are freaking out over that. I was doing field wok at the age of 11 and ran Cats professionally at 17. Now our provincial government says you have to be 18 before doing either. What? Running that D-9 is much safer than a quad, boat, snowmobile, or a car. They think it's wrong to put your kids to work. I say it's the best thing for them. They learn something useful and do something constructive with their time. Unlike the city kids who spend all their time on TV shows, movies and video games. Those are the kids the government should be concerned about.
Sadly...that's who the gov't IS concerned about. They WANT kids to be like that. They grow into easy-to-control adults that are incapable of thinking/doing for themselves!!!
I half-expected to see a spoiled-brat doin' aimless circles, no idea of what to pull to make it turn, listening to an I-pod, etc. Boy, was I glad to be disappointed!!! That little dude was good, no sign of any listening/learning disorder there, bud! Yeah, kind of a big-machine to start on, but it seemed to have everything in very-good condition and working properly.
I know you had the blade pre-set for the rear of that loader, but I was impressed at how quickly AND accurately he lined-up.
I got broke-in early on an MD-Farmall during hay-season, but with the holes, humps, and creek-bottoms to go through, a track-layer may have been a plus there, too?☺
I like that "attitude"-pose there, at the end. Priceless!!!☺
bruno640 Thank you!
bruno640 That boy seems to run that thing as good as any skinner Ive seen pushin! Great vid!
herby scheit No argument from me on that! Does better than I can, or could, today! I've been punched once too often by the "Itis-Brothers", Burse an' Arthur...!☺
***** Been a couple-years now since this was made, right? Pushin' 13 or so by now, maybe? So, is he growin' up---or stayin' a kid and puttin' us "Of More Advanced Age" to shame, still? LOL!☺
bruno640 He is 32