I am a retired aircraft mechanic,I sure wish I was out there helping you guys,I love running a bulldozer.Just started watching your videos ,yall are very talented with that equipment.
My company brought a dozer rake from the Oahu sugar plantation when they were auctioning off there equipments back in the 80's-90's, it was the best investment for our work application. All we had to do was modify our dozer pins and it worked great!
We had a field cleared that was a little worse than that . The contractor used a farming tractor with a great big flail attachment on the back of it . Shrubs trees stones rocks all were just pulverized . left the soil in a condition that was great to put down to grass .. but could easily have been turned over with a plough . saved on transport taking the rubbish away contractor did a 25 acre field in 3 days .1/2 a day was spent at the hospital with him after turning up a wild bee nest tho
I used to rake with a d6c 10k model. The blade wouldn't angle, or tilt. I would push up a windrow then push from the end of the windrow without a rake and flip it as I got closer to the pile. With a six way blade, and wide rake I would push full blade straight, then drop back and windrow the excess on over into the next load, then go straight again,
Looking good, pity you can't buy another two rakes and weld them to each side of that one at a slight angle, would come in handy with all that extra land you have the contract on now.
For the 4th of July here's what you do. Rake up and make one really big pile of brush. Get a bunch of fireworks to throw in/on top of the pile. Pour a whole bunch a gas on the pile. Then stand back, (way back I'm thinking), then shoot a fire work into the pile to light it up and enjoy the show. Then drink a few beers with some friends while the pile burns.:) (numerous cameras would be good and a designated driver)
You should have a portable shredder of some sorts :D, just putting everything in that and spread it out instead of burning it all, or are the burning also a nice way to add more nitrogen into the ground?
I need this for my yard in the fall...The leaves get knee deep around here! Looks like it does a pretty good job in this situation! Do you usually use it for rock removal?
Do you ever notice with those mounts for the rake when your stripping sod or clay when it rolls up the blade it pulls the blade out of the cut? Where I worked had a 700 deer with those style mounts and and it would always pull the blade out of the cut, or try to pick the tracks up drove me nuts!! Great video keep up the good work👍
great video chris was very fast at getting the rake on the dozer was just wondering how many hours on on the dozer now as i remember in the earlier videos of it when it was new and still had all the paint on the blade and on the tracks and has the pre cleaner bowl on the air filter ever filled up with water again?
Chris next time you hook up by yourself suspend the rake with the excavator to take the weight off then us a small bar to align holes do it all the time.
I have been looking for a rake like this for my CAT 963 loader (I don't have a dozer), any idea where I can buy this kind of rake? And how much it cost? Thanks for any suggestions.
RangieNZ that's what I was thinking. I used a rake slightly different (longer tines/rippers) and majority of the roots stayed together. Maybe it's the root type or dirt material that's causing the roll under.
Why don’t you use the ears of the 3 point from a tractor. Those quick connect on the lifting arms. Fix those On the blade and the flat iron and a fixed bolt on the rake attachment. ??
T-N In the works aka Mr Sundowner I would like to know more about your design. I'm going Friday to get some 3/4x6" flat plate to make my blade mounts like his. I'm in the process of Finishing my rake project.
Just a thought but any chance of renting a forestry mulcher? It's turning out to be a high dollar project, might get the mulcher on the right side of the budget. Just Sayin
Used to root rake with a 963 at my old job back when i did clearing. Dont miss that for hours straight. Haha. To hell with the haters Chris, just like all the keyboard warriors that keep saying you need a chipper 😂 Like ive said in a previous video, i wish i could have burned it all when i was clearing. That horizontal grinder was a pain in the ass!
Daniel Currie haha yes! Grinding and chipping in all forms is such a hassle!! Was such a waste of diesel. Would have had less environmental impact by just burning the brush instead of 300-400 gallons of diesel a day to grind. Not to mention the pain in the ass that setup and takedown was. Especially on all those muddy jobs. Usually had to use a skidder to pull the semi with the grinder in and out of the job.
Wouldn't it be much more efficient to rake the rows that were already gathered? It seems he spends a lot of time pushing debris across areas that were already clean. I would rake the rows as they lay towards the end rather than pushing material across multiple rows. Maybe I am missing something.
WELL DAMN THERE CHRIS NEVER KNEW SUCH A TOOL WAZ MADE LIKE THAT FOR A BULLDOZER AFTER YOU SETTING IT UP IN THE FEW MINUTES THAT YOU DID & THEN WHAT LAND YOU CLEARED IN THE WHAT 8 - 9 MINUTES LEFT OF THIS VIDEO WAZ VERY IMPRESSIVE MAN...
Who's using the excavator, i know that you Chris love that excavator and really know how to use it but who's in bulldozer? Don't laugh but i watch you your channel for hrs at the time.
What 's up with the dude running the dozer, he starts of good but he continues to raise the blade allowing debris to get under. This backing up over and over is definitely slowing down production, that is the reason for the rake to not allow crap under the blade. There's always room for improvement, no one person is perfect and it's easy to sit here and watch these guys and criticize but remember there is always a way to improve.
Im was trying to teach him how to roll the material. it helps get the dirt out of it before it gets to me. If you just push it will be a giant pile of dirt and brush when it gets to me
He got that right on the first try! And you really can't even see if it's lined up until it's fully vertical because the blade hides it. Very cool
I am a retired aircraft mechanic,I sure wish I was out there helping you guys,I love running a bulldozer.Just started watching your videos ,yall are very talented with that equipment.
i'm seriously impressed how he picked it up and lined up the holes :)
Love the concept of the root rake and enjoy watching it in action...! Thanks for posting...! Gordon in Maryland
Great simple attachment to the dozer. Very productive. Nice job
Nice job, you picked up that rake and lined it up like a boss.
Simple solution for cleaning up big messes... Love it.
The rake is a slick attachment, will definitely speed up productivity! Thanks for sharing!
Whoever the young fella is on the dozer, he does a great job!
Boy O boy that rake sure makes life a lot easier huh Chris!
Looks like that rake does a nice job. Definitely will speed up the clean up process.
My company brought a dozer rake from the Oahu sugar plantation when they were auctioning off there equipments back in the 80's-90's, it was the best investment for our work application. All we had to do was modify our dozer pins and it worked great!
He got that root rack on pretty good. No back breaking.
Would be nice if that rake was about ten feet wider but still works great ! 👌
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Chris, excellent operator on the rake!
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We had a field cleared that was a little worse than that . The contractor used a farming tractor with a great big flail attachment on the back of it . Shrubs trees stones rocks all were just pulverized . left the soil in a condition that was great to put down to grass .. but could easily have been turned over with a plough . saved on transport taking the rubbish away contractor did a 25 acre field in 3 days .1/2 a day was spent at the hospital with him after turning up a wild bee nest tho
I love the sound of you bulldozer it’s like a beast lol 🤣😂😅😝😆😁😀😃😄
Nice perspective of two machines working at the same time!
I used to rake with a d6c 10k model. The blade wouldn't angle, or tilt. I would push up a windrow then push from the end of the windrow without a rake and flip it as I got closer to the pile. With a six way blade, and wide rake I would push full blade straight, then drop back and windrow the excess on over into the next load, then go straight again,
Looking good, pity you can't buy another two rakes and weld them to each side of that one at a slight angle, would come in handy with all that extra land you have the contract on now.
Thanks Chris, looks 👀 like that Rake is making things go faster 🖒
Where do you find all that flat land to work on? All we have is mountains in British Columbia. They go from big to even bigger.
Y’all clear land just like I do here in Central Arkansas.
Nice job. Y’all.
Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day
Impressive got that thing right on there
For the 4th of July here's what you do. Rake up and make one really big pile of brush. Get a bunch of fireworks to throw in/on top of the pile. Pour a whole bunch a gas on the pile. Then stand back, (way back I'm thinking), then shoot a fire work into the pile to light it up and enjoy the show. Then drink a few beers with some friends while the pile burns.:) (numerous cameras would be good and a designated driver)
Sweet little dozer.
You should have a portable shredder of some sorts :D, just putting everything in that and spread it out instead of burning it all, or are the burning also a nice way to add more nitrogen into the ground?
they arent rich
Chippers/shredders suck. So labor intensive to properly feed & manage, just like my wife. I’d rather burn the piles and make s’mores.
Congrats on reaching 600k
I think you need to add wings to that rake. To much coming off the sides.
Great video 🇺🇲
I need this for my yard in the fall...The leaves get knee deep around here! Looks like it does a pretty good job in this situation! Do you usually use it for rock removal?
Do you ever notice with those mounts for the rake when your stripping sod or clay when it rolls up the blade it pulls the blade out of the cut? Where I worked had a 700 deer with those style mounts and and it would always pull the blade out of the cut, or try to pick the tracks up drove me nuts!! Great video keep up the good work👍
I thing this design of the rake is not working great .In my opinion, the teeth should point strait down!
WOW that is not a garden rake..lol.. good job
if you don't mind me asking, what manufacturer made that rake? i cant find one that has a brush guard like that.
great video chris was very fast at getting the rake on the dozer was just wondering how many hours on on the dozer now as i remember in the earlier videos of it when it was new and still had all the paint on the blade and on the tracks and has the pre cleaner bowl on the air filter ever filled up with water again?
the dozer only has about 2600 hours on it, doesnt get used alot
wow thats not really to bad your videos are always very entertaining to watch
The dozer rake will you to get rest of lims out . good work boys .
Chris next time you hook up by yourself suspend the rake with the excavator to take the weight off then us a small bar to align holes do it all the time.
I have been looking for a rake like this for my CAT 963 loader (I don't have a dozer), any idea where I can buy this kind of rake? And how much it cost? Thanks for any suggestions.
The rake was a good idea nice level floor but have you thought about a manitou with a bucket on it with just rubber tires on would be quicker?
I would almost pay to do that job.
Looks like he has done that a time or two
The initial push must be frustrating with the material rolling off the bottom and all the reversing. Would longer tines on the rake help?
RangieNZ that's what I was thinking. I used a rake slightly different (longer tines/rippers) and majority of the roots stayed together. Maybe it's the root type or dirt material that's causing the roll under.
That makes for quick clean-up 👍
Needs a 30ft rake on the front 😂
Yes i agree
Why don’t you use the ears of the 3 point from a tractor. Those quick connect on the lifting arms. Fix those On the blade and the flat iron and a fixed bolt on the rake attachment. ??
T-N In the works aka Mr Sundowner I would like to know more about your design.
I'm going Friday to get some 3/4x6" flat plate to make my blade mounts like his. I'm in the process of
Finishing my rake project.
David shot me an email on 1971thn@gmail.com
And I send you my drawings on it.
Just a thought but any chance of renting a forestry mulcher? It's turning out to be a high dollar project, might get the mulcher on the right side of the budget. Just Sayin
redtailhardwoods that won't get the stumps out of the ground
What did they use to achieve that final finished grade on the first bit you did?
Awesome Man Stuff... wish I was there working with you!
Great video chris! Hope all is well
Customary "Your really raking it in" joke. Ignore the trolls Chris. Do it right first time, faster in the long run. As you do it.
What is the land going to be used for - there is no topsoil.
Used to root rake with a 963 at my old job back when i did clearing. Dont miss that for hours straight. Haha. To hell with the haters Chris, just like all the keyboard warriors that keep saying you need a chipper 😂 Like ive said in a previous video, i wish i could have burned it all when i was clearing. That horizontal grinder was a pain in the ass!
Daniel Currie haha yes! Grinding and chipping in all forms is such a hassle!! Was such a waste of diesel. Would have had less environmental impact by just burning the brush instead of 300-400 gallons of diesel a day to grind. Not to mention the pain in the ass that setup and takedown was. Especially on all those muddy jobs. Usually had to use a skidder to pull the semi with the grinder in and out of the job.
Yah I hate da grindin mahself...gimme bout ten gallons a kero and I’ll take care a all a dat. Goddam chippers r da worst thing ever made
does the dozer operator know to keep the rake down on the ground - he keeps going in short bursts and backsup to rake
That’s how you keep from getting to much dirt mixed in with the brush. Dirt don’t burn
Heck yeah getter done.
I want to ask again do y'all never use a burn pit fan also who does the diskin on the parts u got cleared y'all r the farmer
we dont use a pit burner or fan. The farmer did the discing
Why not a frontend loader with a rake?
Wouldn't it be much more efficient to rake the rows that were already gathered? It seems he spends a lot of time pushing debris across areas that were already clean. I would rake the rows as they lay towards the end rather than pushing material across multiple rows. Maybe I am missing something.
Gotta make me one o them for the track loader greeat vid
Chris, excuse my dumb suggestion, but how about a rake in place of the bucket on the excavator?
Brian Gardiner --- He has one on the excavator, the teeth on the bucket!
what year is that dozer. and does it have DEF
cameron doing some off roading in his toyota?
Those pin on rakes adds more weight to front of machine bad on front idlers , an teeth are to short
when are going to see the 290 replacement
did the swamp drain?
Nice video chris, Just wondering are you the owner of the business?
Get a grapple for the excator
Too bad you can't mulch it into a huge pile and wait for the inevitable. Would save you having to tend fires all day.
What camera do you use?
Wearing the rust off the root rake lol 🤣😆😃😅😂😝😀😄😁
WELL DAMN THERE CHRIS
NEVER KNEW SUCH A TOOL WAZ
MADE LIKE THAT FOR A BULLDOZER
AFTER YOU SETTING IT UP IN THE
FEW MINUTES THAT YOU DID & THEN
WHAT LAND YOU CLEARED IN THE
WHAT 8 - 9 MINUTES LEFT OF THIS
VIDEO WAZ VERY IMPRESSIVE MAN...
Are those your windrows or are you cleaning up that pile of crap those other guys made?
Were is the new excavator to replace the 290
Charles Beauregard he said in the comments in an earlier video that it’s at the shop for a couple weeks before it can be delivered
Small potatoes.
Yup.
Theres the root rake!
Big fire coming soon!
Who's using the excavator, i know that you Chris love that excavator and really know how to use it but who's in bulldozer? Don't laugh but i watch you your channel for hrs at the time.
What 's up with the dude running the dozer, he starts of good but he continues to raise the blade allowing debris to get under. This backing up over and over is definitely slowing down production, that is the reason for the rake to not allow crap under the blade. There's always room for improvement, no one person is perfect and it's easy to sit here and watch these guys and criticize but remember there is always a way to improve.
Im was trying to teach him how to roll the material. it helps get the dirt out of it before it gets to me. If you just push it will be a giant pile of dirt and brush when it gets to me
Did you grease the pins for the rake?
yes
letsdig18 ok thanks
letsdig18 did you grease the pins for lubrication so they would go in easier?
Jesus Christ, Chase.
He sure needed help! (NOT)(:>)
If it is dumb tell me.
Gotta farm it all. It wasn't brush..it was a woods..an ecosystem and some greedy f'er had to clear it off to make a few more dolalrs.
to painful watching this dozer operator
Am I the only one who think that rake is crap? Love your vids Chris but there has to be a better way.
Y'all are so fricken slow it hurts me to watch y'all I'm sorry it just does!
Maybe you can post some videos and show us how to be faster
letsdig18 come to Oklahoma well show you how move dirt and push timber and build ponds!
Troll.... Ya feel better now?
Joel Henderson
That are fast as you can get , Chris always takes his time to get the job done right !
Joel Henderson definitely not slow... efficient though. These guys get er done.