My dad used to built logging roads with one back in north west Montana in the late 60s and early 70s.i used to go with him during summer break from school
nice i grew up around these and K's with my brothers in the summer with my Grandpa Russell Hassett, hey pioneered roads for Robert Dollar then it became Glendale Plywood and its now Swanson Group. those were good time I even have a video from the 50's of him logging for Murphy lumber near Williams Oregon with a TD18.
So basically you cut into the up hill slope to create the roadway and use that dirt to fill in the down hill slope, or to grade out the road to something that can handle the logging trucks? Does the weight of the dozer then pack the dirt to create the roadbed, or do you come back in later with gravel or other fill materials to finish off the road surface?
Logging roads are built to logging standard as long as you can haul wood out good enough. If rock is needed the get through then they add rock, you seldom see gravel. I have seen logs and stump used together to help build up logging roads A main logging road that has other people using it besides loggers will have gravel.
@@neils7221 I have too much time on my hands. All day to get there but, no place to go lol. If i see your name i will give you a hall'er. You have a good day.
Thanks man .. I have my gramps D7 side boom pipe layer that I’ve been running since I was 13 years old for our dredging company. I’m 39 now... My uncle rebuilt the engine back in the 80’s in his repair shop and it still purrs like a “cat...” Just a slow turning, and simple engine. It does not smoke at all. Being a pipe layer, I’ve had 3 80 foot joints of 20” diameter pipe hooked on the boom, going uphill, in third gear and that engine NEVER misses a bit.. I love the sound of that engine with a load, straight piped, the sun coming up at 6:00 in the morning, out in the Mississippi River bottoms, just me and the old cat howling down the pipeline right-away... guys, that’s as good as it gets. Also, this is the old clutch shift machine, with a manual clutch tail shaft to work the draw works (to operate the load line winch and the boom cable winch). And, both winches use the “dawg” and have live brakes on the winches. That’s two brake levers and two dawgs for the winches. Which means if you all of a sudden throw the brake levers off, the load or the boom will fall until pull the brake levers back on. Let go (smoothly.) Sorry so long guys. Just proud of my machine
@@adampapke1894 TELL it, Pal! Sounds like the draw works is a loty like a dragline or a set of deck winches. Lock it solid with the dawgs nd the ease the dawgs out and the brake has it. I can handle that. I never had anything but a brake and maybe a boom dawg but it's pretty much the same. And there's nothing like the snort of a 7, 8 or 9 1st thing, other than the snap of a pony motor to get ones heart started. Gopher it, Adam!
Ahhhh !! Yessss !! Big stack , high volume fan , 342 high horse , mmmmm doesn’t get better ))) on the eighth day God made the 46A )))
Instablaster.
Life would be easier with a angle blade on that old 46A, my favorite D8 dozee
Awesome video. Worked behind one of those for a few years in early 70s pioneering/building roads in the North Cascades.
With Dutch?
Best thing going back in the day. Put many hours on them back in the 70s
My dad used to built logging roads with one back in north west Montana in the late 60s and early 70s.i used to go with him during summer break from school
nice i grew up around these and K's with my brothers in the summer with my Grandpa Russell Hassett, hey pioneered roads for Robert Dollar then it became Glendale Plywood and its now Swanson Group. those were good time I even have a video from the 50's of him logging for Murphy lumber near Williams Oregon with a TD18.
What a Grand Old Lady
I wouldn't swap one of these old work horses for 2 hi-traks.
Cat D9, gute Maschine, guter Sound, gutes Video!
Smooth old machine! ✌
I have a 1965 bubble nose and I love it :)
Let’s see some more.
nice running D8
Agree.
He must be working by the hour this is like slow motion
Packing the road as he builds it!
Nice D8 cat
So basically you cut into the up hill slope to create the roadway and use that dirt to fill in the down hill slope, or to grade out the road to something that can handle the logging trucks? Does the weight of the dozer then pack the dirt to create the roadbed, or do you come back in later with gravel or other fill materials to finish off the road surface?
Logging roads are built to logging standard as long as you can haul wood out good enough.
If rock is needed the get through then they add rock, you seldom see gravel.
I have seen logs and stump used together to help build up logging roads
A main logging road that has other people using it besides loggers will have gravel.
Scruffy 61 you are following me around.
@@neils7221 you are here after me so you are following me or are you talking about road building for loggers?
Scruffy 61 I have seen you on J Paydirt and a lot of other channels we seem to watch a lot of the same stuff.
@@neils7221 I have too much time on my hands. All day to get there but, no place to go lol.
If i see your name i will give you a hall'er.
You have a good day.
So there’s his old man in my town he has D-7 D-8 and 2 D-9
Is this in lake Cowichan?
Is that engine running at full throttle???
Sure is. Big bore Long stroke 1200 R's. D7E is the same but a 4-banger. D7F is a 6 but higher speeded.
Thanks man .. I have my gramps D7 side boom pipe layer that I’ve been running since I was 13 years old for our dredging company. I’m 39 now... My uncle rebuilt the engine back in the 80’s in his repair shop and it still purrs like a “cat...” Just a slow turning, and simple engine. It does not smoke at all. Being a pipe layer, I’ve had 3 80 foot joints of 20” diameter pipe hooked on the boom, going uphill, in third gear and that engine NEVER misses a bit.. I love the sound of that engine with a load, straight piped, the sun coming up at 6:00 in the morning, out in the Mississippi River bottoms, just me and the old cat howling down the pipeline right-away... guys, that’s as good as it gets.
Also, this is the old clutch shift machine, with a manual clutch tail shaft to work the draw works (to operate the load line winch and the boom cable winch). And, both winches use the “dawg” and have live brakes on the winches. That’s two brake levers and two dawgs for the winches. Which means if you all of a sudden throw the brake levers off, the load or the boom will fall until pull the brake levers back on. Let go (smoothly.) Sorry so long guys. Just proud of my machine
Geez... I wrote a lot
@@adampapke1894 TELL it, Pal! Sounds like the draw works is a loty like a dragline or a set of deck winches. Lock it solid with the dawgs nd the ease the dawgs out and the brake has it. I can handle that. I never had anything but a brake and maybe a boom dawg but it's pretty much the same. And there's nothing like the snort of a 7, 8 or 9 1st thing, other than the snap of a pony motor to get ones heart started.
Gopher it, Adam!
Yeee buddy... ☝️🤝