Stayed calm for the video. I imagine you weren't so calm upon finding out. Hope that machine is not too far from your stead. You'll have to put some time into it just to get it out of there.
Sorry to hear it burned ! Sweet old cat doesn’t deserve that. Hope you can get it pieced back together without breaking the bank. Hope the rest of your spring goes smoothly and safe.
Tyson, that is just no good at all! Time to trade out an operator for sure. That must have been burning or at least a hot smoldering for quite some time. Hopefully the parts don't run you into the ground. Still a nice running machine pre-burn. Hope you come out of this with a machine better than before! -Bob...
Damnit Tyson!! That sucks!! We've had a few tractor fires over the years. Aspirator caused one. Dragging brake on an articulated burnt up all the hydraulic lines, rock sparked another mowing stubble, embers got under the cab.. crazy how it can happen! Hopefully you do have all the parts you need, at least that would save a bunch of money, just not any of the time....
I feel your pain Tyson my D6D went up in smoke 3 years ago, only had 1 fire extinguisher and fire department was 2 hour away, hopefully you had insurance
After 50 years of ranching, I always carry a larger CO2 fire extinguisher on each piece of equipment and one in my truck/car. It's saved my ass more than once.
Too bad , should have smelt that at lot sooner, the fan blowing back would have fanned the flames assuming there was some old leaves , twigs , a bit of old oil and fuel collection in the engine area. Used to blow mine out with a backpack blower frequently to get rid of the trash
Very sorry for your misfortune. Will keep you in prayers. I’m sure it’s very stressful. My D8H caught fire from burning trees. Powder fire extinguisher couldn’t put it out. Had to drive it 1/2 mile to farm house while farmer rushed ahead and got squirt hose ready for me. Was very lucky that day. Also, it was about 25 years ago but I just remembered, it had a reversible fan and I always had it set to blow out the front so as not to blow the sand dust and ashes in my face. When it caught fire, it originated up front and the fan blew everything into the radiator forward where there’s not a lot to damage. Your fire looks as if your fan was set to blow towards the operator maybe? I’d suggest once you get it fixed, turn fan around to blow out front if you’re ever going to do anymore tree burning exercises. Any ways, sure is a nice looking dozer you have there. Love and learn. 😎
Tyson, not a good scene, but you have made me realize, I need fire extingushers on all my equipment and at the shop and vehicles. Buying some tomorrow.
Thank you. Holy crap ,like you said ,we hope that the machine will start ,before you know it everything will fall into place .You got this, chores to do fields to plant ,other things may have to wait a little bit longer
I dont know if they are available in Canada but here you can extinguishers call fire safety sticks that have a shelf life of 15 years and no servicing. The biggesy only has a discharge time of 100 seconds but are much longer than similar sized traditional extinguishers.
It is good to see you out getting ready for the spring activities, Tyson. That is so bad to see your D8 burned up a bit. I hope it is not as bad as it looks and can get back in action without too much money or work! Such a pain in the kiester that you don't need. It was running so good before this happened too! Stay with it Tyson!! 😀
That’s a hard one with family involved. I would at least make him pay for all part,s and out of pocket expenses . Perhaps in the future you could say it comes with an operator or it doesn’t operate! Best of luck to you.
Sorry to hear about the fire...😢 We have x2 D8's scrub pulling and stick racking on our farm....Our D8's get a total wash down every year... You really have to stip the whole machine down to remove all the crap that accumulates under the floor plates and especially the belly pan when working in timbered areas.. Stay safe
Hope there wasn't to much fire damage under the tank... Really lucky the whole machine didn't burn down... We had an old Dresser TD25 that caught fire whilst pulling scrub, it ended up being a ride off....
Worked for a contractor that at that time had 40 8T’s. They have a 3 peice oil pan and could keep a head of stump pans that were a ticking bomb as they leaked constantly. It don’t take much. Sticks rubbing and you are in trouble. Parts prices are ridiculous.. best of luck
yeah thats why were kinda like getting rid of the d4 cat dozer and like to replace it with a komatsu or case dozer wich komatsu and case parts are reasonable price plus we had nothing but problems with cat dozer just like the deere excavator it was piece a junk top piece boom broke off in half so we got rid of it and got a nice komatsu pc210 wich the best machine ever
As you are well aware of, equipment can be fixed or replaced, but people cannot. I'm glad no one was hurt. Keep the faith Tyson, in a couple of years, it will be a distant memory.
Sorry Tyson- that really sucks! Just this winter I added fire extinguishers to all my tractors, trucks, and equipment because I was afraid of something like this. Hopefully it looks worse than it is!
Shit that sucks. Hopefully it didn’t get to hot around the torque or transmission. Could be chasing gremlins for a while once you get it up and running again. Lots of seals and o-rings that could get damaged from the heat. Just got some bad news on my d7 too. Went to change final drive oil and found pieces in the one. Still operating fine but don’t dare use it now till I get it split apart to see what all is damaged. No time right now to do it either with spring work coming up around the corner. Had our first rain yesterday. Really nicked down what little ice and snow was left. Couple Tenths maybe.
Well Geeezzz what do you would think would happen with all that trash and grease buildup ? Time for major repairs that could have been avoided with proper maintenance.
Thats not bad at all, get rid of that junk ripper. No sence carrying that weight around for farm work. You are very lucky that the fuel lines and transmission hoses didn't burn threw to fuel the fire. The newer D6Ts with that regen shit are terrible for catching fire, dam near a weekly or more occurrence. We would have tools to drop the pans, pull the plugs we made out of the floor boards and used a big compressor to blow all the embers out. Only had to duct tape an air to air hise up front and fix some wiring under the seat.
I guess it doesn't pay to lend out your equipment even if it was your cousin, i hope they pay for the damages since it was under the operators supervision when the fire started
The bark and leave get so dry around the engine .it's like gas .I burnt a HD 16 AC .it is one bitch to put out in the bush .All you got is a track shovel
@@Northern_Farmer lighter and geared differently with pretty much the same horsepower. Side by side I could move 3 463E cable scraper loads an hour more with the H than the K doing side casting on municipal roads . In the bush the H was way more nibble especially alone fencelines.
You going have bring steam truck clean it,drop belly pan intall all new hyd line,electrical,fuel.d8h and k was bad for this yes,i work pipeline western canada few caught fire not total due underbrush build up.i got oil line blew up on turbo d9g this hell scare yes i put out.the parts will have go cat dealers they sold used parts or web site look around.the most cat was save this ok now.repair this field not easy far from shop.thanks video.😮
Nice dry spring to get after brushing. Dirt should shake off the root balls for you. Sucks about the fire, at least it wasn’t a complete write off though. Hoses and wires are better than the whole machine melted down.
I couldn't understand/hear you very well or at all at times in this one. Maybe do a re-post with voice over? That's a real bummer about that Cat catching fire.
@@Northern_Farmer Towards the last half I could hear you for the most part, but even that sounds real muffled. Based on seeing some of the other comments, I don't think it is just me.
Well mate learn from your mistake and one thing I have with me is plenty of fire equipment and one good compressure to blow down after a day's work but what I see there is nothing can not be fix sorry mate I feel for you I have a few myself and I know how it fell
Lesson learned, don’t let anyone use your equipment.
I struggle with lending my stuff to people too. Because if something could happen, it will!
That is bad. You have not had a very good winter/spring. Hope things get better soon. Thanks for the video.
Stayed calm for the video. I imagine you weren't so calm upon finding out. Hope that machine is not too far from your stead. You'll have to put some time into it just to get it out of there.
Sorry to hear it burned ! Sweet old cat doesn’t deserve that. Hope you can get it pieced back together without breaking the bank. Hope the rest of your spring goes smoothly and safe.
Yea hopefully it won't be to bad
Tyson, that is just no good at all! Time to trade out an operator for sure. That must have been burning or at least a hot smoldering for quite some time. Hopefully the parts don't run you into the ground. Still a nice running machine pre-burn. Hope you come out of this with a machine better than before! -Bob...
Damnit Tyson!! That sucks!! We've had a few tractor fires over the years. Aspirator caused one. Dragging brake on an articulated burnt up all the hydraulic lines, rock sparked another mowing stubble, embers got under the cab.. crazy how it can happen!
Hopefully you do have all the parts you need, at least that would save a bunch of money, just not any of the time....
I feel your pain Tyson my D6D went up in smoke 3 years ago, only had 1 fire extinguisher and fire department was 2 hour away, hopefully you had insurance
We always had a 3/4 wrench and a wratchet and socket to remove the floor boards and a 9/16 for the rear plate to shut the fuel off.
After 50 years of ranching, I always carry a larger CO2 fire extinguisher on each piece of equipment and one in my truck/car. It's saved my ass more than once.
I don't think it would have mattered...they forgot about trying g to use the fire extinguisher in the first place
@@Northern_Farmer well shit
Too bad , should have smelt that at lot sooner, the fan blowing back would have fanned the flames assuming there was some old leaves , twigs , a bit of old oil and fuel collection in the engine area. Used to blow mine out with a backpack blower frequently to get rid of the trash
Sorry for your lost Tyson .Like this Cat D8 .
Very sorry for your misfortune. Will keep you in prayers. I’m sure it’s very stressful. My D8H caught fire from burning trees. Powder fire extinguisher couldn’t put it out. Had to drive it 1/2 mile to farm house while farmer rushed ahead and got squirt hose ready for me.
Was very lucky that day. Also, it was about 25 years ago but I just remembered, it had a reversible fan and I always had it set to blow out the front so as not to blow the sand dust and ashes in my face. When it caught fire, it originated up front and the fan blew everything into the radiator forward where there’s not a lot to damage. Your fire looks as if your fan was set to blow towards the operator maybe? I’d suggest once you get it fixed, turn fan around to blow out front if you’re ever going to do anymore tree burning exercises.
Any ways, sure is a nice looking dozer you have there. Love and learn. 😎
Sorry to here about the D8 fire Tyson, hopefully you can repair it without costing a fortune 👍🏻
Hey buddy. Sorry to hear this. Cant imagine the frustration. Hope you get her going again.
Bummer, better days ahead. Take care 👍
Tyson, not a good scene, but you have made me realize, I need fire extingushers on all my equipment and at the shop and vehicles. Buying some tomorrow.
I need more to
On your D6 dozer rad. We always bought the cheap $3.00 furnace filters and put them in front of the rad. They work great.
Oh yea...good idea
Damn that's a good idea.
Thank you. Holy crap ,like you said ,we hope that the machine will start ,before you know it everything will fall into place .You got this, chores to do fields to plant ,other things may have to wait a little bit longer
I dont know if they are available in Canada but here you can extinguishers call fire safety sticks that have a shelf life of 15 years and no servicing. The biggesy only has a discharge time of 100 seconds but are much longer than similar sized traditional extinguishers.
It is good to see you out getting ready for the spring activities, Tyson. That is so bad to see your D8 burned up a bit. I hope it is not as bad as it looks and can get back in action without too much money or work! Such a pain in the kiester that you don't need. It was running so good before this happened too! Stay with it Tyson!! 😀
No good deed goes unpunished sorry for the loss
Welcome back. Sorry for the loss but you’ll pull through. Take care
Very frustrating I can imagine hope it’s not too toasted
Hope not
That’s a hard one with family involved. I would at least make him pay for all part,s and out of pocket expenses . Perhaps in the future you could say it comes with an operator or it doesn’t operate! Best of luck to you.
Sorry to hear about the fire...😢
We have x2 D8's scrub pulling and stick racking on our farm....Our D8's get a total wash down every year... You really have to stip the whole machine down to remove all the crap that accumulates under the floor plates and especially the belly pan when working in timbered areas..
Stay safe
It was due fir a wash
Hope there wasn't to much fire damage under the tank...
Really lucky the whole machine didn't burn down...
We had an old Dresser TD25 that caught fire whilst pulling scrub, it ended up being a ride off....
I’ve used K’s since the 70’s my favourite dozer. You got away lucky. I’m not going to tell you what you didn’t do, you already know.
Worked for a contractor that at that time had 40 8T’s. They have a 3 peice oil pan and could keep a head of stump pans that were a ticking bomb as they leaked constantly. It don’t take much. Sticks rubbing and you are in trouble. Parts prices are ridiculous.. best of luck
yeah thats why were kinda like getting rid of the d4 cat dozer and like to replace it with a komatsu or case dozer wich komatsu and case parts are reasonable price plus we had nothing but problems with cat dozer just like the deere excavator it was piece a junk top piece boom broke off in half so we got rid of it and got a nice komatsu pc210 wich the best machine ever
It’s a battle out there. Equipment history is hard to find and trust. The school or hard knocks is $$$$.
My father inlaw has so many cat fire stories. That would be their winter projects is repair them after they burnt.
I'm gonna try to repair it sooner rather then later
@Northern_Farmer for a farmer the summer shop is generally the best time.
Sorry about your dozer Tyson hope u can fix it without breaking the bank
Great video Tyson
Hope it doesn't cost too much to fix .
As you are well aware of, equipment can be fixed or replaced, but people cannot. I'm glad no one was hurt. Keep the faith Tyson, in a couple of years, it will be a distant memory.
Well that sucks big time Tyson, you've not had a good luck spring this yr. Tomorrow is a better day.
Sorry Tyson- that really sucks! Just this winter I added fire extinguishers to all my tractors, trucks, and equipment because I was afraid of something like this. Hopefully it looks worse than it is!
Very sorry to see all the damage Tyson, that really is a bad one
Shit that sucks. Hopefully it didn’t get to hot around the torque or transmission. Could be chasing gremlins for a while once you get it up and running again. Lots of seals and o-rings that could get damaged from the heat. Just got some bad news on my d7 too. Went to change final drive oil and found pieces in the one. Still operating fine but don’t dare use it now till I get it split apart to see what all is damaged. No time right now to do it either with spring work coming up around the corner. Had our first rain yesterday. Really nicked down what little ice and snow was left. Couple
Tenths maybe.
Yea that sucks...same here..no time for that now
Hi Tyson, I’m pretty sure when you got back to the shop and once you and Laurie and Sean got talking, there’s a lot more blue language used
Well Geeezzz what do you would think would happen with all that trash and grease buildup ? Time for major repairs that could have been avoided with proper maintenance.
No shit Sherlock....that's why I didn't want it running until it was cleanef
That’s sure f’ing shitty! Hope you had insurance on er
Time to get a better operarator on it some one who is more attentive to what is going on
Wish you the best trying to put her back together
Thanks
was there a battery cut off switch on the machine ..?
was good action to get the fire put out ......!
Could have been out faster in my opinion
Last 6 months or so have not been fun for you. I rooting for you. Sorry I can not think of anything better to say. 👍
Sorry to see that. Looks salvageable, but will def take some work and time.
Yea I think so to
Not fire isn't what you need coming into planting season.
Was the operator sleeping that could not burn that bad and you didn't smell.
Only good outcome is the Bush didn't start on fire or a grass fire in a field.
Unfortunately, a bunch of damage .
Thats not bad at all, get rid of that junk ripper. No sence carrying that weight around for farm work. You are very lucky that the fuel lines and transmission hoses didn't burn threw to fuel the fire. The newer D6Ts with that regen shit are terrible for catching fire, dam near a weekly or more occurrence. We would have tools to drop the pans, pull the plugs we made out of the floor boards and used a big compressor to blow all the embers out. Only had to duct tape an air to air hise up front and fix some wiring under the seat.
Don't know what to say bud! You have two choices, Get it running or junk it . I think I would get it running.
bummer!
Sorry that happened 😊
Hey sorry to see that, sure is a neat dozer!
Thanks
insurance?
Here we go
I guess it doesn't pay to lend out your equipment even if it was your cousin, i hope they pay for the damages since it was under the operators supervision when the fire started
When it rains it pours they say. Hope it isn't as much as a bastard to get her back up.
Hope not to
That happened to on of our contractors cats and it is going to be far worse than you think
The bark and leave get so dry around the engine .it's like gas .I burnt a HD 16 AC .it is one bitch to put out in the bush .All you got is a track shovel
Your cousin better pony up.
My favorite D8 is the high horse H. Didn't care for the K's
How come
@@Northern_Farmer lighter and geared differently with pretty much the same horsepower. Side by side I could move 3 463E cable scraper loads an hour more with the H than the K doing side casting on municipal roads . In the bush the H was way more nibble especially alone fencelines.
You going have bring steam truck clean it,drop belly pan intall all new hyd line,electrical,fuel.d8h and k was bad for this yes,i work pipeline western canada few caught fire not total due underbrush build up.i got oil line blew up on turbo d9g this hell scare yes i put out.the parts will have go cat dealers they sold used parts or web site look around.the most cat was save this ok now.repair this field not easy far from shop.thanks video.😮
Oh no
That's the 💩s.
Hopefully you get some help fixing cat back up.👍
did the pump get so hot it lit up the grease maybe?
Probably sparks from exhaust manifold...fan should have been reveresed
@@Northern_Farmer oh dang
How the heck can you not smell it eh it definitely could of been put out a lot sooner than that
Will you file an insurance claim?
Didn't have insurance
That does suck..
Any chance the wiring harness is still good on the parts cat?
Yea it's all good
Nice dry spring to get after brushing. Dirt should shake off the root balls for you. Sucks about the fire, at least it wasn’t a complete write off though. Hoses and wires are better than the whole machine melted down.
it can always be worst
SORRY!
Fires are never good
I couldn't understand/hear you very well or at all at times in this one. Maybe do a re-post with voice over? That's a real bummer about that Cat catching fire.
I rewatched the video just now on my phone...It seems ok on my end??
@@Northern_Farmer Towards the last half I could hear you for the most part, but even that sounds real muffled. Based on seeing some of the other comments, I don't think it is just me.
@@404nitroi could hear him just fine try turning up your hearing aids
Dont borrow any thing to ANYBODY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well mate learn from your mistake and one thing I have with me is plenty of fire equipment and one good compressure to blow down after a day's work but what I see there is nothing can not be fix sorry mate I feel for you I have a few myself and I know how it fell
Ya sounds like an incompetent operator. No frackin way you can't notice that
fire can start up very fast esp with the engine running the big fan up front .....
Idk dads had tried a.cpuole times and even with the cab you can smell it instantaneously
Lol, Nick not mincing words…
@@happycanayjian1582 lol
@happycanayjian1582 well, that operator needs a good ass chewing and a billing for the damages
Well the way I see it ,its your fault . How dare you leave the farm, and you left for more than a day . Kids nowadays .
I know right...
Can’t hear you
Two bad about your cat
Yea
100,000.00 will fix it