A Dream 52 Years In The Making... My Very Own Cat
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- Yes... I bought a small CAT and it's about time! It's a Caterpillar D3C LGP Bulldozer!!!
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I love that this adult man is willing to admit that these are toys and he's bought them for fun.
Most of my young life my folks extolled on me the virtues of having an education so I wouldn't wind up a ditch digger. So I got myself appointed the the Naval Academy, flew fighter jets for a while and went onto a career in electronic and computer engineering. I've retired and moved to the mountains. I soon found I needed a small backhoe... then an excavator. I didn't buy them to have fun.... but boy do I have so much fun doing work with both of them. It's just an absolute blast. Most fun I've had since since my last Zone 5, full stroke cat launch with waves breaking over the bow. Were Mom and Dad wrong? Probably not. Doing it for a living could be harsh.
you have misunderstood this video, these are not "Toys" they are serious pieces of equipment, designed to do BIG jobs. These cats helped to transform America into what it is today. In fact where ever in the world a Cat lives, they are changing and if used properly are changing their world into a better place. These are NOT toys but by golly they sure are fun to drive.
@@ramosel Thank you for your service. Yes those things can be a lot of fun to operate, while doing some serious work.
Yes, fun and teaching his grandchildren how to upkeep the possible land or property they make some day inherit. Or possibly giving them an idea of how to make a living in the future off of operating heavy equipment.
Wish we all had someone that would teach us something with such a great potential to benefit your future life.
Do you know anyone that has done so much to teach others such a possibility
@@robertedwards7749 no. It's a toy, and if you don't think so, you've never owned one or operated it. Equipment operators don't work jobs. They play in the dirt and get paid for it. You know nothing. Next time you see a guy with some nice equipment, compliment him on his toys and you'll see him grin like a proud child.
Scott has an amazing narration voice. So quintessentially American. I feel like he could narrate a Civil War diary and keep us all riveted!
If you enjoy his voice go watch “Blacksmith’s Boy - Heel And Toe”. It’ll warm your soul!
@scottperezfox
I concur fully!
I recently stumbled onto John Ortberg while searching Bible studies.
They could be brothers, not only by voice, but their calming voice.
Some people just have that gift.
Sounds just like this old house..one of those guys..not Bob vila
The memories you're making with your grand babies are priceless and they will remember forever. The true meaning of being immortal.
I am 27 years old. The father of my dad died when I was 5 and my other grandpa never took interest in doing anything with me.
Buying a bulldozer to run it with the grandkids sounds like one of the most beautiful things I have heard for a long time.
My daddy use to take me to the strip coal mine on Saturdays and I would ride all types of machines with him. Made me fall in love with big heavy equipment. I miss my daddy and I thank him for letting me mess up and learn lessons along the way… proud for your machine EC, those boys will always love and learn something with those big toys we like to call. God bless you and your family
My dad was a heavy equipment mechanic and certified welder. Weekends I spent with him going to job sites. Most of the time nobody was there but even when people were there… I got to run any of the equipment I wanted to run. While dad was working… I was playing. The days when people were working I would sometimes get to share the cab with some very knowledgeable operators that taught me a LOT. I was an expert dozer operator before I had a learners permit to drive a car. 😂 It’s something that’s carried me through life. I’ve run just about every type of heavy equipment and I LOVE IT. I work with great people and get to do some amazing things. I wish more people had opportunities to get those kinds of experiences as children. You really do soak up more info when younger.
@ chris, never liked the strip mine process, too many discarded the environmental impact upon streams when $$$ drove the outcome.
@@billupstateny9151 well I was spending time with my daddy, I live in the south where in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s was a big industry so I was just along for the ride. They were good paying jobs for a LOT of men around here. We do what we have to to make a living.
@@TsunauticusIV that’s awesome! Glad you got you some great experiences and trade!! God bless!
I had to read that a couple times because my brain kept seeing that your dad took you to a strip club on Saturdays 😂
You seem to make videos that tug at my soul. When my son was 10, I had him in a Bobcat 440B mini skid steer pushing snow. He's now 17 and has operated numerous pieces of equipment with me. I'm a firm believer that some kids just aren't meant for college, and like to work with their hands. I started an excavation company with and for him. I work my regular job in the mornings, and we go do jobs when he gets home from school and he loves it. I will be retiring soon and he will be 18 soon so we will embark on this full time together. I can't explain how gratifying it is to watch him work in a heavy machine and see the intent grin on his face while doing it. It makes it all worth while.
Straight dad goals. Amazing!
The kid never leaves the body. We’re all just grown kids, trying to make the best life for OUR kids. Great story
My Pop was my hero. He taught me how to operate equipment, run a chainsaw and fix things when they broke. Those are some lucky boys for sure! You never forget those times with grandpa!! Thanks for good memories today man!
Young men in the trades, regardless of where you are in the world, should take the opportunity to get in 'the seat' of whichever machines are being used whenever possible. During the 2008 crash I couldn't get a job as a bricklayer anywhere so I fell into concreting and road construction and learnt how to operate a 360 excavator, forward-tipping dumper and tarmac roller. I did that for close to two years and the experience was invaluable because the company I was working for paid for my tickets and when there isn't many adverts looking for bricklayers in the London area I can take work operating a machine (excavator jobs pay the best in the UK out of all the yellow iron). It's basically another way to make money when work becomes tight.
Don't reserve the fun for just the grandboys! I always enjoyed working out with my father. He only had us two girls so, even though I'm sure he would have anyway, he was stuck if he needed help. And I have a catalog of tools in my garage that amaze the folks that come here to do work...especially when they say 'oh shoot! I forgot to bring the....' and I go and get mine for them to use.
What a gem you found! Men just have bigger toys than boys.
2 things in life you can’t buy… having a grandpa with a dozer and sitting on you dozer with your grandson. Happy days.
such a precious thing....photo of Mother driving a Cat! Families are Forever!
Buying a bulldozer is on my bucket list. My grandfather had a 1150 case bulldozer for years on the farm.
Nice little tractor Scott! Low hours and clean with wide pads! And those grandkids! What a rich blessing to share it with them!
Awesome grandson toy to have for your grand kids. Makes for a special grandpa in their lives.
Your little speach at the end brought me tears!! My dad was road builder for 38 years and logger for 12 years! I was 5 years old when he first had me at the controls of a d6 logger.. Fast forward 5 years im operating a hitachi 160 digging holes all by my self. Then when i was 16 he had me running a link belt 5040 logloader. I can pretty much jump in any machine an figure out the controls. My dad passed away last april 2024... Ive came to an agreement with my self. that is to follow in his foot steps. From meeting some of his friends and co workers they all said he was the best operator they ever seen.
You sir are God's gift to your grandsons !! Well done sir !
Hands down
My favorite video.
The looks on those boys faces is priceless.
The narration is superb not because it's written well but because you see it expressed in those little hands driving that dozer and when necessary the correcting touch on the controls to keep things safe.
Sir
Those children will never forget you letting them drive that machine and only helping when necessary.
I know because that's how my papaw taught me to drive a tractor in the hilly hayfields of east Tennessee. A little instructing, clutch first, then the brakes. Turn left to go left. Turn a little wide so we don't lose the wagon. And then it was my time to do it.
My uncles were there that day, so he jag plenty of help and so he walked aside the tractor, a 50's era Ford 8N, and talked me through the hard places, only taking the wheel when it was the toughest places and from the running boards, he never unseated me.
I'm 55 now.
I was 7 then.
I can still see us in that hayfield and hear him telling me you're doing good son.
Now that changed a bit on the way back to the barn. An old heifer was in the path and she just wouldn't move, I slowed and stopped but not in time and we bumped her and I got my pants seat ate out but that old cow was fine, it literally was just a bump, and she didn't stand in the way ever again when she saw us heading in or out with the tractor.
Those boys are mighty blessed to grow up under your lessons sir.
Mightily blessed.
Thank you for always reminding us that there's a calmer, gentler way to teach and letting and old man walk down memory lane for a bit.
You Scott are a good man, a good friend, a good husband, a good father, and ,a great grand father 😊
Well done sir!
My Dad had me in a Case 1845C when I was 7 years old operating helping him around the house. My first word was "yoyo", trying to say Uniloader... thw babysitter figuredit out when my mom couldn't and my Dad was grading out the front yard. Great memories and helped make me the operator I am today making a good living, still working with my Dad. Hoping to do the same with my boys 😊
My youngest daughters friend runs autonomous dump trucks in an open pit gold mine in northern Ontario. They are massive. He sits in front of a computer and monitors for his shift. Has no idea of the feelings, the dust, the smells and the power of these amazing machines.
This guy is so awesome , He is a wonderful teacher , his grand babies are very fortunate to have him in their life . I just hope they realize that .
49 yrs old here, 50 next month. Spent 22 years in an office directing people and machines like it was a video game. Bosses/owner retired, found myself in the situation of a sitework ronin... 2 years later, pretty much a one man band with a GPS D5K2, a Cat 308, Cat 330, dump truck, trailer, Cat 299 with forestry mulcher... self taught, and loving every minute. It's been an overnight success... built on 22+ years of saving and scrimping and trading in retirement savings for a new job... If you can swing the purchase, the work will show up. (or at least that has been the case in the last few crazy years... we might could see a return to the skinny years people have known in the past in the blink of an eye with just the right amount of mismanagement though.)
I am 25 yrs into self employment. Continuing to be aware of the possibility of skinny times and having plans for them will keep you in business. Get out of borrowing as quickly as possible and keep a year or so in reserves to bridge the gaps and allow you to make calmer decisions. I remember thinking about selling a tractor once, then realizing just a few jobs would gather as much money and then continue to gather money when the sales money was long gone.
Continue to do what gives you happiness and it will be rewarding to many.
Congratulations on the purchase and have fun!
Doing one hell of a job grandpa! Just damn good!
My dad bought a very large "fully loaded" backhoe a while back. He always insisted he "needed" it, although we all knew that was ridiculous. It's great to hear you admit you just got this machine because you "wanted" it. If you have the money, it's ok to buy things because you want them.
Episodes like this are Absolutely priceless! Brings tears to my eyes as I type this humble Thank you 😢.
Keep up the good work Mr. Wadsworth.
Cheers 🍻, G.
In beautiful Boulder City Nv. USA 🇺🇸
I really admire your desire to pass along manhood to your grand sons. Not only is it a magical time for you both it really helps shape them. They might never touch yellow iron when they grow older but they will always have that memory and can say they ran one once. Or can just accurately speak about what equipment is or what it does. With all the other noise in the world this is just a great wholesome video. Thank you for sharing with us.
I have been watching your channel for years now, but seeing you with your grandsons on a cat just put a smile on my face. Over the years your videos have taught me, inspired me and now they give me reason to smile. I wish we were friends or I lived closer to where you are. I am just shy of 70 and will never learn to drive a cat. But .... I know where there is a big one abandoned not far from where I live. It was still there a few years ago. I have to admit I have entertained the idea of rescuing it and putting her back to work. Somehow the "Little Boy" in me still lives. hahaha
❤ loved when my stepdad let me run the dozer, we (dad, 2 step brothers and I) built a fishing pond in our timber, later, it allowed us to rent out the timber to a cattleman and his small herd.
One of the best all round channels on UA-cam and by far the best builder diy life channels
Love it
Thanks 👍
Great to see you teaching your grandchildren to possibly up keep the property that they may someday inherit, or giving them the experience that they may someday want to turn into a business running heavy equipment.
Hopefully there will be someday thankful for what you taught them, wish we all had someone that had taught us a valuable skill
Thank you 😊❤😊 for buying and letting your grandkids sit on lap and pull steer levers. 😊❤ Thats how I started on a old Case 580- CK back in mid 1960s. I started working for my uncle doing side sewer installation with his new Case 580- C
Then went to operator Union (302)
Ran all sorts of rubber tired Backhoe brands. The one I loved the most in 1979
Running a Dynahoe-190 the labora called them ( Dynapigs) Hoe packing mainline sewer and digging side sewer stubs 😊
I feel un love with that 190 very heavy duty strongly build Backhoe 😊❤😊
I saw one for sale in 2003 in a used equipment magazine. I had wife write up sales contract for the Backhoe, the owner was a very broke home builder, who needed money badly. The Dynahoe had very leaky cylinder seals and NO brakes.
The sales contract said if brake and seal replacement were more than the money I put down on her. Then thats all I would pay the owner. He agreed, and I sent him all the repairs bills. I just did one of the front bucket dump cylinders ( not bad for a 1978 machine) that I have owned sense 2003. The other dump cylinder it leaking also NOW. Have to pull her off, they are very easy to remove ( important to keep the pins greasy) the only thing about removing is the cylinders are very very heavy. For people that don't know the Dynahoe brand. It was made up till the mid 1980s then Bucyrus Erie stopped making the construction line and just doing larger mining equipment manufacturing. They made the biggest dragline in the world ( big musky) for the Ohio coal company. I bought my Dynahoe to have something from Bucyrus Erie 😊
Plus I wanted a toy for back yard. But it earned its worth removing 7 large maple stumps in my not so big back yard, to make a garden area. Now its a parking spot for my 1971 SeaGrave Fire engine
That I bought for kids to get in drivers seat. Even parents are amazing that "YES" they put manual transmission in Fire Rigs
My biggest joy is having two Detroit Diesel engines in both of them. The backhoe has a ( 353 DD) and the Fire engine has a (8V-71DD) both two strokers
I am even looking to by another FD engine
A 1980 Spartan with a ( Silver92seriesDD
With the Allison push button automatic. Better for Parade driving than a clutch powered Engine 🚒 then my wife can drive it in parade 😊 the whole cab lifts up on the Spartan for full engine access. Thats my story on buying old equipment and Fire rigs that have served there community proudly 😊
As a younger man, had an international 500C crawler dozer.
Combined work & play in one operation, managed to create some woodland paths, while logging firewood. Will never regret those days, These days the farm could benefit from an 8 ton mini excavator, & a disk mulcher, grapple, 4 way blade. 🗽🇺🇸
EC, i have rented mini excavators and my boys learned to use them in minutes. they were better able to control them than i could. i would stand near the trench and make hand movements that they would copy with the bucket. i would never left them alone but they both were faster and more capable than i.
My first dozer was a John Deere 450C I was 12. I helped build my high school with it the summer of my 14th birthday.
By the time I was 18 I could blue top with it. Good times.
just saw this video by accident. Very well done and love your time with your Dad and grandkids. It reminds me of my time with my Grandpa who was a CAT Skinner in southern Oregon. Summers where spent in the woods with him grandma Essie and my twin plus little brother. So many good times and stories from them and my grandpa Russell. Miss you Grandpa.
The final is so nice with the boy!!!! I can imagine the boy filling!!! Big Brazilian hugs from me to this great family and friends!!!! Bristol - England
You just earned a couple more Grampy Points with those kids. Wonderful that in your hindsight you can offer some stick time on these machines and have quality time together all in one. Warms my heart!
Love it. When I was 25 I had one. My nephew set on my lap while I pushed out a pond. He fell asleep. We had a good time. I want another one. Just got a mini excavator. I want a dozer again too. I have always done it for a living. I want my own business. Now more than ever. Awesome!.
My grandparents have a cottage with piles of old equipment and vehicles around and although we weren't allowed to run it ourselves, I remember being in the back of the MF backhoe while my Grandpa moved dirt or dug holes. The smell of diesel exhaust, grease, oil and old leather gloves always bring back happy memories.
I suffered through many-a-year with those miserable 4D size batteries. But they just don't last very well at all. ( They're only good for 2 years ) Now I've converted all my tractors and trucks to BCI group 65 batteries, and am delighted with the result.
What a precious story of human value and beauty.
I envy your time spent with your grandsons. I have two that I was hoping to pass down some of my knowledge to now that I'm retired. I don't get to see either one of them and feel such a loss from not getting to watch them experience learning skills. Glad to see those boys anxious to work with their Grandfather. God bless.
This really made me smile. Thank you!
This is the godly redneck. He was very lucky to find a machine in that fine of a shape and be able to purchase it at a decent price. Have fun but definitely stay safe. God bless.
Always good to find better tools to subdue and shape the earth. Keep up the good work, Scott.
My dad did demolition for 45 years. Had a 977L with a side dump bought it brand new new every nut bolt on it.Still have it today runs great so many great memories working with him absolutely best operator you ever saw on that machine
I just got to play for a day on a lovely gray market Cat D3G. What a dream, I wish I could find one for myself. Perfect little machine. Thank you for sharing!
I grew up on a dairy farm. My dad was so trusting he’d let me drive small tractors with him alongside when I was seven. By 12 years old I graduated to driving solo and could already efficiently back up a hay wagon or manure spreader. Lifelong memories indeed. You’re a good man EC 👍
My father worked the highway building crews across Central Alberta in the 70's and early 80's. I used to spend weeks in the summer living in the camps, and becoming the co-pilot on every piece of construction equipment. Recollecting back over 4 decades, 95% of the operators were salt of the earth people.
Eventually my father bought his own Caterpillar D6 and cleared 2 quarters of our farm with it, then bought a brand new John Deere 440 wide pad with the 6 way hydraulic dozer. Times changed and we briefly had a Timberjack line Skidder, then again upgraded to the John Deere 440 line skidder. We customized it with a front mount hydraulic post pounder for summer custom fencing, then used it for winter logging. Eventually we ended up with 160M motor grader. I still occasionally run grader, we are just in a lull until we have regime change out East. Amazing how a father and son can both despise Western Canada so much to destroy industries a generation apart.
I applaud you sir, your family has a start in life that most will never get. When it's time for repairs and maintenance, get them involved also. What I learned with hands on experience before I was 16 still serves me well today.
My grandfather had an excavation business. I can remember being around the shop since the age of 2. at 5 I would go to kindergarten in the morning and my grandfather had put wooden blocks on the old yard backhoe. My job was to load trucks, bury concrete, level fill that was brought in, and in between that I would hand tools to his mechanics. I learned to weld by 8, at 12 I rebuilt my first engine and that summer I started to go work on jobsites. I was living the dream.
What a great opportunity for the grandkids! Now the one thing I did not learn was the toxic work culture and the 75h work week. That only set in when i graduated high-school and started working full time. I certainly wish that this would change, at least for the next generation.
We've got a 1947 D7 dozer for a pet/farm dozer. That LGP will go anywhere. They will cruise through swamps that you cant walk across
Last month I acquired Scott's old D2 from the gentleman he sold it to and am in the process of mounting the blade to do a bit of work here on the coast. It was such a blessing to discover that it belonged to Scott previously, I've been following him for years and have a ton of respect for him and his work ethic!
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Great job teaching those grands the love and appreciation of heavy equipment.
Nice little tractor. The D2 was a ripper, but the D3 is a whole lot more practical. I was running a D4 in 1970 as a 9 year old pulling a good size disc ploughing paddocks. My old Dad bought a D2 in partnership with his Dad to pull sawlogs (eucalyptus) . That tractor replaced the horses! One of the first in Southern Tasmania I believe. This was replaced by a D4 then D6. Dad got out of the bush in mid 70s and went boatbuilding full time. G'day from Tasmania, Australia
I just looked into the cost of a pole/stick barn.
It has never been more important to know how to build yourself.
80k (hire) vs 15k (materials and your own work) crazy
the best way to beat inflation is to do it yourself!!
Nothing better than spending quality time with your Grandchildren !
I have many memories of my father letting me drive (the same way your grandkids) the biggest loaders and bulldozers where ever he was currently working. I later worked on the biggest Freight train locomotives but my company didn't allow non-employees onboard. Too bad, so many fathers wanted to bring their kids.
I spent quite a bit of time riding on my Dad's International TD15 when I was your grandsons age.
can only imagine the blessing that's a grandpa with a bulldozer
As soon as I seen Wes coating those bolts with anti seize,I knew the right man was on the job.Love that dozer.Love that those kids are running it,what a thrill!
I caught that as well and knew right away that he was in fact a heavy equipment mechanic.
The smile 😃 on the kids face are priceless my step dad ran a d5 for years and could not wait till the weekend so I could go to work with him
I am up in the Seattle area, and love watching you, and Matt at Pacific Northwest Hillbilly, do things that I have long wished I had the ability. I am always amazed at some folks' ability to find great machines, be they cars and trucks, construction equipment, or wood and metal shop stuff. I just turned 61, and I am medically disabled from my job as a locomotive engineer on the Union Pacific Railroad. I don't need a new job, but I want to do what you guys do as a hobbyist. The is probably the best video you have put out yet, because you are bringing a new generation into crafts that a lot of people don't want to do anymore, and that's a shame; machine operators are some of the better paid union jobs around.
My little brother gets to play with a D11 at his work. I'd love to spend an hour in the cab of one of those beasts.
What a great purchase. I found a similar deal on a tractor with 190 hours that had been sitting in a shed for over 10 years. I changed all the fluids and filters, lubed everything I could find that needed grease and it runs great. A dozer would be a great companion for that tractor. It's great to see you teaching your grandsons, also.
What a great story I'm 65 now but i was a young teenager when i too got the same introduction to operating equipment. You know at the time i wasn't planning on that becomingy career but life plays tricks on you and i spenty life as a heavy equipment operator in both Oilfield and Timber. Lile you i really miss that part of my life but for health i just can't do it. So I'm religated to watching others on UA-cam. Have enjoyed your channel for over couple years or more.
That’s exactly what I want to do with my grandchildren. I sold my dozer 10-12 years ago, but I’m going to get another one. Nice score! That’s a pretty clean looking little machine. 👍🏼
Your reasoning for owning that D3 is spot on! Great video
Congrats with all the Grand children. I am sure you will get to be the #1 grandad.
The way you present and tel your story here is absolutely amazing. High quality work!
❤❤ Memories are pure magical in growing up. Its wonderful you are reviving yours and passing on to the younger generation to remember the times they spent with you learning your skills.❤❤❤❤❤
My dad operated a D9 when I was in the 4th grade, still remember riding along with him fondly.
I have been running equipment for over 60 years now and still enjoy it. I really like the older CAT equipment that I own, the D6D, D4C, Cat 12. My John Deere 710 D tractor, loader, backhoe is an impressive machine.
Great video with your grandsons. Perfect machine for them to do some learning. Not too fast, not too slow, just right.
I work at a Caterpillar dealership and when it comes to batteries, we only sell maintenence free. They last just as long and you don't have to worry about checking the cells.
Love it, I have always jumped at the change to run equipment, even got a chance to demo a house with a JD120 excavator, nice to have fiends with "yellow Iron!" Much of that desire came from my grandpa and the curiosity he fostered in my young mind.
I got a CAT for my 21st birthday. Ran it many years .Did my apprenticeship at Cat...love good old iron.
As a farely new subscriber to your channel, this video really hit home-I’ve been around/operated/worked on heavy equipment my whole life. I could literally sense your excitement when you made the deal, and watching you with your Grandsons’ on the dozer, well I’m sure Grandpa had ALOT more enjoyment than them. I really enjoy all of your videos
Some of my best memories of my grandad were going on the old massey ferguson tractor he had. great times your grandkids will always remember
“Pet bulldozer”. 😂 I love that.
My wife keeps telling me I have too many pets or toys.
Like someone else said. This one tugs at the heart and soul. Love it. Always wanted to get some heavy equipment for myself.
The way it moves is awe-inspiring!
Sir thank you for this video I'm 54 years old an that part with you grandkids brought me to tears thank you once again
What a wonderful video you are a great man is great to see you showing your grandchildren real world skills
Thanks for the great content and all the amazing videos!!!
Simply awesome! The tractor, the pride and especially the joy of making memories and sharing your time with the grandkids. You are a lucky, and good man.
Teach those kids how to run those machines and to lay concrete. They’ll be millionaires by the time theirs 45
you're channel is a treasure. thank you.
We had our first grandson in May of this year, and I cannot wait to get him on the tractor!
No. one accident on farms is kids and tractors
Was stuck on a trail with a suburban a decade or two back, and had the road collapse under me, leaving me hanging by my two front wheels and a tow hitch. Had to hire a team to rescue me, and they came with an excavator. The precision of the operator was unbelievable, and I was told he was probably conceived in the thing, due to his expertise. And you know... that tale just may be true.
Teaching the very essence of manhood… Good on you, sir
I just sold an old 1985 Komatsu dozer. Had a lot of problems with it. It was my first dozer. I learned a lot with it. Never got good at blading a road. But I could clear a lot of brush and that’s the reason I bought it in the first place. I’m still contemplating on whether to get a latter model that I won’t have so many problems with. Again I learned a lot and enjoyed operating it and my youngest son got pretty good at operating it too. Like they say… the difference between the men and the boys is the size of their toys.
You are the man Scott 👍🏻 king of the kids and leading by example. Doesn’t get better.
Great story. Your a good Grandpa, and by the sounds a wise man.
I have a small dozer like that they are awesome. When I load it on a trailer I have a few old tires on the deck of the trailer. This reduces the "Slam" when the machine goes over on the trailer. Have fun with the new Cat.
Scott, I am 62 and a grandfather and resonate so much with what you say here. I have noticed in a number of your videos, including this one that you have secret hand signals when you’re making a point. I feel like I’m in a baseball game and I did not get the lesson on the signals I would receive from the third base coach. Is there a video where you explain your hand signals? Some examples I think are hard work, wolf at the door, etc..
Bought my first dozer a few years ago. A '57 D2. Has blade but no winch. I'd like to get a winch for it yet
Anyhow, dad's always wanted to operate a dozer but never had the opportunity. That man became like a boy on Christmas morning opening up a gift he's been waiting for for years. That big ol' grin on his face took off several years, even if it was just for an hour or two.
And honestly, not sure who felt more blessed, him for his opportunity of a lifetime or me watching his lifelong dream unfolding with dad in the driver's seat.
A memory i hope to always be able to hold on to.
I love my caterpillar d2 dozer. I bought it from my great uncle that bought it basically new when he was a teenager to log timber in northern Minnesota. Still use it at my place today!