Rescuing A Cat D4D Dozer Abandoned for Years on a Steep Hillside
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2024
- This old Caterpillar D4D Bulldozer dropped a track on a steep hill years ago. It was sitting in a precarious position on the verge of rolling over so the owner was unable to replace the track.
Join me, Jamie and Sonny as we attempt to get it back up and running in one day.
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It appears the top of the South Island is half bush, half discarded heavy machinery 😂
Thought I was the only one who thought this 🤣 like I'm surprised he hasn't run out of machinery to fix lmao
@@samblacklock9593 The sheer amount of grown-in machinery they gotta have there does amaze me recurrently.
New Zealand - a magical land of hobbits and abandoned heavy equipment. Marty's making a fair dent in the amount of abandoned heavy equipment, however.
That's a logging area
And a fair supply of sand flies.
No sponsors, no long speech’s, just Marty having fun working on cool projects. Love the videos !
In a beautiful part of the world
Just the absolute best, such good production quality still, you see everything you need to, he says everything he needs to. Old youtube vibes
speech's???? Learn ENGLISH!!! The word is speeches. Tool.
And did not blow a hydraulic line !!!!! WOW
@@jgorry69 With added bonus of some guy having a pee at 1:17 😂
My father (87 years old) helped to design these and future variants for 40+ years and was the project manager on many of CAT designs from the late 1950's through the late 90's working mostly out of the Decatur, Illinois plant (also some at the Arizona proving grounds). I know he holds numerous patents on the bulldozers, scrapers, and excavators which CAT paid him the grand total of $1.00 for each patent. He donated all of his CAT items (books, design models, etc.) to the CAT museum in Brooks, Oregon that is pretty impressive with at least 50-60 fully running CATs ranging from the first Holt tractors to versions made in the 1980's. Good to see his work still holds up to this day even though battered and beaten.
Cool! I currently work at the proving ground outside Tucson, our main machines there are the D10 and D11. Soon to have electric machines too there
Is the company now run by the MBA and bean counter ??
@@pan2ajaI dont know what that means
If your dad designed that sorry D4H I’d like to have a chat with him
They paid him $1.00.....
Typical corporation. 🤬
Wakes up and finishes the job it started years ago--gotta love it.
The robustness and longevity of these machines is amazing!
If you take care of these machines, there's no reason why one couldn't survive ~200 years (which is about the time at which point the things you can't or wouldn't normally replace on these, would start getting severe metal fatigue and thus become unusable at a material level - 200 is a positive number, more likely 150 180 ish).
Easily beats the computer controlled machines which are an absolute nightmare with all the codes tripping and sensors breaking plus the cost of the scan tool and ridiculous software fee updates. Thankfully my friend is a bit of a computer wiz and has managed to by pass the codes and the dealership fee, enough said one that.
When this was built they made them to last. None of this plug and play BS we have now. Everything built today is made to throw away and buy a new one.
Made in the USA back when that meant something.
Yeah - pretty impressive to see such an old machine left abandoned/exposed come right back after some TLC, and put back to use right away. It's definitely not 'A-OK' though, lol.
@@aserta With use? There's plenty of reason.. parts will wear and become difficult or impossible to find replacements for. There are hundreds if not thousands of ye olde machines that haven't stood the test of time for every one that has.
That old dozer sat there all that time hoping someone would come along and put her shoes back on so she could get back to work. She happy now!!!
Old Cat dozers never die, just tired people...
It never ceases to amaze me how these old diesel engines can sit for years and with only a small amount of work, fire back up and go to town.
They are dead simple (for an engine) which helps a lot! But still amazing bit of mechanical engineering that they can do it.
It's like Jeff Goldblum starting the UFO in Independence Day. Too dated of a comment ?
Diesels are far easier than petrol engines to recover. Far less components to go wrong and almost no special seals to perish.
No computer !!! And back then , they were built to last .
No computer and no environmental junk on them…just simple mechanical fuel pump and injectors along with thick heavy engine blocks low rpm’s and low hp
As an Aussie I’m supposed to give our kiwi cousins a bit of attitude. But, I have to admit they are a tenacious and clever crew that are absolutely able to do a lot with a little.. thumbs up from the West Island!!
Yeh totally agree , our Anzac cousins have a ton of ingenuity . no nonsense people
ANZAC power! We’re a team at the end of the day.
The sound of a 10mm ring spanner getting away from you…. Shivers
That is one of those moments when you have a flash back to Sunday school and hear the teacher say "do not swear when you are angry". Us humans sometimes struggle with anger but I am so impressed with Marty for his kind manner, his passion for his family, his love of the underdog discarded machine like this. It says a lot about the heart of the man and his character. People like Marty are the glue that keep this crazy world together. Good on you Mate for being such a trooper.
And why does it 9 out of 10 times has to be nr.10 ?!😊
What a teamwork. A true joy to witness. 👍🏻💪🏻🤝🏻🇳🇱
You just know that somewhere in the world there is a gazillion 10mm ring spanners and sockets all huddled together.
Why is it always the 10 mm 😆
😂
You mean you can recover equipment without a low boy, a black hawk, 3 Sani’s and a Nikola sales pitch? Unbelievable! Great vid as always!
😆 They've got all the toys
😂😂😂😂 had me rollin. Was thinking the same thing. You forgot to mention, getting everything they brought stuck trying to get what was originally stuck, "unstuck" and recovered.
Amen. There was a time where I did all my winter recovery with a chainfall and chains. Get a length, shorten chain and re rig. Took forever but it worked.
Don't forget about the HET, Snowcat and the rest of his million dollar BULLSHIT!
And the ether
Well, Marty ,you got the tears streaming this morning. To hear that old D4 start. Back in the 60s,70s my father used the D4C for our drainage contractor business here in Ireland 🇮🇪. It's the one I remember playing on as a 5/6 year old kid . Sitting on my brother's lap as he drove it.
They are both gone now but the memories last because people like you bring them back by videos like this one. Cheers and thanks to the old school guys who keep them running
nice story ! 😪♥😄
such a small jack...
That's the way a video should be ! To the point, no funky background music, no ads, no 2 hour long bla bla bla. Everything we need and want to see is there! Why didn't I find this stuff earlier?
You sound like you goon to this
Also, it's so great to see the dozer getting straight back to work. The tracks are fixed, and it's straight onto making the earth move. So great to see 👍👍👍
Both track tensioners has to be repaired though. Maybe few things that need repair besides of that
Caterpillar New Zealand better send you guys a crate of beers each for this brilliant endorsement of their machines. If they don't, everyone will think them downride stingy 😅
You more likely to get a bill
A testament to Kiwi skill, hard work, and never give up ethic.
From someone living in a busy city in the UK I love seeing the views you have while driving to/from locations, It's amazing
Visiting NZ is one of the greatest experiences of my life
I feel the same, and I'm in Auckland!
Leave it precariously on a hillside for several years, then flush out some water, show it some diesel and a battery and boom - right on the button. Back when stuff was built right and engineers had at least an equal input to beancounters. Magical. Thanks for sharing 🙂
These days you'd need to download the latest software patch, accept the new terms and conditions and then be told "This machine is no longer supported, please contact your local dealership"
Chinese crap sucks!!!!
@@davidblake8612damn! Hit the nail right on the head.
@@davidblake8612 "Your license subscription has expired"
Rah rah rah mate keep blabbing about how the old gear is better. Thing is the new machines are light years ahead in terms of capability. Don’t feel bad that tech has passed you by, there’s plenty of young blokes who have the new gear worked out just fine.
"This dozer is stuck for years, with water in the engine"
a few moments later ...
"lets's build a road"
caterpillars from this era were truly marvelously built and designed. They stole a lot from international but the motors were excellent. They used very high quality metal and the parts were well made. Only thing is they're expensive to fix due to the cost of parts.
Why you repeating what he said. Do you not have anything to say for yourself????
I have seen engines from boats that were underwater 30 years or more be put together and fired up so at this point im pretty sure this things a piece of cake. @@verteup
@@pilsplease7561 fire up for a bit and running with any kind of longevity are two different things. There was a ton of water. Without a compression test we'll never know how much damage is done.
He got put to work immediately.
It's always amazing how much work is left in old diesel machines, no matter how long they've been sitting. No emissions control and no computers!
Only enemy is worn or dry seals
@@bobsmithinson2050 it's amazing how much water was in that engine. Everybody around here will put a bucket or can over the exhaust if it's gonna be sitting a while. They came real close to ruining that dozer and getting scrap price for it instead of 10,000nz buckaroos. Especially needing undercarriage work that's a huge expense this machine will need right off the rip.
WW2 a global conflict supply and logistics while under attack and no computer or cell phone but now we are told we must have every new devise under the sun to Survive. Simple is always better, but we have technology rammed down our throats it only benefits the manufacturers of it all.
I'm continually amazed at how you can leave these things sitting in a field for who knows how many years, and with just a couple of hours work and some basic tools, they can be up an running again.
I imagine there is quite a feeling of achievement from fixing a situation that others have given up on for so long and doing so in less than a day. Well done :)
Thanks mate.. It was a big day but well worth the effort
Awesome gentlemen..! I could watch that machine operating for hours…, kind of mesmerizing.
Just some coolant ( aka water ) 3 in one oil, 2 screw drivers, an adjustable wrench, pocket full of sockets and wrench, bailing wire, 2 minutes walking around the project, tilt the hat back and with a slow " thats not to bad" then done before beer 30 lol
3 mates get together and decide to do what looks like the impossible - getting an old dozer which has lost a track off the side of a hill. Plus it hasn’t run in years and get it running - no big deal. Marty the drone shots and your camera work was spot on. Such an enjoyable episode.
What an absolute gem of a machine. Nice see the old gal pushing again. Good job guys.
Good to see that we still have people with the ability and know how to carry out the type of repairs that was a done in the feild daily a couple of decades ago.
This was the type of repairs we as feild service mechanics undertook on a daily basis. I did 40 odd years in the trade 90 percent of that time working on heavy machinery on site. A great vocation but the old body is a bit tired now, very much like the tracks on that D4.
I'm impressed. A seemingly junk cat saved and made right with the world. The end grading was a nice anecdote to the life expectancy of a cat. Good on ya mates!
Sonny is a master at grading with that dozer.
He's a very good operater
@@MartyTIs he the owner? Who lost the track originally?
@@jesusisGod1434how long been sitting. Like that????😊😊
@@MartyTso he is def worth the $20, right Jose? (Mr. George's man) 😂😂
@@jesusisGod1434 No he came along to drive it so I could film
BRAVO! MARTY once again you have defeated dispair and brought another piece of old iron back to work!
Fantastic after all that time
You guys get it sorted and up and running and back to work
That is so good 😍😍👍👍🇦🇺
Those old machines were built to survive abuse and misuse. Another amazing rescue.
On first appearances it looked like there was no way that D4D would ever run again - but with some good old Kiwi grit and determination it was up and alive again in what seemed like not much effort at all. Great team work guys so well done.
Maybe it was in good running condition when it lost the track all those years ago. 😊👍
And after all those years its straight back to work - Love it!
My utmost respect to folks who have the skill and Faith to get an old player like this back in the Game! Well Done!!
Wow. I’m impressed fellas. Nice work. This brought a tear to my eye when she 1st fired up again. Tks for sharing.
I love it when old machines get a second chance.
It's good to see old quality equipment run and still have a purpose!
This was a very satisfying video. I hope the old dozer is still serving someone well.
Marty and his mates doing what they do best...working together with winning results. Well done gentlemen...well done.
This fella can find more rough junk in the middle of nowhere. My brother, a long haul trucker also is good at finding the middle of nowhere, but the States have a good deal more room for nowhere to be lost in. You guys are great and very impressive. Some of your country reminds me of the mountains of West Virginia, where my dad comes from. My mother was also from country folk, who made do with anything they could find like Marty does.. My hat is off to you fellas, and your ladies of course. Families like Marty's are getting rare around here. That repair is bloody magic
What a great day, three Lads working on an resurrecting an old beast. Bravo
Great!....My buddy rescued a 1920s era CASE brand dozer, (in the USA). In around 1973,....my friend was a back to nature fellow, bought some un-farmable land , in what is called in the US, a "holler",.....a heavily wooded (crevice), with large sandstone outcroppings,.....surrounding areas are farms, in a very hilly area. So he was offered a free CASE brand treaded dozer, sunken in a peat bog,....probably setting for 25 years or more. All he had to do was tow it out. The CASE dozer, had a hand crank engine, he contacted CASE which manufactured them in Ohio, in the USA. They identified it as one of their earliest models from the 1920s. The mucky peat, preserved the dozer. He simply hosed it down with water, and found it was to be easily restored. The hydraulics were sound, hoses too. Grease was still good. Rust was minimal. Treads intact. A weeks worth of work and it started up like a champ. He went on to using it down at his "holler", to haul timber out of his woods. A year before, he rescued a 1940s, (portable) sawmill, that ran off of leather belts. He began making money, cutting logs to be used for railroad timbers, (ties).
Nice work. Enjoyed seeing you bring it back to life.
So...Abandoned and Broken. Caterpillar so it starts. Then the magicians muscle the tracks back into position. Then, just to show off it digs its way out of its grave and finishes the road grading job it started years before. Just The Best.
Great job guys, thanks for allowing us to watch. Very interesting seeing you think on the go.
Absolutely outstanding, Marty. You and your mates there, did one fine job of rescueing that poor, stranded dozer. Cheers! Crack on!
Like how he finishes the job it got stuck doing.
It took a little nap, but jobs need doing!
So amazing to see that old machine pushing dirt again!! Great job!
It’s great to see these machines come back to life. Thanks to you guys 👍
These machines never die, they just take long naps.
Catnaps
Fantastic work Marty, Jamie, and Sonny! Incredible how perfectly the engine ran, and how, after a bit of working-against-a-load time, the steering clutches broke loose, and she went right back to what she'd been doing. Really great to see be saved.
That dozer runs nice! Nice countryside too. Wish I were there. Looks like a fun project.
you guys made my heart swell!! bringing back to life these old machines..there are no words..thank you all for what you do!!
1000 years from now, someone will find one of these CATs buried in mud, sand, maybe water, and after a few hours, she'll fire right up again. Top work, lads!
She? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Watching this gives me regrets I didn’t get into this work as a career. Great job!
You get it running, and immediately put it to work. Incredible.
Excellent video !
It was sooo good to watch these guys succeed.
OMG, I have been running D11's for the last 10 years and it is so refreshing to see the equipment that helped start it all. Good job guys
Amazing effort guys getting it going and back on it's feet in one day. Tough old machine that idled very smooth considering how long it hadn't been running. Awesome effort and awesome video 👍👍👍
0:21 - "Packed for the 'pocalypse." Love it!!
Excellent video as always!
I love how he puts it right back to work, finishing what it started so many years ago.
Nice teamwork, working hard and having fun, great day.
Marty, what a magnificent old girl! She responded very well to a little bit of love. Glad you had some extra help on this one. Magnificent effort, thank you for sharing and cheers from across the ditch
WOW! I am impressed what you guys have done. Well done!!!
Thanks for saving this one. Always love those little d4s
Nothing more satisfying than old iron coming back to life !!! Great job all around 😅
Great work guy´s, really love seeing old machines getting back to life and being useful again.
That was super neat. I always love hearing old machines roar back to life and see them get another chance at life. Thanks!
Just the right people with enough knowledge to make everything work without making it worse
Great work, loved it, watching the old come to life again.
What an enjoyable project to spend the day on and get to know your neighbors.
Great vid, i love these old cats, they never die, a quick tinker , oil , water & a battery, shit ton of elbow grease & sack full of ingenuity. Imagine those drive by wire modern crap that need a computer , update, diagnostics tool cost thousands ......bugger all chance of getting one going, old skool engineering at its best , thanks mate perfect wet sunday nite viewing , bloody fantastic backdrop , amazing site too , you are a genius a big hello from crappy grey britain
I was a heavy equipment road mechanic for a rental company for 33 years (retired) and I had to do this on a construction site. It took three men and a Bobcat. You did it on a side incline with just four men. I’m very impressed. This is exactly why I love watching your videos. 👍👍👍👍👍
A Testament to 2 things. Caterpillar's built in quality and longevity, and Marty's quiet, calm determination to succeed with the task at hand. Always entertaining quality video. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.
Beauty! Geat to see the old girl pushing dirt again.
50 years ago just out of college I got a job in New Guinea ( Irian Jaya) building pipelines in the jungle there. Seismic teams exploring the jungle found two D6 Cat sidebooms abandoned by the Dutch during WW2. They had found oil and had been building pipelines before the war there. We had D6 wide track dozer that pulled the sidebooms into our camp where our mechanics went to work on them and actually got then running. I remembered looking at the counter weights that looked hand made and saw a metal tag on then that read Caterpillar Works Argentina 1929 stamped on it. Some how the mechanics were able to remove the old gas jocky starter motors and install electric starters and the sidebooms were put to work dragging out logs for a sawmill we had for making lumber for our camp construction. That was all very amazing for a 24 year old man from Louisiana in 1973.
Superb...no talk, just action!
Great job gentlemen!! Love seeing these old machines come back to life!!
Love to see old machinery come back to life 👍 ! Nice work gentlemen!!
"Back to work" break time is over. It's amazing to me this equipment can set out for decades and still come back to life. Wow.
Love that rugged old heavy equipment....it can sit out frozen in time for years ...then gets started and recovered , and goes back to work.
Great work getting the CAT going and the beautiful background scenery was an added extra!
Perfect little dozer with a huge skidding winch! Awesome rescue!
Great job boys and you have a pretty good operator there .cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks for saving her
Fantastic, great to see, I love your videos and am amazed at how long these machines will survive when left out in the elements.
Wow!! Cracking video Marty - loved every minute of it. Thank you!
Brought back to life. Fantastic 👌
Beautiful countryside.
That is a really nice thing you did for that guy. ❤
I have watched hundreds of excavator recoveries over the years...This one tops the list of shear determination and guts. Love that you are doing the road work that it was meant to have done years ago! Kudos to the 3 of you💪💪💪
Never thought I would be sitting here watching the resurrection of a gnarly old Caterpillar bulldozer but it was strangely compelling. Well done guys.
Inspiring work gentlemen! Greetings from Southern Oregon.
These are men who won’t take no for an answer. Good men!
There are few thing more satisfying than seeing old machinery brought back to life. Thank you very much for uploading and keep up the good work! Greetings from Southern Netherlands
Caterpillar tractors from the 60-70s were made so well.. I had 4 on my farm from the mid 70s.. D7s… sat for maybe a decade in the elements.. never garaged.. just changed the batteries .. bled the fuel lines.. and they started right up.. amazing engines. Literally last forever. Just had to change belts and some o rings on the hydraulic lines.. very very well made tractors.
I have a d4d unfortunately it’s hydrostatic. As for the track cylinders I had the same problem were they would loose the grease and flip the track. The grease works as a cushion so that if a rock or something goes through the track it alows it to flex and not break the sprocket. So I removed them and reconditioned them. It’s pretty easy. Had some very large rust pits like a 1/4 inch deep . A torch some brazing sanding dosnt have to be perfect grease is thick and it is fixed I was amazed it was so easy . I did a few modifications to make it easier to take apart and put back together but I have forgotten what I did . You’re very mechanically inclined I think you would figure it out quickly.
Good idea, I'd do that if it was mine
Feel so chilled after watching this. Nice and simple format. Just the lads messing with a machine.
Fantastic. Amazing that these old machines, after having sat for so long, just need a little TLC and are back to work.
Thanks Marty, helps a lot.
Great job.... A very happy machine... 👍 🇬🇧