Hello Harvey. Yeah I just wish it had more bite to the track pads...but I'll just make do with what I have as always lol. This old Dozer sure has done a lot of work for me so far. Thanks again. You have a great day. Cheers.
You operate that dozer the way a surgeon manipulates a scapel! Beautiful job. Should look good when you're done. Cheers to you and Heather. Ray Valley, Central Florida
Hello Ray.Thank you very much...it's no D8 Cat that's for sure lol. But it's getting the job done just the same. Thanks again. You have a great day... Cheers.
Hi Heather & Cecil. That dozer has more than paid for itself. the last few shots of you talking to camera reviled the amount of grading that you had done, IE. away from the house. That clay will just hold water and ice and snow . You will see a big difference this Winter with how the land drains away from the house. Your doing it right by grading the land away from your property, especially when you have a basement. Keep safe and enjoy your life. :-))
Hi Cecil and Heather!!😀😀 Fall is definitely in full swing by you guys. It looked like the clay was a little softer now than it was the last time you were peeling it. One blade full at a time and one day it will be finished!!😀😀 Looking good so far!! Keeping the water away from the basement is a definite priority. Hopefully the old 450 keep holding together till you are finished. Take care my friends and don't work too hard!!😀😀👍👍❤❤
Hello Al. Yes winter is on it's way for sure. I waited till we had a few rainy days in hopes it would soften up the dried clay a little...it seemed to work, I also took a grinder to the blades cutter's edge. Yeah every little bit gets us closer to draining the water away from the house. I am hoping the old 450 keeps going for a few more years ;-) Thanks again. You take care and don't over do it either. ttyl....Cheers.
I see the leaves are starting to turn colors in your corner of the North. Not too long before Old Man Winter shows up at the Skinner Ranch! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Heather! One more word for you: Scarifier. Cheers! Whipple
Another good day with the 450. This change in grade should really help with the water and mud around the house. Opening the area up for more sunlight will help the area dry so you can utilize it more of the year. I know you're keeping up with the lubrication of the old girl so she'll be around for many more years. I wish the best for Heather and Yourself so stay safe.
Hello Chuck. Yup it's hard not to be happy running the old 450 Case. Thanks, I am glad you understand why I'm doing all of this work...I don't think some folks understand. Yeah I always check the oils and give it a shot of grease before any use. Thanks again. Cheers.
The yard is going to be beautiful with some grass leaf color change in the fall and a more steady grade. I can’t wait to see it !! Great job both of you !! 👍👍
Hello Joel. I can see it all in my mind...but it sure takes time to get it all done :-( The grade will slope gentle from the basement doors all the way down to the bridge and out to where the old tractor is parked, and with all the dirt I am moving it will extend our back yard as well. Thanks again, You take care, ttyl....Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner that’s all that matters. It’s in your mind, time is what we all only have so much of, you and your wife are spending that time well. Growing food, developing your land as you two see fit, most importantly the time spent doing and being around the people and life you love ! You two take care ! Your doing great ! 😁👍👍
Hello Joel. Yes you hit the nail right on the head.... It would be nice to have everything all done around here, but on the other hand, what would we do then? lol. We just enjoy playing each day and doing what we want day to day, we moved to this lifestyle so we had less stress...And it is working great. Thanks again. You have a great evening...Cheers.
I know what you mean, the old saying goes , Labor of love ! Besides imagine how many guys like me envy your life . The chores always stack up but man, you guys are living one genuine wonderful life ! Great videos, keep them coming ! It’s a crazy world and you two know how to slow it down 👍👍
great dozer i have the same one the only thing i will say is if you clean the blade so the dirt will roll will make it push eazer but im shure you no that
Hello....I still have the old 310 I'm not using ;-) and may never use again. It just needs a few parts for you to put back together. Thanks again. Cheers.
Always (since I was a kid) liked to watched tractors and large equipment at work. Never had the opportunity to run any. A few famous folks have expressed their satisfaction around running a bull dozer. AJ Foyt as an example. So, you're saying there is no value in your area for those poplar trees ??? Like one of your other commenters said, buying that material certainly is NOT CHEAP !!!
Hello Bob. I am the same, I can remember my dad on his old dozer since I was just in diapers...I have owned a bulldozer of some brand since I was in my early 20s, up here it's hard to do without one. Yes up here Poplar is considered scrap wood, it is mostly chipped and turned into O.S.B sheathing. Thanks again. Cheers.
Hello Beverly. Once the landscaping is all done we'll be planting some trees and grass. Right now I am still trying to slope the ground away from the house and have a gradual slope down to the bridge my wife and I built a few years back. Take some time and look back at some videos from years ago when this was a wet ravine and two large hills...Now it's livable. Cheers.
Cecil, when you were trying to pull that lodged tree down I thought of myself. I would spend more time trying to get it down without getting off the dozer than what it would take to just get off and use a chain. Have a good day.
Hey sometimes it goes that way.... Hindsight is 2020, other times I could have knocked the tree down before you could have walked to get the chain. Thanks again. You have a great day. Cheers.
Hello JC.You guessed it pretty spot on, I believe I am around 30 feet farther at this area and about 14 feet down now, I figure by the time I'm all done we should have about an extra 100 feet on both sides of the yard out back. Thanks again. Cheers.
Cecil, I got a massey 165 and came with same loader as yours, put loader on today and got air in lines n probably weak pump also, ever had trouble with loader lifting/ air from tearing apart?
Hello George. No I have never had a problem with air, I've had the system open a few times and never a problem, Is your pump turning? Lines mixed up? filter plugged? might be something simple... Try to disconnect your loader cylinders and see if they work at all... even a weak pump should push out the rams unpinned to the loader, if not you have something else going on. Best of luck, let me know what you find out. Cheers.
@@SkinnersOffGrid the loaders been off for 5 years, I unhooked lift cylinders and not getting just a trickle, I think I got a weak pump maybe, will try to make more sense of it in a couple days, got 2 day of downpour rain starting tonight, thanks n always enjoy the videos
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner Hi Cec So glad I came across you & your H I really look forward to your updates Just sat here 23.30 enjoying Denzil Washington Equaliser 1 for the umpteenth time Stuck in approaching 2nd Cov-19 lockdown Well pissed off & up you & H pop up Take good care off that lass She’s a Diamond See you on the next post ✊✊
Hello Steve. Well I'm glad you found us...I just watched those movies as well a few days ago, I enjoyed them. So far we have only had 18 cases of the virus within a few hundred mile radius of where we live, but no new ones since last March. Thank you, I sure will try to take of her. You take care of yourself as well. P.S I have about 1400 videos uploaded here now if your interested, may keep you busy for a few days lol. Talk to you later....Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner Yeh it’s good you’re living out in t’sticks But don’t get complacent be on your guard It takes no prisoners bro We’re densely populated in uk as you’re aware Around here especially with lots of our communities living in small houses With large families It’s sounding like it’s going to go through us like a dose of salts again The powers that be are already talking about a 3rd level next year lasting a further year I’m pretty sure there lots about it that’s fear factor Someone’s keeping the lid on the truth anyway Who knows 🤷♂️🤷♂️ Keep up the good work Remember stay safe Oh btw I’ve been on a train journey last week Canadian Pacific Wow never moved from my armchair What a country you’ve got there 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
hey Cecil are those nice straight Poplar trees,worth anything as lumber,I'm asking because I sometimes buy Poplar trim for high end Reno's,in a paint grade,and its really expensive.Unless the stuff i get is a different kind of Poplar ,just wondering.Cheers
Hello Lou, Not to me lol ;-) But I can cut you a good pile if you want to come up for it..It's yours for free, we can mill it while you are here visiting. Thanks again. Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner The next time you change the fuel filters on it try filling to filter up with a can or two of seafoam. You should be able to get it at the auto parts store. It might help clear up some of that smoke. That stuff is really good at cleaning the injector pump and injectors and the valves
Hello Chad...Thanks, I will try that for sure, we can get Seafoam here. I think the fuel is washing down the cylinders causing it to burn oil...It starts way to easy when cold to be compression ( just my thought ) Thanks again. Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner maybe sometime we could talk about garden tractors. Are used to have over 100 John Deere 110, 112 garden tractors either hall or in pieces. I also had a lot of the older cub cadet international Harvester garden tractors also. For many years I bought and sold and repaired Small tractors garden equipment and I like. I really enjoyed it
Hello Chad.That sounds great, Old garden tractors and snowmobiles are a passion of mine. I got the 16hp Briggs and Stratton running on the MTD, I just ordered an electronic coil, I had a problem for a bit till I realized the words This side out was the opposite lol, I faced the writing to the cylinder and it sparked turning the flywheel forward. Now I just need to change the plastic gear on the starter ( it striped ) :-( Ahh all in good time. Thanks again. You have a great evening. Cheers.
Hello Richard, The video would have been 3 hours long with the sound of the dozer left in.... plus it would have taken 3 days to upload and cost me $60.00 in generator gasoline to upload, this short version cost me $20.00... purely not worth it just to have people complain the video was to long and the dozer sounded like a mosquito. I had to add music once I sped up the video...
Have you worked it out if the Bulldozer has paid for it's self yet :-) ? I have watched from smelly washing machines to Tiffany lol, Only joking with you. Have you been getting water in your basement ? How much longer till the Snow fly's do you think? Take care Be safe.
Hello Foxglove. Yeah I figured it has paid for it's self in the first week I've owned it. The rest is all gravy. We've only been getting a small amount of water where we don't have eaves troughs yet...I plan on fixing that tomorrow ;-) I think we have a couple months or so before we get snow here. Thanks again. Cheers.
Ceicl, heather the landscape has taken on this transformation hope all works out for you. Good luck with the rest of the clearing. 🚜🚜🚜.
Hello Brian. Yeah the hill is slowly sloping in the right direction now. Thanks again. Cheers.
A little bite at a time and that old rig will push a lot of yardage, it has more than paid for itself just in what it has done today👍
Hello Harvey. Yeah I just wish it had more bite to the track pads...but I'll just make do with what I have as always lol. This old Dozer sure has done a lot of work for me so far. Thanks again. You have a great day. Cheers.
Hiya Cecil
Cecil you've done such a great job grading the land. That tractor is a beast. Goes and goes. ! It's relaxing and satisfying to watch 😄😄☺️😜
You operate that dozer the way a surgeon manipulates a scapel! Beautiful job. Should look good when you're done. Cheers to you and Heather. Ray Valley, Central Florida
Hello Ray.Thank you very much...it's no D8 Cat that's for sure lol. But it's getting the job done just the same. Thanks again. You have a great day... Cheers.
Yes it is time to get the barn done to put stuff out of the winter weather
Hello Glenn. Yeah pretty soon for sure. Cheers.
I LIKE THE MACHINE OPERATION THE WAY YOU WERE CUTTING THE HILL...
I have one. The thing drives in circles. The right track doesn’t move
Hi Heather & Cecil. That dozer has more than paid for itself. the last few shots of you talking to camera reviled the amount of grading that you had done, IE. away from the house. That clay will just hold water and ice and snow . You will see a big difference this Winter with how the land drains away from the house. Your doing it right by grading the land away from your property, especially when you have a basement. Keep safe and enjoy your life. :-))
Great video Cecil. The old dozer keep producing the goods and doing what it's supposed to do. Sure beats shoveling by hand lol.
Cheers, Jeff.
Hello Jeff. Yes sir....it just keeps on going eh. I wouldn't want to have to do all it's done by hand that's for sure lol. Thanks again. Cheers.
Hi Cecil and Heather!!😀😀
Fall is definitely in full swing by you guys.
It looked like the clay was a little softer now than it was the last time you were peeling it.
One blade full at a time and one day it will be finished!!😀😀
Looking good so far!!
Keeping the water away from the basement is a definite priority.
Hopefully the old 450 keep holding together till you are finished.
Take care my friends and don't work too hard!!😀😀👍👍❤❤
Hello Al. Yes winter is on it's way for sure. I waited till we had a few rainy days in hopes it would soften up the dried clay a little...it seemed to work, I also took a grinder to the blades cutter's edge. Yeah every little bit gets us closer to draining the water away from the house. I am hoping the old 450 keeps going for a few more years ;-) Thanks again. You take care and don't over do it either. ttyl....Cheers.
I would fix that engine before the block is unfixable buts thats me.nice 1500 spent
It’s amazing how much work you can get done with that machine .
Hello Carolyn. Thanks, I just enjoy every minute of operating this little dozer. Thanks again. Cheers.
Now that just looks downright fun! Things sure are taking shape there. Best of luck!
Hello...It sure is, I just love it. Thanks It's all coming together. Thanks again. You have a great evening. Cheers.
Properly operated You can't beat a Case. Cecil is The proper Operator. When I get on My 450B its like putting on an old pair of shoes,feels good.
I see the leaves are starting to turn colors in your corner of the North. Not too long before Old Man Winter shows up at the Skinner Ranch!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Heather!
One more word for you: Scarifier.
Cheers!
Whipple
Hello Whipple. Yeah winter's just around the corner here. Heather says thank you very much. Cheers.
Give a man a hammer and everything is a nail, knowing myself I would have 40 acres cleared and leveled off. Looks great Cecil.
Enjoyed all the dozer time....still watching but no time to comment but I always watch to buy you a bit of gaz....Cherrs my friends
Hello Gator. Well thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching to the end, it sure helps out. Thanks again. Cheers.
Another good day with the 450. This change in grade should really help with the water and mud around the house. Opening the area up for more sunlight will help the area dry so you can utilize it more of the year. I know you're keeping up with the lubrication of the old girl so she'll be around for many more years. I wish the best for Heather and Yourself so stay safe.
Hello Chuck. Yup it's hard not to be happy running the old 450 Case. Thanks, I am glad you understand why I'm doing all of this work...I don't think some folks understand. Yeah I always check the oils and give it a shot of grease before any use. Thanks again. Cheers.
O'l smokey getting the job done.... Best $1,500 ever spent...
The yard is going to be beautiful with some grass leaf color change in the fall and a more steady grade. I can’t wait to see it !! Great job both of you !! 👍👍
Hello Joel. I can see it all in my mind...but it sure takes time to get it all done :-( The grade will slope gentle from the basement doors all the way down to the bridge and out to where the old tractor is parked, and with all the dirt I am moving it will extend our back yard as well. Thanks again, You take care, ttyl....Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner that’s all that matters. It’s in your mind, time is what we all only have so much of, you and your wife are spending that time well. Growing food, developing your land as you two see fit, most importantly the time spent doing and being around the people and life you love ! You two take care ! Your doing great ! 😁👍👍
Hello Joel. Yes you hit the nail right on the head.... It would be nice to have everything all done around here, but on the other hand, what would we do then? lol. We just enjoy playing each day and doing what we want day to day, we moved to this lifestyle so we had less stress...And it is working great. Thanks again. You have a great evening...Cheers.
I know what you mean, the old saying goes , Labor of love ! Besides imagine how many guys like me envy your life . The chores always stack up but man, you guys are living one genuine wonderful life ! Great videos, keep them coming ! It’s a crazy world and you two know how to slow it down 👍👍
..good one, stay safe..
Thank you very much Bob....you as well, and stay dry as well lol, it's pouring down rain here today. Cheers
great dozer i have the same one the only thing i will say is if you clean the blade so the dirt will roll will make it push eazer but im shure you no that
What a great dozer. I had a jd 350
Shaping up nicely 👍
Hello My friend. Thank you very much. You have a great day. Cheers.
its time to start working on the pole shed. Your just having too much fun on that dozer! lol
Hello Denny. Yeah soon very soon ;-) The dozer is fun for sure. Thanks again. Cheers.
When I heard the tune at 3:45 I instantly thought of the movie "Dr. Strangelove. lol
Hello Ronald... Lol that's too funny. You have a great evening. Cheers.
lookin good!!!!
Hello Robert. Thank you very much. You have a great evening. Cheers.
The old case smokes sum but she's not throwing tracks so I'd say she's about 90% correct. I'd be happier than a clam at high tide to own it.
You cut that hill down in short order, good jon.
Hello Duane. Thank you very much, Just a few more times like this and we'll have it all done. Thanks again. Cheers.
You should be able to submit a bill to the township for West Nile Abatement!
Lol that would be nice wouldn't it. Thanks again. Cheers.
You could always get a small kiln and fire blocks if ckayfir the pile barn floor
Make use of a wasted product
ole smokey works pretty good
Moving lots of dirt for sure.
If you put 3 hours on the old dozer and Heather puts 3 hours on the dozer you will complete the job faster.
Those little case 450s are strong machines for there size! Don't understand them!
Stop teasing me lol! I could really use a little dozer right now.
Hello....I still have the old 310 I'm not using ;-) and may never use again. It just needs a few parts for you to put back together. Thanks again. Cheers.
Always (since I was a kid) liked to watched tractors and large equipment at work. Never had the opportunity to run any. A few famous folks have expressed their satisfaction around running a bull dozer. AJ Foyt as an example.
So, you're saying there is no value in your area for those poplar trees ??? Like one of your other commenters said, buying that material certainly is NOT CHEAP !!!
Hello Bob. I am the same, I can remember my dad on his old dozer since I was just in diapers...I have owned a bulldozer of some brand since I was in my early 20s, up here it's hard to do without one. Yes up here Poplar is considered scrap wood, it is mostly chipped and turned into O.S.B sheathing. Thanks again. Cheers.
Just like Johnny Cash’s Cadillac- one piece at a time!
Hello, yes you are correct about that...A little bit here and a little bit there, and... POOF it's all done ;-) Thanks again. Cheers.
That’s moving a lot of dirt 👍 How long would that take with you tractor? Great investment for $1500!
Must be costing you a small fortune in oil too run old Smokey ! Looks like your having a ball though.
Could you tell me what you are going to do when you have cleared the land as it's a mess from England
Hello Beverly. Once the landscaping is all done we'll be planting some trees and grass. Right now I am still trying to slope the ground away from the house and have a gradual slope down to the bridge my wife and I built a few years back. Take some time and look back at some videos from years ago when this was a wet ravine and two large hills...Now it's livable. Cheers.
Cecil, when you were trying to pull that lodged tree down I thought of myself. I would spend more time trying to get it down without getting off the dozer than what it would take to just get off and use a chain. Have a good day.
Hey sometimes it goes that way.... Hindsight is 2020, other times I could have knocked the tree down before you could have walked to get the chain. Thanks again. You have a great day. Cheers.
So how far have you extended out into the ravine now with the pushed dirt? 30 feet or so of extra yard? It sure is coming along nicely!
Hello JC.You guessed it pretty spot on, I believe I am around 30 feet farther at this area and about 14 feet down now, I figure by the time I'm all done we should have about an extra 100 feet on both sides of the yard out back. Thanks again. Cheers.
Cecil, I got a massey 165 and came with same loader as yours, put loader on today and got air in lines n probably weak pump also, ever had trouble with loader lifting/ air from tearing apart?
Hello George. No I have never had a problem with air, I've had the system open a few times and never a problem, Is your pump turning? Lines mixed up? filter plugged? might be something simple... Try to disconnect your loader cylinders and see if they work at all... even a weak pump should push out the rams unpinned to the loader, if not you have something else going on. Best of luck, let me know what you find out. Cheers.
@@SkinnersOffGrid the loaders been off for 5 years, I unhooked lift cylinders and not getting just a trickle, I think I got a weak pump maybe, will try to make more sense of it in a couple days, got 2 day of downpour rain starting tonight, thanks n always enjoy the videos
“Thar She Blows” !
That’s not work
Your just having a blast
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Hello Steve. Lol yup, It's really so much fun it don't feel like work at all. Thanks again. Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner Hi Cec So glad I came across you & your H I really look forward to your updates Just sat here 23.30 enjoying Denzil Washington Equaliser 1 for the umpteenth time Stuck in approaching 2nd Cov-19 lockdown Well pissed off & up you & H pop up Take good care off that lass She’s a Diamond See you on the next post ✊✊
Hello Steve. Well I'm glad you found us...I just watched those movies as well a few days ago, I enjoyed them. So far we have only had 18 cases of the virus within a few hundred mile radius of where we live, but no new ones since last March. Thank you, I sure will try to take of her. You take care of yourself as well. P.S I have about 1400 videos uploaded here now if your interested, may keep you busy for a few days lol. Talk to you later....Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner Yeh it’s good you’re living out in t’sticks But don’t get complacent be on your guard It takes no prisoners bro We’re densely populated in uk as you’re aware Around here especially with lots of our communities living in small houses With large families It’s sounding like it’s going to go through us like a dose of salts again The powers that be are already talking about a 3rd level next year lasting a further year
I’m pretty sure there lots about it that’s fear factor
Someone’s keeping the lid on the truth anyway
Who knows 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Keep up the good work
Remember stay safe
Oh btw I’ve been on a train journey last week Canadian Pacific Wow never moved from my armchair What a country you’ve got there 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
hey Cecil are those nice straight Poplar trees,worth anything as lumber,I'm asking because I sometimes buy Poplar trim for high end Reno's,in a paint grade,and its really expensive.Unless the stuff i get is a different kind of Poplar ,just wondering.Cheers
Hello Lou, Not to me lol ;-) But I can cut you a good pile if you want to come up for it..It's yours for free, we can mill it while you are here visiting. Thanks again. Cheers.
Keep that old iron rolling!
Hello Chad....I'm doing my best, it sure is a worker. Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner The next time you change the fuel filters on it try filling to filter up with a can or two of seafoam. You should be able to get it at the auto parts store. It might help clear up some of that smoke. That stuff is really good at cleaning the injector pump and injectors and the valves
Hello Chad...Thanks, I will try that for sure, we can get Seafoam here. I think the fuel is washing down the cylinders causing it to burn oil...It starts way to easy when cold to be compression ( just my thought ) Thanks again. Cheers.
Off Grid Homesteader Cecil E Skinner maybe sometime we could talk about garden tractors. Are used to have over 100 John Deere 110, 112 garden tractors either hall or in pieces. I also had a lot of the older cub cadet international Harvester garden tractors also. For many years I bought and sold and repaired Small tractors garden equipment and I like. I really enjoyed it
Hello Chad.That sounds great, Old garden tractors and snowmobiles are a passion of mine. I got the 16hp Briggs and Stratton running on the MTD, I just ordered an electronic coil, I had a problem for a bit till I realized the words This side out was the opposite lol, I faced the writing to the cylinder and it sparked turning the flywheel forward. Now I just need to change the plastic gear on the starter ( it striped ) :-( Ahh all in good time. Thanks again. You have a great evening. Cheers.
I whant to hear the sound of the dozer not music
Hello Richard, The video would have been 3 hours long with the sound of the dozer left in.... plus it would have taken 3 days to upload and cost me $60.00 in generator gasoline to upload, this short version cost me $20.00... purely not worth it just to have people complain the video was to long and the dozer sounded like a mosquito. I had to add music once I sped up the video...
that dozer is barely broken in. rebuild the engine and it will out last you and the next guy that has it.
Hello. Yes it really just needs some engine work...It's pretty dependable, just add oil and check the fuel lol. Thanks again. Cheers.
Have you worked it out if the Bulldozer has paid for it's self yet :-) ? I have watched from smelly washing machines to Tiffany lol, Only joking with you. Have you been getting water in your basement ? How much longer till the Snow fly's do you think? Take care Be safe.
Hello Foxglove. Yeah I figured it has paid for it's self in the first week I've owned it. The rest is all gravy. We've only been getting a small amount of water where we don't have eaves troughs yet...I plan on fixing that tomorrow ;-) I think we have a couple months or so before we get snow here. Thanks again. Cheers.
8 lol
Good Gregor. #8 is pretty good for sure. Cheers.
What do you say to a drunken sailor ..........................
Early in the mornin.......... Lol. Cheers.