Its fun to see the dozer in operation after so many years. Another tool that would help with your task is a hydraulically controlled blade at least 2 - 3 ft wider than your tractor wheel base. These blades have unlimited possibility of angles and can pull dirt or gravel toward the crown in one or two passes much like a road grader. Best wishes maintaining that challenging trail to the shop. It's a part of the charm of your place.
I have driven in many Forest Service lumber roads over the years in both the mountains of Idaho and Colorado. Those are the machines that carved those roads into the mountain sides.
Welcome to Tennessee! I had two acres in Knoxville for 30 years with a 375' gravel drive and a 500' private road that was also gravel! 8 percent grade and heavy rain made for some long weekends with rakes and shovels. We now have half and acre north of Chattanooga with a 20' long gravel driveway thank goodness LOL!
That dozer is quite a piece of equipment! I remember some chatters telling you that you would always be battling drainage issues on the driveway when you built it. I hope you are successful in the latest efforts. Far be it from me to judge - I just had a new gravel driveway built on an 11% slope...
Get a Backhoe and bury some double wall plastic pipe culvert drains and dump into the closest creek and away down hill. Add concrete collection boxes if you want to get fancy. 😊
That cylindrical appliance on the dash next to the throttle is an ether injector, you could purchase ether in balls like a ping pong ball.You unscrewed the top , dropped a ball in ,and pushed the plunger down which pierced the ball and injected the ether into the intake.
It looks like you just need to tell that young man what you have in mind, and let him get at it, while you are back at the shop. He looks like he is very experienced in big trucks and dirt moving. Sorry if it ruffles your feathers, but one has to recognize that youngsters are taking over.
Larger round river run rock makes great road bed . That little dozer has character. . Where’s the coffee cup holder ? U have good smooth blade touch I ran D8sAnd 9s in the 70s just enjoy operating equipment . Having fun and improving the road is satisfying. Could sit stock segments and weld to worm groupers . Track segments seem in good shape ! Hey good job and works for U . Have a great one .
Gotta love the detroit powered allis dozers. Its too bad that allis stopped using detroit power soon as GM started building Euclid/Terex dozers. The allis dozers with Buda engines are pretty cool sounding units too but a detroit is a detroit.
I watch many heavy equipment video's such as dirt perfect on UA-cam. They will usually build a raised or sloped center on a dirt road using a soil compactor to firm up the work. Could the high edges on your drainage ditches actually funnel the water back on to the road, in the middle of a hard rain? I would remove some of the border trees and clean out the dirt so the water has somewhere to go down the slope. In flat area's install underground large black plastic corrugated drain tiles that move the water down the slope. The idea is to match the natural contour and slope to keep the water moving or dig giant swales above the road to contain and direct the water underground. However, if your sub soil is clay rich, water-logging the soil using uphill swales is a poor choice but as a temporary dam a fair idea to redirect the water into plastic culverts placed under the road. A great topper for a dirt road under heavy use is applying minus quartz gravel if available, it sets like concrete when rolled or driven upon
Scott, your story reminds me of the "Build It and They Will Come" movie where the guy built a baseball diamond in a corn field! Did you ever guess how successful your bus repair business would become in the hilly woods of Tennessee? Great real life video today! All the best!
Growing up in eastern Texas we had what looked like to a young boy as deep “bar ditches” on both sides of the road. They definitely moved the water off the road and into creeks
Use that mini ex and cut several turnout for that water to go over that hill. Key is to get the water off the road and out of the ditch. You don't want water running in a ditch very long,you need to send it off into the woods before it gets much velocity.
I had said when you first did that drive you need turn out and some broad dips in it to get that water off. You can't have ditches also that just run down the hill they also will wash out and narrow up your drive. You need to get some check dams in those ditches if your not going to turn that water off the side of that road away from the hill where y'all always film from. I oversee miles and miles of logging road to be built (as a Forester)and also retired, trying to keep it from washing away permanently. I just say that to put some value in what I say. You may also know what your doing and may just have suffered from the lack of equipment to do it before?
I still believe that until you can make a bar ditch on both sides of the steep part of the hill you will continue to have water flowing across and rutting the roadway. Water is insidious and only gravity can make it move.
build a pond on left side of drive way//going down hill--- 15 feet deep //then run 2 road culverts 5 feet deep from your pond -to run under the road down hill at 45 deg from pond //this will stop run off on road on hill side //it takes some work to get in right //drain culverts must be 4 feet round to take away lots rain water times 2 //save your road //and by building a pond is hold water away from the hill side drain
These are nice machines, I've worked on them in the past and the seal technology in them days leaves a bit to be desired, that said ,I allways wanted to find a common lip seal and yoke to update what was to what could be ,sad to say these old gals just sit these days
Love to see fine old equipment like that rescued and put to use. If bulldozers could be happy, that would be one happy dozer.
For the displacement in the engine, that things sure gets the job done. Despite being 70 years old.
That is one hell of a bulldozer you have, especially considering it's age! That beast will do anything you need it to do!
The dozer is your best toy. I love how it starts up and runs so smoothly for a 2 pot motor.
I don't understand why it starts so easily and without glow plugs.
@@BlackPill-pu4vi Unit injectors make prob 10K+ psi which vaporizes the diesel
Have you heard detroit garages channel detroit 2-53 AC forklift? That thing SINGS
still enjoy watching u r videos, keep them coming
Its fun to see the dozer in operation after so many years.
Another tool that would help with your task is a hydraulically controlled blade at least 2 - 3 ft wider than your tractor wheel base. These blades have unlimited possibility of angles and can pull dirt or gravel toward the crown in one or two passes much like a road grader. Best wishes maintaining that challenging trail to the shop. It's a part of the charm of your place.
I have driven in many Forest Service lumber roads over the years in both the mountains of Idaho and Colorado. Those are the machines that carved those roads into the mountain sides.
Nice Dozer start up. Life's simple pleasures are the best.
I wish I work that good when I'm 70 years old!! 😀❤
Great iob. All you need now is a heavy rain to test it
Welcome to Tennessee! I had two acres in Knoxville for 30 years with a 375' gravel drive and a 500' private road that was also gravel! 8 percent grade and heavy rain made for some long weekends with rakes and shovels. We now have half and acre north of Chattanooga with a 20' long gravel driveway thank goodness LOL!
Clutch is on when pulled back… pushing it forward makes your throw out bearing run…. Keep it back on both starting and idle…
Great tractor!!
Nice job looks good
Another excellent job by Greasy Mountain Department of Public Works
Luv that old equipment! The dirt roads i used to live on would do exactly except on a flat surface (in NE FL) i don't miss dirt roads anymore.
Such a happy little dozer!
A good name for the AC dozer would be Alice Cooper... tough and old but still Rockin!
That dozer is quite a piece of equipment! I remember some chatters telling you that you would always be battling drainage issues on the driveway when you built it. I hope you are successful in the latest efforts. Far be it from me to judge - I just had a new gravel driveway built on an 11% slope...
You have a Thumb for the New Holland track hoe, now you need a little trenching bucket for the culverts. 10:31
Ours varies from 20-25% grade.
Cool equipment, especially the dozer! Sure hope this solves the problem.
Get a Backhoe and bury some double wall plastic pipe culvert drains and dump into the closest creek and away down hill. Add concrete collection boxes if you want to get fancy. 😊
I really ❤your channel! Thank you for sharing 😊❤
Love the used bus parts for ballast on the box blade! Dozer with a Detroit!
I can almost see that Galion road grader in your future...
Very handy bit of kit to have !
That cylindrical appliance on the dash next to the throttle is an ether injector, you could purchase ether in balls like a ping pong ball.You unscrewed the top , dropped a ball in ,and pushed the plunger down which pierced the ball and injected the ether into the intake.
It didn’t need ether. It was 45° it and low 30's overnight and she started in just a few seconds. Great compression
love that dozer ~
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It looks like you just need to tell that young man what you have in mind, and let him get at it, while you are back at the shop. He looks like he is very experienced in big trucks and dirt moving. Sorry if it ruffles your feathers, but one has to recognize that youngsters are taking over.
i just turned the same age as your dozer. Wish I worked as well as it does!
Nice starting machine
really cost-effective!
Larger round river run rock makes great road bed . That little dozer has character. . Where’s the coffee cup holder ? U have good smooth blade touch I ran D8sAnd 9s in the 70s just enjoy operating equipment . Having fun and improving the road is satisfying. Could sit stock segments and weld to worm groupers . Track segments seem in good shape ! Hey good job and works for U . Have a great one .
Gotta love the detroit powered allis dozers. Its too bad that allis stopped using detroit power soon as GM started building Euclid/Terex dozers.
The allis dozers with Buda engines are pretty cool sounding units too but a detroit is a detroit.
I watch many heavy equipment video's such as dirt perfect on UA-cam. They will usually build a raised or sloped center on a dirt road using a soil compactor to firm up the work. Could the high edges on your drainage ditches actually funnel the water back on to the road, in the middle of a hard rain? I would remove some of the border trees and clean out the dirt so the water has somewhere to go down the slope. In flat area's install underground large black plastic corrugated drain tiles that move the water down the slope. The idea is to match the natural contour and slope to keep the water moving or dig giant swales above the road to contain and direct the water underground. However, if your sub soil is clay rich, water-logging the soil using uphill swales is a poor choice but as a temporary dam a fair idea to redirect the water into plastic culverts placed under the road. A great topper for a dirt road under heavy use is applying minus quartz gravel if available, it sets like concrete when rolled or driven upon
fantastic! really wonderful!
She’s running great you need to put a little paint on it ❤
That old dozer is still getting the job done.
All you need now is a steam roller and you're set for life.
Scott, your story reminds me of the "Build It and They Will Come" movie where the guy built a baseball diamond in a corn field! Did you ever guess how successful your bus repair business would become in the hilly woods of Tennessee? Great real life video today! All the best!
Growing up in eastern Texas we had what looked like to a young boy as deep “bar ditches” on both sides of the road. They definitely moved the water off the road and into creeks
You need a road grader with side-shift to make one pass cutting a ditches and crowning.
I feel your pain. I’ve got the same issue with our road. Only wish I could cut the ditches bigger.
Mighty Mite 💪
Use that mini ex and cut several turnout for that water to go over that hill. Key is to get the water off the road and out of the ditch. You don't want water running in a ditch very long,you need to send it off into the woods before it gets much velocity.
Nice video
Now you need a 671 powered fuel truck to feed all the others..............Jay
I had said when you first did that drive you need turn out and some broad dips in it to get that water off. You can't have ditches also that just run down the hill they also will wash out and narrow up your drive. You need to get some check dams in those ditches if your not going to turn that water off the side of that road away from the hill where y'all always film from. I oversee miles and miles of logging road to be built (as a Forester)and also retired, trying to keep it from washing away permanently. I just say that to put some value in what I say. You may also know what your doing and may just have suffered from the lack of equipment to do it before?
Awesome
Get out the shovel and cut some water bars across the road. Direct the water off the road, not down the road!
Try back dragging with the mini track hoe blade on float mode. Takes a bit longer but makes a smooth road with almost no skill required. Try it!
I still believe that until you can make a bar ditch on both sides of the steep part of the hill you will continue to have water flowing across and rutting the roadway. Water is insidious and only gravity can make it move.
Get a Gannon Box Blade for the Small tractor 🚜 best for grading and levelling the gravel surface. 1:34
The box blade was leveling it. You need a crown for it to work properly
It is not level.
30° isn’t cold. It was six below in Lincolnshire today from John in Cromwell.
It’s cold for a detroit diesel that fires on compression only. No glow plugs, no grid heater, no block warmer just compression making the heat.
build a pond on left side of drive way//going down hill--- 15 feet deep //then run 2 road culverts 5 feet deep from your pond -to run under the road down hill at 45 deg from pond //this will stop run off on road on hill side //it takes some work to get in right //drain culverts must be 4 feet round to take away lots rain water times 2 //save your road //and by building a pond is hold water away from the hill side drain
Call Andrew Camarata he will take care of that Driveway😊
These are nice machines, I've worked on them in the past and the seal technology in them days leaves a bit to be desired, that said ,I allways wanted to find a common lip seal and yoke to update what was to what could be ,sad to say these old gals just sit these days
A new side job cutting in new roads. The phone will be ringing 😂
hell you need a 3 to 4 foot deep dig on side in hill side for water off on hill side
Is that a Detroit engine in the Alice Cooper?
2-71 2 cylinder 2 stroke diesel. Chalmers
@ I have a JD 440 with a 2-53 Detroit…cannot keep final drives in it…
Mite be old but sure beats a shovel
What if you had larger gravel, and a deep bed of gravel.?
now you need an old dump truck to spread the chirt. lol
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Gday. Do you follow Marty T? He builds great roads using very old vehicles.
Did you get hit with torential rains from that hurricane Helene. 70 year old machine can go another 50.
Still sounds like a pony motor on a big dozer