Nice machine, great cab protection, quiet, blade is good for digging out stumps. The powershift makes it fast compared to a manual shift. Get a lot more work done. Likely burn more fuel though, and cost a lot more to o/h. Thanks for the video. 👍
Great job with a blade angled ,, but you what is a better method if you can find one that's a heavy duty rake to fit your C frame ,,an I don't mean pin on blade rake witch just adds extra weight on those front idelers,, it a old school way of clearing an not getting as much dirt in the process
I hate to nitpick but why do people post videos of themselves doing something they know nothing about. Anytime you're backing up and you don't have your blade down back-dragging you're wasting time and fuel. And it must be a rental unit. Anybody slamming the gears and going from forward to reverse like he is doesn't care about the cost of maintenance on these beasts. Speed is not the goal, efficiency is. Learn the basics and get the fundamentals down, Speed will come later.
It's not a video of me running the machine, it's the guy who owns the machine, he's been running machines for 40+ years. On the other hand, I'm a mechanic for a Cat dealer and Caterpillar Powershift transmissions are designed to take those kind of directional shifts without problems.
He definitely can, over 45 years in a dozer. Excellent roadbuilder. He was just putting on a show clearing a little patch by my shop as fast as he could.
Dudes first time in a dozer? Painful to watch
Nice machine, great cab protection, quiet, blade is good for digging out stumps. The powershift makes it fast compared to a manual shift. Get a lot more work done. Likely burn more fuel though, and cost a lot more to o/h. Thanks for the video. 👍
I love the old machinery. I HATE the fact that these "Climate Change" people want to get rid of them! Old machinery has to be here forever
That old 7 looks pretty good. Love the Beales blade!
45년전 육군공병대에서 D7F로 3년 가까이 운전했었는데 감회가 새롭네 . 당시에 캐터필러 최고의 장비였는데....
Great job with a blade angled ,, but you what is a better method if you can find one that's a heavy duty rake to fit your C frame ,,an I don't mean pin on blade rake witch just adds extra weight on those front idelers,, it a old school way of clearing an not getting as much dirt in the process
Needs a Rome K/G blade.
Id love to see this guy slow down, i bet hes smoth as silk when hes not showing off
Dont know what that decelerator pedal on the right is for???? Awful hard on the transmission and final drives 😥😥 glad it ain't my cat
I never got the decelerator pedal, I have run D3's, D4's D-5's, D 6's, D8's and D-9's. I never saw an advantage to the pedal, I used the throttle.
Great video, fun to watch
Why do you keep picking the blade up when you are pushing? Leave down and finish the work, making me home sick!
What year D7F is that bad boy ?
I hate to nitpick but why do people post videos of themselves doing something they know nothing about. Anytime you're backing up and you don't have your blade down back-dragging you're wasting time and fuel. And it must be a rental unit. Anybody slamming the gears and going from forward to reverse like he is doesn't care about the cost of maintenance on these beasts. Speed is not the goal, efficiency is. Learn the basics and get the fundamentals down, Speed will come later.
It's not a video of me running the machine, it's the guy who owns the machine, he's been running machines for 40+ years. On the other hand, I'm a mechanic for a Cat dealer and Caterpillar Powershift transmissions are designed to take those kind of directional shifts without problems.
@@CandyCamaroZ28 he may have been running them 40+ years but he's a cowboy of an operator!!
ol'boy was running the dogsnot out of that poor thing.
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lets see if he can fine grade
He definitely can, over 45 years in a dozer. Excellent roadbuilder. He was just putting on a show clearing a little patch by my shop as fast as he could.
@@CandyCamaroZ28 I’ve seen enuff to know he was livin his glory days catskinnin like the 60s…just by his outfit my guess was correct…gem of a 7
These so called UA-cam's , get the proper blades, equipment, for the task, dirt blades for land clearing ??