Benching the Pile of Death - Caterpillar D8N Bulldozer

[TurboGSR96]

fuck me I wouldnt want to be the operator doing that lol, glad I live in flat land. What kind of rates do you guys get out there?

[lilbandit85]

what is the purpose of benching the pile? as a safety for the scrapers or so the scrappers have another place to unload?

[vantagetes]

@lilbandit85 Another place to unload.

[UAL012]

Nice job. I love that kind of a challenge. I've done benchwork with a D-10 before and love every minute of it.

[mrbluenun]

Hi vantagetes,

Nice video my friend!

Take care

mrbluenun

[345MEdigger]

LIke a Boss!!

[snooptravytrav]

Great job operating as always

[vantagetes]

@snooptravytrav Thanks man.

[thegrossboy]

You're hot.

[vantagetes]

@thegrossboy Oh hey Andrew. Wanna make sexy time? 

[thegrossboy]

@vantagetes YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS­SSSSSSS

[freakshow2000]

unwatchable, put the camera down

[gangesexcavating]

nice work, pushing right to the limit, lol, good stuff, guy's bigballsin' it right there

[jix177]

So brave!

[HDsrb]

This is great stuff! Reminds me of the old excavator videos.beautiful!

[533nick]

Well. I am sure you could maybe you come over and enter the cat operators event in Malaga

[vantagetes]

@533nick Feel free to submit a video for us. As for JCB... do they make a dozer? I know they don't make a backhoe yet.

[533nick]

We got a lad that would do that with j c b

[vantagetes]

@533nick well hey if he wants to run shitty equipment that's up to him, but not really relevant. I could bench this out with a butter knife if I wanted to waste enough time.

[mad4diesel]

Talk about pucker factor. This is right up my alley, I'd love to do this kind of work, separating the boys from the girls.

[godackgudalach1]

In your response to BTelissa that is funny shit.

[letsdig18]

Come on put it on the side and side grade that mother fucker! lol

[69rd96]

And that's how roads were built in the mountains before excavators, there kiddies.

[jester02k]

Dude Hold the Camera Still I'm getting sea sick from all the bouncing.

[vantagetes]

@jester02k Sorry, he went to the Alex School of Camera Holding

[kcbeck420]

What was the pucker factor on that one?

[vantagetes]

@kcbeck420 For me, zero but I had a bunch of people tell me I was crazy...

[clovakid]

pffft easy

[BTelissa]

what is the perpose of benching a pile

[JimBruce42]

@BTelissa only a guess, but they might be setting it up to load the pile out. The bench will let the trucks run under the hoe as it sits on top of the pile. Again, only a guess.

[vantagetes]

@BTelissa The scrapers didn't build the pile steep enough. As a punishment for them not dumping near the edge I benched out a 1&1/4 scraper wide bench and made them dump along it to widen the pile.

[sjaderlund]

If this is highway it must be cool to build a highway. My residential and commercial buildings are always great to drive by years later this will be a lot cooler.

Can we have more from this site?

[vantagetes]

@sjaderlund This is a residential site.

[sjaderlund]

@vantagetes bigger then dads

[godackgudalach1]

Doing finish work on a 22.5 % is a little worse than that at least your spine dont get all fucked and twisted sitting upright cutting a bench. Im sure a few guys commenting on here dont operate equipment.

[wailnshred]

@godackgudalach1 Yes, sloping is harder. But a person who is afraid of equipment, or of heights, or just scared in general can't work on an edge like Jason is doing. My point was, operating is not as easy as it looks.

[sjaderlund]

whats up with that kids hair?

[Bonjon949]

C'mon jason, you can train people to run a D11, but you can't train em' to keep their fingers off the lens?

[farmboy26ful]

3:20, the best place to be standing if he decides to rev it left :)

[jserra17]

The right side door is open - for a quick exit? Few years back, a buddy and I were exploring in the Andes. Came on a knife edge ridge at 14,000 feet with a road across, a few inches narrower than the old Toyota FJ we were driving. Fell away steeply on both sides and disappeared into clouds below. Without saying a word, we each unbuckled our seatbelt and opened the door on our side, holding it open with a foot. One of us was sure to get home and tell our wives what happened.

[wailnshred]

@jserra17 That machine has a ROPS, so he's better off wearing the seatbelt and riding it out if he goes over. Most people who get killed in roll overs are the ones who jump.

[wailnshred]

This video demonstrates why it takes courage, "balls" to be an Operator. Not everyone can do it.

[vantagetes]

@jserra17 Nope the left side was open too for a breeze. wailnshred is right about riding out although I wouldnt need the rops. A hard left turn and a ripper jammed into the pile would turn me nose down. I'd feel it start to go before it did and I'd stop, pick a good route and just cart it off the side. After I made sure the camera was still going of course! The trick is to grab some dirt on the way down with the blade and drop it just before the bottom so you don't hang yourself up on the blade.

[signal44]

You guys in CANADA move an ass load of material, your projects are huge, looks like you guys take a forrest and make a neighborhood, industrial park ...what ever, there are not many companys in the states with that much iron working these days.

As much dirt as you all move it almost makes since to get a 575 dozer eh?

Good luck my man

[vantagetes]

@signal44 Nahhh our mechanics are busy enough as is. Who wants a dozer that needs a life coach?

[OneBaddAssZ71]

@vantagetes DEF LIKE THIS. HAHA.

[gangesexcavating]

@signal44 good comment

[QuantityEngineers]

Is that going to be a permanent bench? Could it have been cut (or filled) in as you went instead of coming back later?

[vantagetes]

@QuantityEngineers See my response to BTelissa.

[theoman69]

i may have tried that in a 5...but definatly no in a god danm 8...you crazy bastard...YARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

[jonboy2478]

Whatever they're paying Jason! its not enough, man that looks scary.

[tonythephatone]

the phrase 'couldnt get a toothpick up his ass with a sledgehammer' comes to mind.

is that as treacherous and fuckin scary as it looks?

[vantagetes]

@tonythephatone Probably but I'm not happy until I'm almost rolling something somewhere so it doesn't really bother me.

[nemo227]

@tonythephatone I think they turned down the gravity so they wouldn't fall down the hill.

[vantagetes]

@nemo227 True, we generally run gravity on 7 to keep machines on piles. Sometimes turn it down to a 3 when you plan to do something really retarded.

[nemo227]

@vantagetes Thanks for explaining it. I've never run heavy equipment but I did land on my head once. It was unpleasant and I would NOT want it to happen to hard working men.

[mccormickchainsaw]

@tonythephatone its not that bad once you get used to it i do it on the side of mountains in a D9 I have much further to fall than that. Mind of matter in this kind of situation this operator does a great job

[bansheeracerman]

Nice bit of tidy driving!

What r u's doing?