Fuel Time- Cat D11R, D10N, and Fiat-Allis FD50

[Gavin84w]

Wiggins fast fill hey!!

[UAL012]

That D-10 looks tiny next to the D-11. I've got a LOT of hours on a 10 but have never seen an 11 fully built. Nice catch.

[judderman37]

So how does a guy get a start in one of these places? Over in Scotland I would have to knock over a bank to get the training fees for machines like that! Ive done car cleaning (Valeting) and would happily start off with jet washing the machines! Hell, Id go so far as to sweep the cabs out and leave a little pine tree freshner on the rear view mirror! Lol

[PAmining]

@judderman37 @judderman37 Fill out a job app. If you have the experience to run a machine, write it down. If you have no experience on heavy equipment you can always start from the bottom (driving truck) and work your way up, if they're in need for an operator that is

[redheadedduckhunter]

Does the fuel guy have a dinner bell for the machines because that d11r was haulin arse to the fuel truck.

[PAmining]

Haha, the 11's haulin ass because it's quitting time for the operators! The fuel truck goes to every machine at quitting time to fuel the equipment so they're ready for the next day.

[UAL012]

@PAmining Short explanation is it's time for a beer! Been in that spot many times.

[bumoffhtestreet]

How much diesel do those beasts eat per shift??

[PAmining]

That really all depends on how hard their working. Dozers are relatively good on fuel. The fuel consumption all depends on what task the dozer is doing. A dozer working under a hoe keeping the floor clean will burn less fuel than a dozer working on moving overburden.

[Markmeblablabla]

Pretty relaxed place to work. Their really tight about where I work when I get fueled up, the truck has to come into a disabled dozer (engine shutoff, implements on the ground) after getting contact on the radio, theres a quick connect to fill the fuel tank on the ripper so no need to bring the line all the way up, if you were seen outside a piece of equipment without all of your PPE on you were in big trouble. Just strikes me as odd is all the difference in safety policies.

[PAmining]

Every mine is different, every company has different rules. It's no different than fueling your car- shut machiune off and fuel. Where I work at the end of the shift, all the haul trucks line up alongside the fuel truck, one by one drive up, shut down, get fueled, and then fire up and head to the garage.

[yastachik]

@Markmeblablabla yop! there's a different manner everywhere!! for me we fuel the dozers, the loaders and the Demag on the begining of the shift with a fuel truck! At the station the graders and the wheel dozers are fueled on the begining too and the haul trucks at the middle of the shift and some other like water tank truck on summer or sand spreader truck on winter! We fuel them every 12hr shift! we have a quick-plug fuel nozzle so the engine are still runing in winter they don't get cold !!

[copperheadmarine]

@Markmeblablabla yeah.. most of the companies with wastefull policies are bankrupt...and the one who know how to get it done and compeete with the way things are done in India and China might survive. Beacuse have no doubt. China doesnt care about PPE and Tier 4 emmissions regulations. They care about wiping our ass while we are worried about wether or not a man gets out hile his machine is fueled!

[bennyboots]

3 thirsty bulldozers 

[ToonandBBfan]

Great video - Thanks.

Has a dozer ever ran out of gas on the job before?

[PAmining]

Thanks! Well it's pretty uncommon, but it could happen with a falty gauge.

[tractortom401]

Awesome vid, but what was the trouble

[PAmining]

Thanks! 

[tarheellax92]

awesome video! what did you mean when you said "here comes trouble"?

[PAmining]

Thanks! Oh the op is a good friend of mine..he's trouble too, always busting my balls so I put it in the vid.