Almost gave the dozer a hernia

[JamesLim951]

If my D7 is there i wouldnt need to pull i just have to push!!

[Prestologs]

@JamesLim951 : No, you would still have to pull, unless you wanted to push the cabin over too. You didn't read any of the other replys. D7's are an awkward size for me, if I were to own one I'd have a D6. Is yours a hi-track?

[JamesLim951]

@Prestologs No i did not read others replys n ya mine is a hi-track

[Rdrake1413]

Dont know what the lay of the land was there but seems to me it would have been better to pull from the down hill side.

[Prestologs]

@Rdrake1413 That would have been nice but I only had access to the uphill side. directly behind the camera is a cabin.

[qWalkerEST]

LEGO-dozer??

[Prestologs]

@qWalkerEST Lord NO! TONKA!!

[4inches4u]

@qWalkerEST lol

[dr00pydog68]

sorry to be another to dog on you , but if you had run to choker around the top of the stump you would have gotten it out a lot easier

[Prestologs]

@dr00pydog68 Thank you. Hindsight is always 20-20.

[dr00pydog68]

@Prestologs i know extracting stumps can be dificult, especialy next to a building. i had to help a coworker pull a huge oak stump that drawfed this stump next to a house. he worked on it all mourning with a bobcat excavator, and finaly gave up and came got me. it took me another 15-20 mins and i almost got drug into the hole but i finaly got the thing out. no dout if i had vidio there would be a hundred idiots that never sat in equipment saying what a crappy job i was doing

[Prestologs]

@dr00pydog68 Amen, thanks. Ya, you can tell who's sat in a seat before. :-)

[keithtrivers]

why didnt you push it over, thats why they put a blade on that thing

[Prestologs]

@keithtrivers 1) The camera is up against the wall of a cabin. 2) No it isn't.

[keithtrivers]

@Prestologs 1) what does the camera have to do with it, 2)then why did they put a blade on it if not to push stuff?

[Prestologs]

@keithtrivers Think about your statements. 1) No camera = no video for you to troll on. 2) How about: I didn't want to push the camera into the cabin. Some tasks are not practical with a dozer blade.

[oudijzergek]

Basic geometry (leverage) wasn't his subject at all was it....

[Prestologs]

@oudijzergek Nope. :)

[95twink]

dude my pickup couldve done it in 3 seconds in 2wd

[Prestologs]

@95twink You're funny... I have seven more that are worse. Can I hire you?

[dills2403]

she was a beast but so came on out...

[1xp4wq]

I would have done that with my ATV.

[Prestologs]

@1xp4wq Do you mean "would" or "could"?

I don't have an ATV.

[srslandscape]

is this the 35 hp dozer out of northern equipment

[Prestologs]

@srslandscape: I wasn't aware that Northern offered a 35 HP version of the little Yuchai dozer, but to answer your question - yes, but that's not where I bought it.

[abbott911]

Hitch a D-9 to it. Lol.

[Prestologs]

@abbott911 : LOL. No room.

[TheVisualTruth]

nice job

[Prestologs]

@TheVisualTruth :Thanks.

[diggerdave51]

U can say anything u want about the size of the Machine but if it gets the job done who cares what size it is ???

[Prestologs]

That's very true. That's all I have to work with.

[215jami]

Its all about learning, I spent half a day on a rock once, the boss came out laughed and the rock was gone in 5 minutes

[thepeck10]

to save any bickering,you should buy a much bigger dozer,that was like towing a caravan with a mini.

[Prestologs]

Ha ha. You cut the check and I'll do it. These things are my toys. I'm just playing around. If I was serious I'd have bigger equipment for sure.

[HitachiZaxis450LC]

Why didnt you pull from the top of the stump so you could get more leverage?

[Prestologs]

Actuallly, I was trying to twist it.

[thepeck10]

ha yes i know,i like the toys!!

[PX213]

The only thing I would have tried different was pulling backwards with the backhoe trying to drag it along as well. I only say that because using the bucket to pull backwards has helped me get a backhoe tractor unstuck MANY times.

[Prestologs]

See my other video where the 1/2" wire rope parts with the chain on it..

The more upright you pull, the less gravity will play a part in snubbing a parted line, aswith the coefficient of friction against the ground. Also, chains will store a lot less kinetic energy than a poly or nylon tow strap.

[richardtheone]

when pulling out a stump it is of the upmost importance to keep the cable or chain as short as possible this will make pulling the stump out quite effortless as you will be pulling up as you pull out

[Prestologs]

Yes, in theory. Simple lever geometry however says otherwise. Also, the further away you are from the object being pulled, the less likely you will be injured from the recoil of a parted line - should one break - and they do.

[richardtheone]

actually i beleive the longer the cable the more chances it has to go places and do more damadge .. a 3 foot chain would do less dmadge than a wipping 20 foot chain and if it breaks from the log end it is still coming to wherever you are chhers

[Prestologs]

Never thought of that..........I'll give it a try. Probably sounds better too.

[bvk73]

Its more exciting if you watch it in reverse:)

[BRNarmy]

Get a cat suited for the job....should have had a D6 with rippers at least

[Prestologs]

The only Cat that could access this place is a D3..........at $500.00/day

[CHICONATIVE]

Im just glad to see you had some cones around that blade. Was that an electric chainsaw? Were you using rope?

[Prestologs]

Cones around the blade?? LOL

Yes, my other chainsaw is a Stihl MS390 w/20" bar (I'm no Paul Bunyan).

Rope?? Yes, 1/2" wire rope (cable w/ swaged eyes).

[RenzeZielman]

If you ran the cable over the top of the trunk, you'd have more leverage and the dozer would idle away with it at the 1st try...

[Prestologs]

Not sure what you mean by "top of the trunk".

[RenzeZielman]

trunk, stump, whatever.

[Prestologs]

OK, now I got it.

[chalemi]

Why idleing? Give that thing some juice man!

[Prestologs]

LOL! I will if you pay for a set of tracks

[tedcoyote]

get a cat and keep your day job

[Prestologs]

Ted,

My day job lets me have toys like this.

I'm a certified Cat master mechanic. If I'd wanted a Cat I would have bought one.

[drydenjason]

did you build that dozer your self?

[Prestologs]

Nope. Paid good money for it too.

[GTAandSenators]

i live in cape breton nova scotia canada

[powerstrokeking]

What brand of dozer is that?

[Prestologs]

Yuchai, but they are re-badged and marketed under various brand names. Imported from China. They mostly manufacture excavators.

[GTAandSenators]

were can i get one of those dozers

[Prestologs]

In what part of the country do you reside?

There are dealers all over the place.

[spudgegil]

lol at the video name!

[TEAMedcC23]

good job sombody get this guy an operating license!

[Prestologs]

Thanks for the compliment. Maybe someday this will be my day job.

[Prestologs]

You loose efficiency and control if you spin the tracks. You gain nothing by spinning tracks. I had the governor set at 1,200 r/m. The low idle speed is 600 r/m, and the high idle is 2,200 r/m.

[chuckrl]

Your are so right. Low RPM, slow and easy movement will do tons more work that wide open and waisting fuel and slipping. Plus the equipment will last longer also as far a breaking things.

[Prestologs]

Yes chuckrl, YOU are so right!

[racetruck88]

couldnt ya get her turning a little more rpms then that it just sounds like your idleing

[gangesex]

sorry man, that was painful watching. I know that dozer was all you had, and you did well, but it was still very painful to watch. I attached a video of me pulling on a larger cedar stump that was painful for me to be pulling.

[Prestologs]

Good job! I feel your pain.

[cowbubbles]

pop the clutch an throw it in gear

[Prestologs]

You mean throw it in gear and pop the clutch. Yep, did that.

[oldmatelock]

a tip for next time the higher the chain the easier it will be to pull out

[Prestologs]

That is what I ultimately did, thanks.