Dozers and Loaders

Great photos taken and sent over by a new iron friend

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Autos & Vehicles

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• cat D8H.cable dozer
• Western forest products.D8K
• 931 cat
• heavy equipment pictures
• IHC bulldozer

[mog5858]

4:00 4:05 what is the big spike for on the back of the trex there some kind of a tail hold

[skadill]

@mog5858 Its called a stump splitter,as you know we can have old stumps here as big 8 feet across from the pioneers.This wedge is hinged at the drawbar,raised and lowered with the cable winch.You back into a stump,and if your lucky,it may split up.Some people think their great,others fear them because of the impact and possibility of blowing a final drive or component.Dad and I had one on our D7F it was fine on stumps 3 foot and smaller,any bigger took a lot of hits from different angles

[gangesexcavating]

is that a D8H or a K of Western's at 3:37? I think there was an earlier photo in this video. I am guessing that's at their Port McNeill yard. I am guess users Knorn44 or bcmollyhogan would know more about that D8. Looks like it needs a bit of work.

[skadill]

@gangesexcavating one of them 8H's with the new undercarriage is sure a show piece,just the nicest straightest old girl around.

[skadill]

@753190247130 yup,they sure went the way of the dinosaur starting in 1985 and extinct by the early 90's.First machines I ever was around as well.Dad Had aJD 450 with a 4 in 1 bucket and rear backhoe attachment.Was always good demand for it through the 70's till mid 80's,then the excavator began its now world dominant succesful takeover.Go Excavators!!!

[gangesexcavating]

1:20 I am assuming is at Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, I have flown in there once in the mid 1990's when I did DEWline cleanup work. Just a quick stopover because I was flying on to Shepherd Bay operation where the company I was working for had a bunch of equipment going.