I Have Never Seen A Dozer THIS Stuck Before *INSANE RECOVERY*

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  @sakaraist · 4 years ago

  "I'm just going to sit back and watch." Immediately cuts to the next frame of him helping out. Classic country lad.

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• AM

  @AMERICNCAPITLIST · 4 years ago (edited)

  That was my grandpa&apos;s dozer he used to own the land, it got washed away in a flood. It would be awesome if I could get a hold of you guys so he can tell you about it.<br>Edit: my grandpa said the dozer is a 1H it&apos;s a hand clutch cable dozer. The flood happened in 2010. The dozer was in the field and the flood washed out the field, the dozer, and the cabin that was there.

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• CA

  @campingwithhomer7371 · 4 years ago

  When it comes to cable clamps, think of the saying &quot;never saddle a dead horse&quot;. The U bolt always goes on the dead (short) end and the saddle on the live (long) end. &nbsp; For 1/2 to 9/16 three clamps should be used. 3/4 and up four clamps should be used. obtain torque specs from manufacturer. Install (do not over tight) apply light pull and re-check torque. &nbsp;A good job for someone when everything is back at the shop. I hope you next truck has a 30 ton knuckle boom! &nbsp; Great video!

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• AU

  @aussiepastor4352 · 4 years ago

  I just love how the Children are still being happy and playing, but are disciplined enough to keep out of the way and stay safe.<br>Well done to ALL the Adults that shows them proper guidance. <br><br>BTW Diesel Dave is the funniest.

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• BR

  @brentworls8509 · 4 years ago (edited)

  A buddy had one looking like that on a logging haul here in WV. I used my Jeep to winch his rear winch cable out. We hooked to a tree, and we almost got cut in half with the cable breaking. It couldn&apos;t winch itself out, eventually he got a hoe to dig it out. I have underground mine foreman papers back east , and ran DC locomotives underground as an equipment mover for a while, (CDL-A here too), and men have been killed by cables. I&apos;ve seen you break a few lately, and I implore you to clear a larger safe area before pulling. The line of fire for those pulls can launch a hook or snatch block in many random directions, and could strike someone in the head. When possible use the synthetics. When pulling steel, run and hide before pulling. I cringe when guys in the videos are only 30 feet away from the pull, and somewhat inline. They&apos;re in the death zone. Like being on the set of a Baldwin production. But I&apos;m sure you know all that.

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• SL

  @Slider68 · 4 years ago

  There was an old military tank found in a nearby forest (actually it was a self propelled howitzer - that looked like a tank but wasn&apos;t actually). It was completely buried underground, except for a metal spike and the hole the people who found it had dug to try to figure out what it was.<br><br>Anyway, when they &quot;pulled&quot; it out they didn&apos;t want to damage the potentially historic machine, so what they did was completely dig around it. After a couple of hours, (with a similar excavator to in the video), it was basically teetering on a pile of dirt. They even dug a smooth earthen ramp for the machine to slide up, out of the hole on.<br><br>When they hooked up the cables and pulled, even though the track was completely rusted solid and not rotating at all, there were no broken parts, no snapped cables, no broken chains, etc. It just slowly came out all the way.<br><br>With a bit more digging I expect that dozer could have been extracted without being pulled apart.<br><br>Also you really shouldn&apos;t pull with that much force on an axle housing. These might look beefy but axle housings can be bent and can also be ripped out if the force is high enough. It is much safer to park the truck on level ground and pull using the frame. If you spread the load equally between the two frame rails you can pull with incredible amounts of force without damaging the vehicle.<br><br>On the other hand, maybe they wanted the dozer to split and axle housing to bend. It probably improves the number of YouTube views...

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• CH

  @chaseoravets7600 · 1 year ago

  Calling Heavy D and his men for an off road recovery is the equivalent to calling in the military. I love what you guys are doing. Work safe, be your brothers keeper!

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• NO

  @northerntrouble · 4 years ago (edited)

  Heavy D, just some recommendations from a guy that has done some heavy recovery, did some off road recovery and worked in the crane and hoist industry. Use you kinetic rope between the winch line and stuck equipment, to use kinetic force to break it free. Load the winch lines and let the rope do its job. Instead of beating the crap out of your equipment. As per your winch line you may want to think hard on a wedge socket instead of wire rope clips. &nbsp;As per using the excavator as an anchor, I would be hooking around the turn table as that is the strongest points and a large radius for your kinetic rope or a wire rope sling around. Have you guys thought about adding a set of hydraulic stiff legs of the back of the military wrecker to help make the recoveries more easier? Love the channel and the content you share, keep up the great job everyone is doing on the channel. As I said these are just so ideas that may help, too speed up a recovery. “Work smart not hard” 🍻

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• SC

  @sccarguy8242 · 4 years ago

  The old man was right “y’all are a bunch of crazy SOB’s.” &nbsp;Lol

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• MR

  @mr.dillpickle · 4 years ago

  Your content lately has been INCREDIBLE!!! I am going to say that these videos are better than your TV show, at least the first four seasons (I just finished watching them last night). Please keep up the amazing work buddy 👍

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• SC

  @scottjays360s.johnson2 · 3 years ago

  One of the best jobs in my Construction career started out with my future boss asking me one question. He asked me if I could dig a ditch in a straight line. I said yeah and he hired me on the spot. He ended up teaching me everything about the business and operation of all equipment necessary. I&apos;m retired and miss playing in the dirt. I did my time and it&apos;s a younger mans game now. I wouldn&apos;t have changed a thing.

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• AD

  @adrianfigueroa630 · 4 years ago (edited)

  For future reference, most if not all dozers have some kind of final drive that the rear sprocket mounts too. If you take the cap and planetary gears out of that final drive the dozer or excavator should move as if in neutral. The final drive and seals on most really stuck pieces of equipment would probably need to be cleaned and resealed anyway.

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