So after spending most of my time on the brand new d4LGP. I finish graded 7 building pads in two days with it. I loved it. However this morning i got a surprise. Let me tell y'all about it
So this morning ( yes sunday morning ) I rode out to the job about a half hour away to see what kind of effect the rain we're getting is having on the job. I get there and i see our two lowboys at the bottom of the hill with what looked like a brand new dozer on them. And our my boss/owner standing on the lowboy. Looked like he was writing on it to me.
So when i get closer i noticed that it is a BRAND new D8T. I knew we had spots on this job and others that had 40' cuts and big fills. But i just figured we would keep running scrapers/haul trucks.
So he calls me off to the side and says " Michael listen, your young, but im not sure that any of our other guys could have built a 7 foot tall 114 footlong wall without ever doing it before. Doing it in two weeks. And finishing a job that i bidded for a month's worth of work in three weeks. With two men. That tells me alot. So now i have something else for you to get used too. Read the back of that machine. "
So i look and i start laughing there on the back of the machine and on the hood read in cat colors " YoungOne "
haha. He told me that he would help me get used to the bigger machine, and i will try and get you guys pics. He told me to go on home and get some rest, while he and another guy assembled it. ( had to haul without rops blade and ripper. ) I'm not sure why. I'm not a trucker
So i was wondering. Since i have never ran anything bigger than a d6 dozer stripping topsoil. What precautions should i take before running a bigger dozer? Safety, i'm sure there are " do's and do not's. " with larger dozers. And i have never used a ripper before. So tips there would be great too.
And i know some of you guys either run them NOW or have in the past. So dont be shy
I just really dont want to mess this up. He's giving me the oppurtunity of a lifetime. For a 19 year old.
-Michael-
So this morning ( yes sunday morning ) I rode out to the job about a half hour away to see what kind of effect the rain we're getting is having on the job. I get there and i see our two lowboys at the bottom of the hill with what looked like a brand new dozer on them. And our my boss/owner standing on the lowboy. Looked like he was writing on it to me.
So when i get closer i noticed that it is a BRAND new D8T. I knew we had spots on this job and others that had 40' cuts and big fills. But i just figured we would keep running scrapers/haul trucks.
So he calls me off to the side and says " Michael listen, your young, but im not sure that any of our other guys could have built a 7 foot tall 114 footlong wall without ever doing it before. Doing it in two weeks. And finishing a job that i bidded for a month's worth of work in three weeks. With two men. That tells me alot. So now i have something else for you to get used too. Read the back of that machine. "
So i look and i start laughing there on the back of the machine and on the hood read in cat colors " YoungOne "
haha. He told me that he would help me get used to the bigger machine, and i will try and get you guys pics. He told me to go on home and get some rest, while he and another guy assembled it. ( had to haul without rops blade and ripper. ) I'm not sure why. I'm not a trucker
So i was wondering. Since i have never ran anything bigger than a d6 dozer stripping topsoil. What precautions should i take before running a bigger dozer? Safety, i'm sure there are " do's and do not's. " with larger dozers. And i have never used a ripper before. So tips there would be great too.
And i know some of you guys either run them NOW or have in the past. So dont be shy
I just really dont want to mess this up. He's giving me the oppurtunity of a lifetime. For a 19 year old.
-Michael-