When I worked for Kiewit when we built the Los Vaqueros reservoir up by Vasco Rd up in Livermore Ca they had a team of six 651s and 2 D10 rip cats and 2 D10 push cats. Those guys would back up in tandem in 3rd gear! With 2 10s behind a 651 in that soft dirt they had the it boiling over the top after the can barely touched the ground! It was something else! I ran a brand new 825 compactor on the dam all summer, it was a great time and an amazing experience. Thanks for a trip down memory lane! Be safe out there! 🇺🇸💪👊👍
Thanks, brings back memories of my childhood, my grandfather whose company helped build the Alaskan Highway, and his years after building roads through out the Midwest…
Teamwork at its finest. The timing sems to be right on between the dozers backing up to catch the next pan. Not their first day as operators on this iron .
Yeah, people on here freak out about uphill loading, but gravity tends to pull material into the bowl that way. I'm not recommending trying to load uphill on a steep slope mind you, but depending on the material sometimes it's productive.
Probably, but they may not have an 11 set up as a push tractor. Can't imagine a company as big as this would pay 3 guys to do the job that 2 can do with bigger equipment if they didn't HAVE to.
The question begs with all that dust,why don't all the drivers have enclosed air conditioned cabins, their lungs must be a mess at the end of a shift in that????
I don't think you understand the video, or what's going on here, but yes we always try to load downhill facing the fill, but that's just not always possible. 🍻🇺🇲