Cat 973C Backfilling Waterline 

great tractor. I am still amazed at how fast that bucket will roll.

I push in on an angle to manage my material, which yes on shallow single ditch water like this is extreme overkill. Most hoe ops won't swing 90 degrees to drop dirt so they leave dirt ahead of where it came from. On larger ditches (triple ditch) you find this a lot. Most guys will push in straight or even backwards with dirt and short themselves at one end and end up chasing crumbs for hours trying to fill a hole. If you put the dirt back where it came from, your dirt is always where you need it

We actually use both, the 973 will always do first like this over the pipe while the dozer will stay further back and take care of the bulk pushing. Track loaders can pick up and place dirt where needed, you can break up clumpy material more as well as mix wet and dry. You also have maneuverability that dozers don't.

Machine looks in very good condition. I just bought a 2001 973c for myself. Powerhouse thats for sure.

Fantastic workflow!

A long front? At the far end you're seeing a Komatsu PC600 and a PC270 working. Both just standard boom/stick arrangements. Both can be seen in other videos here.

BAZINGA! MY russian mail order bride was on backorder so its going to be a while before i hear that and even then i wont know what shes saying so its all good

hmmm never been in a 73' ran a 63' for a few years doing the same type of work. i am assuming the controls are similar

What model dozer is that off to the left? Did Kidco get one of those D-7e's? That would make an interesting video.

Is that a large "Wacker Plate" you guys are using to get compaction in the lower section?

The guy on the dozers like " damn dude, you trying to take my job and starve my kids"?

I hate those compaction tester guys.

How many hours burnout? Whens the vid of the D gonna be up?

@hmbld1 Magnetic kickout for bucket auto level.

Thanks boys

i wish i had a longfront

That's a Komatsu D85EX-15

that's a Komatsu but not sure of the size tho

@PureN3WZ3ALAND only if ur runnin it!

notice dozer pushes straight in 1day when you figure it out and actually care about what stuff looks like youll see the lil details like pushing straight in as opposed to angle makes all the diffrence not that youd care as you been running these things for years and still cant grasp how to run the bucket yet back to the skidsteer 4u wach the bucket this time

lol

Track loader porn lol.

chasing dirt you guys must not do the road core we got lotsa dirt left everywhere never chasing id imaqgine no road core as i havnt seen any vids with any1 capable of final grade

So does your girlfriend.

been on that thing for years hey still havent got a clue how to actually run that thing hey like really were u track packing try keepn the bucket down run it like skidsteer ... like the boom isnt guna be here forever might actually have to learn how to run that thing soon want some lessons ??

Why not track that in instead of strattling the cut sometimes I wonder why you harassed Scott so much when y’all aren’t much smarter

I love track loaders. For whatever reason nobody uses them up here in Michigan.

Have i seen it right, u use Longfronts to dig the ditch? What is that good for? (sorry for my bad english)

As I'm not the most machinery knowledge inclined... what kind of pro's and con's are there to using a track loader as opposed to a dozer on a job site like this?

Yep it's a 800lb Wacker diesel plate tamper.

pff i guarantee it won't be level

What's the small rod/cylinder on top of the right hyd. cylinder?

What is it then?

Loader you can pick up and move dirt around to where its needed.

Great sound !

do u need a special license to drive these?