Caterpillar D8K's with Scraper Boxes Digging Reservoir 

Good Afternoon, another super video of some good equipment working!! Thank you 👍😎🇬🇧.

Enjoyed watching the old D8's at work..I used work for Caterpillar at their Glasgow Plant where most of the D8's were manufactured for the Western Hemisphere..they closed the plant after 30 years of manufacturing models like the D6C..D6D..D6E .. D8E .. D8H..D8K..D8L and also the 977L Traxcavator..they blamed a slump in the construction market for the closure, but really it was politics and another nail in the British manufacturing industry, they transferred the work to France and Belgium..no doubt due to being swayed by the EU..as we have found out over the years..anyway..for all those who enjoy watching old machines at work .. check out " Construction of the M74 " on RU-vid See how the early D8's and Scrapers worked in the mid 60's ..no protection or safety here, just true grit from Dick Hampton Earthmoving..the D8's on the video were built less than 2 miles from where they were working!!!..amazing footage..enjoy!!

That push Cat is hopping!! One summer I ran a push Cat that was an ancient pig and I had to manually clutch and shift gears. Boss thought I wasn't working fast enough so then he thought he'd show me how to do it. LOL, after one pass he hopped off and said to "keep up the good work".🤣🤣🤣

Spectacular view and beautiful job!! Thanks!

You don't see many scraper set ups like this. It is probably done like that here because it is fairly inexpensive to set these up compared to a dedicated scraper. I don't know if you ever saw the Caterpillar Performance Handbook,but in that they have recommended tow scraper combinations for tractors. I have only seen pictures of these when a company had to knock down a pile and these scrapers were the best for climbing the grade. They climbed the grade then loaded on the downhill to smooth out the pile. From your other videos it looks like this company specializes in doing ponds and reservoirs.

Ótimo vídeo. Acho legal este tipo de hoperasao.

Brilliant film footage!!

The clarity of your videos are unmatched, the white chalk ground looks amazing against that beautiful Cat yellow

Thank you for the video

I was on a job operating a D8K pulling a 463 Cat scraper and the boss was pushing with a D8H equipped with a dozer, not a push block. In a 10 hour day I probably only felt a harsh tag a couple times. He said he gets close behind and waits until the scraper is a scraper length into the cut before he tags so any impact is absorbed by the scraper and the load. We'd switch once in a while but I never got as smooth as him.

Somebody is sure spending a lot of money having this done for sure. Probably some country paying for it big time that much and big equipment running.

They are still working to this day trying to finish

Cool to see a contractor still using these machines instead of excavator & dump trucks. How many D8K & scraper box's does the contractor have on site?

The scraping isnt bad. The going to the dump pile is gonna take a while considering many of the wheeled ones can run 30mph loaded.

hate to flip the bill on those dozer undercarriage

MAYBE INSTALL CONVEYOR BELTS WILL BE EASIER

What country is this in? I notice the telephone numbers on the machinery. The soil is an interesting texture, too.

Yes we will be expanding the lake to well over 100 acres to power al our future operations with sustainable clean free water

When were getting pushed we never stopped the push dozer used to catch us once we were down shifting to first and we were chased buy a d9h ..

Every little bit counts I reckon.

Enjoyed the video & watched twice. But how come we never got to see them unloading material? I notice with most videos regarding Scrapers, they never show that.

You'd think the D-8 would pull the scraper on its own? Is the D6 just helping out purely to speed the job up?

That would be fun doin that though.

When the boss finds out that one of the D8K drivers has backed up with a scraper box he won’t be happy

Great video what are you building? Ponding basin?

maybe more than good dump truck & excavator?

Do you have to rip the material up in order to load it ?

Where is this?

Would the Crawlers be rotated out and go back to being a 'dozer or once you remove the blade that's that?

They are not called boxes, they are bowled.

what is this 😬😬

Push dozer operator is obviously inexperienced, blade is rolled back and causing the rear of the scraper to lift.

my god... these are TERRIBLE operators! its called a scraper ( not a stop and ram into the ground -er ) if the d8 operator would let the bowl down slow he could fill the bowl in about 200 feet by himself! you DONT stop, and drop the bowl all the way down in one spot! EVERY time the d6 is pushing hes lifting the rear scraper wheels OFF THE GROUND does that seem right to you?!! NO its not. your wasting fuel and causing extra wear and tear on the machines. get a good set of tracks on the d8k's put the blades back ON ( for more traction weight ) and loose the d6 you dont need it. OR better yet, put a hook on the d8 blades and run BOTH d8s like push - pull unit then you have 2 d8s filling 2 bowls - (1 at a time)

Why not use a 4wd or 4 track tractor for pulling scrapers thats the way ive always seen it done

Looks like they ain’t goin to get very far just moving that small amount of sand at a time but just my opinion.

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