Really pleased to see and hear this old machine at work..I used to work for Caterpillar in Scotland in the 70's and 80's...and the D8H was the model we manufactured alongside tne D6C and the 977L Traxcavator.. We built the machines for Europe, Africa and the Middle East..this old D8H was almost certain to have been built at the American sister plant, can't remember which plant though..only 2 plants built it at the time, production was then transfered to Cat Brazil plant, and we began production of the D8K. This is old machine is in fantastic condition for its age..and sounds just perfect!!!
Poetry in motion! By the way this dozer is operated , so fluently, even people like me who occasionally get to play on 360's, can appreciate why good operators of D8's and its kind are so efficient - such craftsmen . All done by eye and feel, there seems no reason why that super maintained machine shouldn't be working in fifty years from now, given continued care and a good old school man (or woman) at the controls. Well done Cat ' for making it all possible
I loved operating a D9 and a Cat and ban just like this building roads and dams out in the wilderness. 65 miles out in the Steen mountains from Burns, Oregon. So far out I and another man had to live out there mos at a time. 24 dams built. I am 80 now.
I sure like this video, good machine, good operator.The machine must be a late 46A high horsepower from the sound of it. I ran lots of these D8's in the 1970's, they had a sound all their own, I had a hard time shutting them off at the end of the day !!
Este operador é muito muito bom, as vezes trabalha em segunda marcha .muito bom Não força o trator, nem fumaça no escapamento. Parabens ao operador . O D8H a melhor maquina da Cat. Sds GB
That D8 is one of the best sounding , & well kept old Cats I have ever seen. This operator is one of the best I have ever seen, Grant !!! no one could have taken that stump out any better than you did in this video, 1st time on a cat my ass, after years of running a cat I still have a hard time with the decelerator. it was like you were born on that Cat. Good Job Bud
Just love those sounds those old D8s and D9s make! Probably my favorite was D8H high horse could always tell by Turbo just how hard you was working the old beast, figure thats power shift tractor, but those old direct drives was really powerful! Used about 2 gallons less per hour fuel too!
snortin hortin cat , oh brings back memories' of long a go , rebuilding sections of the Alaska hwy around steam boat mountain , and the Yukon . I would love to push just one more blade full .
Great to see a D8 operating at a speed higher than crawl. Especially in this easy to bulldoze ground. Hardly any rock, at least from what I can see. I was wishing you`d tackle that large stump,...but it didn`t take long to move that one. I only wish I could see more of this,. and also where the road is going beyond the camera. Thanks for this.
Running a nice dozer out in the sticks catskinning a road in for logging. I hope that you realize that it doesn’t get any better than that, a beautiful day and sunshine to boot! Be safe out there boys! 🇺🇸💪👊👍☝️
Agree iam on these kinds of dozer mon-fri it's gets old after a while been on these machine since 1998 very easy to operate in that long of time.. like tie up a shoe.. this guy on this dozer looks like he been on for a min to
This 8 is a good running machine in good condition...always liked the D8H best to have ear plugs with that straight pipe...sure made the 8's sound ruff and tuff.
That's the way to run an 8! I'd stuff it in #2 and let it eat! It liked #2 better than #1 unless it was in a rough place and then it was #1 to take care if me and the tractor. Never wore ear plugs. Liked to hear it snort too well. Good old tractors! The one I ran had the pony motor start. Loved every minute of it!
Cascapediastjules How true but wouldn't do a thing different if I had to do it over. The D-6's were the same way. One straight pipe is worth thousands of words!
My old boss had 3 old 3Ts dozers he used for anchors on his line machine sometimes. (Thats what they called them, not sure what they actually were). They pony motors on them. Had to try and get the ponys running to get the motors running cans of starting fluid etc. Middle of winter. When possible we would leave the blades up (old straight cable blades). And push start them. First time I drove one my orders were don't hit any trees as we drive through someone properrt to get to the site. And don't stall the dozer. And you'll never guess what I did.... that's right. I hit a tree and stalled the dozer. Tell you what, the men that ran those old dozers from the 1940s on steep grades logging were real men. We had a 17a that had the dozen levers to drive it. And I skidded logs with it from time to time when we needed the extra help. And man were your hands and feet busy. Separate forwards shifter gear shifter big clutch lever and spooling winch in and out and blade and steering. These guys running newer equipment don't know how they got it made. Anyway take care.
I agree, hard to beat a 46A in it's element! In one stretch of my career, I was doing lot preps, foundation hole, driveway, septic system. I could do it for $500, while the dump truck and John Deere guys were doing it for $2800 to $3500
I feel sorry for you, I ran dozers logging in Washington state mountains. Lot of Rock. Made for long hard rough days when you are on near solid rock trying to build roads. Back feels broke by the end of the day. All that steel banging and rattling. But somehow for some reason we always miss those days
Meant to say, that Caterpillar donated one of the first engines ever built for this model, at Glasgow Plant in Scotland, the engine was originally built with cut away sections for the purpose of training their Apprentices, and is still displayed at Glasgow Transport Museum..I was involved in a number of jobs at various stages of production...enjoyed my 14 years there, before plant closure.
De chile soy operador de excavadora hace 33 años y he visto casi todo tipo de operadores mis respeto para este sr rapido seguro inteligente me encanto el video un abrazo
I spent thousands of hours in the seat of a D9G but the D8H always sounded better to me, especially with a good operator like this one at the controls.
Building logging roads with the old 46A cats the hardest thing on them was them big stumps. Burn a lot of fuel getting the stumps out just to get to the dirt moving which was the easy part
eu ja op. d8 46a riscando rampa no gabarito na mendes junior na barbosa melo narodominas natrcan na cincop na sagendra com d8 a cabo de aço o ronco deste motor me dava muinto entusiasmo pelo serviço
