I Bought a bulldozer! 

Thanks, and I totally get what you are saying. As a professional pilot, when I see people post videos about flying and they have no clue how close they got to killing themselves, I feel the same way. Dead is dead, whether it is a massive piece of heavy equipment killing you or a lightweight airplane. Especially Ultralights. Don't worry, though, because I do not plan on fixing that right of way. I will leave that to the pros. I plan to just use this dozer to move a lot of dirt on later land without cliffs. Thanks for your concern.

Always have your truck in 4wd Lo and if you smart have sum 1 in truck holding break when u load and unload

​@@RetiredDreamLifeyou just got yourself a new subscriber! Going to be any videos on flying?

@billybobs841 Thanks, I know that now. Just didn't know it when I was unloading. :-)

@dans_Learning_Curve Thanks for Subscribing. Yes, there will be videos on flying. Just not yet. First I have to get the runway smoothed out. Then I can have people fly in for visits. But next I have to build a hanger so they can stay and not worry about their aircraft. Once the hanger is complete, I will buy an airplane. I will probably buy one that I can fly now and a kit that I can start building the aircraft I want. That would be a Murphy Moose. I really like what that aircraft can do. So, flying videos will be be coming really soon, but they will be coming.

You are welcome. Check out my other videos as well. Thanks for your kind words.

Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching.

Thank you. It does, indeed. Keep watching for the interesting adventures a head. I plan to start by repairing the broken gages, doing a few fixes, and servicing the dozer. Then I will have my friend who sold me the dozer come and help me and teach me how to really uses it.

Thanks for watching. I already have two more videos uploaded, and they will be published at 9 am Friday the 1st and next Friday the 8th. I learned a lot from this experience. Originally, I thought I would use the dozer for both the right of way and the runway. But I think I will leave the right of way to the pros. It's too steep for me to be learning on. So, I will just do the runway. Thanks for watching. I'm glad you are here to experience this with me.

You are so right. I thought I was gonna be a gonner. I guess it just wasn't my time yet. Maybe God let me live to tell everyone else not to do a dumb thing like this. Or maybe someone just needs to hear what I learned from this so it saves their life. Not sure. But for sure, I will jot be moving this dozer again. I learned my lesson.

Thank you for your comment.

Thanks 👍

Thank you. What a great career you had. I love being on the land. I can't wait until I get me some chickens, goats, and a dog. Feeding and playing with these animals removes my stress. It puts me in touch with nature.

Thank you. I hope so. Just stick with me over the next two years. The videos may be slow due to me going back to work for 18 months. You will hear more about that in a future video.

Thank you for your great comment. I learned a lot from this experience. Even though I will never pull a piece of Heavy Equipment again, I will be pulling stuff like a tractor, lawn mkwers, airplanes, etc. So, I will be doing all the safety things I mentioned in the video like chalking the trailer tires, pulling the trailer break away brakes, and putting the truck in 4X4. On top of that, I will have large blocks to go under the back of the trailer so it can't go down while unloading or loading. I know the ramps you are talking about and wanted to get them or the folding hydrolic dove tail trailers. But then I found a great deal on this trailer for only $10,500. So, I went for it. Imwill be a lot more safe from not on. What doesn't kill me makes me smarter.

Thank you! 😊

No worries, I do think most are coming from a place of concern. I'm fine with negative comments. They don't hurt me because I was raised in the 60s and 70s and we developed thick skins back then. Comments that have been mean just to be mean, I just say "thank you for your comment." It's like the Sothern expression "bless their heart." Hahaha. Plus, all comments help the channel. I leave almost 99.9% of them even though they are ugly because people are entitled to free speech and their opinion. Thank you for your kind words.

Thank you very much. It's nice when someone like yourself recognizes that I put my mistakes in this video not only to show what I learned (after all I learned them without posting this video), but to also teach others to not do this. We don't know what we don't know. As for the weight of the load, I trusted what the seller told me. I know little to noting about these machines, and 16K lbs sounded about right for something this size. As far as the unloading incident, had I not stopped abruptly on the back of the trailer, it wouldn't have lifted up and everything would have been fine. But like you said, I learned a ton from this experience. Thank you for the nice comment. I have gotten mostly negative comments and as you can see, I answer them all and leave them here instead of deleting them. I believe that right or wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion. That is, after all, the American way. Sure can't do that in North Korea. ;-)

Hahaha. Thanks. Sadly, I don't think you will get to enjoy that feeling again on any of my future videos. I learned my lesson with what all happened in this one. Had the seller just been honest with me about the weight of the dozer, I wouldn't have pulled it. I think he didn't know either. Anyway, I will not be pulling anything this heavy ever again. Future videos should be more relaxing. Hahaha

Correct, no one was hurt at all (not even a little) and my truck was just fine (no damage at all). Heck, I even changed the transmission fluid and filters on my truck just to show her some love. Thankfully you where not there or else my dozer would not be at my property now. If you are truly concerned, the you will be glad to know I will never be pulling this dozer or any other heavy equipment again.

Yes, it was. I learned never to do that again. Thanks for commenting.

Thank you for subscribing. You are 100% correct. Operating a Bulldozer is child's play compared to what I do at work. Yes, if you didn't see my video about it, I went back to work for two years only. Thanks for your comment.

No in few weeks you'll know enough to be dangerous

Thanks, I do plan to get all the items to care for it. An electric grease gun is a must with these things. 5 gallon buckets of hydronic fluid, oil, etc. I already have many extra filters. What I am not looking forward to is all the extra large tools I will have to buy. This is about to be a learning experience for me and my viewers. Hahaha

the first thing that Trooper should have noticed was the inadequate chain job.

Interesting, as I never showed the final chain job in the video. There was some showen in the video and then later we changed it. If there was a problem with the way we had it, the Trooper would have said something. He looked us over fairly good both when he passed and then when he slowly rolled up on us. He saw the final chain job, which was never shown in the video. Don't always believe everything you see in a RU-vid video. Some RU-vidrs stage stuff just to get views or lots of comments. It helps their algorithms. Thanks for watching my video and your concern.

For sure we both learned a lesson. Your right, I will never forget it. The main reason it happened is that I hit the brakes on the dozer and with this being my first time driving the dozer, the brakes grabbed a lot more than I thought they would. Because of this, I came to an abrupt stop which killed the engine on the dozer. Had the engine not stalled out once the trailer and truck started rolling, I would have driven forward. Thankfully the trailer stopped and I quickly started the dozer and got off of that crazy ride. I didn't stop until I had the dozer up on the right of way. I will be cutting me some blocks for the back of the trailer and some to put under the wheels.

Thanks for your comment and concern. After this first and last experience, I will never move this dozer again. Thanks for your advice. I was retired for one year, then after I bought this dozer, I got an amazing job offer. So, I jumped on it and will be doing it for a year and a half. I talked about it in my video titled "Why no recent videos?" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mIIkbp51weI.htmlsi=B1t-LVjwqso2Od9o So, things will be slow for a while on the video front. There are some some updates coming in the near future and one of these is going to be a big one if it pans out. So, keep watching to find out more about this. Yes, a private runway for me and my friends to land our airplanes on.

The trucks not heavy enough in some states.

to moving your dozer you needed a tandem truck with a 40 000 lb trailer with air brakes or a 3 axle truck with trailer

@renatoguatieri6692 you are correct. It wasn't until I got the dozer home and found out by reading the books on it that I learned, the seller lied (probably just because he didn't know) to me and told me it was only 16K. I bought a 25K trailer which can haul 16,700 (originally I thought it could haul 25K). My truck is rated to pull 22,700 lbs. So I thought I was good to go. Now I know the truth and I will never pull this dozer again. Like you said, it needs a much bigger truck and trailer. I know that now.

An impressively thoughtful comment. ✊🏻🖤 Closing in quickly on retirement myself, I plan on improving my retirement property with an excavator and skid steer. Anyway, as always, safety first, that is, but not in my own content. 🤣

Thanks for subscribing. Believe it or not, this thing doesn't have a seat belt. I will start wearing eye protection and already wear ear protection. This thing is loud. Thanks for the other advice.

​@@RetiredDreamLife could one be added? Would be a good thing to stay under the Roll Over Protection (ROPS) instead of under the machine.

@dans_Learning_Curve That might be my next thing to add. When I get back to the dozer and before I start operating it, there are many maintenance things I want to do with it. There are some gauges that need to be fixed. I will also look into adding a seat belt.

@@RetiredDreamLife please, please add the seatbelt. If you roll her, it'll likely be slow and just be onto her side, you can just hold onto something and ride it out. I've never rolled mine but I know the slow part is what would get me - would have too much time to think about options and wind up in trouble. They're not easy to roll, but... I see you're taking some heat about weight and you're handling it really well. My story above, my buddy pulled my dozer up the mountain, 30 or so miles, using a 1-ton pickup with 1 axle/tires, not a dually. Trailer was similar to yours. We didn't know what the weight was but we took it slow and careful as you did and all was fine. Calculating risk by the minute. After getting it off the trailer, we noticed the plate on the rops said it weighed 32k pounds. For gauges, I've found my trans pressure gauge my most watched gauge after temp. If you don't know where it's at yet, recommend finding the fuel primer pump. It's not intuitive on mine. Nothing like running out of fuel, walking a mile to/from for fuel only to find out you can't find the damn primer pump thingy and have to walk another mile to/from to Google. 😂 As I sit here with 3 feet of snow on the ground, I'm finding your vids inspiring. Hope to see some hangar build vids too. 😀

@homesteadcourt7861 some good information and good tips there. Thanks.

You are correct. Thanks for subscribing.

Thanks, right now we are not at our property as I am working full time up in Dayton, OH. Check out my video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mIIkbp51weI.htmlsi=fnVEu5qvltCLaDtW

I wouldn't say I have "No Experience". I have a CDL and have hauled loads a lot heaver than this one. For sure I wasn't being "Brave". When I hauled it, I was under the impression that the load was 16K lbs. My trailer is a 25,000 lbs trailer and can carry 16,700lbs. My truck is capable of hauling 22,700 lbs. This dozer is not a Cat D9 or super "Heavy" dozer. I was well within my capability when hauling it. However, and this is why I put the over heating breaks and transmission in the video, to point out to others, to NOT do what I did. I could have edited that out. After all this video wasn't about how "Heavy" the load was. It was about me buying a bulldozer. I showed my mistakes because I wanted others to understand to NOT do what I did. I believed the seller when he told me it was 16K lbs. It wasn't until days later when I was reading the books that came with this dozer that I found out what it actually weighs and that I was in deed overloaded. You never take "Stupid chances." As stated in this video I calculated out the load and from what I was told, I was well within the load limits of the trailer and truck. If I was doing something stupid the state trooper would have not just checked on me and moved on his way. He would have shut me down. I was on a back country road and only traveled a few miles as the guy I bought it from is not that many miles away. I was driving on these country roads going only about 45 mph. I will say, I did learn a lot from this experience and I hope that most of the lessons I learned came through in the video. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for the advice. I don't plan to log with it. I might pull a few logs I cut down. But no logging.

Possibly, the dozer weighs 20,500 lbs with fuel and operator. The attached winch weighs less than 3,000 lbs. So, I would guess the load was at 23,500 lbs, and the trailer is rated for 25,000 lbs. So, I don't think I was overloaded. It was for sure right at the max, and my truck did fine pulling it after we got through the mountains. It was another 35 miles to the property, and it did great and road smooth. Thanks for your comment.

Great story. Something I don't think I mentioned in the video of that when I hit the brakes, I killed the engine. I couldn't do anything but freak out. Had I put it in neutral and started it up, maybe I could have gotten off the trailer faster. But there was about three seconds where I was rolling backwards, and all I could think about was how to stop this crazy ride. Hahaha Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for the advice. Another friend of mine said the same thing. I plan to do exactly that. As I mentioned in the video, I will also put blocks in front and back of the trailer tires. I will put the truck in 4X4, and pull the emergency break on the trailer. I figure all of these things will make loading and unloading of equipment safer. As for the dozer, I will never pull that again. It was way to heavy for my truck with all the mountains in the area. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for the comment. Once I am ready to start using it, I will have the seller come show me how to operate it. He has offered to come work for me building the runway. I have another friend who owns a construction company and operates dozers, and I will have him come and help. There is a good bit of stuff that has to happen before we can start tearing into the dirt. I have to take down two buildings. But for sure, when we get started, I will have some help.

Thank you, welcome.

the dozer is a fiat allis model 8 b with angle blade 86 hp fiat engine non turbo i operated the model 7 c same engine different stile body i now run a fiat allis dozer 10 c and a fiat allis 14 e very good mashines

@renatoguatieri6692 thanks for the information. Today, at 9am I have a walk around video about this dozer and at the end I show many of the specs on it. Check out that video. Let me know what you think with a comment on that video. Thanks for watching.

Hahaha, you are right. I am now totally shaven on my head. So, even if I did get a gray hair, no one will see it. Hahahaha

Cool, I totally get the reference. I wonder, do all dozers operate this way? Even the ones with joy sticks? Hummm

Thank you Kirt. Good things are ahead.

Thank you very much. I'm sure I will.

@user-tv5dt3nm9y I for sure can tell you are a pilot. You know too much to not be. However, the average Joe doesn't know about breaking the links of a chain that lead to an accident. I know you know about annual inspections. Let's say after the annual inspection the A&P (someone you trust) signs if off and tells you "You are good to go." You do a through pre-flight inspection because we all know after Mx you always need to check it over really well. You do your run up and things are great. You get airborne and 20 minutes into your flight, you feel a vibration. It's not normal. So you do a precautionary landing at a remote airport without any services. You take off the cowling and look everything over giving it a good pull on everything and it is all tight. Looks good to you. You do another walk around and all the gear parts, flight controls, and all inspection panels are secure. You take off again and for the rest of the 20 minute flight, everything is great. No vibration. When you come into land right in the flair a gust of wind catches you off guard and you over correct. But you get it on the ground with only two bounces. Everything worked out okay and you realized to be more alert to things on landing. What I just described to you was exactly what happened to me but was stated in aviation terms. When I picked up the dozer I was told by the seller who knew this machine I was good to go. I had already done my calculations. The dozer was 16K lbs and my trailer can haul 16,700 lbs. My truck is rated to pull 22,700 lbs. So I was good to go (as far as I knew). After a few minutes into my fairly short drive home on country roads, I got the transmission over heat light. I pulled over immediately to check it out. I knew why it was over heating. The truck was really working hard pulling up not one but two big mountains. So, I did what the manual said and let it cool off. I even asked the State Trooper who knew the road, how far until we reach the top. Funny thing was we were almost at the top. So, once it cooled off back on the road we went. Now we were going down hill and I was keeping it at 45mph and using the trailer brakes and exhaust brake. This long down hill with this heavy load got the brakes hot. So, again, I broke the chain and pulled over this time for about 30 minutes until everything had cooled down. I knew we were done with the mountains and the rest of the ride home which wasn't that far was just light rolling. So, we got back on the road and and took it slow. I never let anyone get in front of me close. If someone jumped in front of me I would back if off so that I had twice the distance I thought I might need to slow down. Never once did I put anyone in danger. At no time did I feel as a logical thinking pilot I was doing anything wrong or dangerous. I was concerned about my truck though. I'm not a fan of things overheating. The engine of course never over heated as it was like 40 degrees outside. The rest of the drive to our property it was totally normal and everything went smoothly. When I was unloading it, had I not stopped abruptly on the back end of the trailer causing the dozer engine to stall out, that accident wouldn't have happened. Can I even call it an accident if nothing was hurt or damaged? A double bounce on landing is that an accident if nothing was damaged to the aircraft and only hurt the pride of the pilot? The only thing hurt by the truck skidding forward was my pride. Since the event (as I will call it), I feel I learned a valuable lesson. Or should I say "Lessons" as there are many things that came from this. I will now apply them going forward. First off, I will never haul this dozer again. Other lessons are to never believe your A&P or in this case the seller of the dozer. I will now on forever find out the weight of something I am going to haul from either the owner's manual or the manufacture before I even go pick it up. I now know my trailer (even though I bought a 25K lbs trailer), it can only haul 16,700 lbs. I now know my truck is rated to pull 22,700 lbs. So, although my trailer can haul 16,700 lbs, because the trailer weights 8,000 lbs, I have to subtract that from the pulling ability of my truck and that makes the max load I can haul with this truck 14,700 lbs. This means for a safety margin I will not haul anything over 12,000 lbs max. I also dropped the transmission oil pan, changed the transmission fluid and filters. The trans fluid didn't even smell burnt. I attribute this to stopping the movement I got the hot light and then fallowing the recommended transmission cool down procedures set forth in the owners manual.

Yes, I had learned this long ago as well. This was why I didn't load it and was videoing when the seller loaded it (this is in the video). I wanted to see if the dozer was heavy and lifted up the back of the truck. It didn't so I thought I was good for the unload. Fact is, I was good for it. But as stated in the video, the dozer started rolling too fast and I pushed the brakes. The brakes work a lot better than I thought and the dozer came to an abrupt stop and stalled out the engine. This abrupt jerk was just enough to get us rolling backwards. Had the engine not stalled I would have started rolling again. All I could think about at that moment was "I'm going to die" and not "Get this thing started and get off of it." A human "Oh sh1t" mental lock up. As a flight instructor I have seen this a lot with students. Your brain is going 100mph and you just lock up for a second or two. As for loading this dozer again, that will never happen. This experience scared me straight. I will never haul equipment of this size and weight again. I do plan to buy a tractor and bring it home. However, I will know for a fact that that tractor weighs before going to get it. Anything over 10,000 lbs, I will will let someone else go get it. Oh, and as for the air pressure, these are 17.5" 16 ply tires and I made sure that morning they were all up to full pressure before going to get the dozer. I agree with you on load placement. I didn't want the seller to back that far up on the trailer. I wanted the weight mostly over the tires. I have extra filters and before I begin working with this dozer, I will change all the filters, grease all zerts, and check the air filter. All fluids will be check for quality as well as quantity. I will probably do some checking to find out which gauges or sending units are bad and replace them. I like things working the way they should. Check out the video after this one where I do a walk around of the dozer. I point out the gauges that do not work. There will be a second more in dept video on this dozer where I show things like where all the zerts are located that need grease and many other things. Anyway, I am glad this is behind me and no one and no equipment got hurt. Mostly, I hope that those who watch this video learns from my mistake and never does what I did. This is the ONLY reason I showed the accident in this video. Because, after all, it makes me look bad. I would rather look bad and save someone's life who learns from my mistake. That is why my accident is put out there for others to learn from.

Great tips. I have watched many RU-vid video of guys operating heavy track equipment and seen them throw a track and the massive amount of hard work it is to get it back on. That is one thing I have already learned and that is to keep the tracks at the proper tension so they don't jump off. What you will see in future videos is me operating on flat ground. I will not be the one working on the side of a hill for the exact reason you just stated. Metal tracks on wet leave covered rocks causes a dozer to slide. I'm not brave enough or competent enough to re-grade my right of way. Again, thanks for the tips.

It does. B.F. is a smart man and I quote him in my book I am working on.

Hahaha. Thanks.

Thanks for watching. Don't forget there is a slider bar which allows you to skip forward over the parts you find boring. That's what I do when watching RU-vid.

@@RetiredDreamLife I wouldn't lose any sleep, subs like him aren't worth a wank.

Thanks, I am a lot more careful now. But I also plan to never move this dozer again.

Nice comment but the correct word is chocks, not chalks. Just sayin’. 🤔😊

I will respectfully disagree with you on that. It only weighs 8,000lbs empty and is shorter than my 37 foot 15,000lbs 5th wheel I live in. Pulling my langer and heavyer RV doen't require a CDL. Nither does this utility trailer. Not that it matters, but I do have a CDL with hasmat, doubles, triples, and tanker endorsements. As a CDL driver, I know for a fact I do not need a CDL to pull that empty utilitytrailer. I do not believe I was overloaded, and if I was, it wasn't by much. The breaks on the Simi truck I used to drive would smoke going a down big mountain with a normal load (not overloaded). I do not feel I put any lives in "danger." I am an experienced drive with well over a million miles under my belt and get this, in the 44 years of driving, I have never had one single accident, which was my fault. I have been sitting, stopped at red lights, and been hit by another driver. But, I have never hit anyone in 44 years. I hope you can say the same after you have been driving in 44 years. Thanks for your comment.

With respect Sir. Have you taken the entire load with truck. Trailer and dozer plus occupancts weight at the CAT scales? With that combination? You said it was a bit over the limit?

If you are referring to me taking this dozer on a trailer to a scale, No. Why would I drive that far with this? There was and is no need for me to do that. Where I bought this doser is just a few miles from my house. There was no truck stop or scales along the country roads, which I pulled it on. I would have had to pull this a lot farther into town just to weigh it. That would have been out of my way. Yes, I did say it was overweight. But I have already explained to you that at the time I was pulling it, I did not know this. I thought I was underweight. If I didn't have a couple of mountains to go up, then down, I would not have even thought about it. After those two mountains, the load pulled fine. I was on a one lane each way country road going 45mph. I don't plan to ever pull this dozer again, so I doubt I will ever know the exact weight of it. But if you have some portable scales you want to bring by my place so you can weigh it, I am up for that. Apparently, you are obsessed with finding out the exact weight even though I have told you the owners manual says it weighs 20,700 lbs. I have tried to find out the exact weight of the winch, but the two books I have on it does not say. The only thing I could find was a reference to the equipment to pull it off has to be rated at least to 3,000lbs. This indicate that the weight is probably around 2,000 lbs as the thing which lifts it needs at least a 30% over strength factor. So, my best guess is this dozer as it sits is around 23,000 lbs.

Got that right. I don't plan to ever move this or any other heavy equipment. You are right, it is a good crawler. For sure, I'm going to go easy. My friend who sold it to me will come and show me how to use it when I am ready to start.

Correct, I do understand what you are saying, and I will do this in the future. For the people reading this, he is saying to stack up wooden blocks along the back edge of the trailer,so when the back of the trailer starts to go down, it hits the wooden blocks and stays up (unable to go down). I do not plan to ever do this again (tow heavy equipment).

It was more of a down sloping road than a hillside. But I totally get your point. In this case, there wasn't much I could do about it. This skinny one lane road I was on and blocking traffic was the only way back. I didn't want to tear up the road with the ridges on the tracks. Everything would have been fine had I chalked the tires, put the truck in 4X4, pulled the trailer break away brakes, and stacked big wood blocks up under the tail of the trailer to support it from bowing down. I will apply these safety items when I haul my tractor. But for sure, I will NEVER AGAIN haul any heavy equipment. I learned my lesson.

@@RetiredDreamLife I hope I didn’t come off as a know it all.I said what I did because I have had the same experience and didn’t learn from the first mistake.Like you I have never damaged anything .The best wishes to you

Thanks for wishing me luck. Nah, you didn't. I have been getting a LOT of negative comments. Some are down right ugly. When I read them I think of two things. One... Is this person saying this because they truly are concerned OR are they saying it just to be mean and ugly? I'm not one to delete comments as I believe as an American I and them have the right to say what they want. However, I have had to delete three comments so far, because they served no purpose and were either a verbal attack on me or my wife. Danny don't play dat! Second think I think of is... Do these people realized I am the one who created and edited this video? I could have very easily left out all my mistakes and not had to suffer all this back lash! Do they even understand why I put these mistakes in the video which makes me look really bad? It was meant to open other peoples eyes and teach them the lesson of Do Not Do What I Did! I even stated in the video "What I learned from this." Because of all the negative comments, I will not be so open to sharing how to not let this happen to you. Instead, I will just show the good stuff and do some kind of a "always be safe and do these safety procedures" at the end of my video. Apparently, it is true, that people only want to watch kittens and soft fluffy bunnies on RU-vid. hahaha

Thanks for your comment.

@@RetiredDreamLife I wish you the best of luck and remember please stay safe ❤️

Yes, I did that once I got the trailer home. Then the next day went and picked up the dozer.

Thanks, yes it does. There are a few other issues with it but the engine is not one of them. The present issues I have run across is that several things on the dash panel is not working and that bugs me. The only mechanical thing that doesn't work correctly is the pressure bleeds off from the front blade when you pull it up and just drive a distance. It's not a big deal because as you are cutting with it you are constantly moving the blade up and down. But I would like to get that fixed.

good luck and go slow be safe the rabbit mode on big iron kill folks. Remember the turtle wins the race :0@@RetiredDreamLife

Thanks. I was a hard lesson. Thankfully, no one got hurt, and everything worked out the way it should. I learned a lot from the experience.

Yes I do. I did a lot of research after I got a lot of bad comments on here. Thank you for your prayers. I think we all need them.

Thank you for your comment.

Thanks for the comment. I did learn a lot from this experience. For sure, I will not be loading or unloading this dozer again. I will be buying a tractor and loading and unloading that. For sure I will take what I learned from this experience and apply it to that.

I hear you about the high costs of repair. I am sure that is coming in my future. I got this dozer just to move dirt. Later when the runway is mostly smooth, I will have a construction crew come up with rollers to pack it down and a grader to make sure it is level end to end. I plan to get it close and let the pros make it as flat as they can.

You are correct. I will not be doing this again.

Hahaha. I wish I had a "float" position. This is an old dozer, and it is all mechanical. I should have bought a newer dozer that has this feature. It sounds like a dream to have that.

@@RetiredDreamLife I have an old international and on mine the float is in the hydraulic valve, when pushing the control to the down position keep pushing down and let the control stick go and a detent holds it in float. Most tractors and backhoes have it also? It might be broken?

OMG... You are right. I just looked it up in the Operators Manual and there is an "F" for Float past the "L" (Lower). Thanks for telling me this. You really were helpful. I just figured it was so old they hadn't invented that yet. haha When I get a chance to driver the dozer again I will have to try it out. I have no idea if it works or not because I haven't used the dozer at all. What you see in this video is me just playing around as I drove it up the right of way to it's parking spot. It hasn't been stated or moved since this video was made back in November of 2023. Since you are being helpful, I have one issue that you may know about. Coming up the right of way I would raise the blade all the way up. As I was moving along the blade would slowly go back down. Not fast but I would say if I didn't keep raising it up, it would go from full up to hitting the ground in four minutes. Is this normal or do you think a seal is bad in some valve which is allowing the hydraulic presser to go down?

@@RetiredDreamLife I’m glad you maybe found the float. No the blade should not come down. Next time you run it raise the blade three feet or so than shut it off with the blade up, get off the dozer and listen where the fluid is by passing? Listening to the cylinders and the controls , the spool valve is what I would really listen to with a stethoscope type tool. It could be the valve is sticking so if you hear something play around with it. Those controls are mostly power beyond so the blade should stay up for a long time if the cylinder seals are not to worn. Ether way it’s good because after you get used to the machine you won’t know it had the issue of not staying up, you’re going to be constantly lowering and lifting the blade. Don’t back drag the blade to much, beginners do that and it will really eat the tracks rails and sprockets. Cat has some real good tips on operating dozers to new operators. Good luck have fun and God Bless from Arkansas.

@robertsprafke9376 thank you Robert, I will check that out along with several other things I need to do before I jump on and start moving dirt. It's great having experanced dozer operators as my viewers. I can use all the help I can get.

Thanks for the advice. After this video I fond that on the display (Instrument panel) it will show me a digital display of my transmission temperature. I watch that a lot more while pulling our 16,000lbs RV. As for pulling a load like this again, that will never happen. I done with ever pulling things like this. I do plan to pick up a tractor in the future. But before I even go pick it up, I will do research and find out exactly what it weights. Thanks for the comment.

Big AL, thanks for the comment. You are correct, I should have. But at the time, I didn't know to do this. We didn't do it when we were loading. I didn't even think about it as we were unloading. In fact, the truck wouldn't have lifted up had I just let the dozer roll on off instead of hitting the breaks too hard and stalling the engine. I did learn from this accident. For one, I will never pull this doze again. Second, is to chalk to trailer tires and the rest of the stuff I put in the video. As for the tires, after I bought the trailer and got it home, I set the proper tire pressure on all eight tires. We only pulled the dozer 35 miles to the property, and the tires were all full when we unloaded it.

Okay, I have always referred to them on my big trucks as Jake brakes. At least you knew what I was talking about. :-) Before pulling the dozer, the seller told me it weighed 16K. The trailer is a 25K MVGW with a haul weight of 16,700. My truck can pull 22,700 lbs according to the manual. So, I thought I was good. Turned out a few days after this video when I was reading the manuals that came with the dozer, the dozer with the winch is around 22,500 lbs. So, yes, I was overweight and didn't even know it. Anyway, this will never happen again because I never plan to haul any equipment like this ever again. It's just not worth it. Thankfully, everything turned out okay. No one and nothing got hurt. I am thankful for that.

You're correct, semi trucks have a Jake Brake, that's a valve built into the head for compression braking. Pickup trucks with a turbo diesel either use a valve in the exhaust for braking or utilize the turbos unison ring to close the exhaust off. More people than not don't realize they're over loaded.

Wow, thanks for telling me. I just did a RU-vid search on my engine and learned something. I figurine this was a Cummings engine it was doing the same things with the valves as a Simi truck. After all it sounds very simulator. Now I not only know that it has to do with a ring in the Turbo (exhaust) I learned that I should keep it on even when I'm not towing because if you don't that ring doesn't not ever fully close and soot will form behind that ring preventing it from closing. Thanks for letting me know that. I love to learn.

I am six miles North of Snowshoe Ski Resort. Thanks for watching. Lots more to come.

@RetiredDreamLife it's nice up in there I was up in behind Cass Scenic Railroad on Black Mountain during deer season

@@garrickbrandon7150 We have been over to Cass and checked out the train. That is also a very beautiful area.

Thanks for your comment. I do record everything and then..... I select what I should edit into my videos and what I should leave out. When I edited this video, I decided to include my mistakes because they were grave enough that I wanted others to learn from my mistakes. I want to help others, even if it make s me look bad. My hope is that my mistakes teach others to NOT make the same ones I made. If I wanted to look good, these mistakes would have never made it into this video. You are right, though. Everyone, is apparently an expert. Hahaha

When I bought the dozer, the seller told me it weighs 16K lbs. I bought a trailer that could handle 25K lbs. So I thought I was good. A few days after this video, I found out while reading the manual for the dozer that it weighs 20K lbs, and the winch adds about another 4K lbs, so, 24K lbs as it sits. I know the trailer can handle 25k lbs. But is that including the 8K lbs that the trailer weighs or is that the carrying capacity? I will put in a call to the trailer mfg and find out.

@raymondwaterman6520 correct, I fond out yesterday when I called the manufacturer and asked them. Max load on the trailer I bought is 16,700 lbs.

​@@RetiredDreamLifeTake it to the scales. Since you are a former trucker. Instead of someone telling you it weighs such and such.

The place where I picked up this dozer is not far from my home. There were no truck stops or scales on these back country roads I was doing 45mph on. I wasn't going to drive it all the way to some scales. I was just taking it home. This drive wasn't some long haul. Just a few miles. It was the two mountains I had to dive over that made me realize I had a heavy load. After I got past them, the load didn't feel all that heavy.

Yes it us. Very big.

@@RetiredDreamLife any idea what its capacity is?

@@pamtnman1515 Yes, 12,000 lbs

@@DannyCreech really? not 120,000 lbs? That thing is huge!

Oh sorry, you mean on the dozer. I was thinking you ment on the trailer. Hahaha. I don't know the pulling capacity of the winch on the dozer. I will have to look it up. I have a couple of books on it at my house.

Thanks, in a way, I did. The seller, who is a dozer operator, told me the weight. Kind of like when you pick up a load in a big truck and they tell you the weight and then down the road to pull it across the scales and find out what it really weighs. Could be plus or minus 10k lbs. Besides, this was not a for hire haul. This was just me, a private person picking up a machine and bringing it 34 miles back to my property. I wasn't driving it cross-country. If it wasn't for the first 8 miles being mountainous, I would not have had any brake or transmission over heating issues. After we got past the mountains, the rest of the drive to the property was great and easy. The unloading accident was a bonehead mistake on my part. Had I not stopped the dozer on the end of the trailer, nothing would have happened, just like when the seller loaded it onto the trailer (nothing happened). Thankfully, I learned a valuable lesson, and no one was hurt, and no equipment was damaged. Only scared the heck out of me. Haha

@@RetiredDreamLife this is the equivalent of a load being a d11 and then telling you it's fine on a semi.

WHAT?! A D11 is 229,800 lbs. My dozer is 20K lbs. So lets' do some math. A semi can carry/haul about 45,000 lbs putting it's total weight at 80K lbs. This is of course before you have to start pulling permits for being overweight. A D11 would put a standard semi 185K lbs OVER WEIGHT! When I was caring my load, as far as I knew, I was under weight. It wasn't until a few days later that I read the dozer manual and found out I was 4K lbs over what I thought I was at on weight. So, I was over weight by 4K lbs. That percentage of being over does not even come close to the percentage of being overweight on a semi having 185K lbs extra. Because of your statement being so absolutely ridiculous, I now know what kind of mind I am dealing with. You odiously have no clue what you are talking about and over inflating this for some unknown reason.

@@RetiredDreamLife my statement is on par as yours.

Thanks

You got that right. I was sharing this story with some friends last night and told them God must have decided it wasn't my time yet. If nothing else, maybe someone watching me screw up taught them something that might have ended their life. After all, I was the one who edited the video. I could have left out all my mistakes and avoided about 100 negative comments so far. But I put my mistakes in there for others to learn from. I then stated, "What I learned from this" in the hopes the viewer will learn as well and not do what I did. Thanks for your comment, Gold bless.

Right now, I am flying the CRJ200. For a regional. Last year, I was flying the Challenger 350. I miss the 350. This CRJ200 is crap. Right now, I do not own my own plane. I am waiting until after I build my hanger. Then, I will build a Murphy Moose. I will probably pick up an aircraft while I am building so I have something to fly. Thanks for watching. Be sure to subscribe if you haven't yet. It is a wonderful feeling to be doing this, as you know know.

Correct. I have two friends who will be working with me. Both of them have experience doing dirt work. I will have them show me how to properly operate this dozer. Then, we will begin the task of stopping off the top soil. Once graded, we will put the top soil back on, get it compacted down, and then plant the right kind of grass seed. But before I put the dozer to work, I will spend some time fixing it up. Besides the normal greasing, filters, and fluids, there are several instruments that I need to get working again.

Thanks for the comment. I have seriously thought about getting a semi. However, I never plan to haul this dozer ever again, and I am not planning on hauling anything this big ever again. When I buy an excavator, I will have a company deliver it. My Dodge truck is rated to haul 22,700 lbs. But I don't want to ever haul that much. I agree that this was way too much of a load for it. I was going off of what the seller told me that it was only 16K lbs. Turns out it was around 23K lbs. Yeah, now I know, and I learned a lot from this experience.

@@RetiredDreamLife Old semi tractors are reasonably priced now that they are thinning the herd, they hired during COVID. Depending on local state laws, you might not need a Commercial Driver's license. Nevada, some other states, and Canada require it, by weight. I'm Canadian, so Class 1 required.

I have a CDL and current medial. I just don't have a need for a Simi. At least not yet. I never know what the future holds.

The Lord was looking out for me for sure. Thankfully. Also, I'm not a drunk, fool, professor, or anything you may be thinking. What I am is a CDL driver who was told by the seller that the weight of the dozer was 16K. My trailer can haul 16,700. My truck has a towing capacity of 22,700. As far as I knew, I was well within speck. However, days later, after this video was made, I was reading the manuals for this dozer, and it turns out this thingnwith the winch onnit is closer to 22,500 lbs. Yeah, so now I know. You can't judge the weight of a load by losing at it. That is why I have to pull across calls and get a weight ticket. Anyway, I shared my mistake on here not because I needed you to tell me I messed up. I let others see my mistake so that they could learn from it. This is the very first piece of heavy equipment I have ever purchased. I honestly didn't think it was that heavy. I believed the seller about the weight because this isn't some D9 dozer. It's just a small to medium size. Lastly, I was pulling this on some interstate cross country. I pulled it a few mi.es on back country roads that have one lane on each side, and the speed limit is only 45mph. Since you are so concerned for my safety, I will share that I will never be hauling this or any other piece of heavy equipment again. A fool doesn't learn, I do. I am 60 years old, I started driving 44 years ago. I have well over a million miles under my belt and never one single accident. Even with crazy drivers out there blaming on their brakes after doing a lane change into my lane and me trying to stop the 80,000 lbs truck I'm driving. I didn't make it to 60 my being dumb. No one is that lucky.

You are right, my comment was out of line and presumptive. Please accept my apology. Should think more before I type. I looked at your videos on the property you purchased and it is a wonderful tract of land. I developed 135 acres years ago and I know some of what is ahead of you. I thought I recognized the roads in your videos, I know that area having been to Snowshoe many times and once lived in Southern WV. You will not find more pleasant and helpful people. Nearby Marlington, is great small town that used to have great summer festivals. Good luck with your project and growing your channel.

Thank you, brother. The people really are amazing. With me originally being from a remote part of Louisiana, I know how some people don't take to kindly to outsider moving into their area. So for the West Virginia people whom I have met, they have been very welcoming to me. I didn't take offense to your comment because I could feel where you were coming from was more of a place of concern than a mean place. Sometimes, my comments to other RU-vidr come across the same way. I get banned on FaceBook a bit. Hahaha. West Virginia is probably one of the most beautiful states. Especially this area of it. This is why I picked it. Beauty, low property taxes, the county and state government leave you alone to do what you want, and you just feel more free in this part of the world. I would not live in a state that doesn't have Constitutional Carry. As a veteran and former federal officer, I am very comfortable around firearms and will have a shooting range on my property as well. I love the freedom of this place that I can do this.

If it wasn't for the steep mountains, my truck would have had no problem moving it. In fact, after we got onto the rolling highway and away from the mountains, it did fine (35 miles). I do not plan to ever use my truck again to pull it. It is too heavy for my truck when going up mountains. I am a former big truck driver. For sure, this thing needs to only be moved by one of them. I agree with you.

Probably ain't exactly legal DOT would have a fun time with it

I agree with ya to buy good video

Well by God I'm in the South West part of VA right around Bristol area

@billybobs841 DOT wasn't along the few miles of back country roads I was on. Then again, just looking at it, I looked totally legal and as far as I knew at the time, I was legal. As for weight, when I was pulling it, I thought I was well within the limits of the trailer and my truck for pulling it. Many days later I found out I wasn't. The state Trooper didn't see anything wrong with my load and nether did I. It pulled just great on the rolling hills going 45 mph. It was only going up and down the hills that there was a problem. If those mountains were not along my route, I would have had anything to talk about for the drive. Had I put blocks under the back of the trailer and pulled the trailer emergency brakes (Brake away), I wouldn't have had anything to show on the unloading process.

Yes I probably do. Do you know where I can get one for this project?

So you are saying that a State Trooper can look at a piece of equipment and know exactly what it's weight is? No one can just look at something and know the weight. When the seller told me it was 16K lbs that sounded about right to me looking at this thing. It's not a Cat D9 which is massive. This is just a medium to small dozer. Unless a person has own one of these or read the manuals, they probably have no idea how much it weighs. There is little information about this model online. If this dozer was 16K lbs as the seller told me it was, then my trailer can haul 16,700 lbs, my truck can pull 22,700 lbs, meaning I was well within the weigh limits. It wasn't until several days later after making this video that I read the owners manual and found out if is 20,700 lbs with fuel and operator. Yes, that put me over weight but I didn't know it at the time. Now that I do know this, I will never pull this dozer ever again. I also learned to not trust anyone when they tell you the weight of the load. I will now find out from the owner's manual or by calling the manufacture. They know the weight. I do plan to buy a tractor in the future and will make sure it is under 10,000lbs before I go to pick it up. I plan to buy a big excavator and I will hire someone to pull that to my place. Thanks for your comment.

Oh for sure. Just driving that dozer up the right of way taught me that there was no way in heck I will be fixing that right of way. It is right on the side of the mountain. One wrong pull of a lever or let up on the deceleratetor when I ment to push it, and over the edge I go. No thank you. As for driving slower, the truck was driving slowly. About 25mph up the mountains then wanted to come down faster. After about 10 miles of the mountains we were out of them and the rest of the drive went fine without any over heating of the brakes or transmission. It was just the steep mountains that was an issue.

Thanks. We only turned it for transport. It will go back straight when I start working with it.

Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for the comment. I will have two other friends come help me once I have serviced the dozer. One of them is the man who sold me the doser. I will have him show me how to use it.

Hahaha I agree I am lucky. Lucky in many things in my life. I don't play the lottery. I see that as a way to get more money from the poor. For sure I am a blessed and fortunate man and I thank God daily for it.

I don't know if saying I am a pilot would help or hurt. Especially since I am way more than that. I am also an FAA licensed Aircraft and Power plant mechanic. I am a former long-haul truck driver. I am a computer repair man. I write HTML Code. I am a former Pilot Examiner. I am a published and paid author. I am a published photographer. I am an entrepreneur who has own three successful businesses and presently own one LLC. I am an aircraft designer (if you want to see my latest design search RU-vid for Bright Star Assemblies). I am a test pilot and presently back to work for another 18 months as an airline pilot. There is more, but as you can see, I am not the norm. I stay way outside of the box when it comes to knowing just one thing. Also, I find it irritating when someone says something like I have a Doctorate in XYZ as though that is supposed to impress me. A person’s knowledge is what impresses me. I believe experance is the best teacher. College (which I reluctantly confess I have six years of) does not train one for a job or skill. It only shows that person was able to stick to something for eight years. Granted that is a good trate. But I would rather have a worker with eight years of experience working for several companies than someone with eight years of college who just graduated. Anyway, my point is I don't think me saying what I do would help squash the negative comments. After all, in this video, it was my first time hauling a dozer, and obviously, I made several mistakes. Thankfully, I learned a lot, no one got hurt, no equipment was damaged, and I will never haul this Dozer or any other equipment this heavy again. Oh, come to think of it, if you watch my video titled "Why no new videos?" I talk about me being an Airline Pilot and that I have gone back to work as an airline pilot for a few months. This will severely limit my ability to make videos as I am not there at the land. Thanks for the advice though.

@@RetiredDreamLife *WoW* *RESPECT!* Lots of experience! Hauling the dozer is the first video of your I watched! Knowing this, it definitely puts me viewing your videos in a different light!! I really don't say much about my background on my channel either. Definitely not as impressive as yours! When I was in 5th grade, I had the idea to design/make a remote car starter. This was back in '75 or so. Sadly, I didn't get past the thinking stage! I'd be in a whole different stage of life right now! What airplanes are you flying?

Thanks. Be sure to go back and watch the ones before the Dozer buy video. Presently I am flying the POS CRJ200. But that will be changing in the future. As for what plane I want to be flying which would be mine, is the Murphy Moose. I plan to build one. When I am finished, it will be a new zero time aircraft. It will probably take me two years to build it. So, I may by a different aircraft that is already flying before this one I plan to build. As long as I have a runway and a hanger, I will get an airplane.

I am also retired and bought a compact tractor. Unfortunately, I tried to load it on a downhill slope. I got to go for a ride as the trailer squatted in the rear and lifted up the rear of the truck. The truck-trailer jackknifed with me firmly holding down on the tractor brakes. Of course, the tractor was going on the same ride as the trailer. Fortunately, only a small dent in the truck. Yes, chock the trailer tires and block up the rear of the trailer.

@steveburger2669 glad I am not the only one. I put these mistakes I made in this video in the homes that all who watch it will learn from my mistakes. Unfortunately, many viewers apparently feel they need to slam and even slander me in the comments sections. This is now another lesson I have learned. I will not edit my video with much bigger comments about "DO Not Do This" so the small minded viewer understands I am not condoning the mistakes I made. Life is a string of lessons. I learned mine. Sounds like you learned yours as well.

Yes, I did. In my next video, which was published today, that is what I call it. I even give credit to Matt from Disel Creek, who gave me the idea. I love watching his channel. Mine is smaller than his and his is a wheel loader. So I say my Fat Alice is on a diet. Hahaha

@@RetiredDreamLifeRetired 6 years now after working 48 with two large corporations. I love heavy equipment and weapons. I'm envious of you opportunity with land and equipment. I keep trying to get the family to move to my old haunts (mid-south) but no luck. Stuck in Commiefornia. I'll be living vicariously through your channel. Stay Safe ...

Oh, you are in California? I used to live there. Grew up right next to Compton College. I left there in 1998 because the gangs were getting out of control, and from what I have seen, it isn't getting any better. I am very thankful I have a supportive wife. Right now, she is camera shy. But I'm sure in future videos, she will be in the videos more. She is totally a condo in the city type of girl. So, for me to take her out to the middle of nowhere, she is really making a scarface. But once I have things set up and an airplane to quickly fly her an hour or two away to a big city, go shopping, then fly back to our home, I think she will like it. I am just glad to have finally found this property. I spent four years looking hard everyday.

@@RetiredDreamLifeGot my ticket '75 in El Paso. Lived all over the country with GM (18 years), then 30 with Toyota Corp. in Torrance. Commuted 60 miles/day (one way) while in Clownifornia and traveled the nation on business. What kind of bird are you looking at ?

I plan to build a Murphy Moose. I think it will be perfect for this strip.

Check out my last video called "We Bought 158 acres!" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l84sw65Wvrk.htmlsi=5u4RUv0hDFhJ5bsW . In this video, I talk about purchasing 158 acres. :-)

Awesome!@@RetiredDreamLife

@@skipwaelty3974 thanks. The runway right now is 2,300 feet long. But I will be making it 4,200 feet long.

Yes, the truck is too small to haul a load over 22,700 lbs. Fortunately, when I was pulling this load (at that time and to the best of my knowledge), I was pulling a 16K lbs dozer on top of a 3K lbs trailer for a total of 19k lbs. At that time, I thought I was good and underweight. The dozer does NOT weigh 26k lbs. According to the mfg owner manual, which I didn't read until days after I made this video, it weights 20,700 lbs. So, now I know I was overweight. I just didn't know it at the time I was pulling the load. After I got past the two mountains, it pulled fine. I chalk that up to a very powerful Dodge Ram truck and a solid transmission. Speaking of transmission, I decided to show it some love by replacing the filters and put new fluid in it. The fluid that was in it smelled fine. Since the making of this video, I have pulled my large 18,000 lbs RV through the mounts from WV down to GA and then pulled it over to Indiana. So the Trans is fine, I'm fine, the dozer I'd fine. All turned out well. My video, which I edited and put in my errors, was a warning to others to NOT do this. It was meant to help others because I will never be pulling any heavy equipment again. I would hope that, as an objective viewer, you got this point.

Originally from Louisiana but have lived all over the country and world. I spent a great deal of time figuring out which state I wanted to live in based on property tax, weather, topography, people in the area, pro 2A, and many other aspects. I talk about this in one of my videos on finding land. I spent almost four years looking for land in WV and KY. I was looking for something very specific. When I saw this property, I knew it was for me.

Where is it your land

@wildbenny11 it is in West Virgina six miles north of Snowshoe ski resort. It is just raw land, so there is no address yet.

O ok that's a real nice place up there been there few times

Not until I die! Then you will not get to see me posting any more videos. That is when the story ends. Between now and then, you get to be entertained or just click the upper right corner on the RU-vid logo. Then the story ends for you and continues for me and all the rest watching. Thank you for your comment.

Yes. I always had trouble remembering how to spell diesel. Then I saw it started with "die"sel.

Yes it is.

Same here. I don't know why it was always tricky for me. Maybe because I say it differently than it is spelled. But just like you, I figured out it is just a sell that is dying in reverse. Die sel. That stuck in my brain and now I always get it right. As a pilot, I still get hanger and hangar mixed up when I am tired. Ar is of course for the clothes. But when I am in a hurry, I don't focus on spelling. Haha I know there will be some spelling guru who has to tell me I did it wrong due to their OCD. I think at 60 years old and six years of college, if I can't spell now, someone correcting me is not going to change me. ;-) Tips, on the other hand, are always encouraged.

For sure that is the number one item on my list along with a quick connect locking tip on it. 5 gallon buckets of hydraulic oil, a diesel fuel tank with pump, and many other items are on the list. Thanks for the suggestion.

Totally agree. Thank God I am a CDL and know what I am doing. :-) we don't know what we don't know, though. Thanks for watching.

Thanks, you are so right.

I know I know.. It will never happen again. I leaned my lesson.

Congrats on getting your project going. I will be getting more equipment as well. I will not be moving them, though. Actually, I have watched many of the videos on legdigit18. I am not a subscriber, but it pops up on my feed all the time because I do watch his videos. I am sure once I get started, I will have fun. I hate that I now have a full-time job, which is keeping me from working on the land. Especially in the winter. I love working outside in the winter.

Hahahaha. You are probably correct. I should have never started working as a slave to begin with. Instead, I should have stuck to my many successful businesses I had before I became a homeless man. To me, being retired has a different meaning than most. If you are happier with the term "finically Freedom," then you can use that. :-) I didn't stop working for a dollar to sit in a chair and die. I stopped working for a man so I could pursue the things I wanted to do. I took three months off and flew all over Asia if that is more of your idea of what I should be doing. Hummmm. Maybe I should have made a video about that. Thanks for the video idea.

Not entirely sure what this comment is for. No one in this video has a home. I won land but not a home. Anyway, thanks for the comment.

Hahaha. Sorry, no, not Kgs. Hahaha You can go look it up yourself online. The owners manual says it is 20,700 lbs. The reason for the hot brakes and hot transmission was the two mountains I had to pull this heavy load up. That combined with the fact that months later, I learned I was overloaded. I didn't know it at the time though.

@@RetiredDreamLife it just looks like a huge dozer in some shots. That’s still a lot of weight especially with the trailer. Glad you didn’t damage the truck and most importantly you got it safely home!

Thank you. I also am glad both the truck and myself didn't get damaged. It scared me straight! I will never haul anything like this again. I will just hire someone. Thanks for your concern. It is appreciated.

There is a LOT of work ahead. Lots of expenses as well. Some of the work I am looking forward to. Some of it, I'm not. But life is a journey and this one is the one I chose. :-) Thank you for your comment.

Thanks. I will be hiring a couple of operators to help me. But I will be running my own dozer on the flat land building the runway.

Yes, I figured that out. :-)

Well, a state Trooper pulled up next to me, looked me, and the load over and left. Hight and with (because we angled the blade) was good. The total weight sitting on the trailer was approximately 23,500lbs or less. The trailer is rated for 25,000lbs. Had it not been for 8 miles of mountains right when we started, my transmission and breaks would never have gotten hot. After we got out of the mountains, the rest of the 35 miles were rolling, and the trucked pulled the load well. I learned a lot from this experience and for sure will never pull that dozer again. It's just too heavy for my truck with all these hills and mountains. Thanks for your comment.

You nailed it he was at least 10000 lb over weight, enough said!

You are correct. It wasn't until long after this video that I found out that trailer weights 8,000lbs! I was told the dozer only weighs 16K lbs. I originally thought the 25K lbs rating was how much could be put on the trailer (not including the weight of the trailer). But I now know the dozer is 20K lbs without the 4K winch on the back. The total weight as is was 24K lbs, the trailer is something like 8K lbs, so as I was pulling it, I was overweight as 32K lbs. Again, I didn't know this at the time. I was told the dozer only weighted 16K. This is the first piece of heavy equipment I have ever bought and had no clue about its weight. I was going with what the seller told me. It wasn't until I was reading the manuals later that I saw how much it weighs. It wasn't until later when I needed to know the weight of the trailer and called the trailer mfg, and they told me it weights 8k lbs. I was dumb for doing this and could have destroyed my transmission. As for the driving part and killing someone, I am a professional CDL driver, I know what I am doing behind the wheel. The trailer brakes worked great and I have new brakes on my truck as well as an integrated Jake brake. As a professional driver, I drive differently when I have a load than just normal driving. I am never close enough to the car in front of me that I can't stop. I was on small single land each way road for most of the way, and I know that road really well. Accidents can always happen, but I am a very safe driver. Also, no, I will never do this again. I now know what I didn't before.

@@RetiredDreamLife really glad that it worked out in the end! Enjoy that dozer it’s a game changer for your new property and will be one of the best investments that you have ever made. I look forward to watching you as you improve the new property and make it your own! 👍👍🔥🔥

As a professional CDL driver you have no excuse at all for illegally carrying that load.

Thanks for your comment.

LOL, I can't say I wasn't totally lucky. I think a bit of intelligence went a LONG way with me hauling this. This Dodge is capable of pulling 22,700 lbs. This dozer was 16k lbs and the trailer around 3K lbs. So, I was well within the limits. The two mountains I had to go over made the truck hot and the brakes hot going down the hill because I kept it at 45 mph. It was a short drive (few miles) from the sellers house to mine. No scales or truck stops along these country roads. After the two mountains the trans never over heated and the load pulled just fine. If you "Never saw anything so dumb" then I am going to have to ask you to watch more RU-vid. There are people everyday jumping out of airplanes with parachutes on their backs "Just for fun". hahaha So, lets look at what I did, I got my dozer home, no one got hurt, my truck didn't get hurt, and those who watched my video might have learned what NOT to do. I am the one who edited this video and I am the one who put all of the mistakes in the video. Why would I do that? Just so I could get negative comments from guys like you? No, as stated in my video I talked about what I learned from this experience and I would hope that no one else does this. I would not call what I did as "Dumb". What I did was based on what I was told by the seller. Now that I know the truth, I will NEVER be hauling this dozer again and I will never trust a seller who tells me what the weight of some equipment is. Soon, I will be buying a tractor. When I do, I will call the dealership and asking them to email me the statement on how much it weights. I will probably also do a Google search for the Operator's manual to see for myself what that thing weighs. Hopefully you also learned something from my comment here.

Cheaper? To pay someone to move it ($200 for a 30-mile transport) or it cost me $20 in diesel fuel to go get it. I was going to buy the trailer anyway as I plan to buy many more things for the farm. So, the trailer would have been purchased anyway. Nothing was hurt or damaged in this video. Trans got hot and brakes got hot. I learned several life lessons, which is invaluable. I shared my life lessons in this video (I didn't have to as I am the one editing it) so that others could learn. I hope they did.

you were lucky@@RetiredDreamLife

@tombeck2792 I believe I am lucky Tom. Maybe even blessed. I personally feel that God was watching out for me when I was unloading the dozer. That event scared the you know what out of me. I will for sure be a lot more careful in the future. I will also never pull that dozer or anything even close to its weight ever again. Right now, I pull a 16,000 lbs 5th wheel RV that my wife and I live in, and that is about all the weight I am willing to pull. Thanks for your caring.